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Release: September 13, 2004

Lyrics:

Come on, come on

Put your hands into the fire

Explain, explain

As I turn and meet the power

This time, this time

Turning white and senses dying

Pull up, pull up

From one extreme to another

From the summer to the spring

From the mountain to the air

From Samaritan to sin

And it's waiting on the air

Come on, come on

Put your hands into the fire

Explain, explain

As I turn and meet the power

This time, this time

Turning white and senses dying

Pull up, pull up

From one extreme to another

From the summer to the spring

From the mountain to the air

From Samaritan to sin

And it's waiting on the air

Now I'm low, I'm looking out, I'm looking in

Way down, the lights are dimmer

Now I'm low, I'm looking out, I'm looking in

Way down, the lights are dimmer

Songwriter:

Come on, come on

Put your hands into the fire

Come on, come on

Adam Michael Wilson / Brendon Arthur James / Thomas William George Welham / William David South

SongFacts:

"Into the Fire" is a song by English alternative rock band Thirteen Senses and the opening track from their debut album The Invitation. It was the second single from the album, released in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2004 (see 2004 in British music). It reached number 35 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song has been performed on many television programs. It was used again in the preview trailer for the second season of the American comedy Rescue Me, as well as in the pilot episode of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, in the thirteenth episode of the eighth season, the twelfth episode of the twelfth season, and the cover of the twenty-first episode of the eleventh season. Other TV appearances include the third season premiere of "The 4400", the fourth season of the second season of "Pretty Little Liars" and an episode of the second season of "Tru Calling". It was also featured in the French film Les Chevaliers du Ciel and the BBC drama Waterloo Road. It was also briefly featured in "A Night of Heroes" on December 21, 2009.

In February 2011, the song was used as the soundtrack in a YouTube video montage of the anti-government uprising in Egypt. The video, edited by Tamaar Shabaan, received over one and a half million views in less than a week.

In 2012 it was featured on the Burberry website promoting the new Burberry The Britain watches.

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Nasdaq records worst day since 2022, UK100 lower

UK stocks were weaker on Wednesday, under pressure from disappointing US tech earnings which dragged Wall Street sharply lower.

Quarterly earnings from two ‘Magnificent Seven’ members, Google-owner Alphabet and electric vehicles maker Tesla, released after-hours on Tuesday, failed to impress markets.

NAS100 H4

At the close in London, the blue-chip FTSE 100 was down 0.2% at 8,152, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 index shed 0.7% to 20,950, a near two-week low.

Among the blue-chip fallers, luxury goods firm Burberry shed 2.1% after France’s LVMH, the world's biggest luxury group saw its sales slow in the second quarter.

But on the upside, Reckitt Benckiser rose 1.9% as it announced a sweeping reorganisation that will see it dispose of ‘non-core’ brands such as Air Wick, Calgon, Cillit Bang and other non-core products from its home care range. The news came alongside first-half results that showed Reckitt’s net revenue fell 3.7%.

easyJet climbed 3.0% higher after the discount airline reported a 16% rise in third-quarter pretax profit.

Informa gained 3.7% as the blue-chip marketing firm agreed to buy Cannes Lions Festival owner Ascential for £1.2 billion. Ascential leaped 25.8% to top the FTSE 250 risers. And Aston Martin jumped 6.5% to record its best day in nearly two months after the mid-cap luxury carmaker reported better-than-expected half-year results.

UK100 H1

On the economics front, the S&P Global Flash Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to a 29-month high of 52.7 in July, up from June's six-month low of 52.3, a shade higher than the 52.6 forecast. The service PMI activity index rose to 52.4 from 52.1, however, that was less than expected.

The data should still cheer the Bank of England (BoE) amid the possibility that the UK central bank could make a first interest rate cut soon after consumer price inflation pressures recently fell to their lowest level in more than three years.

The BoE will publish new inflation forecasts after its next policy meeting on August 1, but investors have scaled back bets that it will cut interest rates at the meeting after data last week showed services price inflation and wage growth remain high.

On currency markets, sterling gained versus the euro after the PMI data, up 0.1% at 1.1903, but the pound was flat against the US dollar at $1.2905.

GBPUSD H1

US inflation data will be watched on Friday to gauge the Federal Reserve's stance on interest rates as the central bank's September policy decision edges closer, with a cut predicted then by some forecasters.

The Bank of Canada on Wednesday trimmed its key interest rate by 25 basis points for the second month in a row, bringing them down to 4.5%, and it said more reductions in borrowing costs were likely if inflation continued to cool in line with forecasts.

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Luxury Brands Choosing Increasingly Large Physical Retail Spaces In Europe, New Report Indicates - Skywire

Physical retail shops have more than just bounced back after the COVID-19 pandemic; they have also continued to flourish. This has been in large part due to the luxury goods sector pivoting its retail strategies to account for the post-COVID boom finally beginning to fade.

Just recently, we have seen prestige labels not only opening new shops, but also expanding the amount of physical space in existing ones. These enlarged footprints have enabled the brands to display a broader range of products, as well as fuel the rise of “experiential” shopping.

In May, the commercial real-estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield published its first report on Europe’s luxury retail scene. This revealed intriguing insights into how the above-mentioned trends have taken hold across several of the continent’s most bustling cosmopolitan cities.

More and more opportunities to pick up luxury goods in Europe

The report looks at activities of many high-end brands, including a number owned by the corporate giants LVMH, Kering, and Richemont. Among the other labels represented in the report’s findings are Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Swatch, Roberto Cavalli, Tod’s, and Ferragamo.

One notable revelation is that, between them, the brands established 107 shops across 20 of Europe’s key luxury retail arteries during 2023. These arteries, in turn, spanned 16 cities in 12 European countries — with over 60% of the new shops specialising in clothing and accessories.

Meanwhile, 20% were devoted to watches and jewellery and the others to shoes, eyewear, and other items — adding up to a varied physical retail offering that looks set to soon broaden further.

The Cushman & Wakefield study points out: “LVMH has a number of shops scheduled to open in the main luxury streets in 2024, notably for its Louis Vuitton, Tiffany, Dior and Fendi brands.”

How “physical shops remain crucial to the luxury retail market”

As a UK creative agency, we are pleased to see that London opened 11 new luxury shops between Sloane Street and Bond Street in 2023 — eclipsing (at least according to Cushman & Wakefield’s data) the six openings in Milan and the three in Rome that same year.

However, Paris ultimately led the pack on this score, with the French capital setting up 25 luxe retail outlets in total. Spain also fared well, flinging open the doors of 13 new prestige stores dotted between the major cities of Madrid and Barcelona. 

The report’s authors reflect that “physical shops remain crucial to the luxury retail market, especially as brands position their shops as a place of experience.” To this end, brands have incorporated new technologies into their points of sale and turned physical outlets into event and exhibition spaces.

“Some retailers are opting to diversify locations, partly to attract younger, aspirational customers, working on brand awareness and creating opportunities to engage new customers in a deeper journey over time,” the report also observed.

Our UK creative agency can help your own prestige brand to establish the right consistent voice across multiple marketing channels — both in-person and digital varieties. To learn more about our expertise in such areas as branding, search engine optimisation (SEO), and social media, please email hello@skywire.co.uk.

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🔴 Цена акций Watches of Switzerland упала более чем на треть за один день, потеряв 516 миллионов фунтов стерлингов. Крупнейший в Великобритании продавец часов Rolex и Omega, Watchs of Switzerland последний ритейлер предметов роскоши, пострадавший от изменения расходов амбициозных покупателей. Падение произошло после того, как компания заявила, что годовая выручка будет на 100 миллионов фунтов стерлингов ниже ожиданий, потому что состоятельные клиенты меняют свои приоритеты. Плохие торговые показатели Швейцарии перекликаются с серией предупреждений британских игроков класса люкс, включая Burberry и Mulberry. Перед Рождеством Frasers Group, владелец сети дизайнерской уличной одежды Flannels и универмагов House of Fraser, также заявила, что покупатели высокого класса воздерживаются от предметов роскоши. Рост расходов на предметы роскоши замедлился по сравнению с двузначными показателями предыдущих двух лет, продажи падают, предметы роскоши уступили расходам на эли��ное гостеприимство, круизы, автомобили и яхты. В плохих продажах британские бренды обвинили правительство Великобритании в отмену налоговых льгот по НДС для туристов после. Помимо сверхбогатых людей, покупатели из США или Азии, ищущие сумочку или роскошные часы, скорее всего, выделят большую часть своего бюджета на бутики в Париже или Милане, а не в дорогом Лондоне. Watches of Switzerland shares dive by a third after revenues warning UK’s biggest Rolex and Omega seller becomes latest luxury retailer to be hit by switch in spending by aspirational shoppers The share price of Watches of Switzerland has dived by more than a third in one day – wiping £516m off its value – as the UK’s biggest seller of Rolex and Omega timepieces became the latest luxury retailer to experience a reining in of spending by aspirational shoppers. The plunge on Thursday came after the company said full-year revenues would be £100m below expectations because well-heeled customers were switching their purchasing power to other categories such as fashion, beauty, hospitality and travel. Watches of Switzerland’s poor trading figures echo a series of warnings by UK-listed luxury players in recent weeks including Burberry and Mulberry. Before Christmas, Frasers Group, the owner of the Flannels designer streetwear chain and House of Fraser department stores, also said high-end shoppers were holding back. UK-based brands have blamed poor sales in Britain on the government’s post-Brexit end to VAT tax breaks for tourists in 2021. Outside of the ultra-rich, US or Asian shoppers looking for a handbag or a luxury watch are more likely to allocate more of their budget to boutiques in Paris or Milan rather than London as a result.

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I've Just Got Done Watching Animalia (TV series)

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and welcome back to imola. or sorry. the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrariwe are more than a quarter of the way done with the calendar and jumping straight into a double header weekend. today is may 19, 2024 and lets get into it.

before we even start. can we talk about the fact that i managed to get this out on THE DAY OF THE RACE. this never happens. im so fucking proud of myself. idk how i did it. but i did. this makes up for the fact that china and miami were both posted like a week late lol. and i even handwrote all of my notes instead of fumbling them into my notes app with a million spelling errors. and i managed to watch all three practices, qualifying, race and post race. but anyway. you are all here for the good stuff. and good stuff abounded:

first, some stuff that happened during the off week:

-xavi stepped down as charles leclercs race engineer. he will still be at ferrari just not as his engineer. the engineer is the person in their ear during the race giving them instructions. xavi is famous for saying the infamous "we are checking" to charles. it is truly the end of an era.

-there are rampant rumors that there will be a grand prix in chicago, Illinois, USA, starting in 2026. it was confirmed, then disproven. and if you are european and mad about the growing amount of gps in the states purely because you think the us has too many, might i direct your attention to this handy map that i made:

the us gps (plus canada) are in yellow and purple. the European (and middle eastern) ones are in red and blue.

to put this further in perspective:

lets say i live in new york city (which i do) and lets say i want to go to a race (which i also do). what are my options?

Montreal, 6 hour drive, 600 kilometers

Chicago, 13 hour drive, 1272 kilometers

Miami, 19.5 hour drive, 2068 kilometers

Austin, 26 hour drive, 2805 kilometers

Las Vegas, 38 hour drive, 4065 kilometers

just for shits, i looked up the distance between new york city and silverstone, england. 5488 kilometers. for comparison, there are 274 kilometers (2.5 hours distance) between monza and imola, the two Italian gps.

i rest my case!

now, if youre mad about the number of gps in the us cause you would rather there be more in other countries because you want to see other cultures represented and not just hating on the us, then youre justified. it would be cool to get some more in some other countries. give us more in south america, bring back some tracks like Malaysia or even portugal. but im tired of seeing just the too many in the us argument when no one clearly knows how Big the us is.

-sir lewis hamilton went to the met gala. he slayed.

he was wearing burberry and the outfit was honoring the first black gardener in the uk, john ystumllyn. the flowers on his jacket and his flower earrings represent the gardening, the thorn necklace the adversity he faced and overcame through the slave trade. and there was an excerpt from an alex Wharton poem on the inside of his jacket about ystumllyn that read "I hope the sun pours light upon our skin. And we melt into each other, into everything. Maybe the trees will speak, as they sometimes do. Whispers from the shade — Run, run away."

so in short, he was absolutely on theme and he slayed.

and of course. what did the internet think of it.

there were two trains of thought.

the first being: why is he posing like his pregnant (to show off his jewelry clearly ffs)

the second being:

which is correct.

(he also posted a my space esque selfie. which doesnt Quite count as a thirst trap selfie but it was truly something) (and i absolutely SCOURED THE INTERNET FOR IT and came up empty. this post would have been up a few hours ago actually but i was still scouring)

and he also helped the broncos (the american football team, he owns stake in them) reveal their season schedule. this has absolutely nothing do do with f1 remotely, but i am still including it because its a hilarious video

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-lando norris posted a birthday shoutout for martin garrix. which sounds innocent enough. until you see what it actually was:

the first was the original post. the second was what he changed it to. there was some speculation that he initially meant to post this on his private story and then accidentally made it public because it was taken down literally within two minutes. i dont have an explanation but it sure is Something.

(also while we are talking about lando, shoutout to that person on twitter who called me a norris dickrider. i think i was supposed to be insulted. i printed it out and hung it in my living room)

-oscar went wakeboarding. this is not really the interesting part (though why do they keep putting him in wet suits ???) the interesting part was that his mom flamed him on twitter for not knowing how to use a dryer:

-pierre gasly went to target.

this in itself is not really interesting, but as an american myself i am baffled. he went to target in what i can assume is miami and bought caramel pecan brittle quest bars and chocolate muscle milk.

for all of you non americans. quest bars are like literally blocks of chalk. like someone took several cups of protein powder and then maybe a half cup of water and mixed it together into a big hard brick of protein and coated it in kinda shitty chocolate. and muscle milk is like chocolate milk with protein in it, so its kinda thicker and tastes worse. in short, its the frat boy choice of protein (and as someone who dates a frat boy i say this with confidence)

also he decided to wear a yellow camouflage shirt??? im sorry i know hes french but this is just so frat boy coded

-george won the lorenzo bandini award. which is awarded to a driver or team that shows "commendable performance" and is pretty prestigious. he went to collect the award in a 1924 Mercedes Targa Florio:

-logan did lap of legends. what is lap of legends? you might be asking. well williams posted very little about it which is probably why you might be confused.

so basically logan was racing in his car on the track against 6 famous ex williams drivers (mario andretti, nigel mansell, alain prost, damon hill, jaques villenuve, and jenson button) (cause remember williams used to be a really really good team before everything went to shit a few years ago) though the power of ai. so logan was in his car and racing virtual cars. jaques, alain, and nigel actually all came to silverstone to watch it, jenson was one of the hosts and they even got crofty to announce it. overall a big ass deal, especially for logan who has as we know not been having the best season so far.

but williams only made one single instagram post about it. which is wildly insulting. and they did something even worse, actually that overshadowed the whole damn thing. but we will get to that shortly.

if you want to watch it, its here

-charles posted another video of leo. hes cute idk. not much else to report about that. people did compare leos smirk to baby charles's menace smirk.

-max participated in the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring iRacing event. this is kinda funny cause it was the exact same weekend as the imola race. did he do this on purpose? did he accidentally double book himself? idk. either way its kinda funny. and evidently max also thought it was kinda funny that people took issue with the fact that he was doing two races in the same weekend (given that he might not be as focused on the f1 race and crasher something):

" I am professional enough to see what can and cannot be done. I'm not someone who thinks anyway: if I hadn't done that yesterday, this wouldn't have happened today. Look, if you don't go to bed and don't sleep, it won't be good for your race on Sunday. But the last few races I have also gamed afterwards, there was just no focus on that then. It doesn't matter all that much."

max was also asked if he had to ask red bull permission to participate in the race and he said no:

"I decide that myself. You can't decide what people do on their Saturday night. It's my free time. I am professional enough to see what can and cannot be done."

-valtteri bottas. idk how to describe it but stake is really having him pop his pussy. stake in general has just kinda been off the fucking rails this week.

but enough of that. lets get to the good stuff.

silly season

now Technically no one Else has singed (else being the key word here). there are rumors that zhou and logan are both talking to haas. (gunther had already been interested in logan on account of the fact that hes american) and it looks like kevin is not going to keep his seat.

there is the fact that aparently valtteri had a meeting with james vowels in the williams hospitality. i say aparently because he was seen leaving the williams hospitality on practice day and the official reason that was given was that to was because valtteri had run out of coffee and was taking some from williams. which is just so stinking funny no matter which way you spin it. but there are rumors that both williams and alpine want to sign him.

and lewis hamilton said that he would support kimi antonelli taking his seat. "honestly i have no idea what toto's plans are, but i think for me, hiring a young person would be, if it were my job, i would probably hire kimi."

and i am pretty sure that carlos needs to give audi/stake and answer by monaco. which is next week.

and mercedes lost their chief aerodynamicist, jack vino, to ferrari. (im pretty sure he went to ferrari)

the real news here is alex albon

you might be wondering. hold on. didnt alex already sign with williams? yes. he did. this was announced at the 2024 williams car launch by james vowels (the team principal). his exact quote about being at williams past 2025 was:

“Let’s see. Time will tell. But my focus is on 2024. Let’s keep it like that. The real focus is on making sure that we make progress for 2025. That’s really where I’m at. I realistically want to be with the team — if the team are where I want them to be, it will be a long-term contract. We’re going to go all the way or nothing. That’s my idea of it, I guess.”

he said "I realistically want to be with the team — if the team are where I want them to be, it will be a long-term contract."

now, im no expert in f1 cars by a long shot but lets look at williams's stats for the 2024 season so far:

bahrain: alex p15, logan p20. alex made it to q2 of qualifying. during the race his car showed an error message saying that it was too hot and logan had steering wheel problems saudi arabia: alex p11, logan p15, alex made it through to q2 of qualifying australia: alex p11 after crashing his own car during practice and having to race in logans cause williams didnt have a spare chassis, alex made it through to q2 of qualifying, japan: alex dnf, logan p17, neither had confidence in the car and were racing in each others cars still, alex made it through to q2 of qualifying china: alex p12, logan p17, alex got into q2 of qualifying for the race, but not the sprint miami: alex p18, logan dnf, logan did very well in the sprint race and placed above alex, but still no one got points. Williams finally got a spare chassis.

that doesnt seem like very good stats. they've gotten no points. the car is a disaster.

and yet! alex albon signed an EXTENSION at williams.

why on earth did he do this?

well i have some speculations. lets belly flop right into the deep end, shall we?

(as a note. i found out about this approximately 5 minutes before arriving at work and sent approximately 53 unhinged voice memos of speculations to everyone i could think of during my breaks. i will attempt to recreate the seer unhinged insanity that i achieved there here)

number one: multi year contracts

everyone who has signed a contract so far has signed a multi year contract. charles is at ferrari through 29, lewis through 26, lando is at mclaren until 27, oscar until 26, nico hulkenberg signed at least a two year contract at stake, fernando signed a who knows how long contract at aston. NO ONE HAS SIGNED A ONE YEAR CONTRACT!!!! admittedly there are still a whole lot of seats left, but so far no rookies have been signed (often they get 1 year contracts) and likely wont be until later in the season. but if no one signs a one year contract, then theres relatively little options for movement at the end the year and the chance that you could get dropped.

who has signed a one year contract???? alex albon. at williams.

number two: 2025 contract sillies

so! originally! george, lando and lewis (and mayyyybe oscar??) all had contracts expiring in 2025. lando extended at mclaren until i think 2027, lewis signed with Ferrari for at least through 2026 (oscar also extended to 2026).

this leaves george with the only current contract expiring in 2025.

number three: saph loosing her mind and going off the deep end (im not even sorry)

so currently george is on a one plus one contract which is one year guaranteed and option of resigning for a second year if everything goes well and dandy (in short, essentially). 2025 would be the plus one part of the contract. so he has an out. basically. im pretty sure. he could leave at the end of this year if he wanted to. (will he? idk probably not but just embrace the insanity of this ok)

so. mercedes. they're going downhill hard and fast like a giant snowball in a parable you have to read for an ap english test which is not good cause like yeah they sucked last year a little, but they still came second in the constructors championship IN FRONT OF ferrari. this year right now theyre in fourth in the constructors championship with 62 points (mclaren are in third with 124 and aston martin are fifth with 42) and yeah were barely a quarter into the season but thats kinda bad stats, especially for a previously champion winning team.

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ALEX ALBON??? well williams is associated with mercedes cause williams uses a mercedes engine blah blah seen it lived it breathed it whatever SO alex COULD go to mercedes for 25 and take georges seat BUT mercedes is deep in their shit arc so he probably doesnt want to do that and lets not forget than george and alex are friends like best friends like sky sports implied that they hooked up one time so you reALLY THINK that george wouldn't give a few wink wink hint hints to alex about the fact that hey man merc kinda fucking sucks dont come here please???? like i know theyre not supposed to but people do stuff theyre not supposed to all the damn time!

OR the OTHER OPTION is that say alex WAS banking on taking george's seat which would become available in 2025 BUT george is on a one plus one and what if hes LEAVING. george would have Definitely told alex this esp if he knew alex was looking at merc as an option and also cause theyre friends and he would have been like hey hey man there wont be a seat for you to take because im leaving this year and your contract is up next year (why would george leave???? dance with a better team (tho tbh idk what team that would be) and more options in the driver market are available this year) so that COULD BE AN OPTION

AND LETS NOT FORGET that red bull wanted first refusal of alex albon for the 2026 season but this was kinda back when it looked like they still might have signed daniel ricciardo which would have probably been on a one year contract only and would have made sense then to want to have options for 2026 BUT NOW it looks like red bull want to keep checo and if alex albon is signing a multi year williams contract then red bull are probably multi year signing checo so there would be no more first refusal for 2026 and thus stupid for alex to hold out for them if they are already filling their second seat. that of course would mean that all the seats at the top teams are taken (provided that george stays at merc through 25 and they sign kimi or whoever for the second seat) for at least a few years cause george will likely sign another merc contract if he stays through 25 cause of the limited driver market, ferrari and mclaren have no open seats until 26 at least, and red bull have at least few years as well. this is all to say that alex would not be able to promote himself to a better team and if he wants to stay on the grid to potentially get back to a better team he needed to tie himself down in the shitbox car like a lady on a railroad track in the olden days.

does that make sense? no probably not. but i rest my case.

tldr: pretty sure alex albon knows something we dont. im watching you buddy. or he just wants a seat on the grid until he can get somewhere better (but i like my theory more)

also though. alex's contract news entirely overshadowed logans lap of legends which was something that Williams did specifically For Logan. and also also, alex signing an extension on top of his current contract doesnt look very good for logan at all.

aside from alex, carlos was asked when there would be news on where he was driving next year and he basically said "when i have it you will know" and that it is still a "long way off" which is. not so great sounding. if youre carlos sainz.

but with all that said. lets get into media day.

normally i dont Explicitly cover media day (i am an adult with two jobs taking college classes on the side ok i need time to sleep believe it or not), but this media day was kinda focused on senna so ill make an exception.

(senna was a Brazilian f1 driver who died at the 1994 imola gp, along with ronald ratzenberger who died in qualifying. i talked about them last week, if you want to read about that weekend in more detail i redirect you to here. it is not. fun story, theres a lot of death)

the senna tribute was organized by sebastian vettel, everyones favorite unproblematic, freshly shaven bloke and probably the only person capable of uniting the entire paddock.

essentially, as i said last time, this is the 30 year anniversary of ayrton senna's and ronald ratzenberger's deaths. in memory, sebastian vettel (4x world champion and previously a red bull, ferrari and aston martin driver who retired in 2022) returned to the paddock to organize a tribute and also drive ayrtons mclaren mp4/8 car in a demo drive around the track.

on media day he also organized a run around the imola circuit (most people ran, some people decided to bike and someone else (*cough* LEWIS *cough*) decided to scooter. they stopped at the curve where senna died for a moment of silence and a speech.

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he made all of the drivers custom senna shirts with their own driver numbers on them, and gave them all a lock to put on the fence at the senna statue/memorial site.

(everyone shit on max for not wearing the shirt. aparently he was late cause he got caught up in the media pen or something. i also saw that perhaps he decided to wear the red bull kit to honor ratzenberger who was austrian and red bull is an Austrian team, or some people even speculated he didnt wear the shirt because nelson piquet, his girlfriends father, hated senna for some reason. whatever the reason, it doesnt matter. valtteri was wearing a blue cycle suit and no one gave him shit for it)

the track walk run cycle scoot (as it was named by the f1 instagram account) was certainly....something

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seb also took being back in the paddock as the opportunity to cause problems.

first he arrived in what is either a denim or linen dad shirt with a fresh haircut and shave and a paddock pass that says f1 world champion:

then he hung out in the red bull garage and had max sign the helmet that he had given him

then, he made fun of charles's pants

then he stood right next to logan (which is funny because logan said recently that he feels kinda left out of stuff and then no less than three retired world champions (nico, jenson and seb)came out of the woodwork to cheer him on)

and he (thirst???) posted a photo of lewis

the tribute lap he did in sennas car was done i think on saturday, but im throwing it in here with the rest of the tribute stuff.

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he bowed to the car in true sebastian vettel style

he was left very emotional

i could keep going on about seb, but unfortunately this post is too fucking long already

and we have several people whos home race this is. well kind of. its a home race for ferrari because they are an italian team so the tifosi are going to go crazy go stupid. and its also rb's home race because they are based in italy. none of the drivers are really From Italy though. but! yuki does live very close to the racetrack and helped out the locals last year clean up from the floods that affected the region and canceled the imola gp. pierre lives in i think milan (?).

and then theres oscar:

but onto the racing.

starting with the practice sessions.

very, very surprisingly, i actually watched all three practice sessions this week. and even more surprising, max verstappen was on the back foot. how far on the back foot was he??? well!!

in practice 1 he finished in 5th, and ended up driving across the grass in the middle sector and then later across the gravel on his last lap. he was loosing up to .4 seconds in the middle sector or the track. after the session he called his car a "catastrophe"

in practice 2 he finished 7th. he said that the car was better, but he was struggling with the grip. he went into the gravel again. the car wasnt really responding to his turning the wheel fast enough. there was speculation that he was going to have his set up changed overnight. the announcers said many times "all is not well with max verstappen."

in practice 3 he finished 6th. red bull cancelled their pit stop practice to finish the set up changes. red bull went out early in the session which was unusual for them to test the set up changes. at the beginning he was doing a little better .19 of a second behind charles (who was on soft tires when max was on medium tires). and max did say that the car "cant get worse."

and, red bull was on a redemption weekend. they had just lost in miami to lando and according to one ted kravitz, red bull "will make these comments and then qualify on pole by hand a second then win the race by 20 seconds" see: japan (post australia).

so if max wasnt doing well. and checo by default also wasnt doing well (and crashed in practice 3), who was doing well?

ferrari. mclaren. and yuki tsunoda.

ferrari brought massive upgrades to imola, and at least in the practice sessions they looked like they were doing well. charles went fastest in practice 1 and 2 and fourth in practice 3. carlos was a bit behind charles, the new set up seemingly favoring charles's driving style over his, but he managed to get a handle on the car as well, coming in 3rd in practice 1, 6th in practice 2 and 3rd in practice 3. ferrari was confident in the upgrades. charles was even favored for pole.

one thing was for sure, leo was excited about the success. (unfortunately since this was posted on charles instagram story this is the only version of this video i could find)

mclaren also brought upgrades. oscar now had the complete upgrade package that lando had had in maimi and they also changed the rear wing a little. lando and oscar came 8th and 9th in practice 1 respectively, still testing the set up. oscar came 2nd in practice two and lando came 12th, but didnt get to complete his flying lap. oscar came 1st (and fastest in all three sectors) and lando came 2nd in practice 3. (the mclaren instagram admin was personally thrilled with this result, posting the caption "nobody say its just practice). oscar even had time to insult alpine's driving style: "that's so intelligent...incredible."

and then there was yuki tsunoda. who Positively Slayed. the announcers first discussed that he was staying in his own apartment for the race weekend and "enjoying his own coffee machine." (one of the announcers, karun, said that he stayed at his own apartment before silverstone in 2010 and had to go to tesco on friday of the race weekend to buy cereal cause he didnt have any and it was "confusing"). in practice 1 he came 6th, in practice 2 he came 3rd and in practice 3 he came 13th. he was never very far from the top 5. it was incredible to see.

aside from that. there were problems abound.

danny rics did Okay. not nearly as well as yuki but Okay. according to him "half of it was because of the floor, half of it wasn't because i was a bit rubbish."

aston martin brought upgrades. they didnt really work. they said that this was part of a bigger upgrade package that was coming, but they still didnt do very well. considently in the mid field section. and fernando alonso crashed into the wall in practice 3 after loosing the rear on a gravel trap (imola has a lot of gravel traps).

williams had a decently williams day. alex albon had to retire his car in practice 1 because he ran over a curb and shorted out the electricity in the car. like it just stopped working. at the start of practice two both cars has the floors off of them with people working on them for at least half the session.

haas was pretty normal as well. ollie bearman was in kevins car for practice 1 and he finished 15th, hulkenberg 20th. aparently the drive to survive cameras were following him around the paddock (and hes not even in f1 yet!" the announcers regarded him, not for the first time, as a star of the future. nico hulkenberg has never raced in anything at imola before, somehow. and he did about as well as he usually did, which is better than kevin.

stake was also just kinda there, idk. they didnt get talked about much. in practice 1 they had some porpoising (car bouncing). and there was contract talk. the announcers were doubtful that zhou was going to be in f1 past this year.

alpine was, well, alpine. the french civil war was alive and well and the car was pretty mid. pierre went spin a few times.

and the french civil war was alive and well. at least on pierres side. post fp3 on the radio he said: "why! we are always in the same situation"

his engineer said "everyone bunched up there, nobody got a lap"

this was not acceptable for pierre. "yeah," he said "except esteban. except esteban. its always the same. i thought i had priority this weekend."

and mercedes. they also had upgrades. they were Okay. better than some, and slightly better than usual. but still not quite where they wanted to be. aparently these upgrades were upgrades that they had started planning around launch and testing, the real good batch of upgrades are going to come around summer break. they did have a few problems with the ride heights and some porpoising, but that was likely due to the track being bumpy and not the car. according to the announcers they were "better than usual" and ended up ahead of red bull quite a few times, but they usually do well in practice but not qualifying.

speaking of qualifying.

remember how max didnt do well at all in any of the practice sessions and was generally not having a good time? and the announcers were excited that there was finally a five way battle for pole!

yeah. max got pole.

even he was surprised, and he actually sounded excited. and he set a new world record for 8 consecutive poles.

so if max got pole, where did everyone else end up?

im glad you asked.

first, imola is a tight track, its twisty, theres elevation, only one DRS zone. your qualifying position is very important because its hard to overtake here. not quite as bad as monaco, but still not fun.

heading into q1, fernandos car was barely fixed. mclaren was slaying with lando saying his lap was "only average" before going fastest. nico hulkenberg briefly went fastest. pierre even got as high as fifth. and kevin magnussen got massively impeded by oscar piastri (who later got a three place grid penalty for it) and ended up out in q1. also out in q1 was bottas, sargeant (who had his lap time deleted and ended up in 20th), zhou, and fernando alonso who had to abort his lap due to a technical issue.

and kevin, when asked about visiting the stewards to discuss the impeding, said "it was nice to see the stewards again and make sure they are doing alright. it would be weird to go a whole weekend without seeing them."

(and some of you got pissed at me for not talking about kevins almost race ban last week and i didnt talk about it because it hasn't happened. but basically kevin has 10 penalty points on his superliscense for penalties and violations this year, if he gets to 12 he gets a race ban, so hes gotta be careful.)

q2 was a bit more exciting, with lecelrc briefly taking p1 away from max, and yuki tsunoda going third fastest. out in q2, surprisingly, was checo followed by ocon, stroll, albon and gasly.

which meant that for the first time this season, danny rics was in q3, continuing his 100% q3 appearance at imola streak. meanwhile. fred vasseur, ferrari team principal was stressed. andrea stella, mclaren team principal was not. but he never is. and one by one both ferrari and mclaren came up just slightly short. with the final order being max, oscar, lando, charles, carlos, george, yuki, lewis, daniel and nico.

notably!! max ended up on pole for one reason and one reason only. because nico hulkenberg gave him the slipstream. when asked about it, nico said that "he helped me out in q2 and i returned the favor." without this, oscar would have likely been on pole.

and, as oscar piastri said "you cant count out max in a red bull as we've seen."

and boy, was he correct.

everyone lined up for the race

well, except for fernando alonso who was starting from the pit lane.

and even though crofty was not there to say it, the lights went out and away they went.

lap one was fairly uneventful. actually the first chunk of the race was fairly uneventful.

oscar had been given a three place grid penalty for impeding magnussen and started from fifth, behind carlos. and as we saw last week, they do not quite get along on the track. and oscar barely gave carlos room to breathe for the first 24 laps of the race, riding his rear wing until he pitted.

and speaking of pit stops, imola has the longest pit lane of the calendar, you loose about 30 seconds pitting (from entering the pit to exiting it) so it was Ideally a one stop race. meaning tire strategy was important. and boy, did we see some Interesting tire strategies.

beginning with checo, who was the only one starting the race on hard tires, meaning that he planned to go really really long on the hard tires and then swap out for a softer tire towards the end to hopefully make up some positions because he was starting from 11th. it almost worked for him too.

fernando and pierre did the exact opposite, starting on soft tires with the hopes of overtaking many people on the opening laps (because remember its hard to overtake on this track), but that epically failed for both of them, mostly because there was no early safety car and before lap 10 both of them had ditched the soft tire. (with the added extra bonus of fernandos brakes lighting on fire after his pit stop! they went out tho)

everyone else was on mediums for the most part.

including alex albon who had a horrendous start to his race. he was starting from 14th, which was fairly average for williams. and he pitted on lap 10, but went extremely slow out of the pit lane and came on the radio to say that "i have a problem, tires aren't on properly"

which is indeed a problem, and also very unsafe.

we have seen this happen before, not really this season but definitely back in australia 2018 when it happened to both haas cars at the opening race of the season and they both had to retire the cars.

alex albon though, was able to somehow get back around the track and back to the pits safely, boxing for another set of tires. but he came out a lap behind everyone. and then he got a 10 second stop and go penalty (which is saved by driving through the pit lane) for an unsafe release (leaving the pit with loose tires), which put him almost two laps down. and! the tires that he had boxed for that had gotten screwed up were his only set of hard tires, meaning he had to do pretty much the whole race on mediums. not a good day for alex albon At All.

and if alex was having a bad first half of the race, yuki was having a fantastic one. after loosing two places at the beginning, he pitted for tires on lap 12. he had been running right behind nico hulkenberg, who pitted on lap 14 and yuki just managed to cut him off at the pit lane exit, overtaking him as he came back onto the track, with the announcers saying "this has unleashed him" and unleashed him it had, this would not be the last we saw of yuki slaying.

checo meanwhile took a little dip into the gravel on lap 15

but it was fairly standard for the first 20 or so laps. max was running out in front in p1, about 4-5 seconds ahead of lando, who was about a second and a half infront of leclerc, who had moved froward to catch lando and no longer had carlos in his drs to protect him from oscar who was between .5 and .7 seconds behind carlos.

it was becoming clear that mclaren was going to be fighting with ferrari for second and not with max for first as they had originally thought.

but then the top 5 all began their pit stops and things started to heat up a little.

lap 23. lando came into the pits. in order for him to get back up into fighting positions he needed to come out of the pits in front of checo who was in 6th. and he didnt. he landed just behind checo in 7th.

as this was happening, max got a black and white flag for track limits. meaning he needed to be careful or else he would be getting a time penalty if he did it again.

lando, meanwhile, was able to overtake checo on lap 24

also on lap 24, oscar pitted and came out in 8th behind stroll and checo. another not ideal position. he had ground to make up if he wanted to undercut sainz.

lap 25. max pitted and came out in 4th. oscar passed stroll for 7th.

so we had leclerc in p1 and sainz in p2. hamilton was in p3, verstappen was in p4, norris was 4 seconds behind him and with the fastest lap time.

hamilton had a dip into the gravel and pitted, coming out in 9th.

lap 26. charles pitted and came out, just like everyone else, behind perez in 6th. oscar them pulled out a fastest lap that was almost a whole second faster than landos fastest lap.

lap 27. charles passed checo for 5th, oscar passed checo for 6th. sainz pitted and came out behind perez, just like everyone else. almost like passing perez was some kind of community service.

and yuki! again! passed logan sargeant and nico hulkenberg in the middle of the pit stop drama.

so by lap 30 the top 5 were looking like this:

p1: verstappen, interval p2: norris, +6.060 p3: lecelrc, +3.490 p4: piastri, +0.968 p5: sainz, +6.500

mclaren were still confident. apparently the tire degradation was high on other cars than it was on theirs. this was good news cause no one was going to pit again.

but, this did mean oscar piastri was going to be stuck looking at the back of a ferrrari again. and he wasnt too happy about that. the race to the end was on.

meanwhile, oblivious to the fight raging ahead, yuki passed zhou for 11th on lap 33.

by lap 35 tho, lando was struggling. "why am i so much slower than the guys behind?" he asked on the radio "theyre using their tires much more than we are," will, his engineer said. "yeah," lando said, "but i have no pace"

and then charles starting flooring it.

meanwhile! perez. he finally pitted on lap 39. and he came out in 11th behind danny rics. by lap 40 he had passed danny and then by lap 41 had also passed hulkenberg for 9th, and also passed yuki for 8th on lap 43.

but, back to lando. he was loosing time against charles. by lap 43 charles was only 1 second behind lando. and the gap between max and lando had grown to 7 seconds. but lando was still fighting. he just had to keep charles out of drs (more than a second away from him) and by lap 48, after doing his personal best fastest lap, the gap was back at over a second. he was safe. for now.

checo was stuck behind hamilton. like 30 seconds behind hamilton. but he had been 30 seconds behind hamilton for a good several laps and hadn't even remotely started to close the gap even a little. despite having new tires, he was seemingly struggling for pace.

also on lap 48, charles decided that the grass needed cutting in one of the chicanes. and he ran over it, increasing the gap between him and lando to 2 seconds. which was bad news for him, but great news for lando.

by lap 51 something interesting had happened to lando's tires. they had come back to life. because max was only 4 seconds ahead of him.

and according to GP, max's race engineer, he was experiencing the most loss in turns 2 and 6. max's response was, very helpfully, "yeah my tires aren't working!" which was great news if your name was lando norris!

lap 52. lando was 3 seconds clear of charles. mclaren was officially bringing the fight to red bull. no safety cars, no luck, just pure racing.

weirdly, in the middle of this, george pitted for medium tires. because his tires were dead.

the radios previous to this pit stop were...interesting:

george was asked if he minded pitting. he would loose a position tho to lewis (george was 6 and lewis was 7, checo was 30 seconds behind so they had the window to pit) and george said "yeah I dont mind....but well do a switch at the end or...?"

and his engineer said "negative." they talked about the car some more.

and then george said "why would we box? i really dont get that"

(they wanted to box because they had been concerned about george even finishing the race on the tires that he had because they were so dead)

his engineer said as much "were just concerned on getting these tires till the end, up to you."

george was not pleased with this. "I dont want to confit a position for no reason" he said.

his engineer was silent for awhile. and then he said eventually "box, before we lose the window to perez"

so george pitted. and lost the position to hamilton.

he was asked about this in the post race, but seemed to be over it, saying that "you are never going to be happy with a P6 and a P7. at the end of the day, as a team, we scored an extra point. I lost my position to lewis. but, I am not going to sulk over losing a P6, to be honest."

10 laps to go!!

and things were finally, finally starting to heat up!

lap 53. max was told to mind the track limits because he already had a black and white flag and couldnt afford a 5 second penalty

lap 54. alex albon retired his car. mostly because he was so far behind everyone that it really didnt matter if he finished the race or not. later, everyone would flame williams on instagram for being concerned about logans performance when they themselves couldnt put wheels on a car correctly. alex albon though was weirdly optimistic in his post race interview about the dnf, saying that it was the "best the car has felt set up wise."

max, meanwhile, was only in the lead by a slim 3.5 seconds. insane when you remember that max is used to winning by 20 seconds.

the announcers were starting to speculate, and karun said what everyone was thinking. "could it be two in a row" for lando norris?? no one had done back to back wins after their first gp win since charles leclerc at ferrari in 2019!

lap 56. and max's car refused to turn.

by lap 57 lando had closed the gap to a very small 1.6 seconds. he told his engineer, who was trying to give him advice "im pushing as much as i can mate, thank you." it was was projected that he would be within drs range in 3 laps.

but! horrors! on lap 59 he had a snap of oversteer and lost a few tenths. the gap was 1.4 seconds and it increased to 1.8 seconds on lap 60.

three laps to go!

and landos tires were losing grip. victory was slipping away from him.

lap 62. max was almost out of battery power and he sounded panicked about it. he had 30% and lando had 60%. he could slow to change the battery but that would close the gap to lando which was already only 1.1 seconds. he would have to do it without the extra battery power.

lap 63. the final lap. the gap was down to less than a second, lando was still gaining, he was still going, he was still flying, but he didnt quite manage to pass max.

but he did come close. .7 seconds close.

yes. max had only won by .7 seconds. he had to work for it in ways we havent seen in awhile from him. the days of easy red bull wins seem to be done. the fight that the other teams have been saying that they are taking to red bull since 2022 has finally arrived.

"fuck my life," max said. "i had to work hard for that."

during the post race press conference, max said "im just looking forward to laying in bed, maybe taking some painkillers." and was generally very exhausted due to how hard he was pushing and the bumpy track.

lando said himself during his post race interview "were in the position to fight with ferrari and red bull" and mclaren has "to get used to fighting for 1st and 2nd now" which coming from lando, mr glass half empty, is really something. lando said that he could have gotten max of he had a few more laps. dare i say that we might have a title fight on our hands here.

by comparison, max said in his post race interview that it was "very tricky at the end" the hard tires didnt really work in the car, it was kind of "like driving on ice...so difficult to be consistent." and he even admitted that "ferrari and mclaren have taken a big step forward."

and so, the race finished with

p1: max verstappen p2: lando norris p3: charles leclerc p4: oscar piastri p5: carlos sainz p6: lewis hamilton p7: george russell (and fastest lap) p8: checo perez p9: lance stroll p10: yuki tsunoda p11: nico hulkenberg p12: kevin magnussen p13: daniel ricciardo p14: esteban ocon p15: zhou guanyu p16: pierre gasly p17: logan sargeant p18: valtteri bottas p19: fernando alonso DNF: alex albon

the cooldown room was really something. as in. well. for some reason they showed a clip of sonic the hedgehog before the race highlights? it was probably a sponsor, but max, charles and lando were entertained:

and when they showed the clip of lewis going off into the gravel, everyone had something to say about it:

lando: "someone went off in ahead of you"

max: "yeah who was it?"

lando: "someone went through the gravel. and I was like, please be max!"

max: "ah, it was lewis"

charles: "ah I thought it was you lando"

lando: "no i thought it was max"

max: "no you were hoping it was me."

they were properly silly. and it continued on the podium when lando tried and nearly succeeded to chase max off the stage with the champage.

speaking of the podium, we are now 3/4 lando podiums that haven't shown his full champage pop. but at least we have the mclaren instagram page:

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heading into the post race show, there was a lot of talk about max. mostly about how red bull might have hit a ceiling in terms of development. but remember!!! adrian newey has been taken out of the meetings now at red bull and is not working on the f1 car at all anymore....could be correlated. especially because max was not consistently the fastest car. we all saw where checo ended and where he qualified. max winning came down to his skill, and not really the car itself.

and zak brown said in the post race interview "i think we actually made max sweat a little...bring on monaco, we're ready to go." (zak brown also did tell lando that he should have shaved his beard and then he would have gone faster)

aside from max, yuki was pleased at his result and said that he feels like he has matured as a driver. and we got yoints!!! incredible day!!!

carlos on the other hand was anything but pleased. his energy and his body language were terribly off. like yes, he had a bad race, yes he was fighting with oscar again, but in the words of john mulaney, Something Hinky Is Going On. first. he didnt look once at the camera. second he read laura winter's notes as soon as he picked up the microphone, to see what she was going to ask him. which is odd. and based on his body languge, probably he didnt want to answer any contract questions. he also interrupted her a lot to jump straight into his answers.

he said that the race was "vowed tricky for me on the personal side" and a "far from ideal race" and he was "disappointed." upon being asked if it was a set up related issue he said "not related to set up, it is related to other things in f1 that we cannot comment about."

so, maybe something contract related was going on with carlos. or maybe even hes starting to get shut out of ferrari meetings, as is normal when a driver isn't renewed because they cant share future info with them.

oscar was not nearly as disappointed as carlos. he polite catted left right and center all over his interview. "i think as a team we finished in the two most painful positions, 2nd and 4th" he said. but he wasnt disappointed. he was very pleased with his start, but said that "it would have been good if we could have had a bit of fun at the end of the race."

and lewis was Slightly more confident in the mercedes. Slightly. Very Slightly. he said that "we dont have the pace at the moment but we are slowly ekking." which is progress.

and charles!! he had life in his eyes!! he was optimistic!! he didnt think they were far off the race pace!! and he was excited for monaco, his home race!!!

most importantly, we've had some changes in the drivers championship standings. leclerc is now up into second, ahead of checo. and lando is up into 4th, ahead of carlos. with oscar directly behind carlos.

and the constructors championship currently stands at:

redbull: 268 ferrari: 212 mclaren: 154 mercedes: 79 aston martin: 44 rb: 20 haas: 7 alpine: 1 williams: 0 stake 0

what else happened in imola??? a lot. but the best bits:

-max was running on the track in the rain holding a pizza. i dont know how or even why. i have no context. but he was evil laughing.

-lando and oscar did a tour of their driver rooms. lando called oscar a "freaking muppet" for hoarding all the hangers and was drinking his ""morning coffee"" at 2 in the afternoon. they also made up a handshake.

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-lando crashed max's post race instagram discussion and they booked a paddel match for next week instead of talking about qualifying:

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-logan said that new york pizza is better than italian pizza. he is correct.

-esteban ocon told sebastian vettel that he had "lost some neck"

-valtteri taught zhou how to do asmr, with some success. they also called the car pookie

-lewis hamilton tried to fix his car himself:

-george russell went around the garage and asked merc people what their favorite pizza toppings were. as usual, he was very British about it

-leo got a closeup:

-lando posted this instagram post:

max had an interesting comment:

-a fan flipped off max when he was driving, so he flipped them off back. the next time he came around, they were clapping for him. (the same fan also clapped for lando and gave oscar a thumbs down)

-zak brown got champage dumped on him and stole lewis's look. he also was wearing a ferrari cap ala fred wearing the mclaren cap in miami

-the red bull account compared george, max, lando and charles to one direction?? i cant find the source but i know it happened

-george also said during the fan stage that he would pay for lewis and max to go on a romantic date. i have no idea why.

-also on a fan stage, danny rics said we could all call him daniel "richardoe" (the italian version of his name)

-and lastly, rounding out what ive managed to find, carlos posted a video of charles and leo on his instagram story. leo pooped in the middle of the paddock. and it was very funny.

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and theres more. theres always more. but i am one person. and this is all i got.

so so long, farewell. and since this is a double header week, i will see you all next weekend in monaco, where we will see if monaco will finally love charles back. thank you for reading and watch me continue to loose my sanity. i love you all.

Sorry i tried to scroll past but, i know nothing about f1 other than max verstappen is fast, my dad doesnt like lewis hamilton, fast car goes in a loop and sometimes expodes. Could you give me a crash course in f1 drama? Im very intrigued. Whats the tea as it were?

a terribly loaded question, but i will do my best. i’ve talked about some of the drama before like the red bull second seat and the chronicles of haas but allow me to briefly try my hand at explaining the nightmare that is the upcoming silly season

under the cut we go

silly season is when the drivers go through contract renewals, extensions and switches. usually it’s confined to the first half of the season (march-july) but it has been known to extend all the way to the last race of the season and they like to switch people around at random sometimes. driver contracts are complex, there’s a lot of money involved and basically You Are The Face Of The Team so if you have a shit season then you make the team look bad. but at the same time you could have a shit season because you have a shit car. it’s sticky stuff.

so. there are only twenty seats in formula 1. 10 teams. each team gets two drivers. (there’s also reserve drivers but we’re not going to get into that). who ends up with a contract is largely up to the teams, they can pull the contract out from under people they can also cut you mid season. they’ve done it before.

of the 20 drivers on the grid, 14 of them have contracts expiring at the end of the year. yes. 14. you see how this could get complicated.

so let’s meet the teams.

red bull racing. they came first this year (and last year) in the championship. like aggressively first. like they won the championship by over 350 points. they are definitely the team to beat. but if you end up with a seat at red bull, you do have to deal with max verstappen being your teammate and he won all but three of the races last year. he’s the golden boy. red bull are also notoriously silly when it comes to contracts and famously swap people mid season who aren’t performing.

mercedes. merc is home to 7 time world champion lewis hamilton and they have won the championship a great many times, though not since 2021. they are kind of in their flop arc and their car the last 2 years has been pretty garbage, but they have still made it work because they were able to come in second last year.

ferrari. god help the poor little meow meows with a ferrari contract. ferrari is a notoriously great team and they’re trying to get back to the top again but their strategy every single time has fallen short. to the point where their drivers are the ones doing the strategy in their cars while driving. they came in third last year and have been decently consistent at getting first in qualifying and then getting beat by max verstappen on race day.

mclaren. they’ve definitely worked their way up over recent years. they ended fourth last year and have had some championship wins before but not nearly as many as say merc and ferrari. their team ceo (owner? director?) is a little interesting and their car started out a pile of flaming hot garbage at the beginning of the year but they did manage to get their shit together.

aston martin. they are owned by canadian billionaire lawrence stroll, father of lance stroll (one of the drivers for the team). they’ve undergone several name changes over the recent years (force india, racing point, etc). they positively slayed at the start of the season and then one day they sucked. they finished fifth in the championship.

alpine. the frenchest french team. they’re (i think?) still partially owned by the french government. both of their drivers are french. (their drivers also hate eachother but we’ll get to that. just know they’re in the middle of a modern french civil war). they had the opportunity to have a good rookie driver (oscar piastri) this past year but in a thrilling twitter battle, he publically flamed the shit out of them and went to mclaren instead (and slayed). they're usually solidly middle of the pack. they ended sixth in the championship.

williams. williams has been one of the back of the grid teams for the last many years but they have finally started to get their shit together and don’t quite suck as much as they used to. all of the points this year were scored by only one driver though (except one but we’ll get there). they came in seventh.

alpha tauri. they are the sister team of red bull. so technically redbull owns both teams (meaning they can swap drivers between teams. they like doing this.) they’ve just kind of been There for awhile but they did slay towards the end of the season when one of their drivers led the race for several laps. basically tho, this team is the gateway to redbull. they came in eighth.

alpha romeo. recently renamed to stake f1 team (but sometimes they are going to be called kick sauber. this is a whole other drama post and i’m not getting into it). they’re also just kind of there. generally unproblematic. seems that really great drivers who get ixed out of a contract for a younger driver end up here or young drivers who are in their early years are here before they go to a better team. they ended ninth this year.

haas. oh haas. goofy team. they suck. point blank they suck. they keep loosing sponsors because they suck, they don’t win ever (one time they came first in qualifying last year). they cursed themselves in australia in 2018 by not tightening their tires and its been downhill ever since. they came 10th. their team principle got let go (fired?) who’s to say today.

so those are the teams. it is important to note that:

-there is a cost cap. each team is allowed to spend no more than 135m per year.

-not all cars are equal. some things are standard. they all undergo the same testing. but the cars are all very different. so you can be a good driver but stuck in a shitty car. which makes it impressive if you are doing well in a shitty car.

let’s meet our drivers!!!

starting with the guys who’s contract is not ending in 2024:

max verstappen. 3 time world champion. 26 years old. general beast on the track. he dominated the whole season. he’s currently racing for red bull and has a contract with them through 2028.

lewis hamilton. 7 time world champion. 39 years old. he drives for mercedes. he will not leave mercedes until he retires. he really really wants to win an 8th world championship and is willing to stick it out a few more years as long as merc still believes in him. his contract expires in 2025.

george russell. the other merc driver. 26 years old. hes aggressively british and says thinks like blimey unironically. walking meme. got his merc seat in 2022 right when they entered their flop arc by getting his tractor of a williams to finish second in qualifying in the middle of a rainstorm. his contract expires in 2025.

lando norris. mclaren driver. 24 years old. he has notably never won a race in his five years of formula one (mostly because right when his car finally was good enough max verstappen was 20 seconds ahead of anyone) but he is regarded as Very Good. he has only ever driven for mclaren. and even though there is another year left on his contract there is mass speculation that he will not renew his contract with mclaren after it expires and he may move up to one of the top teams (red bull, merc, ferrari) (tho i think he doesnt hate himself quite enough to go to ferrari). his contract expires in 2025.

oscar piastri. the other mclaren driver. 22 years old. this was his rookie season and he positively slayed. like people compared his rookie season to lewis hamiltons rookie season. he also had the positively funniest start to his rookie year because alpine announced that he would be driving for them (he had been their reserve driver and in the alpine academy) and he posted a tweet that basically said yeah thats false i never singed anything with you and im going to race with mclaren instead (he dodged a bullet) and then alpine tried and failed to sue him for $4m USD. he signed a contract extension with mclaren this year and his contract expires in 2026.

lance stroll. aston martin driver and son of the aston martin owner. hes doing ok, tho there was conspiracy that he wanted to quit and have a tennis career awhile ago. but basically since his dad owns the team it seems that hes guaranteed a seat for as long as he wants one.

so now. moving onto the good shit. the people who have contracts expiring in 2024. hold onto your hats people.

charles leclerc. (everyones favorite slutty little soup can). 26 years old. he is currently at ferrari and he has been since 2019. notably, he was given the longest contract in the history of ferrari after a stellar rookie season at sauber (renamed to alpha romeo, renamed to stake f1) where he got the tractor of a car consistently into the points. having the longest contract in the history of ferrari was a flex at the time, but now its likely how he will introduce himself at therapy sessions. ferrari have fucked this man left right and center up the ass with a plastic lunchroom spork. hes talented, he can drive, and he can drive well. but the strategy that ferrari has absolutely sucks. either something is wrong with the car (see him blowing out his gear box on the formation lap in monaco, his car completely crapping out and spinning into the barrier in brazil before the race even started) or they fuck up his pit stops or put him on the wrong tires and honestly its just frustrating. but will he leave??? likely not. you'd have to pry ferrari out of his cold dead hands and at this rate that might be where this is headed though there has been some minor speculation of him going to another team like merc or red bull, but merc doesnt have any open seats and red bull is a whole other dumpster fire of drama. ferrari are going to have to pay him a boatload of money to make him stay.

carlos sainz. the smooth operator. 29 years old. ferrari driver. previously carlos was at toro rosso (renamed to alpha tauri), renault (renamed to alpine), and mclaren before signing with ferrari. he has been at ferrari since 2021 and has voiced that he would like to stay with them for however long he can. there is speculation that lando might replace him at ferrari (but landos contract is not up until 2025) and there is also some speculation that alex albon might replace him. while charles is clearly the golden boy at ferrari, carlos is slightly slower but also definitely consistent. he was THE ONLY non red bull driver to win a race this past year, in Singapore after max verstappedn was knocked out of qualifying by alpha tauri reserve driver liam lawson (more on him later) and because he basically came up with his own strategy in the car while he was driving.

sergio perez. aka checo. red bull driver. 33 years old. and oh boy here's where we open the can of worms. checo was previously at racing point (renamed aston martin) and it was very near the end of the 2020 (?) season and he was out of a contract. he had a bonkers race where he was knocked to the back of the grid and then overtook everyone and somehow ended up winning (there is more to that story but just trust me) and christian horner, red bull team principle, mr ginger spice and definite disney villain called him and said congrats sir you have a seat at red bull! well. fast forward. hes been causing problems. problems as in crashing a lot, generally not doing great and pissing the crap out of red bull. it is basically guaranteed at this point that he will not be getting a contract extension. there was actually talk this year of him losing his seat mid season to one of the alpha tauri drivers, because remember, red bull owns both teams and they can switch them whenever they want to (and they have!) but ultimately this did not happen. even though checo has a seat at red bull until the end of 2024, its mass speculated that he is going to get switched with an alpha tauri driver, probably daniel ricciardo (more on him shortly) mid season because there is a speculated clause in daniels contract that says that if checo isn't performing well in the first few races daniel is getting his seat.

daniel ricciardo. 34 years old. alpha tauri driver. man oh man what a guy. outside of being the prankster of the paddock, he has one of the most batshit careers of anyone currently on the grid. he started out at red bull and was showing real talent and skill and was on track to win things (and was!) and was there until the end of 2018 when max verstappen (his teammate) started getting preferential treatment and also red bull started having a lot of problems with their engines (which were being outsourced from Renault (now alpine) and another team on the grid) and well very very long story short he made the surprise move of the century and decided to sign with Renault (which makes no sense they're the one with the engine problems) and was there for 2 years before moving again to mclaren where he was reportedly not treated very well and had a hard time driving the car so they mutually ended his contract with them early and he basically retired at the end of the 2022 season and became a red bull reserve driver. then halfway through the 2023 season alpha tauri ixed one of their drivers, nyck de vries, because he wasnt doing well and promoted daniel back up to a full time driver at alpha tauri (which we know is only a step down from red bull) but then he broke his hand in a crash in zanvort (?) and then he was replaced for a few races by formula 2 driver liam lawson (who we will also talk about) and then he came back to finish out the season in alpha tauri after he was cleared. daniel has admitted openly that he never should have left red bull and he was given bad advice to do so. hes towards the end of his career at this point and its well known that he Really Really wants to finish out his career at red bull again. he and max have already been teammates before and they do work well together and daniel is great driver (see his comeback in texas (or maybe it was brazil?) this year). so. Pretty Sure that daniels going to get either an extension at alpha tauri or go up to red bull. thats what we all want. get this man in a red bull we need him there biblically.

liam lawson. now technically liam is not actually a formula 1 driver. hes a formula 2 driver, but he was daniels replacement for five races and there has been some speculation and some confirmed news about him so hes getting included. when he was racing for f1 he was at alpha tauri. hes 21 and looks like he belongs in the movie grease. no one was expecting him to slay in formula 1 and he positively knocked everyones socks off. the scene: Singapore. which, if you'll recall, is the one race that a not red bull driver won. this was largely because liam lawson slayed the absolute game in qualifying. the qualifying part of racing determines what order the cars start in on the grid for the race and theres three parts, the first two parts the bottom 5 drivers each time get knocked out and then the top 10 complete for the last 10 spots. liam lawson knocked BOTH max verstappen and checo perez out of qualifying in the second round by going very slightly faster than them, effectively fucking up red bulls race and allowing carlos to win. and he also scored points in that race, which no one was expecting. now thats all fine and dandy, but here's the speculation: hemlut marko (im pretty sure) (who is somehow decently involved in the decision making at red bull though i couldn't tell you how) said that he thinks that liam lawson will be in an f1 seat no later than 2025. meaning that he will probably get offered a contract this year. and hes already raced for alpha tauri. red bull have sunk a good amount of money into him. they clearly want him. so if he gets offered an alpha tauri seat in 2025, that means theres a good chance danny rics is going to red bull. do you SEE how the plot here is THICKENED

yuki tsunoda. age 23. currently at alpha tauri. and fun fact, the only alpha tauri driver to race there the whole year. he had three separate team mates. he is slaying and hes often slept on. he has a bit of a temper and likes to shout on the radio and also hates working out (they had to force him to move to italy or something to work out, long story) but hes been kinda killing it. he led several laps in the abu dhabi race this year and hes decently consistent. people think theres possibility that he could get moved up to red bull on account of the fact that he is younger than daniel and clearly has more years in him,, but there is also possibility that he might not because red bull like to make stupid decisions. and if he doesnt get moved up to rebel, will he stay with alpha tauri? we don't know.

alex albon. age 27. currently a williams driver. alex albon is another one with a batshit career. he started out his rookie year in 2019 at alpha tauri then got moved up to red bull halfway through the year when red bull decided that pierre gasley wasnt doing a good enough job (more on him later) and stayed with red bull for a solid year and a half until he lost his seat in 2021 to checo. he has been with williams for the last two years and is basically carrying the team. like. williams as a team scored 28 points this year. and alex albon scored 27 of those 28 points. and as we know, williams is still kind of in their shit arc (though they are doing much better. they didnt score any points for a solid 2 (?) years. so this is an improvement.) and if you can get a shit car to perform you catch the eye of bigger teams. now, alex has already been a red bull driver. and he was on the cusp of podiuming two separate times when lewis hamilton ran into him. this (among a few other things) basically killed his chances at getting resigned at red bull because he wasnt ""performing"" and red bull are bitches who love to win. but some people think that red bull should give him another shot. like daniel, hes already been max's teammate and he can definitely drive. but theres also talk he might go to ferrari because ferrari think that he might compliment charles's driving style (or something). but going to ferrari at this point is kind of suicide. so.

logan sergeant. age 23. the only american on the grid. the other williams driver. he just finished his rookie year. he scored a grand total of one single point this season, in texas, and it was because charles leclerc and lewis hamilton both got disqualified because the floor of their car had more wear (by literally less than millimeters) than it was allowed to, bumping him up from 12th to 10th. he has never done better than alex albon. he was also the very last driver to get a contract for 2024, with williams waiting until i think december of 2023 to announce his contract extension. clearly, hes on thin ice. but people have also said that he needs time to get used to formula 1 (other people have pointed out that oscar piastri slayed his rookie season this year and this statement about needing time is largely false). where logan ends up next year though will largely depend on how well the 2024 season goes for him.

fernando alonso. 42 years old. many people like to point out that oscar piastri is actually younger than fernando's racing career. he won tiktok creator of the year (somehow) and is also a 2 time world champion. he retired a few years ago, just to show back up again and slay. during the first half of the season when aston martin had a zoom zoom car he killed it, and then they had problems on top of problems and he didnt do well. except for that one race in brazil where he came in third, beating checo by literally .05 seconds. he hasn't really made any hints about retiring a second time and he is kind of carrying aston Martin right now (he scored 205 points this season, coming in 4th and tying in points with charles leclerc, lance stroll only scored 74 points this year.) and they did have their best year yet this year. (though they are relatively new).

pierre gasley. 27 years old. french. drives for alpine. the french team. previously he raced with toro rosso (now alpha tauri), then got promoted to a red bull driver in 2019, then halfway through the season they decided he wasnt doing a good enough job and he got demoted back down to alpha tauri. then he won a race with alpha tauri just to stick it to red bull. after the great oscar piastri contract twitter war, he was signed as alpines second driver, with Esteban ocon being the other driver (more on him soon). estie bestie and pierre (both french) were childhood friends and now hate each other for unknown reasons and basically feuded on the track for most of the season. french civil war at alpine. he scored 62 points in 2023 and came in 11th. not really sure where he will end up, it is possible that he will stick it out at alpine.

esteban ocon. 27 years old. also french. currently driving for alpine. another one with a silly bonkers career. he started out at force india and had a baller few seasons there but his teammate at the time was checo, and checo didnt really cooperate with him too much and caused some drama that cost estie bestie some places and some points. max verstappen also beat him up in the garage once. thats not really relevant but it did happen. anyway, after the owner of force india was arrested for .... i don't remember what maybe it was embezzlement or bankruptcy or something money related, the team was backed by lawrence stroll and became racing point. but all of that happened mid season and lawrence was basically like look ill back you guys for now but next year my son gets a seat (lance) so one of you two (checo and estie bestie) have to go. and ultimately they let estie bestie go even though he was more consistent because checo had more sponsors and they needed money. so he was out of formula 1 for a few years (but was a merc reserve driver) and then went to Renault, which then became alpine. he did come in 12th though overall this season, just behind pierre. so. will alpine keep both him and pierre and keep the civil war going? whos to say.

nico hulkenberg. 36 years old. haas driver. in his 200+ f1 races he has never been on the podium and he really really wants to be on the podium. unfortunately this will never happen in a haas because haas fucking sucks. and everyone knows it. he is getting towards the end of his career though. though! stake f1 will become the mario Andretti and audi team in 2026 (don't question it) and they have supposedly voiced interest in nico. so we will see if he hangs on that long to end up at audi. for now tough, hes definitely hating it at haas. though, haas are going to have a different team principle next year so maybe that will change things. i have a sneaky feeling through that haas will probably end up with another 2 rookie drivers because everyone else is smart enough to not race for them.

kevin magnussen. 31 years old. haas driver. hes another deeply interesting character. he has had one podium. in his rookie season. in his first race. and none since. kevin started at haas in 2017 and then left at then end of 2020 when he basically got kicked off because the team needed money and they wanted to bring in drivers with more sponsorships. these drivers were mick schumacher and nikita mazepin. so kevin basically was forced to retire after the 2020 season. this went decently well for haas. until russia invaded ukraine right before the start of the 2022 season and, well, nikita was Russian and it was never distinctly proven that his dads company (who was sponsoring the team) wasnt also funding the invasion. so nikita got fired and they were literally like 2 weeks out from the start of the season, down a driver. who are you gonna call? kevin magnussen! and hes been back ever since. but hes clearly getting annoyed with haas. there was one great clip from this year where his car caught on fire and he kind of just stared into to, clearly hoping it would burn for a long time. so the likelihood of him extending his contract is looking slim.

valtteri bottas. 34 years old. currently a driver for stake f1 (alpha romeo, kick sauber, whatever you wanna call it). previously, he was a mercedes driver and notoriously helped lewis hamilton win a great many championships, until he lost his seat to george russell in 2022. there was a rather awkward part of the 2021 season where valtteri knew that he was out of a merc seat the following year and kind of just chose violence. he slayed. then he went to alpha romeo, grew a mullet and made a calendar of his ass. quite the glow up if you ask me. hes also very interested in cycling. honestly though, i have my own personal speculation that hes going to retire at the end of this year.

zhou guanyu. 24 years old. driver for stake f1 (alpha romeo/kick sauber, etc etc). hes doing alright. he just finished his second season, in his first season he was majorly out qualified by valtteri but this past season he managed to out qualify him a good 6 times. which is decently good for the tractor of a car hes driving. its possible that he could get a contract extension, but like logan, its probably going to depend on how the 2024 season goes for him.

and thats all the drivers. theres also a few others i didnt talk about, like some other f2 drivers who want seats and mick schumacher, who is currently a merc reserve driver, all of which could be contenders for f1 seats. but one things for sure. this is going to be the silliest fucking silly season.

feel free to add on and peer review me

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yeah! it must be interesting to go from games with the people you regularly play with to a completely different assortment of people & in (comparatively) limited time too. would love to get into the heads of people who strategize teams lineups lol!

oh i hadn’t heard about that! i dont think ive actually watched much of you quiz before 🤔 ill have to figure out where its available. also for ila! i think hwang heechan has done an episode for them previously? i dont remember who was hosting at the time though.. i mainly pay attention to eps where they’re cooking in the thumbnail lol >.< it’ll be exciting to see what guesung’s ep is like though! im still suprised with how quickly content is planned to come out though, like wow.. sounds so busy to go almost straight from a world cup to all this!

hm.. if diet (?) isnt a constraint, personally i think a drinking show would be fun to see just because i like that sort of balance of chatty but not super personal. i think its particularly fitting since they’re not like. formal celebrities? idk, i guess for some people the draw really is the fame but i cant help but think it must be at least a little awkward for the people that just wanted to play a game professionally lol ;w;

also the idea of we got married is killing me, whenever i hear the name i just think of how people used to call it we got bearded 🤣 in the alternate reality where it was still airing, that would be an absolutely hilarious episode 😭😭

yes!! i saw heechan’s photoshoot for marie claire too and it was cool! like definitely a different direction than i expected tbh, i liked the one photo with the pearl necklaces particularly ; well, no idea how offers are handed out but my only hope is that whatever shoot he ends up doing isnt for something like burberry or gucci.. like maybe i just do not have the taste for that.. kind of fashion but i do nott like the clothes they have to wear for those specific brand endorsements 😭😭

oh and sorry i just noticed the tags on your post with them in the swimming and djskfjjs he is very otter emoji.. 🦦

hope your week has been going well btw!!!

hiii anon!! omg i would love to be a fly on the wall when they decide the starters or the team lineups, stuff like that is so interesting to me! ofc i have my own opinions on who should be starting but it’s interesting to see what professional coaches or managers think and the way they strategise ☺️

you quiz is available on dramacool!! at least that’s where i catch my eps haha. and yes heechan was the first football player to be on ila, i think it was around 3 months ago? anyway forgot to mention it but his ep was literally so cute 🥺 loved seeing his interactions with his teammates and fans!! and it cracked me up bc all the hosts were wearing wolves (heechan’s team in the prem) or sk nt jerseys (even fabien who was hosting at the time) apart from key 😭 it KILLED me 😭 but yeah i’m rly rly excited for guesung’s ep too!! i hope he gets to be on the actual show and interact with the hosts, unfortunately heechan couldn’t bc he was already back in the UK at the time 🥲 guesung must be so busy like with all these variety show things + rumours that he might be trying to transfer during the winter transfer market + if he doesn’t, then k league starting in feb … the life of a footballer is not easy I suppose 😭

oh yeah i agree w you, i do like the vibe of chattiness that a lot of the drinking shows have! it truly must be kinda awkward to have to go through pr lessons and figure out what you want your TV Persona to be as a football player like damn you’re rly just here to play football 😭 AND HELP WE GOT BEARDED … haven’t heard that in a while 😭 man imagine them pairing up the players … the superior timeline 🙏🏾

yes heechan’s photoshoot was rly lovely! i like the one that seungho did for dazed korea too!! i’m not picky about what brand honestly but i have to agree that i don’t like a lot of gucci photoshoots 😭 the clothes are just not my personal taste 😭 though i do have my exceptions! and YESSS guesung is so 🦦🦦🦦 in those pictures … i saw someone say he looks like a baby floating for the first time in those mommy&me swimming lessons and it’s funny but also SO TRUE 😭

my week has been kind of exhausting but i’m doing okay!! hope your week has been going well too 🥰🫂

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2010- A Star in the Making

As a teenager straight out of Cheshire, England for his 2010 audition for The X-Factor UK, it was apparent that the charming and confident Harry Styles was destined to be a star. Even as part of a collective; then 16 year-old Harry's stylistic choices still set him aside from the company of his bandmates. Simple touches such as cardigans and scarves in his early days show that Styles had always had an interest in fashion before money or fame.

2012- Burberry's Boy Next Door

As One Direction's success sees no signs of slowing down; we see Harry's red carpet looks start to shift into something perfectly preparatory and clean cut. A far cry from his casual looks which would consist mainly of white tees and skinny jeans; and his stage looks could fall anywhere between the two categories- but it's an evolutionary period for the heartthrob where he's trying to navigate exactly what Harry's Style is.

But this doesn't scare off the likes of British luxury clothing brand Burberry- the first of many brands who want to get their hands all over Harry, who at this time, is one of the most watched individuals on the planet.

We see Harry invited to sit front row at Burberry's 2012 London Fashion Week show; marking the beginning of Harry's fashion relationships.

2013- Burberry, the Beginning of Harry's Dive into Fashion

In the years to come, the world would watch as Harry somehow managed to become one of the best dressed young men in music in just skinny jeans and chelsea boots. His sentiment for accessorizing and adding thoughtful touches to otherwise simple looks helped pull together that perfect hybrid of effortless, chic, and sexily-rugged.

Starting off the year strong, Harry is photographed in this navy blue heart print Burberry button-up. Soon after, it seems as Harry is starting to appear more on the fashion radar- even being mentioned in a "Who Wore it Better" battle alongside Victoria Beckham by Glamour magazine. This is one of Harry's most memorable early looks and really one of the first times we see him step outside of his element. We also see him repeat the shirt in a more polished ensemble featuring a black suit jacket and simple black trousers six months later at One Direction's "This is Us" red carpet premiere; where he would be praised even more for pulling off a successful outfit repeat.

One might say that Harry has begun to find his footing in this era, and Burberry jumped at the opportunity to host him at their 2013 London Fashion Week for the second year.

The appearance was a hit; with many critics finally starting to give Harry his props in the fashion industry with his new, refined look. So well received that his unwashed leopard print shirt from the appearance made headlines for being auctioned off by UNICEF.

By the end of the year, Harry would be finally accepted in the fashion industry by winning the 2013 prestige British Style Award- wearing head to toe Yves Saint Laurent (the popstar had already proven to be a big fan of YSL boots, trenches, and shearlings). This would mark the beginning of Harry's very obvious affinity for the French luxury brand.

2014: Yves Saint Laurent; The One That Got Away

Burberry would invite Styles back to their London Fashion Week show for the third year in a row, but the move didn't cause a fraction of the stir as previous years' appearances. The star wore his classic skinnies, a grey knit layered over a black tee, and a gorgeous emerald green suede trench. While the loyal fans of Harry buzzed with excitement over the look- style snobs like Huffington post found the Burberry x Harry formula repetitive; stating Harry's ensemble looked "exactly like previous years."

Aside from his Burberry blunders- Harry undergoes another shift this era as he opts for an overall more polished look on top of his rockstar silhouette. You begin to see his inclination to flowy patterned tops from satin to sexy sheer; hinting that the popstar is confident in his journey thus far.

Majority of his new favorite pieces were curated by the notorious French brand Yves Saint Laurent- a longtime favorite of Styles since as early as 2012.

Fans of Harry and style critiques alike were very vocal about wanting to see Styles form a partnership with the fashion giant (who had doubled in sales in 2014 since appointing its new Creative Director Heidi Slimane- while competitors like Gucci and Puma were facing significant sales slumps.)

At this point in their success, designers from all over the world were scrambling at the opportunity to dress a single member of the biggest boyband in the world- but YSL had never rushed to take credit for, or acknowledge Harry's appreciation for the brand.

However, According to a TikTok video by fashion PR reporter Mosha Lundstrom, the brand would routinely "pass on offering verification" or offer a response "very diplomatic, but pushing away the issue of any association between [Yves] Saint Laurent and Harry Styles."

2015: Gucci

We started to see Harry really explore himself through whimsical patterns and bolder choices as opposed to the rocker chic looks that he previously played safe in earlier years; and for this leap into new territory we might be able to thank his new stylist; Harry Lambert, who he had met in late 2014 amidst early rumors the popstar would be launching a solo career.

Lambert introduced Styles to the aesthetics of Gucci and 70s flamboyance with these extraordinary printed suits that would later become his trademark down the line.

Then, just two months after this phenomenal geometric suit; we see him officially wearing two complete Gucci looks for the American Music Awards. Harry is stepping into himself as an individual here; it’s the most defining moment in his style evolution as we see him holding his own (even while in a collective).

The statement choice prompts an influx of opinions; landing the soon to be soloist on best and worst dressed lists alike but one thing was for sure- his looks certainly had people talking.

On the red carpet, Harry proudly announces that he’s wearing “a Gucci suit”, which, in hindsight, hints at the beginning of a beautiful (and mutually lucrative) partnership.

Prior to Alessandro Michele’s appointment as the new Creative Director of Gucci in 2015- previous CD Frida Gianni as well as CEO Marco Bizzarri both stepped down from the fashion house due to it’s steady decline. The New York Times cites a significant 3.5% “slump” for the fashion powerhouse in the first three quarters of 2013; and luxury analyst Luca Solca predicts to the Times that “[the brand] will benefit from new ideas and fresh energy.”

This ‘fresh energy’ could have been be the saving grace of the beloved fashion giant; with a new worldwide pop-star ambassador bringing attention to the “unknown” designer Alessandro Michelle (who had actually been working under the brand since 2002) committed to bringing Gucci back to it’s formal glory, as one of the most recognizable luxury brands in the world. (GQ)

And what newer, fresher, energy than the frontman of the biggest boyband in the world who just so happens to be one of the most recognizable heartthrobs of the 2010s (who we would all learn to be launching his solo career less than two years after his AMAs Gucci moment).

Towards the end of 2015, we see a lot more of Harry donning several eyepopping Gucci blouses with his signature black skinnies and (now, Gucci) Chelsea boots.

Even when the star isn't in his Gucci uniform; we can see the influence in his choices he makes from other designers- such as these floral Dolce & Gabbana trousers paired with his signature sheer pussybow blouse.

This love isn't exactly one-sided, either...

2016- Harry and Gucci; the Only Way is Up

For instance, there is a long speculated theory that pieces from Gucci's 2016 Fall/Winter collection drew some inspiration from Styles' myriad of whimsical tattoos- drawing more speculation that Harry could possibly be the new creative director's muse (despite never being seen in the collection; or appointed as an official ambassador of the brand yet.)

While it's never been /actually/ confirmed to be Harry inspired, one could take a good guess that he had a liiiittle bit of influence here.

The collection had become quite the talk after release; specifically the tiger motif embroidered denim jacket, which GQ claimed to be what 'Every Celebrity Wants to Wear Right Now'

The jacket had been cosigned by some of the most famous people on the planet- like Rihanna, bandmate Zayn Malik, Dakota Johnson, Cara Delevigne, Justin Bieber, 2 Chainz, Pete Wentz, Jared Leto, Beyoncé, and of course, Blue Ivy Carter.

And these are just to name a few of this $5,200 shearling's celebrity admirers.

Many critics called this collection the beginning of Gucci's revival era, and according to Reuters.com, Gucci smashed expectations with it's 21% rise in profit by the end of Michele's first year. (compared to it's expectation of 13%).

2017; New Beginnings

With his boyband days long behind him, Styles has established himself as a force in the fashion world and often makes headlines for his campy, flamboyant choices on and offstage.

For his 2017 Harry Styles: Live on Tour, the superstar stunned in over 20 Avant Garde Gucci looks curated by Alessandro Michele; from glitter to florals to blindingly bright color combinations, he is a modern David Bowie of sorts- pushing the goalpost for traditional menswear.

2018-Present; The Empire's Rise of a New King

Here, the relationship is cemented between Harry Styles and the Italian luxury brand as Harry officially becomes the face of Gucci Tailoring. The partnership is met with critical acclaim; Esquire calls it "a masterclass in tailoring."

Styles would later go on to appear in two more campaigns for the brand's tailoring line in 2019 and 2020.

Gucci's sales saw a dramatic boost with Alessandro Michele's lead- the fashion house seeing a 48% increase in total sales in 2018; knocking longtime rival Yves Saint Laurent to second place in luxury sales. One could only imagine Gucci's fate had Styles been embraced by YSL the way Gucci had welcomed him with open arms- but this just goes to show Harry Styles' undeniable impact across industries.

In 2019, Styles and Michele would be handed one of the biggest honors in the fashion world- the opportunity to cohost the Met Gala alongside Lady Gaga, Anna Wintour, and Serena Williams. The years theme was exactly their speed; Notes on Camp.

The gala saw some of it's most extravagant looks in years- and Harry definitely held his own alongside other fashion titans in a straight-off-the-runway black look with a sheer mesh top and extravagant bow with super high waist trousers; debuting a brand new pearl earring to complete the look. For the top secret after party he opted for a white blouse with a large red bowtie and a metallic cross earring. This would be the first and last time (in recent years) that Harry would attend the gala.

In December 2020, Harry would continue to make history in Gucci as the first male to appear solo on American Vogue- and doing it in a beautiful Gucci pale blue tiered gothic gown, paired with a blazer in true Harry fashion.

The cover would be received in the fashion world with high praise to Styles, while also successfully pissing off right-wing American activists.

In 2022, Harry and certified BFF Alessandro Michele announced their new Gucci collaboration 'HA HA HA'- an ode to the CD and popstar's friendship over the years (the name is their initials paired together, and I cannot think of anything more adorable.)

The Conclusion;

There is absolutely no doubt that Harry Styles is a powerhouse; a force to be reckoned- maybe even a God. His ability to keep people talking (in the good or bad way) by just getting dressed in the morning would've made him the perfect ambassador for any brand willing to take a chance on the former boybander- though it would be difficult to imagine a reality in which he weren't drowning in the iconic exaggerated silhouettes and bright hues that are customary to Alessandro Michele's interpretation of Gucci.

[scavengedluxury]

I’ve wanted to see Wolcott for a while and here it is!

Starring George Harris (probably best known for playing Kingsley Shacklebolt in the Harry Potter franchise), this 1981 miniseries was the first UK TV drama with a black lead. Intended as a pilot for a 13-part series, Wolcott was never renewed as Central TV thought the premise of the show (black cop confronts racism deeply entrenched in the force) too much of a political hot potato after the Brixton, Dalston and Toxteth riots that took place within a few months of the show airing. A skeleton in ITV’s closet, Wolcott was never repeated and was only released on DVD a few years ago.

George Harris gives an intense performance as Wolcott, a very nuanced delivery of a flawed, complex lead. Who else is in it? There are some interesting cameos. A very young Rik Mayall plays a racist policeman, Alexei Sayle plays a hawker of a Socialist Worker type paper and Keith Allen plays a National Front thug. In the supporting roles, Hugh Quarshie is memorable as Wolcott’s childhood friend, now a youth worker who pricks his conscience about how the police treat the local kids. Warren Clarke and Chris Ellison both chew the scenery as an old school East End gang boss and a bent copper. In many ways it’s a very brash, sensationalist, pulpy show. The dialogue has dated very badly in places and it’s never going to pass the Bechdel test. The violence and frequent racial slurs would never be allowed on TV today, but at the same time Wolcott is very ahead of its time, with morally ambiguous characters on both sides of the law and in black and white communities. The language is hard to take at times but the show takes a hard and unflinching look at institutional racism that modern TV usually shies away from.

The whole production was shot on 35mm film and the transfer looks great. The production values are very high with lots of atmospheric location shooting in Hackney and Dalston (amazing shots of Wolcott patrolling brutalist walkways!), very 80s interiors and Wolcott’s dapper Burberry fits. Cinematography is by the great Roger Deakins who went on to give the Coen bothers’ films their unique look and you can definitely see his visual style developing with lots of great use of colour and shadow. It’s a very pacey and slick show for the era and the casting of Christine Lahti as an American reporter in London suggests the producers had an eye on selling it to the US. I wonder if it ever aired there? The ending was clearly meant to be a cliffhanger, leaving the viewer wondering where the show would have gone. Wolcott is worth watching for Harris’s magnetic performance and the stunning visuals.

[bluebandana]

The LP Show Act 2: Summary

helloooooo we started off with some technical difficulties and got pushed back like an hour and a half (yes we are tired)

mae started off singing a few songs!!!

two minute waiting period!!!

a little intro video!!!

liam looks super cute!!!!! he has crowd sounds playing and the comment section up again!!!!

song 1: first time

he did a really cute giggle in between songs which i feel like really needed to be mentioned

song 2: slow

“i keep forgetting the fan sounds” 🥺🥺🥺

song 3: midnight

*forgets the sounds again*

“the reaction to the first show was amazing and this one seems even better. AND IT’S MY BIRTHDAY. i keep forgetting it’s my birthday”

showed merch and shouted out some fans

question: when are you coming to australia?

answer: he doesn’t know when he’s going back but he loves it!!! australia was the first place they went to after the uk (when 1d first started) and they loved the reaction to the band and “niall gave a helicopter the bird”

question: how does it feel to be performing by himself?

answer: talked about 10th anniversary!!! and how long it’s been and how amazing everything has been 

“i’ve got a mustache now” (when talking about the changes in the past ten years)

song 4: night changes “i’m gonna need you guys to help me sing since i’m alone now” 🥺🥺🥺

“that felt good” (after the song ended)

“some of my favorite 1d songs are in this set”

song 5: what a feeling “we’ve never really sang this song” 

“i’m sorry i put off the end of that song but it’s my birthday”

talked about how many people are at the show!!!!!

question: what’s your favorite memory from 1d?

answer: THE BREAD VAN

question: 1d performance he remembers the best

answer: Wembley stadium when the place was dark and the only light was his light up shoes lmao

question: wish for his birthday

answer: “not telling you because then it won’t come true”

looked at all of the countries people are watching from!!!

look at throwback 1d pictures!!!!

first picture

1d in the onesies that they always used to wear and said that they “got told off for wearing them by someone in xfactor:

second picture

them from when they went go carting with nintendo “mario cart style” lmao and said that “i won.....no one else is here to tell me otherwise so”

third picture

them in ghana!!!!!! he talked about how much he loved going there and said that it was “at the perfect time” and mentioned the music video they filmed there!!!!

fourth picture

him in his “favorite picture of me in a vest ever” from a 1d concert with the crowd and a “little H 🥺” in the background!! he said he didn’t remember where the show was but to “circle if you can find yourself in a crowd”

showed us unseen footage of himself recording remember!!!!

the lyric “how can i forget someone who gave me so much to remember?” came straight from pinterest and they based the whole song on it dsfghjkhgfd

at one point he was in the recording booth without a shirt on edsfghjhgfds 

back to the show

the next few songs were “new remixes just for tonight”

song 5: for you live remix

song 6: get low live remix

song 7: stack it up live remix

question: new genre to bring to music?

answer: he’s gonna keep doing dance music!!!

questions about djing and such!!!!

answer: basically he talked about working with all of the djs he’s done stuff with but it was really fast and i couldn’t write it down :(

showed pics of previous birthdays!!!!

talked about the bday pic where the story of not having friends come celebrate again came from and how it’s a lie

“i’ve had a lot of extravagant bday cakes......i hope you guys got me one this year” and they said they didn’t get him one :(

all of the songs from 8-12 were all partial songs and smushed together which was a little sad :((( but he still sounded so good!!

song 8: familiar

song 9: drag me down 

he said “that was a surprise” when the song switched (later during the after party they were talking about how he had never heard the mixes before so either it was about not knowing when the songs switched over or about the remixes from earlier)

they played the studio version in the background and i gasped at the sounds of the other 1d boys’ voices

song 10: polaroid

song 11: bedroom floor

song 12: strip that down

song 13: best song ever!!! 

it was on the set list he gave to us after what a feeling and he skipped it but he brought it back here as a bonus!!!! and he sang the full thing!!!!

he ended the song with “it was the best birthday party after party ever....coming up right after this”

intermission before after party!!

after party!!!!

we came back to him wearing a full blue suit!!!

“this is me in my birthday suit”  sdfghjhgfd

thanked us for coming!!! talked about enjoying singing 1d songs!!! especially what a feeling!!!! gave a hand for mae!!!!!

read the itinerary for the after party like a cute host

fan vs. fan on zoom!!!

presents!!!!!

live on tiktok after

birthday messages!!!

we were trending worldwide!!!!!

question: favorite dance

answer: the wap dance jfkdksal

zoom game!!!!

threw a dart with a number!!! number is the number of the zoom fan!!!! another fan asks a question!!!! if zoom fan gets it right, they win a prize. if they get it wrong, the question fan gets a prize!!!

it wasn’t not working too well and he said “it’s my birthday so that’s my excuse” and “i’m gonna stand here very awkwardly and make funny faces” then “now i’m staring at myself which is even worse”

fan question: what is liam’s middle name?

liam said “they better get it right” or something like that implying it was easy dfghjkjh

then they didn’t get it :(((

prize!!!!: liam’s burberry shirt that he was papped in a few years ago!!!

back to liam

question: most emotional thing about going solo

answer: “finding out that someone didn’t know my middle name.....nights like tonight when i perform these songs by myself......night changes is a tear jerker for me”

fan said they would donate $500 if he writes her name on his hand “how do you spell the name...i did go to school it’s just polite to ask”

presents!!!!!

first present is from his parents

something popped out and he got scared!!!!! but he loved it!!!!

birthday messages

zedd

alesso

did a tshirt cannon but social distanced style and gave them away to people in comments

he shot a little cannon every time!!!!

back to zoom game

the person who asked the question wasn’t there so liam had to read it and he said “i hope i know the answer” before reading it

fan question: (the number was 18 and he sang a bit of the song) at what age did i take up boxing? 

the fan didn’t know so he gave them the answer so they would win

answer: 13

gift was one of his gucci shirts

another present

it’s a HORSE COSTUME.....one of those ones where he’s riding a horse

birthday message

from dj khaled 

he called him “lima” LMAOOO

“i shouldn’t be enjoying this as much as i am” about wearing the costume

#1 trending in australia!!

“you took a long look at my crotch area there and i hope it was because of the horse”

“i’m getting used to it now....it becomes quite fulfilling after a while”

zoom game #3

fan question: name 5 artists that liam collabed with so far

they got it!!!!

another shirt that he got papped in once!!!

did another tshirt cannon!!

birthday messages 

rita ora 

NIALL FUCKING HORAN

moved to tiktok

made a tiktok with the reactions of when you like your birthday present vs. when you don’t like your birthday present but you’re pretending

his family got him a birthday cake in the shape of a giant cookie!!!! and they played the cookie song for him!!!!! he talked about that trend about how everything is cake!!!! 

[mistikfir]

"MY LONDON"

Evening Standard (UK), By Alice B-B April 21st, 2006

The actor fills up his little black book from Smythson and demolishes the seafood platter at The Cow.

Where do you live and why?

Notting Hill. My flat's on the 18th floor, so it's got the best view of London that I've ever seen. From my window, I can see the Albert Hall, Battersea Power Station, the Gherkin and the London Eye. How long have you lived there? Two and a half years. Before that I lived in Battersea. What are your most memorable London meals? The year I bought my flat, I cooked fish pie on New Year's Eve for about ten people. At midnight we got a ten-minute, city-wide fireworks display. I also eat at Black's (a private members' club on Dean Street). What do you miss when you're out of London? Walking in Hyde Park. I always head towards the Serpentine. I've even swum in it a few times. What is your earliest London memory? Going to the Natural History Museum to see the brontosaurus. Actually no, my first London memory was being a pageboy at my godfather's wedding when I was about five. I wore a satin shirt with little satin buttons that my mother made. What are your favourite home comforts? Books and I buy them everywhere, the whole time. What are your extravagances? Eating out. Every so often I get pangs of guilt, stock the fridge and then watch it all go bad. What would you do if you were Mayor for a day? Be suspended I should think. Actually I'd do something to make the theatre less expensive. What is your life philosophy? If you don't find yourself ridiculous, then somebody else will do it for you. Do you have a favourite pub? The Uxbridge Arms because it's about 30 seconds from my home. Which clothes shops would you like to be let loose in? Maybe Martin Margiela or Missoni. On the whole I would rather be let out of clothes shops. Your most disastrous fashion moment? I bought a Monopoly tie when I was at school, which seemed amusingly charming at the time. What are your current projects? Shooting Dogs, about the 1994 Rwandan genocide. I'm hoping to go back to Rwanda for a screening. Where do you go for a long, lazy weekend lunch? The Cow, maybe if you can find someone to help with a seafood platter and a few pints of Guinness. Or in the winter, Maggie Jones. Who is your playwright of choice? Brian Friel. He wrote a play called Faith Healer, which was the first modern play I got to know. What were the last books you bought? Author Author by David Lodge and Arthur George by Julian Barnes. I bought them both at a train station. Where were the last three places you went on holiday? I went to Capri for a film festival on New Year's Eve. The Maldives; it's the only beach holiday I've ever been on. There were huts on stilts and fish and turtles. Also Wales, where my grandparents have a bungalow. What was the last play you saw in London? Mary Stuart. I enjoyed it very much. I'd just been in Elizabeth I, so it was great watching another actress play Elizabeth. Who is your favourite director? The late Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront, the original Death of a Salesman, Splendour in the Grass with Warren Beatty). He manages to portray real life but with poetry. What was the last CD you bought? The Magic Numbers it's a very catchy record. I go to the CD exchange shops on Notting Hill Gate. They're owned by the same people who have a second-hand clothes shop called Retro Man. I sold some stuff there the other day. Which items are in your spring wardrobe? Pretty much the same as last spring. Though when I worked with John Hurt on Shooting Dogs, he had six pairs of white linen trousers and six linen shirts, and that's all he ever wore. I might go down that route. However, I have bought an old fifties-style cardigan with some kind of college insignia from a makeshift stall on a street corner in New  York, a black long-sleeved T-shirt from Agnes B and brogues from Burberry. What advice would you give to a tourist? Follow the Thames. Go to the South Bank and walk all the way along the river; it's the best way to understand the city. Oh, and use public transport. Who is in your secret address book? Tylers, the DIY shop on Notting Hill Gate, which sells everything. It probably even sells rare animals. If I've got time on my hands, I start inventing things I need just to go in there. They might start giving me airmiles. And I'm a bit of a sucker for Smythson; I like the black notebooks. Not the ones that say 'blonde, brunette, or red head,' just the plain ones. I write lists of things to do and then ignore them.

[boujeeboutiques]

Shopping in the past Style - It's Aberdeen City and Shire

michelle mea hoodies clothing If shopping tops the list of your favourite pastimes, plus Aberdeen City and Shire won't disappoint.From designer boutiques to a host of high street names, you'll locate all the labels and pinnacle character outlets you'd expect from a major city.The city has for centuries been the main shopping destination for a big catchment place, and a popular destination for European shoppers taking a weekend crack. With its striking skyline, historical obsolete town and impressive granite buildings this is a prosperous, cosmopolitan city.

The pleasing range of excellent shopping centres ensures that you'll always be practiced to locate exactly what you'on the subject of looking for and if it's something more exclusive or a tiny quirky that you'concerning after, one of Aberdeen's independent retailers will be skillful to meet the expense of that too.At a mile long, Aberdeen's Union Street is Britain's longest high street and is jam packed subsequently than than than a host of household names and high street favourites. At the upper encroachment less you'll locate the newly opened Hugo Boss, G -Star Raw and Cruise, along moreover premium stores once Jaeger and Jones the Bootmaker.

Cruise, which opened in the autumn of 2007,  michelle mea hoodies clothing is one of the UK's leading independent luxury retailers gone a fabulous reputation not by yourself for designer brands, but as a showcase for well-ventilated spiteful edge fashion. Brands currently also-door door to at Cruise optional association Gucci, Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, Versace, Dior, Hugo Boss, Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Fendi, Chloe and Jimmy Choo to state a few. At the bottom halt of Union Street, just past it meets the historic Castlegate, is The Bon Accord St Nicholas Shopping Centre.Right in the heart of the city it has a impressive range of stores and is the prime retailing place in Aberdeen. The biggest shopping center in the city, it is split into two buildings and has three floors extending to 630,000 sq ft on summit of two levels. Built in a serpentine touch to maximise shop unit frontage, it is covered by a barrel vaulted glazed roof gone a 90-ft high glazed field.

Flagship stores member in the works New Look and Monsoon, one of the largest in Scotland, a large Boots and Woolworths and shops such as The Body Shop, River Island, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Ortak and Oasis. A auxiliary Costa Coffee will revive the most weary shopper, though the restaurants within the Upper Mall, John Lewis and Marks and Spencer, located at either fade away of the Centre, remain a poplar rendezvous for a casual lunch and a catch-occurring gone links. And of course, there's a Starbucks, taking into account an outside sitting place, if you fancy a spot of cafe culture. Just across from the city's Union Terrace Gardens, The Mall Trinity is a good, one floor shopping middle following about 27 stores including Debenhams, Argos Extra, T-Mobile, HMV, Superdrug, Waterstones and a large Primark.

Cobbled Belmont Street, known for its well-liked bars, cafes, and art habitat cinema, is with the location for The Academy shopping centre. Surrounding an Italianate style piazza, it has an excellent range of upmarket brands and individual shops, coffee shops, bars and restaurants, and the gate-space piazza is often a focus for alive entertainment throughout the summer months. Here the style living will locate independent shops such as Attic, AB10 and Concept, which specialises in casual designer-ware for men. A real style leader in Aberdeen, Attic is continuously introducing choice collections including U.A.R.M, Green Apple Tree and Six Pack. AB10 has anything from footwear to trappings, following many main stream brands including G-Star, Ted Baker, Miss Sixty, Replay, Firetrap and Gio-Goi.

Nicknamed 'Little Chelsea', the Thistle Street place of the city is the usual style quarter of Aberdeen considering a range of independent shops stocking anything from clothes, shoes and frills, in colleague in crime to avow shops, delicatessens, French bakers, florists and art galleries. Bellino and Hamish Munro both have excellent ranges of shoes by continental designers, and if you craving a dress for a big night out, attempt Frox - as soon as anything from funky to formal, it's evening wear behind than attitude. Esslemonts and Esslemonts 2 p.s. a stylish unconventional of menswear and women's fashion from leading brands such as Camel Active, Tommy Hilfiger, Remus, Hobbs and Turnover.

Verdict, along with re Thistle Street, stocks a broad range of really unfamiliar designer clothing and superfluities that are both wearable and attractive. From contemporary evening wear and fused accessories through to casual jeans and edgy tops, Verdict was named by style guru Caryn Franklin as one of the peak ten independents in Scotland.

For stylish, eternal designs Kafka, just not in the disaffect away afield afield off from the corner in Alford Place, has the latest from Armani, Burberry and Prada, even if Kafka for men can be found taking into account mention to Rosemount Viaduct.

Aberdeen's taking place and coming place, The Green, is residence to a range of first class bistros and colossal dining, and a number of trendsetting shops have plus opened in the place, including Coco Violet, designs for the cool and accepted. It houses an eclectic amassing of fashion for the girl that wants to stand out from the crowd, taking into consideration stunning items you won't locate anywhere else in Aberdeen, let alone the UK. For shoes subsequent to a difference find the money for a see at Fenner and Coburn at Netherkirkgate when an wonderful accretion of distinctive designs.

Meanwhile Zoomp, tucked away in Jopps Lane astern John Lewis, has a broad range of clothing covering unnamed casual to Jimmy Choo and Matthew Williamson.

If it's a retro vibes you'as regards after, head to The Closet in Jopps Lane for quirky, vintage retro - an Aladdin's cave of retro finds and one off pieces , or manageable Retrospect, which was recently featured in Vogue magazine, even though Vintage Phoenix in Chattan Place will tailor your finds to fit.

Jewellery, art and antiques

Aberdeen is not known as the Silver City for nothing - the excited granite buildings that make taking place much of the city are testament to that - however the city is plus the residence of some independent jewellers who can design that signature fragment to celebrate a enormously special occasion.

Family-owned Finnies the jewellers, has Scotland's largest amass of diamond jewellery - and biggest accrual of grandfather clocks. As ably as more than 26 watch brands, you'll locate unfamiliar gifts including silver snooker chalk holders. Jamieson and Carry is substitute intimates make a attain of, conventional in 1733. From pearls to pendants it's a true favourite gone jewellery lovers. You can even commission a special fragment to be individually intended and made in-house. Sandy Menzies Designer Jewellers push a constantly evolving range of contemporary jewellery. The design and production of commissioned pieces in precious metals and gemstones is also easy to use, even if George Kite on the subject of Holburn Street features a range of objector Scottish designers.

For antiques, head for the city's West End, where you'll locate Elizabeth Watt going considering reference to for Thistle Street, specialising in ceramics, silver and jewellery even if Rendezvous, re Forest Avenue, has immense art deco finds as proficiently as contemporary art. Thistle Antiques upon Esslemont Avenue is the area to go for satisfying earliest mirrors and lamps, and Atholl Antiques upon Great Western Road has character furniture and paintings. For earliest maps, grow Colin Wood upon Rose Street, who carries a definitely earsplitting range.

Gallery Heinzel specialises in contemporary Scottish art from its base in Aberdeen's Thistle Street. The gallery hosts occurring to 10 exhibitions a year showcasing the play a share of conventional and emerging Scottish artists. The Carby Art Gallery, in a contemporary art freshen, offers a unique gallery experience. Resident performer Ian Carby, famed for his vivacious landscapes and shoreline scenes, exhibits adjacent-door door to international and local artists plus sculptures, ceramics, jewellery and photography

If you'vis--vis searching for that special flavor that's a tiny bit every second from the unspecified, Nova upon Chapel Street has long been a favourite behind Aberdonians. Its combined have enough maintenance selection ranges from the cool and funky to the timeless even if Annie Mo's, upon Holburn Street and the bottom fall of Union Street, as well as stocks an uncharacteristic range of gifts along previously some beautiful furniture.

Markets

Aberdeen's Country Fair is a monthly have enough maintenance gone on zenith of 30 stalls of full of beans farm fabricate, local crafts, in flames-baking, food and beverage. The main vent takes area upon the last Saturday of all month and there's a smaller weekly report all Saturday at the Academy Shopping Centre. One of the largest markets in Scotland, it provides local farmers and crafters the opportunity to showcase their setting home-grown and handcrafted products. A typical Aberdeen Country Fair will feature everything from Aberdeen Angus beef, fish landed at Aberdeen and Peterhead Harbours, local fruit and vegetables, baking, cheeses, confectionary, Scottish whisky, wines and handmade crafts.

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Most of the men I know are rugged, outdoorsy professionals and they do not dress traditional preppy.

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