08 Jul 11 Why Classic Jeans and T-shirts Always Look Great
Jeans and t-shirts can be worn at any time, for any occasion. Well almost, maybe turning up for a wedding in this combo wouldn’t be ideal but most of the time whether you are going out for a nice meal or doing your weekly food shop, jeans and t-shirts rock. It is a trend that is particularly popular with the younger generation and while this differs massively to generations before them, it is now a widely acceptable look.
What Makes It Appealing?
So, what is it about jeans and t-shirts being worn together that appeals so much to today’s youth? It’s simple, in 2011 it’s cool to be casual.
- Jeans are very versatile: They can go from casual to smart with the addition of some simple accessories such as heels, belts or bags and the same can be done with a t-shirt
- T-shirts always look cool: While oversized, scruffy t-shirts are generally a fashion faux pas, t-shirts that fit well around the chest, neck and arms can look great with a nice pair of jeans
- They are ideal for men and women, boys and girls
- People of all ages and from all over the world can pull the look off
- It suits people of any size
The ease of throwing on a nice t-shirt eliminates the hassle of spinning around in front of the mirror 15 times to see exactly how your top fits before you leave the house is a great feeling. Pair a t-shirt this with some stylish jeans and you can accessorise accordingly depending on what the occasion is. The jeans and t-shirt combo allows teenagers to be lazy with their fashion statements while still looking great.
When Can You Wear Jeans and T-Shirt Combos?
Funerals, weddings, operas and some work meetings are out of bounds for jeans and t-shirts but almost everything else is fine. You can wear them for shopping, going to church, work, taking the kids to school without embarrassing them, taking the dog for a walk and you can even wear them around the house doing the housework. You can also wear them when you go out for a nice meal by jazzing the outfit up with a nice belt and, for women a cute pair of heels. A night on the town is another great time to use your accessories to make your outfit sparkle.
A Modern Look?
Jeans and t-shirts are most definitely a modern combination, as for many generations the combo was seen of as being untidy rather than trendy. While it may have been acceptable to wear as a casual outfit around the house or during a trip to the park, it certainly wouldn’t have been a chosen outfit to wear out to dinner. This shift in trends may be down to the accessory-craze that ensures that you can make any outfit look great if you simply team it up with different accessories.
Jeans and t-shirts are a wonderful way to dress casually without looking like you didn’t bother to dress properly once you got out of the shower. As long as they fit well, are well-made and clean, this classic casual outfit can be worn by almost anyone, anywhere, at any time!
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16 Feb 11 Men’s clothing and women’s clothing gifts for Valentine’s Day
Ah, it is that time of the year again where we can get spoilt and eat too much chocolate. But why is it we always panic when it comes to buying the perfect gift for a loved one? Women’s and men’s clothing is notoriously tricky to buy for someone else, yet it remains a popular choice of gift for Valentine’s Day. Getting the clothes that your partner really wants is an essential part of the whole ‘giving’ experience but how do you know what they will actually like?
Men’s Clothing Choices
If you must do underwear then forget socks and go with a pair of themed boxer shorts. They are fun and provide a little light relief on a day where stress levels are high because of the expectation that the day needs to be perfect. Leave the socks for his mother to take care of! If you are thinking about getting outerwear, then think about the colours and styles that he normally wears. If you want to get your partner something that he wants then don’t try and buy something out of his usual style range as you will likely end up getting him something that will never be worn. Shirts are often a great men’s clothing gift. If however, he never wears formal shirts then you should go with a t-shirt instead. Sticking with what he normally wears is the safest way to be sure that you will buy him something he wants.
Women’s Clothing Choices
Women’s clothing can be somewhat trickier to get right as women tend to have varied wardrobes rather than set styles. Men often stick with what they know while women will have different tops, skirts and trousers for every occasion. A new dress is often a welcomed present for a woman as it is more special than a t-shirt and less cliché than lingerie, meaning that she will appreciate the gesture even if the design isn’t quite right. This doesn’t mean however that you choose any old dress. It is wise to think about the colour as well as the cut and if necessary go through her wardrobe and see how her other clothes hang. Looking at whether she has low cut tops, high necks, long skirts, or loose trousers will give you an idea of the style that you know she will be comfortable in.
Valentine’s Day 2011
Valentine’s Day this year looks set to be a cold one and women’s clothing gifts as well as men’s can be anything from sexy through to comfortable and convenient. Cashmere sweaters and cardigans are also great choices this year! If you are spending Valentine’s Day with your loved one abroad in sunny climates then why not treat them to new swimwear or sunglasses. Again make sure that you think about their usual style so if they like baggy shorts don’t go out and buy a pair of tight Speedos.
Valentine’s Day is a time to use your imagination but if you want to make sure that you get your loved one clothes that they really want to wear than you should stick with styles and colours that they usually wear. Whether you choose to shop online or in a store there are plenty of men and women’s clothing choices with Valentine’s Day themes that can be a lot of fun to buy.
If you are still somewhat unsure, then maybe you should buy your partner a voucher this Valentine’s Day and let them choose something that they really want.
If you’re thinking of buying your partner men’s clothing or women’s clothing this Valentines Day, why not check out UNIQLO UK’s online fashion store for some unique gift ideas.
20 Jan 11 UNIQLO Perfect Shape Jeans and Trousers. Beautiful legs from Every Angle
With Christmas over for another year and New Year’s resolutions being made not to be broken, UNIQLO have created a perfect shape trouser collection sure to accentuate and lengthen your legs in all the right places, ideal for the detox season.
The perfect shape collection has been developed through rigorous fittings, ensuring the most flattering of lines and details for both men and women.
Perfect Shape jeans are made with a slightly smaller front than back panel, creating a slender, sculpted leg. The addition of a slight curve to the rear of the yoke focuses the eyes on the upper part of the jeans for a hip lifting effect.
Perfect Shape straight trousers have a slightly raised knee position making the legs look longer, as well as a three-dimensional pattern to flatter the hips. The addition of a thick belt minimises the hips and helps to flatten and shape the tummy.
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Joe Whittaker, Deputy Divisional Director, Modus Publicity
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Priced from £24.99, the perfect shape collection is available from the men’s clothing and women’s clothing departments of all UNIQLO UK stores now and online at www.uniqlo.com/uk.
Tags: jeans, mens clothing, women's clothing
10 Jan 11 Cashmere – Essential Women’s Clothing
Soft, warm and luxuriously well fitting, cashmere is definitely an essential women’s clothing item for any wardrobe. However, there is more to cashmere than just jumpers and sweaters, including a whole host of clothing choices, but the key is knowing how to wear it, what to wear it with and how to maintain it to ensure that it lasts you for years to come.
Cashmere women’s clothing options
Cashmere jumpers and sweaters are the obvious choice when looking at buying something soft and warm, but there’s a whole host of other items to think about. Perhaps the most luxurious is a cashmere blend coat or jacket, which transforms the scratchy wool that is sometimes synonymous with winter coats into a smooth, beautifully textured feel. Another key item for the remainder of winter would be the cashmere dress. Nights out become a lot warmer when you’re wearing a cashmere evening dress that hugs your figure and is super soft to the touch.
However, cashmere goes even further than just core items like cardigans and v neck jumpers, it’s also delved into the fair-weather footballer’s wardrobe with cashmere snoods flooding the internet this Christmas. However, it’ll struggle to beat a classic cashmere scarf for looking good while keeping your neck warm on frosty mornings on your way into work. Another option for this is going for a the cowl neck sweater, which is like a turtle-neck or roll-neck sweater, but not quite as tight to the neck, so you won’t feel like you’re being choked.
Lastly, there’s the world of cashmere underwear. While this is largely confined to sock and thermal underwear like cashmere long johns, but there’s plenty of scope for utilising cashmere blends in more day to day underwear.
What to wear with women’s cashmere clothing
With so many cashmere options to choose from, you’re going to need to know how to wear them and what to match them up with. Firstly, cashmere isn’t like denim, where it has historically been seen as a taboo, until recent years, to wear more than one item of the same material. You could easily get away with wearing a cashmere dress, belted at the waist, underneath a pure cashmere scarf and cashmere blend coat. A jumper or cardigan could also be paired up with a blended pencil skirt and coat, along with a scarf for added warmth.
Cashmere jumpers and cardigans can be worn with a shirt or t-shirt underneath, or by themselves. A tight fitting black v neck sweater looks very classy on its own with a single pearl necklace, a thigh length skirt, dark tights and boots. They also look great casual with a pair of jeans, or smartened up for work with a shirt underneath.
How to keep your cashmere safe, sound and long lasting
By far the most important aspect of cashmere care is how you clean it. Obviously, in an ideal world you’d all be wealthy enough to have all your cashmere clothing dry cleaned at the drop of a hat, as long as the care label says it’s OK. However, this isn’t massively necessary, because cleaning cashmere is actually a lot easier than some people fear. The majority of cashmere clothing usually has hand-wash instructions. If a product says that it should be specifically dry cleaned then that’s your only real option if you want to keep it looking great, but for all other cashmere products you can simply wash them in warm water with a little mild soap or shampoo.
Wringing cashmere products is a big no no as it will weaken the material over time. Instead you should roll the item up, ideally in a towel or another dry cloth material and squeeze it gently until the majority of the water has been removed.
Drying your cashmere clothing is also important. Drying flat should be favoured over hanging as it will prevent the material from stretching. Always use a covering material between the item of clothing and a lukewarm iron to get rid of any wriggles that might have appeared from washing.
About UNIQLO: UNIQLO is a Japanese fashion house providing high quality cashmere products in its women’s clothing range, including coats, sweaters and cardigans.
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15 Dec 10 Spring Summer 2011 Barbie, Cath Kidson & Antoni and Alison UT T-shirt Collections
Barbie UT T-shirts
Since her debut in 1959, Barbie has inspired girls around the world to play out their dreams, aspirations and to even “try on” different roles and careers. Fifty years later Barbie continues to be renowned as an influential cultural, social and fashion icon. This season, UNIQLO UT will be touching the hearts of girls and women everywhere with this unique vintage collaboration between UNIQLO the style icon of the century. The collection features 11 styles and will be available from March 2011.
Cath Kidson UT T-shirts
Cath Kidston and UNIQLO invite you to enjoy a wonderful collection which redefines classic Cath Kidston prints with UNIQLO printing techniques, re-working them in vintage fashion colours to create a washed out, antique look. Proceeds from this exclusive UNIQLO Cath Kidston Charity Project collection, designed by the British designer Cath Kidston, will be donated to the Japanese Organisation for International Cooperation in Family Planning –helping to fund an initiative to support a safe motherhood programme in Zambia. Available from March 2011.
Antoni and Alison UT T-shirts
Antoni + Alison, for the first time in their fashion careers, have allowed another company into the fold to work with and re create some of the single most recognised pieces from their renowned collections. A slogan for our time, these archive pieces resonate with global culture decades on and highlight what UNIQLO already recognise–the power of a t shirt! Available from March 2011.
Author bio: The women’s t-shirts at UNIQLO are available in a range of styles, colours and prints. There’s something for everyone. Check the UT collection out in the men’s clothing and women’s clothing sections of their online store.
Tags: mens clothing, T-shirts, women's clothing, womens t shirts
15 Dec 10 Spring Summer 2011 Manga & Jim Jarmusch UT T-shirt Collections
Dragon Ball Z Manga T-shirts
Dragon Ball Z is the second part of the Dragon Balltrilogy, an animated TV series based on Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Datimanga. The series has become renowned as a masterpiece of Japanese anime. This instalment begins when Son Coku’s brother, a rogue member of the Saiyanrace, is sent to invade the earth traces the growth of Ooku’sson Gohanfrom a young boy to a brave warrior. The collection features 10 styles and will be available from Mid February 2011.
Naruto Manga T-shirts
Naruto Uzumakiis an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become a Hokage, the ninja in his village that is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. The collection features 32 styles and will be available from Early January 2011.
One Piece Manga T-shirts
In the golden age of pirates fighting over ONE PIECE, the legendary treasure of the King of Pirates Gold Roger, a boy named Luffy sets out to become king of the pirates. The adventure story covers how Luffy becomes mixed up in a variety of incidents, discovering friendship and forming bonds along the way. Now in its 10th year of broadcast, ONE PIECE is still loved by a wide range of viewers from children to adults. The collection features 27 styles and will be available from March 2011.
Jim Jarmusch T-shirts
Jim Jarmusch is one of the most influential independent American film makers working today. His stylish, groundbreaking films have been appreciated by critics and film-lovers for more than 20 years. UNIQLO have selected images from three of his most iconic early films from the 1980’s; Permanent Vacation (1980), Stranger Than paradise (1984) and Down By Law (1986) to create a collection of tshirts that bring to life his original, cool, off-beat style. Available from February 2011.
Author bio: UNIQLO’s UT t-shirts are available in a range of styles, colours and prints. There’s something for everyone. Check them out in the men’s clothing and women’s clothing sections of their online store.
Tags: mens clothing, T-shirts, women's clothing
17 Nov 10 WINTER 2010 UNIQLO WOMEN’S HEATTECH TROUSERS
The UNIQLO HEATTECH phenomenon is back this season with the biggest thermal clothing range yet. To complement the best selling HEATTECH innerwear and accessory collection, UNIQLO have just launched HEATTECH jeans and trousers for women.
Everyone hates the winter denim conundrum; you want to wear your favourite pair of skinny jeans with your new boots, but can’t face the chill through to your skin. Developed in partnership with leading fibre manufacturers Toray industries, HEATTECH fabric is made with a high-tech rayon mix that actually absorbs the moisture generated by the body and converts it into heat, keeping you super snug warm during the winter months.
HEATTECH jeans and trousers are the perfect way to fight the cold and stay stylish, from top to toe.
The UNIQLO HEATTECH jeans and trouser collection for women are priced at £29.99 and available in all UNIQLO UK stores and online at www.uniqlo.com/uk.
About UNIQLO: UNIQLO have teamed up with Toray Industries to produce innovative, heat generating men’s and women’s clothing to keep the country warm throughout the cold, winter months.
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03 Nov 10 Winter 2010 UNIQLO Party Dresses Online Exclusive
As the party season approaches, that annual conundrum occurs. What to wear for the Christmas party? With endless social dates in the calendar, the cost of a dress per party soon racks up!
For the first time, UNIQLO are launching an online exclusive capsule collection of party dresses, perfect for the festive season. Paired with opaque tights and killer heels, these simple jewel-shade dresses are minimal, yet chic. Transcending any season, the dresses are the ultimate in sophistication, perfect for parties year after year!
With a limited edition run of each design, they won’t be around for long!
The UNIQLO party dress collection is priced from £39.99 and is available exclusively online at www.uniqlo.com/uk from November 15 2010.
About UNIQLO: As well as the usual collection of casual dresses, UNIQLO’s women’s clothing has expanded its reach with stylish party dresses for everyone.
Tags: casual dresses, dresses, party dresses, women's clothing
27 Oct 10 Autumn / Winter 2010 UNIQLO Channels the 1960s
UNIQLO’s autumn wool separates collection features cosy cable-knits, fair-isle prints and tweed style minis with neo-leather detailing, perfect for toughening up a feminine look or working in with the shearling trend.
The tweed wool minis also work perfectly with UNIQLO’s 1960s inspired collection when teamed with a merino cashmere camel sweater. With London’s West End theatres awash with the iconic fashion era right now, there couldn’t be a more perfect time to channel a touch of Jackie O’s style!
UNIQLO’s autumn collection currently has an array of pieces to combine for the perfect 1960s siren look. The collection includes pinafore dresses and wool knit shifts, as well as tweed and wool ‘Coco’ twin-sets, in a salt and pepper palette.
The wool separates collection starts at £14.99 and is available in all UNIQLO UK stores and online at www.uniqlo.com/uk now.
About UNIQLO: UNIQLO provides unique, high quality men’s and women’s clothing, and with such affordable prices they’re available to everyone.
Tags: cashmere, dresses, merino, merino cashmere, Uniqlo, women's clothing
27 Oct 10 UNIQLO +J Launches in Soho, New York City
Crowds queued up from 6am outside UNIQLO’s New York Soho store on Thursday 7 October to purchase the new Autumn/Winter 2010 +J collection. Last Thursday 14 October saw the highly anticipated UK launch.
The early morning line in New York City was a sure indicator that this season’s +J collection is in huge demand. Despite the rain, the crowds continued to grow throughout the day, proving once again that Jil Sander’s minimalist yet carefully detailed designs partnered with UNIQLO’s affordable prices are a win-win for everyone.
The +J Autumn Winter 2010 collection was available in the UK from 10am on Thursday October 14 at the following UNIQLO stores; 311 Oxford St, Westfield London, Selfridges London (menswear only) and the latest addition to the UNIQLO store portfolio in Bluewater, Kent. The collection is also available to buy online at www.uniqlo.com/uk.
UNIQLO & Jil Sander: UNIQLO’s collaboration with Jil Sander has produced affordable, designer men’s clothing and women’s clothing with no compromise on quality.
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