Bank Holiday Britain

Number 30 bus, Edinburgh

“Once, this was a class thing: tattoos were for soldiers, sailors, bikers and criminals. Borderline deviant behaviour. Now the prime minister’s wife has one”
source: The Guardian

Grove Road, Mile End, London

“Chilling with your mates or spending a lazy day with that special someone? Keep it casual”
source: House of Fraser

photo by Leona Baker

Number 26 bus, Edinburgh

“It’s amazing how quickly old styles come back into fashion … who knows what recycled fashion fads could be just around the corner?”
source: backinfashion.co.uk

Bethnal Green Festival, Cambridge Heath Road, London

“Pretty much everything is ironic these days. Irony is used as a synonym for cool, for cynicism, for detachment, for intelligence; it’s cited as the end of civilisation, as well as its salvation.”
source: The Guardian

photo by Sam Oakley

York Place, Edinburgh

“the hard hat is loathed by many in the industry. Workers complain that they are uncomfortable, restrictive and – worst of all – make them look silly.”
source: building.co.uk

Newhailles Road, Musselburgh

“Use our improved, interactive bird identifier to work out what bird you saw.”
source: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Portobello High Street, Portobello, Edinburgh

“can you justify paying hundreds of pounds over the odds because a top designer has had his or her name sewn on the label?”
source: ThisIsMoney.co.uk

photo by Tony Black

On a London Bridge-Gipsy Hill train

“It’s not just the clothes - it’s the people who wear them”
source: Streetstyle Aesthetic

photo by Emma Goodman

Parnell Road, Bow, London

“Wraps and caps, trilbies and turbans - it’s an undercover season”
source: vogue.com

photo by Sam Oakley

Leith Walk, Edinburgh

“The changing fortunes of a man’s trouser waistband can often become a metaphor for his life”
source: The Guardian