The biggest problem with Savile Row is that the rents are too high and not sustainable for craft businesses. The whole street needs to come together and complain, but also put forward a solution. I think they’ll pull it off; they have to.
Author: Osian Williams
Osian (he/him) is The Blue's Fashion and Relationships Editor. He reads English at Trinity, and is in his second year. Osian holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest 19 year old in the UK.
Sundry Style with Aleks Cvetkovik: The Prince of Podcasters
Osian chats with Aleks Cvetkovik. Who, fresh out of Oxford only some six years ago, quickly found a niche for himself as a menswear journalist at The Rake Magazine. He then moved on to become deputy editor of luxury men’s magazine The Jackal before turning freelance two years ago to try his hand at making podcasts.
Sundry Style with Drake’s: 5 Minutes at No. 9 Savile Row
On a recent excursion to the capital, your correspondent headed straight to Savile Row to visit one of his favourite haberdashers, Drake’s. Your intrepid reporter in the field spoke with Liam, who described himself as the “made-to-measure guy”.
Sundry Style with Sam Nowell: Summed Up and Sussed Out
Over a pint of Guinness and a cup of tea, I asked Sam about his new collection, the importance of identity, and why you shouldn’t sum people up.
Sundry Style with Jamie Ferguson: A Fashion Photographer of Quiet Ebullience
Osian enjoys an interview with menswear photographer Jamie, a mustachioed man who talks to him like he’s an old mate.
Sundry Style with Simon Crompton: “my aim in life is simply to look well dressed”
In this installment of Sundry Style, Osian chats with Simon Crompton; the author of several books on men’s style as well as the founder of the online magazine Permanent Style.
Sundry Style with Mordechai Rubinstein: “I have nobody to impress”
In this first instalment of Sundry Style, interiews with prominent stylish folk, Osian chats with Mordechai Rubinstein. Mordechai is a fashion documentarian whose work has been featured in magazines such as GQ and Esquire.
The Radio Show at the End of the World: “soufflé-light”
As the world turns back the clock to resemble the plague-ridden Dark Ages, so too are its inhabitants turning back to an old form of entertainment: listening to the radio. The Oxford University Light Entertainment Society are therefore right on the money in choosing their subject and medium with their latest production, The Radio Show Read More…
Hero-Man: “a bizarre and bad-mannered comic musical”
Pendulum Productions’ Hero-Man is a bizarre and bad-mannered comic musical about the eponymous hero, played by Reef Ronel: an ultra-macho defender of the realm who defeats evil antagonist Joel Fernandez’s Reknaw on a weekly basis. Hero-Man is assisted by Martin Lindill as Tim, and his canine pal Zap, played by Sarah Davies, who throw their Read More…
Shadows of Troy: “an epic theatrical experience”
Shadows of Troy brings to Oxford brand new adaptions of Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides and Ajax by Sophocles rolled into one epic theatrical experience. It commences with the Euripides. As Greek ships wait to sail over the sea to storm Troy, Kalchas the seer augurs that the winds will arrive only if Iphigenia, the general’s Read More…