In the Game of Thrones sense of the phrase; winter is coming.

Ok, not quite – it’s Africa. Even in mid-July there’s a distinct possibility that at some stage of the afternoon you’ll be in nothing but a T-shirt drinking a beer in the sunshine. As a result, we as Africans live in complete denial of winter as a concept. Houses, restaurants, everything is designed to bask.

Then the icy winds start.

And we scatter. Screaming. Like the season is a Godzilla-like anomaly…

An entire generation of young hipsters are wearing Bill Cosby jerseys in the name of irony* and vintage apparel. Blatantly ignoring the fact that my youth is now termed “vintage” (I’m 31), one can only interpret the irony in that alluding to the fact that they are, by design**, hideous. Even at the age of 5, this was an irony I was aware of whilst watching The Cosby Show in days…

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Royal Mail have launched a set of 10 stamps commemorating post-WWII British Fashion.

Shot by Solve Sundsbo, designers include Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith, Ossie Clark and the late (great) Alexander McQueen.

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