Pretty Neat

Neat Frontage are a Bristol based design duo which includes Ruth Strugnell (also from Bristol's Fix Up Look Sharp) & Gemma Pope who specialise in creating one-off handmade streetwear  garms mixed with festival style, sportswear & bright colours! From metallic bodycon unitards, jazzy printed tailored items to block print oversized sweatshirts Neat Frontage know how to make you stand out from the crowd whether you are at a festival, a club night or just hanging out, Neat Frontage will brighten up your day with a pop!

No Debutante visited Neat Frontage in their vibrant & creative studio at The Island, Bristol to find out where the magic happens.....and to borrow some Neat Frontage goodies for a fashion shoot but more on that very soon! Coincidentally the Neat Frontage ladies also share their space with another No Debutante fave from the Bristol Fashion scene, Terri Young from Tezla Designs. Unfortunately, Terri was not around to chat but it was great to see the Tezla creative space & to be in the creative environment of some of Bristol's fashion family, I have to say it was very inspiring, a room full of dress mannequins, plants and clothing.... my gosh, I wanted to get my fabric shears out & start cutting up my imaginary new collection there & then! 

The Neat Frontage girls are always so bubbly & full of fun and have a hundred ideas & plans for what they are doing next whilst carrying out several projects at once & working their day jobs too! Its good to meet people who's lives also seem to be consumed by so many creative things at once whilst trying to support themselves (& in my case, their families) to make it all work. Bristol is not full of dreamers, it is full of do'ers, who will try their hardest to succeed whilst remaining inspired, creating a beautiful Bristol. Don't get me started on how Bristol needs to support its local designers....Bristol Fashion week??? Pah!

Neat Frontage are currently working on their latest collection & very kindly let me take a sneak preview, the stand out pieces at this point are the sheer black bodysuits with bold 90s inspired, block coloured shaped appliques, a beautiful matching block appliqued sheer kimono (everyone wants this piece of magic), cute black culottes with sportswear inspired sequined or metallic side panels & the very comfy oversized unisex sweatshirts in Mondrian style grids and jazzy prints that have pockets in, nothing gets me more excited then a dress or sweatshirt with pockets in! No Debutante loves this collection as does everyone I have shown it to! Nice One ladeez! Pow!

Watch this space for more on the Neat Frontage collection & the Bristol Fashion collaboration photoshoot featuring No Debutante, Anthony Prothero Photography, Neat Frontage, Tezla Designs, That Thing, House of Junk, House of Bendy & Jokoto Clothing. 

All Photography by No Debutante except for images 4 & 6 courtesy of Neat Frontage.

Thank-you very much to the lovely Neat Frontage for having me & for your help!

For more info on Neat Frontage follow them on facebook https://www.facebook.com/neatfrontage & on Depop.com


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ND xx

Dot To Dot

Polka-dots are back in my life, I was totally in love with polka-dots in the early 2000's, a lot of my first collection for my fashion brand Phlem was full of them back in the day! Polka-dots were in my home, on my clothes, I think I overdid it with the polka-dots so began to fall out of love with them...but here they are creeping back into my wardrobe, I wasn't even aware I owned so many polka dot pieces! This time around polka dots are turning up on sports wear & tailored garments alike, anything goes with the contemporary polka dots from graphic two-tone polka dot prints to pretty polka dot embroideries on dresses to sweatshirts in monochromes, greys and pretty pink hues. 
Get inspired and Get spotted this winter!     

Styling & Photography on First 9 images By No Debutante

All No Debutante clothing from That Thing, The White Pepper, Adidas, Topshop, Asos, Reebok, Dr Martens & Zed Head Designs.

Images 10-12 sourced from lazyoaf.com
Image 13 sourced from vintagelicks.co.uk


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That Thing AW16 Collection

No Debutante Loves  the Bristol Fashion scene not just because I live in Bristol you understand...Bristol fashion has a great mix of streetwear & sustainable fashion and has a lifestyle that goes with it. All good people doing great things in fashion, keeping it wearable without conforming to the high street or the dictated trends, yet still contemporary & fashion forward. Bristol beats to the sound of it's own drum, it knows what Bristol people want & this couldn't be a truer word said than to our very own independent fashion house, That Thing. 

Hanging out in their infamous Stokes Croft residence,That Thing know their customer & they dress them well, with new, refreshing ideas coming through with each collection & my gosh have they conquered the branding side of things. The That Thing logo is becoming a permanent feature in the No Debutante wardrobe, I could not refuse the new 'Vertigo' logo on a long sleeve tshirt (in a cuddly size large please, it is winter after all) I love a sleeve print on a long sleevetshirt, as you know! The That Thing logos are emblazoned across their streetwear, from small chest logos to full on That Thing logos on sleeves, back prints, hats, you name it & I just love the new logo patch, these guys know how to work a logo! It's That Thing...remember it!

A couple of weeks ago, No Debutante attended the That Thing Collection Launch Party, these guys know how to throw a fashion party, I should know I've been to a fair few That Thing fashion parties, with an amazing new collection, lovely people & DJs that always keep the party going.....M.I.A will always keep me at a party! There was even a slideshow of the latest collections LookBook cast onto their bright white walls throughout the party, which fitted the graphics of the That thing style brilliantly. 

The new collection is a continuation from the first full & mini collections from the past year with a nod to the original peachy-pastel pink tone again this Autumn Winter (which featured in the first collection which launched a year ago), mixed with strong graphic monochromes, moving into yummy caramels & golden tones. This collection features more warmer items too, with coats, great for layering up in a full on That Thing outfit topped off with the cuddliest & fluffiest scarves ever! Right up No Debutante's street! The fun doesn't stop there with multi shades of That Thing beanies & the cutest little back packs you'll ever see, this collection covers everything this season, right down to girls PJ's in the form of a cute pink short & tee set!  No Debutante loved the polka dot sweats,Vertigo print long sleeve tshirts, fluffy scarves, the quilted details, oversized girls sweats, cute backpacks, pink PJ's, bombers, the crop sweats with side lace up details, in fact all the crop tops.....you get the idea....Oh Bristol I love you!

 Image courtesy of Luis Cruz Photography

  Image courtesy of Luis Cruz Photography

  Image courtesy of Luis Cruz Photography

 Image courtesy of That Thing 

  Image courtesy of That Thing 

  Image courtesy of That Thing 

  Image courtesy of That Thing 

  Image courtesy of That Thing 

 Image courtesy of That Thing 

 That Thing AW 2016/17 - No Debutante Style

All Photography (apart from the tagged images courtesy of Luis Cruz Photography & That Thing) by No Debutante.

Thank-you very much to the lovely That thing for having me! I love my new That Thing goodies! 

For more info on That Thing email info@thatthing.co  & check out the That Thing website & deffo pop in the That Thing shop on Stokes Croft ,Bristol for lots of That Thing goodies next time you are in town 


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ND xx