I'm With The Band

Fashion week is in full swing and as the country's top designers parade their designs down the catwalk whilst style savvy followers parade around Somerset House, no doubt many budding designers will be feeling rather inspired. If you happen to be one of them, why not put your creative skills to good use. 5OUP, the ultimate online network for emerging artists and designers, have teamed up with London quartet Bombay Bicycle club to run an exclusive competition to design their new t-shirt. On the 14 of October, the 10 designs with the most votes will be judged by the band before they select the overall winner. The winning entrant will not only have their t-shirt printed, but will also receive 50% of the profits. So get those creative juices flowing and click here to enter!

Introducing Dead Cassette

Exciting new London based band Dead Cassette will be playing at the much hyped Road To Standon 2010 and  Wimbledon  Calling 2010 . Watch this space...

For more about Dead Cassette, click here.

Fancy being a face of Fred?

Who doesn't I ask?! Fred Perry have launched a competition synonymous with their new campaign which depicts the music rife heritage of the infamous Fred Perry polo's, the competition is called 'tell us your story' and you shall find out why...

The competition invites you to send in an image of yourself in your Perry polo with the addition of a short story about you and this iconic membert of your wardrobe.. The people at Fred Perry are aiming to collect evidencial stories showing how the brand has immersed itself in music and street cultures all over the globe... which it has.

Imagine the mods without the laurel leaf, it's like trying to imagine Jarvis Cocker without his lens', which is just wrong.

So let us all show are aprreciation of the brand by contributing an image and a precious memory, perhaps a first gig, or first ever polo which now fits in an ill manner - to say the least? The images and words will be put online and visitors to the site are given the power to vote for their favourite, resulting in monthly prizes for the winner which could eventually turn into a cash prize of £5, 000.

See you on there.

www.fredperrytellusyourstory.com