Block Colours

TTC on their way

 
So, through our love of trends we all know that orange is the colour of Summer 2013, as explained here on FashionBeans.com. Unfortunately orange trousers of a suitable brightness are hard to come by in Cardiff. Inspired by the thought of wearing one glowing and attention grabbing colour all over our bodies, we had to look around to see what else would keep us at the cutting edge this season. Not wanting to travel too far along the web, we turned to Fashion Beans once more where it was revealed that blue was the obvious trend-based choice. Here's a quote:

"The men’s fashion press has wholeheartedly endorsed blue as the go-to colour for this coming season"

Even more key to our dream of wearing all one colour is this snippet:

"Shortlist noted that this is a very easy colour trend for any man to incorporate into their wardrobe and also recommend using blue as a starting point for successful colour-blocked outfits."

Cardiff had to sell blue clothes, though walking at sweaty pace down Cowbridge Road at 4.45pm in the 30 degree heat I knew I was committed to whatever tat was available in anything ranging from light purple to almost green. Such was my desire to test the social acceptance of block colours I was willing to spend up to £15 on shorts and a bit on shoes, having a blue T-shirt in my collection was finally paying off.

A few hours later we were in the usual venue, preparing ourselves for Charlie Browns. Having only felt a bit silly on the walk into town I was pretty excited to see our matching shorts. They looked good on both of us and, well, no one else seemed to know it.

Blue tshirt blue shorts blue shoes (greyish shirt)

Having received a few angry glances from people dressed in multi-coloured outfits, clearly knowing Joseph's technicolor dreamcoat would have been mocked now just as much as it was hated by Joseph's brothers back then, we got on with the night and descended into the barren wasteland of Charlie Browns.

It's not worth talking about this place anymore than what has been said previously, other than to say nobody looked our way, not until we won the Pub Quiz jackpot on our first attempt while trying to finish our delicious OMG drinks. Rob let out a bellow and £5 of glorious money fell down. Spending this on some Jager Bombs we felt that was enough and headed out to find people who could actually provide some opinions on our ensembles.

The beautiful winnings

Having, weeks earlier, experienced the emotional scenes of the King of The North ripping out guitar solos before our very eyes, this week we were subjected to Jon Snow in the drippy flesh.

Jon Snow near some block blue

He was one impressed chap when informed he would be appearing in a fashion blog and thought it acceptable to let his chest dangle out. He responded positively to our clothes but seemed like he would do anything if it meant he could get off the stage; unfortunately for him Rob's shoulders are far too broad to allow that, trapping him in TTC's trendy embrace.

Sweat free so far

An almost unfashionable side effect of wearing such a 2013 colour was the devastating carnage caused by sweat on blue tshirts.  A very distinct and offensive darker shade of blue appeared over various portions of our bodies as the hours progressed, potentially something that halted new friendships before we were able to trap more individual with Rob's shoulders.  The only meagre positive of such dampness is that with half an hour to go you find yourself in a new colour (block dark blue) meaning a second chance with people you've already met, at this stage drying out and time are your only enemies.

There is already an infamous photo on Facebook featuring Rob mid colour change. Worth seeking out.

Looking down from the Live Lounge stage all that can be seen is a mess, and yet within minutes of making ourselves visible order was forming. Our choice of a colour, often described as the colour of success, was bringing others in blue out of the woodwork. They usually didn't hang around for long once they realised their quotes and experiences would be plastered across the internet. We can conclude from this that while blue suggests success, it is used to mask cowardly undertones. Try beige next time chumps!

The general feeling radiating off people was one of disappointment. We caught look after look of indifference at best and rational hate as a middle ground. When asking people for their opinions they didn't seem impressed or didn't want to give us an answer. While nobody was unfair and the bar still served us at the usual pace the joy wasn't there. At Charlie Browns we thought it was standard stuff, at Live Lounge I realised my blue shoes weren't going to make things better, only a Mario's Pizza meal deal would do that.

Blue Horn

So a night of nothingness ensued for the colour formation we had decided upon, and although I do not think block orange would have performed any better, it is painful looking back on this night thinking that maybe another colour would have impressed.

Block Blue; Safe, unimpressive and a let down.