Patterned Knit

Following on with the Winter/Spring theme, our second trend to be tested in front of the Cardiff collective was Patterned Knit, which FashionBeans calls Graphic Knitwear just so it can be as individual as the top-knot sporting hipster; yet I can't help but feel individuality is essentially opposite to what FashionBeans is touting.

In the deep dark Winter, it was easy to find a warming selection of patterned clothing which expresses that knowing Spring titillation, however the Cardiff retailers were providing mostly printed patterns on Tees and Deep V's. Now don't get us here at TTC wrong, we love a Deep V, and giving it a spicy pattern that accentuates the deepness of the V is a lovely testament to the garment, however the remit of the hunt was patterned knit, and the 'knit' part of this is as important as the pattern.

As ever, Peacocks was the place to go for the penny conscious fashionista...

Wowzer

Monochrome, although while lined not especially patterned

Eventually (TTC is very time consuming, and we do put in the time at this stage to ensure perfect results for the end user) we found the perfect knit and bought every example the store had, to ensure exclusivity (it costs a lot of money as well), the fundamental guideline for patternware is not to share them with people outside your group.

As a TTTwist we even tried alternate ways of draping the knit over our respective torsos

Now since our last post there's been something of a blow for the elite of Cardiff nightlife - Floyds has shut its doors for the final time, we think due to a very poor interior design decision to move and elevate the DJ booth, making the whole environment less intimate and sweaty.  It also always suffered a slight reputation issue from not having basin taps in the men's toilet, instead sporting a bucket and ladle.

Replacing Floyds' gaping hole in our evening schedule was nigh on impossible but a combination of Moon and Full Moon clubs gave it a darned good go.

The Alternatives

These places didn't do our favoured Jagerbomb deal but what they did have was mediocre bands trying to make a go of it rather than accepting they needed to get an actual job instead of relying on selling £12 gig t-shirts to 10 people as a way of feeding oneself - it would be funny if it wasn't so tragically depressing to see their crushed hearts when nobody wanted their poorly printed CDs.

These places also don't offer Floyds' exquisite lighting, famed for producing the best trend photos (please see our Instagram offerings).  Instead of photographic chutzpah, Moon Club gives us an honest representation of our delightfully playful yet geometrically brilliant patterns.

What these places did deliver on was the delightfully chatty punters who were more than excited to provide their thoughts on the patterned knit, which ended up being mixed. One such fellow, who had obviously decided that aerodynamicism was not a top priority whereas sub-dermal food storage was, enjoyed the trend. After complimenting though, he did say that he thought we may have been twins. Before this we were taking his compliments as praise from a wise, well fed man, however this quickly changed, as believing that two people are blood related due to similar clothing and optimal muscular definition is a sign of a fool.

We did encounter one incident that highlighted the risks of being a full time blogger/engineer, when a Regular Joe gets too familiar.  Looking carefully at the imagine below you'll see a mystery hand performing a deep tissue massage on one of our shoulders, looking even more carefully you'll appreciate that it can be neither my hand nor James'!

Mmm loosening

As it happens an overly excitable reader of ours had decided to become shamefully drunk and needed a steadying handrail. Thankfully for him, in the dark cesspit of Live Lounge, geometric patterns pointed the way to safety and a chance to propose all sorts of blogging ideas, something that we are never open to hearing about. The danger of arrow type patterns and favourable lighting conditions became very clear, so we quickly fled to the toilet where in a rather characterless fashion they have ladle-free taps.

Hopefully we've had our last mid-jig massage

The evening did not actually end up with much more interesting praise (or for that matter condemnation). It seems as though the Patterned Knit is not much of a great trend, and even with FashionBeans giving it a funky name.  The hurt of a Floydsless world will last for some time, all we can hope is that Cardiff gets a new RnB themed tavern very soon, and that we aren't wearing patterned knit when it does.