It feels like Spring has sprung in Manchester this week. Between the Great British drizzles, the sun peeked out from behind the clouds as shoppers scuttled through town, paper coffee cups in hand and it felt as though the city had come out of hibernation.
When it comes to outfits, it's still that difficult part of the year when the climate is so unpredictable, you can never be sure if it's safe to be without a coat and umbrella - but we are starting to see some signs of spring in skirts and slightly lighter layers.
This weeks Steal Their Style features five fashionable shoppers - including one we've stopped before. Imagine being so stylish, yoy get stopped twice? We've had one outfit entirely sewn at home, and another complete with something totally invisible, but wholly necessary to complete the look.
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For those new to this weekly feature, we head out to Manchester every week and find fiver or six shoppers with cool or unusual outfits and ask them about it. Here are the five people we thought looked absolutely fantastic this week - and how you can Steal Their Style.
Amy Roberts
Amy Roberts isn’t even from Manchester, and yet, this is the second time I’ve stopped her for being one of the most stylish people on the city streets. Back in February, I stopped Amy, from Liverpool, in the Northern Quarter and this week, spotted her outside Zara in an equally fashionable look.
Having recently celebrated her 37th birthday, Amy and her partner were In town to see a film at the cinema and enjoy the sunshine.
She wore a £5 vintage jacket with a knit from Damaged Society in the Arndale Centre, with a £5 Monki skirt and fishnet tights from Snag. She added: “My tote is from Chester Zoo as my partner adopted some red pandas from my birthday. The boots are Steve Madden, and my heart bag is Dr Martens.
“I like a lot of punk subculture stuff and underground artists, brash colour and clashing patterns. I have three or four colours I like to stick to so I always have matching elements in my wardrobe.”
Seth Morley
Seth, who works part time in a cricket club, cites his stylish girlfriend as his wardrobe inspiration. The 22-year-old, from Burnage, would often wear a basic jean and t-shirt combo, but his partner has encouraged him to be more adventurous in his style.
He said: “Everything is from charity shops in Manchester and Leeds, except the belt as that was a gift from my girlfriend. The shoes and jacket were £20 each, the jeans really old and the shirt was about £6.
“My girlfriend got me into charity shopping, she’s very fashionable too. She has redesigned my fashion - not that she’s told me what to wear but she has encouraged me to wear the things I want to wear.
“I like shopping secondhand a lot because it’s cheaper, too.”
Jen Legg
Very impressively, Jen has sewn the majority of her outfit, including her blouse, trousers and coat. The 54-year-old, from Middlesbrough, began sewing six years ago after watching an episode of the Great British Sewing Bee and now even teaches her own classes as well as being a full-time hairdresser.
She paired the whole look with a pair of Clark’s shoes, a belt and a lovely burnt orange fedora.
She said: “Everything took me about a week to make. The blouse took a day, but the coat a bit longer. My mum was a seamstress and when I watched Sewing Bee a few years ago I really wanted to get into it and have found it really therapeutic.
“I love to come to Manchester to visit shops like French Connection and & Other Stories for inspiration, then I’ll make clothes from what I like. It is unique because no-one else is going to be walking around in it, which I love.”
Danielle Martin
Nineties loving Danielle Martin cites stars like Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears as her style inspiration. The 26-year-old from Corby, Northamptonshire sported a number of secondhand buys with a River Island jacket.
Her blue tartan skirt was £5 on Vinted, paired with a £2 charity shop top and old dancing leg warmers. Her Nokwal shoes were £70, accessorised with silver hoop earrings.
She said: “I’ve got quite a 90s wardrobe. I wasn’t much for fashion when I was younger but when I turned 19 it was just nineties 24/7.
“I grew up buying clothes from charity shops and my whole family are the same so most of my clothes are secondhand.”
Solomon Ajani-Wickham
The secret to feeling put together, says Solomon, isn’t actually anything that you can see. The 19-year-old, from Brighton, is a big believer that fragrance is actually what completes an outfit, and was in Manchester to buy a new bottle for himself - Malin + Goetz bergamot, if you were interested.
“It’s the bit that makes it come together,” he said, wearing vintage boots from Pop Boutique with a trouser and jumper combination from Suzy Loves Milo - an NQ vintage store.
He added: “The hat is an old vintage one that cost £10 that I’ve dyed and stitched, then the scarf was knit by my mum.”
Solomon says his mum is very fashionable with a ‘great sense of style’, but his brother, 10 years older, is a big inspiration, too. He said: “My brother worked in menswear so I got a lot of hand me downs from him and he’s very knowledgeable.
“When you see someone you can get an impression of them from their outfit and that's what I love about fashion, and I think fragrance does the same thing in a non-visual way. I love floral fragrances the most, and feel like it makes you feel more put together.”
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