Forever 21

I turned the grand old age of 25 the other week. I did have a happy birthday, I went out with my friends and got drunk and danced the night away. Although the thought of ageing can bring me to tears quite often. I absolutely hate the idea of getting old. I used to say that 25 was my 'scary age' -it is such a grown up age and the next big birthday I will have is 30. 30!

 I should have had so many more experiences and accomplishments by this age - but alas I don't. I have literally been in education for the last 21 years. I left high school at 16, went to college, then art college and now uni. I finish this year though. I should be happy but I am terrified. I don't know what to do with my adulthood. I have never had a full time job and if I am honest I don't ever want one. I get bored very easily and my attention span lasts for about 20 minutes and then I am gone.

The worst thing about my birthday is that I was always the oldest out of my friends. My birthday is September which is also the the first month of school. I used to like that because it was like I was the first one to experience things; but now I am just the older one. I am 25 and they are 24.

There are certain things that are expected to come with age, we are supposed to grow up and become responsible. No. No. No. As cliché as it sounds, age is just a number. My attitude to anything is not going to drastically change because I have been around the sun a number of times. I still want to have fun, I still want to experience things. I don't want to settle down and have a routine - I am not a 9-5 kind of boy. My biggest fear in life is to look back and have no fond memories of my twenties - lucky for me I am only half way through so I got a bit of time. So if anyone is reading this that I know and you want to go and do something, (money permitting) I will come with you. Getting old is horrible, accepting it is even worse.

I will be 21 forever.

Office Fashion Wars

Once Upon a Time I quit university. It got too stressful and seriously made me doubt my choices in life. So I then went and got a 'real' job. I worked in a call centre for one of Britain's leading phone retailers. I lasted 3 months. I never passed the training and it made me miserable. It was the push I needed to go back to university. I am not putting down anyone that works in a call centre - some of my former colleagues were amazing at the job - I was just not one of those people. Every insult I got I took personal and I constantly felt like a failure (I was often convinced of this as we had score cards - mine was red all the time).

One of the major thing that annoyed me was the office dress code. I didn't see the point of it as no one could see us - we were a call centre. When I got the job I had to go out and buy an office wardrobe. Suits and ties (not in a sexy Justin Timberlake way). Suddenly all the clothes I liked were now my after work clothes. It sucked because I only feel comfortable in any situation if I am wearing an outfit I like. One of the things that annoyed the most about office dress was the gender difference. Men are all wearing suits, ties and trousers with a line pressed down the middle - so limiting. Then the female gender would walk in and they could literally wear anything they want. On the dress code for them all that was asked of them were no open toes, no shorts and no leggings - that was it. They could wear any outfit of choice. The men are a sea of blue, black, brown and grey. The women wear any colour, any style and any shoes they pleased.

This isn't anger, its more jealousy. As a lover of fashion I am very aware of the huge choice women have compared to their male counterparts. I am not saying I want to wear booty shorts and a tube top; I just wish there were more options for men that are socially accepted. In an office the only time we get to have a bit of fun is with a funky tie. I hate ties so I wasn't going to spend a butt load at Tie Rack. I think men look amazing in a suit, sometimes there is nothing sexier - I am not one of these men. It makes me uncomfortable, fidgety and the tie feels like a noose.

So to all the male fashion designers, lets get you're heads together and design some pieces that men can wear in an office and not break any rules. Cheers.