Viva Lewes Issue #140 May 2018
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140<br />
VIVALEWES<br />
EDITORIAL<br />
At Priory Upper School, in the early eighties, among a certain<br />
set it was almost de rigueur to wear a long-sleeved stripy<br />
Clothkits t-shirt in the summer. It looked kind of punky with the<br />
right accoutrements and said ‘Made in <strong>Lewes</strong>’ twice, referring to<br />
both garment and wearer. I never had one, dammit.<br />
Where did you get what you’re wearing at the moment, top to<br />
toe, outside to in? In my case it’s: <strong>Lewes</strong> FC shop; British Heart<br />
Foundation; TK Maxx in Brighton; Bone Clothing; heirloom<br />
from father; Intersport. I didn’t dress with this column in mind,<br />
so I’m pleased to say that over 50% of my spending ended up in <strong>Lewes</strong> tills.<br />
And the town has a lot to offer, clothes-shop-wise, whether you want to dress for style (Paul<br />
Clark) or practicality (the Aldi mystery aisle). I mean, hey, even Kim Kardashian wears <strong>Lewes</strong><br />
clothes, as we discover in our article about the super-trendy <strong>Lewes</strong> label, Boom Boom, hidden<br />
away in the Malling Industrial Estate.<br />
This month’s theme is ‘Fabric and Fashion’, in case you hadn’t guessed. In our The Way We<br />
Work section we interview four fashion designers (it was difficult to choose, there were so<br />
many) and ask them ‘what is your most cherished item of clothing?’ Mine’s a faux-fur jacket<br />
called Brian, which I bought in a charity shop in the 80s, for the record. But all that could<br />
change if anyone has got a spare Clothkits stripy t-shirt they don’t want, in the back of the<br />
cupboard. I’d pay top dollar. Enjoy the month…<br />
Photo by Martina La Trobe-Bateman<br />
THE TEAM<br />
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EDITOR: Alex Leith alex@vivamagazines.com<br />
SUB-EDITOR: David Jarman<br />
DEPUTY EDITOR: Rebecca Cunningham rebecca@vivamagazines.com<br />
ART DIRECTOR: Katie Moorman katie@vivamagazines.com<br />
ADVERTISING: Sarah Hunnisett, Amanda Meynell advertising@vivamagazines.com<br />
EDITORIAL / ADMIN ASSISTANT: Kelly Hill admin@vivamagazines.com<br />
DISTRIBUTION: David Pardue distribution@vivamagazines.com<br />
CONTRIBUTORS: Jacky Adams, Ben Bailey, Jacqui Bealing, Michael Blencowe, Sarah Boughton, Mark Bridge,<br />
Emma Chaplin, Daniel Etherington, Neil Gower, Mark Greco, Anita Hall, John Henty, Mat Homewood, Chloë King,<br />
Dexter Lee, Lucy Limage, Lizzie Lower, Carlotta Luke, Richard Madden, John O’Donoghue and Marcus Taylor<br />
PUBLISHER: Becky Ramsden becky@vivamagazines.com<br />
<strong>Viva</strong> <strong>Lewes</strong> is based at Pipe Passage, 151b High Street, <strong>Lewes</strong>, BN7 1XU, 01273 480131. Advertising 01273 488882
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