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TRAVELLER
THE BUZZ
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TRAVEL TRENDS
WORDS CHRIS HUNT/GENUINE
GLASGOW
Originally the haunt of the city’s tobacco lords, Trongate, the main street in this area,
is now known for its high-end shopping. Long-neglected throughout the 1900s, the district has seen
recent regeneration, bringing a wave of vintage and eco shops, artists’ studios and exhibitions.
Neighbourhood Watch:
Merchant City
LYNDSAY PAGAN, 27, DESIGNER
What’s your favourite neighbourhood
bar?
“Nice ‘N’ Sleazy. The cocktails
are fantastic and it’s very chilled [
421
Sauchiehall Street; tel: +44 (0)141 333
0900, nicensleazy.com
].”
What’s your coolest shop?
“Mr Ben for
vintage clothing. The staff are lovely [
101
King Street; tel: +44 (0)141 553 1936,
mrbenretroclothing.com
].”
Secret Tip?
“Trongate 103. It’s a gallery
and home to the slightly whacky
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre [
103
Trongate; tel: +44 (0)141 276 8380.
trongate103.com
].”
JAMES SCOTT, 37, SALES DIRECTOR
What’s your favourite local restaurant?
“Barbarossa, where Italy meets Scotland.
Go casual or head upstairs for something
fancier. [
5 Clarkston Road; tel: +44 (0)141
560 3898, barbarossarestaurant.co.uk
].”
What’s your coolest shop?
“Brazen is
full of individual jewellery designers,
with a huge selection of men’s items
[
58Albion Street; tel: +44 (0)141 552
4551, brazenstudios.co.uk
].”
Secret Tip?
“Barras Art & Design Centre.
You can easily lose a day wandering
around the exhibits [
54 Calton Entry;
barrasartanddesign.com
].”
GILLIAN MACDONALD, 19, STUDENT
What’s your favourite neighbourhood bar?
“The little hipster bar in the Brunswick
Hotel where DJs play at the weekends
[
106-108 Brunswick Street; tel: +44 141
552 0001, brunswickhotel.co.uk
].”
What’s your favourite local restaurant?
“Sapporo Teppanyaki is good if you’re out
with your mates. The tables are huge and
the chefs put on a show [
6 IngramStreet;
tel: +44 (0)141 553 4060, sapporo.co.uk
].”
Secret tip?
“Barras Market on the
weekends for real vintage bargains
[
10am-5pm, 224 Gallowgate;
glasgow-barrowland.com
].”
ON TREND
trendwatching.com
scans the globe
for the latest emerging consumer
trends. Here, Henry Mason, head of
the company’s research and analysis,
tells us what to watch this month.
LIFE: SUBSCRIBED
If you’re bored of bills being the only
thing delivered by the postman, think
about upgrading your subscriptions.
We’re not talking about a magazine
that lands on the doormat every
month –mail orders have smartened
up, with more companies sending
beauty products, coffee, breads and
even birds to busy consumers.
Record and fashion label badDETT
(
baddett.com
), for example, will send
music fans a silk-screened T-shirt
designed with the album artwork of
a different artist every month. The
shirt’s label has a QR code so you can
download music to your phone too.
Foodwise, Kopi (pictured,
kopi.
co.uk
) delivers coffee – beans
or ground – direct to your door.
Each package contains tasting
notes, information on source and
instructions to brew the perfect cup.
Not ones to shy away from a
trend, France’s
le post
is delivering
fresh produce to customers of La
Ferme des Echancées (
ferme-des-
echancees.com
). Subscribers sign a
contrat poule
(chicken contract) and
receive eggs for 12 months. At the end
of the year, they can have the carcass
of the bird delivered for cooking.
All in all, it’s given us a whole new
reason to get excited about hearing
that thud of post on the doormat.
To subscribe to the free monthly Trend.
Briefing, available in English, Dutch,
German, French, Spanish,Turkish and
Portuguese, go to trendwatching.com