CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN

Intimissimi Uomo’s quest is to provide you with a comprehensive line-up of underwear, clothing and pyjamas. The brand’s aim is for people to be able to update their clothes closet or underwear drawer and get what you need wherever you happen to be and at any time of the day.

For this season Intimissimi Uomo presents the new collection in silk-modal, a sophisticated fusion of luxurious fabric, softness and radiance. The collection embodies the essence of contemporary masculine style, offering a versatile selection of garments suitable for different occasions.

Silk and Modal, chosen with meticulous care, are the undisputed protagonists. Silk, known for its natural sheen and luxurious feel on the skin, gives the garments a sophisticated elegance. Modal, on the other hand, offers enveloping comfort and breathability, allowing any daily activity to be tackled with a touch of lightness.

The real new element this year is the piquet work applied to the silk-modal fabric, combined with the range of garments available in this collection, including trousers and shorts, T-shirts, shirts and boxer shorts. Each garment has been carefully designed to ensure an impeccable fit and a modern aesthetic that enhances the male figure.

T-shirts are the timeless staple in a man’s wardrobe. By pairing silk with modal, they become ideal for an informal yet sophisticated look. Perfect to wear under a jacket or simply on their own. For more elegant occasions however, shirts are a versatile, classy option. The sheen of silk and the breathability of modal make this garment an excellent choice for business meetings or formal events.

The trousers are ideal for quiet evenings spent at home, providing comfort and a sophisticated look, offering pleasant warmth without being too heavy. The shorts with tonal pockets and drawstring are the perfect choice for mild days and provide a feeling of freedom and freshness. Whether for leisure or outdoor activities, they guarantee a casual, sophisticated look.

The boxer shorts complete the collection with style. Comfortable and snug, they offer optimal support and a fresh feeling throughout the day.

The silk-modal garments are available in classic midnight blue, grey melange and in a new colour variant: dark green. Blue and grey exude elegance and sobriety, for more formal occasions, while green conveys freshness and dynamism, ideal for days outdoors or informal gatherings.

With its fusion of luxury and comfort, this collection promises to satisfy the needs of modern customers, adding a touch of elegance to every occasion.

Amid reports that Atlético Madrid have “slammed” Celtic for their Champions League ticket prices for this season, SeatPick sought to uncover which British team has got the cheapest away day tickets for their respectable group stage games.1

With the Champions League having started on the 19th September, with Newcastle back in the competition after 20 years – SeatPick has analysed flight data alongside resale ticket prices, to find which British team is lucky enough to have the cheapest away day of the tournament. 

The results: 

Costing just £209 for the cheapest flight (£161) and ticket (£48), Lazio v Celtic on November 28this currently the cheapest Champions League away day for this season’s group games. The cheapest flights from Glasgow to Rome currently stand at £161, with tickets for the game costing as little as £48according to the ticket experts at SeatPick. This game currently has the cheapest match ticket value of all Champions League group games – at almost half the price of Atletico Madrid v Celtic (£83). 

Sevilla v Arsenal on 24th October ranks second, currently costing £239 for a flight and a ticket. Although the match ticket is more than 3 times the price of Lazio v Celtic (£175), flights to Seville from London currently stand at just £64 – the cheapest of all away days analysed. However, buying tickets for Sevilla v Arsenal soon will cost you almost half as much as tickets for Lens v Arsenal – which currently stands at £463 for a flight (£81) and match ticket (£382). 

In third is PSG v Newcastle, setting you back £275 for a flight (£173) and a resale match ticket (£102). Possibly Newcastle’s biggest game in their “group of death” it currently stands at almost a third cheaper than their second-cheapest away day vs Borussia Dortmund (£390). 

Atletico Madrid v Celtic ranks fourth, currently setting you back £361 for a flight (£278) and a resale ticket (£83). Tickets to this game are currently the second cheapest of all Champions League away days, only behind Celtic’s cheapest away day (v Lazio) standing at £48. 

Costing a staggering £1,039 currently, the most expensive Champions League away day for this year’s group stages is Galatasaray v Manchester United. At the moment, a resale ticket for the Red Devils away game on 29th November would set you back a whopping £716 – the most expensive resale ticket of Champions League games so far. Resale tickets are also currently almost 4 times the price of tickets to see Bayern Munich v Manchester United next week (£200), however flights to this game (£388) are a fifth (20%) more expensive. 

AW23 is truly transformative for Mens retailer MOSS, formally Moss Bros, reflecting the modern menswear brand, without losing sight of their tailoring heritage.  With the new rebrand, everything is stripped back to show off the product in a simplified and modern way.

Moss has always had strong sense of heritage and a history of innovating to meet the changing needs of the menswear customer. With the new rebrand, everything is stripped back to show off the product in a simplified and modern way.

The collection has a consistent look and feel, celebrating core product that is versatile, can be mixed and matched and encouraging a conscious approach to styling by prioritizing wearability and sustainability. This season introduces a new level of sophistication to casual dressing. Rugged knits and scaled up outerwear take on the elements. There’s more relaxed silhouettes, soft tailoring, bold colours and luxurious fabrics.

Taking cue from winters embraced in the great British outdoors, AW23 offers up a curation of colour, textures and considered pieces that will set you up for the season – and lay the foundation of a wardrobe you’ll be wearing a whole lot longer. The collection has a consistent look and feel, celebrating core product that is versatile, can be mixed and matched and encouraging a conscious approach to styling by prioritizing wearability and sustainability. Moss has embraced relaxed silhouettes, soft tailoring, bold colours and luxurious fabrics. This season introduces a new level of sophistication to casual dressing, providing elevated looks for everyday style. Rugged knits and scaled up outerwear take on the elements. A stand-out hero piece is the double-breasted boucle coat available in vibrant red.

With students returning to universities this month, many may find it tricky to manage university finances during the ongoing cost of living crisis. To enjoy uni life while keeping to a student budget, it is reported that 87% of students will turn to money-saving websites to avoid paying full price.

With this in mind, Coupon Snake were intrigued to find out which discount websites are the most popular and cost effective among students. To do this, they collected Google monthly search volumes and the average discount of each website, revealing the most popular money-saving websites for students in 2023!

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Key Findings:

• Unidays is the most popular student discount website with 133,000 monthly searches on average. 
• Unidays also ranks as the most cost effective website with over 21% off on average.
• Although Student Beans ranks second, it has the largest number of deals for students. 

The top 5 most popular student discount websites

Coupon Snake can reveal that Unidays is crowned the most popular student discount website in the UK, with 133,000 monthly search volumes on average. With a global market across 115 regions, it has an average of nearly 700,000 global Google searches. Offering discounts for both current university students and alumni, Unidays has a good number of exclusive and limited time deals for students worldwide to save on everything!

Ranking second is Student Beans, with 109,000 average monthly searches. As the world’s leading student loyalty network, it offers exclusive discounts to students across various categories, including fashion, beauty, travel, health, tech and food. It currently has connected 175 million students worldwide,helping Gen Z to save money on popular brands. 

Coming in third place is VoucherCodes, which has 52,000 Google monthly searches on average. Unlike the above, VoucherCodes is a discount website finding the best deals for everyone, but it also has a dedicated page for verified students in the UK. 

The most cost effective student discount websites

Coupon Snake can reveal that Unidays is the most cost effective student discount website when it comes to three main shopping categories: Food & Drink, Fashion and Technology. It offers more than 300 student discounts among the three categories with an average discount amount of 21.6%, higher than all other discount websites reviewed. It also has the best discount for technology (23.6%), making it the perfect site/app to browse if you need university supplements such as laptop, tablets or mobile plans. 

Student Beans comes in second, saving students slightly more than 20% in all these three categories. Student Beans also has the largest number of discounts in the three categories reviewed including over 600 deals for fashion brands and sites. It offers an average student discount of 20.4% for fashion brands, higher than other websites’ fashion offers. 

TOTUM ranks third with an average discount of 18.9% for the three categories. Previously known as NUS extra, TOTUM discounts and memberships are available to any students age 16 or over in a UK school, college, sixth form or university. With an average discount of 27.9% for food and restaurants, it has the best savings on food for students.

Many employees are now lucky enough to benefit from a flexible approach to their work and life balance. Household brands like  Zoom, Amazon and Disney are among the companies offering  tailored working arrangements or a structured hybrid approach that suits their staff members’ individual needs.

With many employees keen to take advantage of the chance to work from the office on a more frequent basis to interact with their colleagues face-to-face,  ensuring they are wearing comfortable and practical footwear may be the last thing on their mind.

However, experts have warned that the choice of footwear someone opts for during commutes and a day in the office could actually be hindering work productivity, and may even lead to future health issues in the future. 

With this in mind, John Johnston, Head of E-Commerce at Workwear Express, the UK’s leading provider of Workwear clothing, has outlined why sensible footwear is so important, regardless of the workplace one may frequent on a weekly basis, and discusses the associated long-term and short term risks to employees’ health below. 

What are the risks associated with wearing impractical footwear to work?
“The average construction worker walks a reported 1,600 steps an hour on-site, with nurses walking more than 4 miles in a typical 12-hour shift. Therefore,  it cannot be underestimated how important the need for comfortable and practical footwear in the workplace is, as it can bring all sorts of associated risks to employees’ health and well-being.

“What many may not realise is that these podiatry risks apply to every kind of job, including office workers, or even those jobs that don’t require workers to do a lot of walking in a typical day.

Here are just  some of the  potential risks associated with wearing impractical footwear at work:

They can cause painful foot problems such as bunions, blisters and corns
“In some circumstances, impractical shoes such as heels, tight or pointy shoes can cause blisters, corns and bunions.

While in the majority of cases, these will clear up on their own and only cause discomfort and possible pain, bunions carry the risk of longer-term medical complications,  and can continue to worsen the longer you wear shoes that aren’t appropriate for your feet. According to the Royal College of Podiatry, bunions are more common in women, with about one in six (15%) across the UK suffering due to the more restrictive footwear they typically wear. Bunions can cause joints to bend, as your muscles get pushed out of position, leading to pain in the foot and surgery in a lot of cases needed to correct them.

They can cause lower back pain, leg fatigue and muscle stiffness

“Uncomfortable or impractical footwear can also cause an employee to suffer with lower back pain, especially if their job requires them to be on their feet for a significant part of the day.

“As feet are the foundation of our body, when we wear shoes to work that don’t support them properly, it can cause an imbalance to the way that our body absorbs the energy that is generated when you walk or run, causing your spine to become misaligned. When these misalignments happen it can cause muscle spasms, stiffness and fatigue, reducing our range of motion.

“Jobs that require you to wear heels, are a specific cause of lower back pain or muscle stiffness, due to their style and shape, and the fact that you are placing an extreme amount of pressure onto the front part of your foot when standing or walking. When you do this it causes your lower back to move forward slightly, meaning that your posture changes completely, and the natural curve of your spine shifts.”

It can hinder productivity and cause distraction. 

“Alongside the risk of possible short and longer-term injuries, wearing shoes that prove uncomfortable or impractical for a role can actually reduce employee efficiency. This is because when we are weighed down by shoes that are heavy or painful, you will navigate around your workspace more slowly and less efficiently than usual.

“As well as this, when you wear painful footwear your stamina and energy can decrease, meaning that you are productive for shorter periods of time, and distracted by any pain or discomfort that you may be experiencing.

They can increase the chances of injury or falls in the workplace

“Impractical footwear can also increase your chances of being injured during an accident at work. For example, wearing shoes that do not have sufficient grip on them may mean that you slip, trip or fall more easily, while open-toe shoes may mean that you are more likely to sustain an injury if something were to fall or land on your feet.

Tips for choosing practical footwear for work

• Consider comfort – First and foremost when picking shoes for work, you should consider whether they are comfortable or not, especially if you have to be on your feet for long periods of the day. Try to choose shoes that are cushioned well so that your feet are comfortable all day, and so that they can help absorb the shock of energy that you get when you walk or exercise.

• Think about the fit – As well as comfort you also would want to think about the fit of your shoes. Make sure to avoid tight shoes where possible in this scenario, as they can increase the pressure on your feet, which affects the alignment of your spine. To check this when buying shoes make sure there is wiggle room for your toes, or if you’re really unsure ask a shoe salesperson to measure your feet and help you find the right fit of shoe.

• Make sure you know what level of protection you need for your job – While this will vary from person to person, it is important when picking shoes for work that you consider what kind of protection you need for the kind of work. For example, do you need shoes that will prevent you from getting an electric shock in high-voltage electricity areas?

• Wear footwear that has durability – You might also want to think about how durable your shoes will be for the job that you do. If you work in an industry where your shoes will get a lot of wear and tear or you are moving around a lot, consider shoes that will stand the test of time, as broken shoes can also lead to workers sustaining injuries more easily.