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2.1 Each day of this diary task we’d love to get a glimpse into your everyday style and how you put together outfits for different occasions throughout your week. 

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2.1 Each day of this diary task we’d love to get a glimpse into your everyday style and how you put together outfits for different occasions throughout your week. 

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Every time you get dressed for a casual occasion (besides what you sleep or workout in) we’d love you to take a photo of your outfit.

This could be when you're:

At home

At work

A casual social event (e.g. dinner with friends)

Running errands

Going to or from the gym to a social activity (e.g. grabbing a coffee)

Any other casual occasions

Make sure to show us your outfits across multiple occasions. We want to see every outfit you wear this week! Don’t forget to show us your jackets/outerwear and accessories!

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1.1:  To start, please upload a selfie video to introduce yourself.  

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1.1:  To start, please upload a selfie video to introduce yourself.  

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Tell us:

Your name, age, where you live

Tell us what fashion means to you? If you like fashion, what makes you interested/excited about it?

How would you, or your friends, describe your personal style?

What types of style are you currently into? Any trends or specific items? Why?

Tell us about your biggest style icks? Are there any items or trends that are total turn-offs for you?

When and what makes you feel confident in your fashion/style choices? And when/what makes you not feel confident?

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5.3 In a video tell us... [casual option]

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5.3 In a video tell us... [casual option]

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In a video response tell us:

To clarify – by 'the brand', we mean the one shown in the links included in Tasks 5.1 and 5.2.

What did you know about the brand's casual apparel before today? What about their loungewear?

What did you learn about the brand in this process, if anything?

How did you feel about the assortment - was it easy to find something you’d pick for casual/ lounge?

How well do the brand's casual products fit with your personal style? Loungewear?

Before today, would you have considered the brand for casual/ loungewear?

Did this experience change your mind? How so?

What would the brand need to do to become more credible, trusted, and considered for lifestyle/ casual apparel? What about loungewear?

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Welcome to our style diary! Over the next few days, we’ll ask you to document your style choices and preferences. Please be as detailed and honest as possible.  

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Welcome to our style diary! Over the next few days, we’ll ask you to document your style choices and preferences. Please be as detailed and honest as possible.  

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For this project, we will ask you to complete an online diary task. This should take no longer than 2 hours of your time across four days and will include 5 sections. The diary is to be completed by 23rd June.

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3.1: Over the next 5 days, we’d love to see what’s catching your eye when it comes to style and fashion – whether it’s online or out in the world. 

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3.1: Over the next 5 days, we’d love to see what’s catching your eye when it comes to style and fashion – whether it’s online or out in the world. 

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What to do:

Upload a photo or link to anything that inspires you – this could include:

An outfit or styling combo you see online or in real life

A store or display that caught your eye

Content you’ve saved, liked, or screenshot recently

A new apparel item or brand you’ve just noticed

What to share:

With each upload, jot down a few notes:

Where did you see it? (e.g. what platform (e.g., Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest), what channel (what influencer, brand, account), what store, where you were in real life)

Did you seek it out or did it find you? (e.g. something the algorithm served you vs something you spotted IRL)

Why is it interesting or inspiring to you?

Why would or wouldn’t you consider purchasing what you saw?

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4.1: We want to understand how you shop – what catches your eye, and how you make decisions. 

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4.1: We want to understand how you shop – what catches your eye, and how you make decisions. 

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Take some time to go online and imagine you’re planning to one of the following

An everyday/lifestyle apparel item,

A lounge apparel item,

A (non-athletic) jacket/outerwear

Choose one item and let us into your process...

If you want to do this exercise at a store in-real-life, feel free to share photos of that experience instead!

Share some photos/links/visual references of what you find – particularly if there’s something you would love to purchase. In a few words tell us:

Where and how did you start your search? Was it pointed, or did you do some exploration?

If you did some research, where/what were you looking into, and what stood out?

What brands/items did you think about looking at? How did you shorten your list, if at all?

What would you typically spend or be open to spending?

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Imagine you’re getting dressed to meet up with some friends for a casual social event, like a midweek dinner.

Click on one of these links

Women's link

Men's link

What to do:

Pick a couple items (or more!) you’d consider wearing to a casual social event.

Upload a screenshot or image of the lululemon piece(s) you picked and then in a video or text response tell us:

What about these items caught your eye? What do you like about them?

If you love any of the pieces you picked – tell us why.

What attributes stand out to you? Why are these important to you?

How would you style this/ these item(s)?

Can you put together a whole outfit from the site?

If yes, show us what you chose and why.
If not, tell us what you’d style it with from your own wardrobe or from other brands.

If you feel like there’s something missing from what you picked, or what this brand offers generally, – tell us what.

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2.2 Alongside each set of photos, write a few words about your outfit and your mood: 

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2.2 Alongside each set of photos, write a few words about your outfit and your mood: 

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What’s your mood today?

Why did you choose this outfit for this occasion?

How do you feel in it?

How much effort did you put in?

Does your outfit, or parts of your outfit, feel basic, elevated/stylish, or both?

Was this your first outfit choice, or did you change your mind before arriving at this outfit? If you changed your mind, why?

Is there anything you would change about your outfit?

When you are getting dressed to leave your home/go to another location - take a second photo when you arrive at your destination – we want to see how your outfit works in context.

If your feelings towards your outfit changed since you left home – write a few words to describe what changed and why.

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5.3 In a video tell us... [outerwear option]

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5.3 In a video tell us... [outerwear option]

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In a video response tell us:

To clarify – by 'the brand', we mean the one shown in the links included in Tasks 5.1 and 5.2.

What did you know about the brand’s outerwear?

What did you learn about the brand in this process, if anything?

How did you feel about the assortment - was it easy to find something you’d pick for outerwear?

How well does the brands’s outerwear fit with your personal style?

Before today, would you have considered the brand for outerwear?

Did this experience change your mind? How so?

What would the brand need to do to become more credible, trusted, and considered for outerwear?

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What peeked your interest in your search, if anything?

What was frustrating in your search, if anything?

What decision making factors go through your head to figure out if you want to buy it?

What would make you finally pull the trigger and buy it? (e.g. a great review, seeing someone wear it, a limited drop)

What’s currently stopping you from buying it?

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Click on this link

Men's link

Women's link

Imagine it is Fall/ Winter/ Spring or Summer, and you’re in the market for a jacket or coat (e.g. Raincoat, Parka/ Winter Coat, or Trench/ Thin Jackets - depending on your preferences and needs). Please only consider the jackets/ outerwear you would wear in non-athletic settings (i.e. everyday, commute to and from work, going for dinner etc.)

What to do:

Pick out the jacket(s)/ coat(s) that you would consider wearing.

Upload a screenshot or image of the jacket(s)/ coat(s) you picked and then in a video or text response tell us:

What about these items caught your eye? What do you like about them?

If you love any of the pieces you picked – tell us why.

What attributes stand out to you? Why are these important to you?

How would you style it?

If you feel like there’s something missing from what you picked, or what the brand offers in terms of jacket(s)/ coat(s) generally, – tell us what.

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Saturday morning, were off out to have brunch with grandad and grandma, we stayed local but the venue is quite nice so i put together a simple navy match. Hugo boss navy polo with navy diesel jeans, a plain black belt from H&M and some beige trainer/shoe type combo. I was feeling very happy, i had not seen my parents for a week as they had been on holiday so we decided to get together. i chose the outfit as i know its a good simple casual smart outfit for brunch. i feel great in it. i feel the whole outfit feels both stylish but simple. i would not change anything with this outfit.

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Saturday afternoon after brunch. We got back and decided we had a lot of errands to run while baby had a sleep in the car.

although we had a few social stops i was not getting out of the car as the baby was asleep. However we had planned to wake baby up when we arrived at B&Q. (We needed some wood for a little DIY project)

Here i am wearing, plain black tshirt from M&S, North Face shorts & berghaus boots.

The weather was crazy hot so i decided to be comfy whilst mooching around, as always when going to B&Q, i have to wear my boots lol, guess it makes me feel more "in with the crowd" whilst in store.

I was still happy today, i chose most of the outfit to comfy whilst driving around, plain black all over, cant go wrong. i feel the entire outfit is very basic, kinda what i wanted with it being so hot.

i wouldnt have changed anything, well maybe go topless, it was soooo hot.

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Friday Night, i took my wife out to celebrate her new job. my mood today was ever changing. Went to work happy, became slightly stressed throughout the day (work was not easy Friday) then happy when i left work to go celebrate.

I chose this classic outfit due to the venue, white ralph lauren shirt, plain black levi jeans, the trench/jacket is from COS. i feel very comfy and confident in this outfit, i feel its a strong classic look. i put little to no effort in this outfit i just know it looks good and suits a a smart venue.

this was my first outfit choice of the night. i knew all day i was going to wear this.

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Came across this on my insta feed, loved it...!! classic simple tone plain t's. they look like a smart fit. Excellent deal

this ad just found me while scrolling.

Great well respected brand too.

i didnt purchase as i am not looking for plain t's right now. i have enough.

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Sunday morning, i had treated my wife to a nice spa day for the final celebrations of her new job.

Feeling gooood today. i chose this outfit due to the smart venue. it had been raining over night so decided to use a thin trench in case of rain.

i feel very smart and confident in this outfit

This was my second outfit try on, firstly i had a navy shirt but decided to go with the turtle neck.

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Monday morning outfit for work.

Feeling a bit tired and grumpy today after a heavy weekend of celebrations.

i chose this outfit as i like to be smart at work.

i am wearing a navy COS shirt, diesel jeans and shoes are from Dune. Shoes and belt should always match.

i feel smart and approachable wearing this outfit, i always feel the jeans tone down the seriousness for work.

i put little to no effort into this outfit as i know its a tried and tested look.

i would say the outfit looks both simple and stylish.

this was my first outfit to try on although initially i did pull out a white long sleeve shirt.

i would not change anything, i really ove the COS shirt i have on, i have it in white too. i feel the 3/4 sleeves and mandarin collar are very different, no one i see in work wears this style and i see few people out socially with this style.

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This appeared on my insta feed this morning, loooove this shirt, very simple, summery, smart/casual look. I feel this shirt could work in my wardrobe very well.

This has definitely inspired me to wear a light shirt this week, i will most likely wear one of my current light shirts and see how it feels, i will most likely end up going back to this and checking it out on the website today.

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This is the sort of feed i go looking for when looking for inspiration for outfit put togethers. Most of the time, i know what to put together but sometimes i do like a bit of inspiration. Classic smart outfits.

i sometimes loose confidence knowing to fully pull these looks off you need to be very slim, being muscular and thick set its sometimes hard to pull off some of these looks..... i still try.

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Smart Casual outfit Ideas #mensfashion #casual #mensfashiontips

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This is the tik tok page i took the last feed from, these often have some great fashion inspiration for me.

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Alteration (@official.alteration.ph) on TikTok | 21.7K Likes. 628 Followers. Fitness💪 | Finance💰| Men’s Care🧖‍♂️ | Fashion🔥.Watch the latest video from Alteration (@official.alteration.ph).

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i can often find myself in a scrolling hole on this chaps tik tok page, he is brilliant at putting outfits together and providing inspiration, he also help by comparing main street brands to help if your on a budget.

this is the type of feed i would actively look on as well as just appearing from following.

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vitorcastro (@thisisvitorcastro) on TikTok | 2.8M Likes. 356.4K Followers. IG @vitorcastro 📩 vitorcastro5@hotmail.com.Watch the latest video from vitorcastro (@thisisvitorcastro).

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i have been thinking for a week or too now i want a new polo or shirt, i would love a smart, nice fitting polo for going out in the evenings where its still quite warm but i can still look smart.

Alternatively a nice light shirt to wear in the same scenario but slightly more relaxed.

i tend to do all my research online, after looking at different inspirational feeds on tik tok / insta (previously shown on other task)

for a nicer piece which is what i am after, i would start on websites such as Reiss or COS. get a good feel if anything is on there. if i find something i like i may every now and then go and have a look on Zara or H&M to see if they have something similar, the only issue with the cheaper brands is they don't last as long and definitely don't wash the same. i dont mind spending more if i know it will last longer.

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i started by going the COS website, i go straight to mens amd look at teh new arrivals.

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Filtered onto the shirts section and have a good look around.

i found this nice light blue shirt which i think has a very relaxed but smart look to it, i could pair this nicely with many other items i currently have.

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i always like to check out (if the page has it available) "You may also like" or "pairs well with" section. i think if people are looking at the same items they may have good ideas to other items.

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i had quick look on Reiss to see what they had, they always have lovely polo's.

Straight to the men's section and new arrivals.

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Straight away these two amazing polos came up, these are right up my street and just what im after.

both have very smart casual looks to them, both are what would fit perfectly with my current wardrobe. i love the different neutral colour tones they come in too.

just looking at these, i have decided i might want a new pair of beige pants to suit.

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again i went straight too the "customers also bought" section to check out some alternatives.

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These items caught my eye as they are all very casual smart items, the colour tones available are prefect for me.

I do love the Airing easy short sleeved shirt, especially in navy. It looks as though this can be used as both a casual or a smart item dependent on what its paired with.

The only attributes that stand to me at present are the colour options available, i love the neutral tones.

I would pair this shirt up in two different ways. Relaxed - i would wear it open with a low neck white or navy vest alongside some navy or beige smart trousers and white trainers. Smart - i would wear this buttoned up and tucked into a nice pair of navy or beige pants with some loafers.

I feel i could pull a whole outfit together from the website, i just don't think i would not knowing the quality of the garments yet.

the full set i would pair is shown below:

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5.2 Jackets ----

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These items caught my eye the most as they are more on the smarter side of things. i will be honest though, i am not in love with any of them, i feel some are trying to be smart but just don't fit the bill, i'm not sure if its because the images are giving a more relaxed smart vibe or i just don't like the overall style, it feels too sporty/athletic for me.

Not many attributes stand out here for me, there is nothing that is out of the ordinary, doesn't feel like its pushing any boundaries. Also feels very generic, i also don't like how the fit seems very oversized, in my eyes this brings the quality down.

i would pair the items with exactly hat the models are wearing in the pictures, neutral trousers with neutral jumpers or t-shirts.

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it feels very H&M but with a much higher price tag.

it also feels a little too relaxed for me, almost as though no effort has gone into dressing the models.