Real Glamour Blog, Finn Carlow - Starting Young

For as long as he can remember, Finn has enjoyed, and been interested in, what he puts on

Finn Carlow January 2020 photo: Katie Vandyck

He will choose the day’s outfit according to mood and when he’s feeling less bouyant his clothes will be more about comfort than impact, perhaps because the wearing of an outfit that has been carefully thought out demands an element of performance. On certain days something less eye catching is more suited to how he feels.

Finn loves the fashions of the sixties and seventies in the same way that some people are drawn to the music of those times. For him a combining of styles from both decades allows the particular form of self-expression he needs to do, achieving the kind of “cool” that he’s after.

I asked Finn how he might feel if he was required to wear something that didn’t suit him.

He said that he would feel less visible and less interesting.

In the days when he had to wear school uniform he would always do something to make the regulation outfit his own.