HIDDEN GLASGOW Anti-clockwise from this image: Rudimentary Perfection; Bellahouston Art Park; Granny Would Be Proud; Rachna Deer; Bold Souls; Govanhill Baths.
POP-UP FASHION
In recent years, temporary fashion events and fairs have become de rigour for Glasgow’s most stylish. Two – fairly different, but no less exciting – gatherings of chic really stand out: Granny Would Be Proud, a twice-monthly market on the upper level of studenty hangout Hillhead Book Club (17 Vinicombe St, not an actual book club) with a decidedly retro outlook, attracts the younger West End crowd and sells excellent vintage homewares and clothes (next events Sun 21 Aug & 18 Sep, hillheadbookclub .com/GrannyWouldBeProud for more info). Bold Souls is much more focused on buying direct from Glasgow’s contemporary designers, and given that it’s been popping up around the hippest bars and venues in the city centre for a year now, tends to attract a less twee crowd of fashion insiders: stylists, photographers, writers and muses. They’ll be celebrating their first birthday at the Arches on Sat 6 Aug. facebook.com/boldsoulsglasgow
COOKSCHOOLS AND STREET STALLS
As our own Eating & Drinking Guide testifies, Glasgow’s restaurant scene is pretty darn strong just now. But what if you just want to play with your food – or at least learn to cook it? Tapa Organic, with its two branches tucked away in the Southside (Pollokshaws Road) and the East End (Whitehill Street), has quietly become a favourite foodie haunt in the city, with no less an authority than The Guardian claiming they produce ‘the best bread in the UK’. They offer summer baking classes from their East End Bakery, where you can learn to make the various organic breads, pizzas, bagels and pastries they’re famous for with your own fair hands. Rachna Deer has been running Ladyfingers
94 THE LIST 21 Jul–4 Aug 2011