Disorder Mag Interview with our Head of Design, Steve

JAI HO! WELCOME TO OUR MANAGER FROM MANC

Name: Jai Patel aka JP

Gio-Goi Position: Store Manager of Gio-Goi Manchester, in the Arndale!

My favourite Gio-Goi style at the minute has to be: SEGRAY check shirt-great feel and so comfy!

My Gio-Goi highlight so far is: Gio returning to the home City and opening bang in the City Centre, a great launch party @ Moho Live to kick start the return too!! Hacienda is back.

My daily uniform is: Slick, smart and comfy!!!! Come down to store and get some gear ;P

My first album was: The Score - Fugees

Best gig I’ve ever been to: Faithless @ the O2 arena. It was banging and the gig was immense... closely followed by De La Soul.

The last night out I had: ...was with the store team but I wasn’t on the ale. Man flu got the better of me.

If I was a drink, I’d be: Mojito Finito

The strangest thing I’ve ever seen: Has to be Dynamo with his crazy illusions and tricks.

My Favourite Thing: Getting on that road to clear your head and burn those sneakers out. Run… Run… Run…

What makes me cringe is: Folk that score paper with their nails! No need.

I’d like to look like: Ashley Young!! Oh hang on a second I DO!!! Many say…

Have I ever been arrested? No, calm and sensible is my nature!

Favourite saying: Hey up buddy…

Get your rocks out as Fashot.TV jams out with Daystar, pops into Gio-Goi HQ and also interviews the co-founder of Barneys! All in the name of fashion. Enjoy!

Name: Juls Dawson Nickname: Stools/Bearded lady/Doodman/Co-relauncher/Frodo/Cubiekid/shoebox head

Gio-Goi Position: Currently sat at my desk typing this (and Menswear Sales Supremo)

My favourite Gio-Goi style at the minute has to be: Mine! They don’t call me the fashion guru for nothing!

My Gio-Goi highlight so far is: Too many to mention, but going up on stage to collect “Young Fashion Brand of the Year 2009” at the fashion industry’s version of the Oscars!

My daily uniform is: I sell the gear to all the retailers 6 months in advance, so I rotate the next season’s threads daily! I’m a walking, talking sneak preview of what’s to come!

My first album was: Revolver, The Beatles

Best gig I’ve ever been to: It was a gigathon TBH that lasted 4 years....every Saturday from 1988 until  1992 at the Hacienda nightclub, Manchester, England, (RIP)

The last night out I had: They kinda blur into one....ask me my last night in!

If I was a drink, I’d be: I’m kinda known for my 25 love affair with Stella....has to be Le Grande, with embossed logo.

My worst job ever: Chambermaid(man) in a Blackpool B and B (I got fired!)

The strangest thing I’ve ever seen: Anthony Donnelly, one of the co-founders of Gio-Goi, on a legendary night out, when I wrapped his head in cling film and made him smoke through an airway I made for him through his nostrils.

My Favourite Thing: Wrapping Anthony’s head in cling film (see above)

What makes me cringe is: Polka dots....I hate them!

My Dodgy Habit: Can’t put that on here! Sorry ...

I’d like to look like: Me! (but 15 years ago in my prime!)

The last time I lied: Quite recently actually.....See above question 3!

Have I ever been arrested? Only when I drove my Mum’s Jaguar into a lake....I kinda spoilt her holiday with that phonecall!!

If I could be any fictional character I’d be: Dudeman....he fights crimes of fashion.

Nickname: JDILLA or JAY JAY
Gio-Goi Position: Head of Accessories
 

My favourite Gio-Goi style at the minute has to be: Tieson Boxers (guess, what they're in the Sale at the min for a tenner Shop Now)

My Gio-Goi highlight so far: Being featured on this here blog.

My daily uniform is: Something from the Gio Showroom rails...ssssssh!

My first album was: Ermmmmm....Off The Wall by Michael Jackson I think!

Best gig you’ve ever been to: Roy Ayers and several unannounced guests in London was awesome but Method Man (Wu Tang) and Redman in London was just Nuts!!

The last night out I had:  Drinks at Gio HQ with the GG Allstars

Guilty pleasure: On a bad day there’s too many to list

If I was a drink, I’d be: Whiskey Sour

My worst job ever: Tough one...London Lamppost Light Bulb Changer or a Tower Block Window Fitter

The strangest thing I’ve ever seen: Very recently on the way to Gio HQ, I saw a woman running in the station, obviously late for work or an appointment. As she ran, her loose wrap-around skirt was coming down. It actually showed all of her knickers before she realised and managed to grab it before it came off completely....very funny!!!

If I had a time machine, I’d: Go back to 1960’s Italy (The Talented Mr Ripley) and chill for 50 years with Whiskey Sours in the sunshine. Or further back to the Wild West and be a gun-slinging Cowboy on a jet black horse married to Cheyanne Squaw living on an old ranch. Not that I ever thought about it LMAO

My biggest backfire: hahaha That’s bad I can’t say.

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?: TESTICLES...LOL... can I say that?

Name: Andy Joss

Gio-Goi Position:  Aberdeen Store Manager

My favourite Gio-Goi style at the minute has to be: Loving the drop crotch short, Hellman is a winner for me!!

My Gio-Goi highlight so far: Opening the first Gio-Goi  store was a great experience and meeting all the head office mob as well- was a real challenge but we did it….. eventually!!! 

My daily uniform is: Summer is here so my chicken legs are out I’m afraid- Hicking shorts and the Tranzam T-shirt... looking good!

 My first album was: Oasis.. definitely maybe a true classic I’m sure you’ll agree?

Best gig I’ve ever been to: The Plan B Secret Gig for the store opening at Snafu, Aberdeen. Free booze with good friends- an AMAZING night.

The last night out I had: I saw two seagulls fighting in the street. The most dumbfounding thing I've seen for a while. It was epic!

If I was a drink, I’d be: A WKD. Looks quite good but to be honest its cheap. My aim is to upscale and be a shot of vodka the next time I answer these questions.

My worst job ever: Packing Milk in a dairy factory, the worst week of my life. It was bloody freezing and had to wear a ridiculous hat with a cow on it!!!!!!!!!

The strangest thing I’ve ever seen:  This 10 year old kid on TV who could fit his arm down his throat and sing at the same time.  How would you even be able to figure that out?

My Favourite Thing: My X-Box. Where would I be without it?

What makes me cringe is: Seeing creepy people talking to perfectly normal people on the bus. I feel so bad for the normal person but at the same time I’m praying they don’t talk to me.

I’d like to look like: A better looking version of me. Or Gerard Butler as my girlfriend seems to prefer him!!

The last time I lied: A week ago when my girlfriend asked me if  I had eaten her chocolate. We had a huge row because she knew I was lying but I never gave in!! Sometimes you gotta lie.

If I could be any fictional character id be: Superman… but that’s probably too obvious. So I'll say one of the TeleTubbies  just because they look like they got it easy.

Normally a subscriber to the ‘stuff crap into my jean pockets until a growth size bump appears’ philosophy, I, Sam Doyle have undertaken to tote around a dashing Gio-Goi bag for the day to see how it changes my life for the better/worse.

Generally I accept that women tend to have the skinny on the practical side of life, so I’m undertaking this task with an open mind.

7.30am   Wake up. Look at bag. Bag looks at me.

7.45am   Gleefully realize that my manbag will comfortably hold a man-size lunch which will help in my fight to stem the flow of non-existing funds. Am carving up a cheese ploughman club (white bread), adding in a yorkie and a can of coke. Into the Tupperware. Into the bag. So far, A+++.

8.00am   Leave the house. Forgot my bag. Sh!t.

8.05am   Leave the house Part 2, back in the habit. Bag contains Oyster card, lunch, fags and other essentials. However, can’t quite resist putting my keys in my pocket.

8.30am   Packed tube. Sweaty tube. Keys in pocket drilling a lock size hole into my arse. Wish I’d put them in my bloke-tote. Have I found man’s new best friend?

9.00am   Arrive at work. Couple of wolf whistles from well-meaning colleagues, assuring me of masculinity. Fellow femme-financier Jo has back ache- from the weight of her Mary Poppins size holdall. Consider asking for danger money.

12.30pm   Sandwich eaten. Satisfaction reigns.  Tupperware replaced into bag, at which point I notice a number of teeny tiny interior pockets in which to store the contents currently sitting like landfill at the bottom. Nice touch.

5.30pm   Long day, and it’s time to hit the bar downstairs. Is it me, or am I attracting some strange looks? Spot another guy in the pub garden crowd with a manbag. Our eyes meet. With an almost imperceptible nod, he acknowledges our similar sartorial choices. It’s like driving a mini.

6.30pm   Back on the tube. Nabbed a seat. Can’t resist casting admiring looks down at the new addition nestled on my lap. Look up and have cleared a 3m radius on an otherwise packed carriage. Apparently repeatedly staring at crotch is not the way to go.

7.00pm   Made it home. Passed Go. Collected £200 smackers. Am looking at the world through new accessor’eyes (geddit?).  Have to admit, there really is something in this Manbag movement, and apart from accidentally velcroing myself to the hosiery of a pensioner on the Northern Line it has been a successful experiment.

11pm   Smugly hang bag on back of bedroom door. Quite a jolly addition. Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen eat your heart out. Night night manbag.

7.30am   Wake up. Look at bag. Bag looks at me…

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Name: Amy Large aka Large-Pants, Largey etc

Gio-Goi Position: Website Mistress

My favourite Gio-Goi style at the minute has to be: There’s still nothing better than throwing on one of our hoodies, so I’m going for the Rhyme Sweat.

What’s your Gio-Goi highlight so far: Re-launching  the site in October last year, and then again this month. It’s great to see a load of hard work coming together.

My daily uniform is: Lots of slouchy jersey... hareem trousers, vests that sort of thing.

My first album was: Embarrassing. Best Dance Music in the World Volume 1? Followed by 2, 3, 4... I'm a creature of habit.

Best gig you’ve ever been to: Watching the Foo Fighters at Reading years ago. Absolutely amazing.

My worst job ever: Packing leaflets in a windowless factory in between terms at uni. An alarm would sound if you placed your finished box on the scales and it was under or over weight. I lasted 3 days before I ran out for lunch and didn’t come back...

The strangest thing I’ve ever seen: Foetus in foetu. I can’t cope even thinking about it.

If I had a time machine, i’d: Probably do something cunning (and totally unimaginative) like go back and invent the internet, and take the cash.

Have I ever been arrested? No. Although I have been in the back of a police van after being swept up in some delinquent behaviour. Wrong place, wrong time...

Strangest dream you’ve ever had: I had a recurring dream of running through a safari park... I looked down and I had giraffe legs.

Favourite saying: Upstairs for thinking, downstairs for dancing.

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? Testicles. There I said it, Testicles.

Name: Jo Bohling aka JoBo Gio-Goi Position: Marketing Guru Continue Reading