The First Bluebird Formal Friday – 15th January

So I wake up around 12:30pm after a lie-in and I realise that it’s my day off... It’s a Friday... It’s a Formal Friday. I stagger to the window and look outside... POW!!... It’s the First Bluebird Formal Friday of the year...

Now a lot of my posts will be about Formal Fridays. This is because its my favourite day of the week, its my only day off and its the day I'm lost likely to have the most fun. Dont panic though because every formal friday is a different day.

This is Val d'Isère on a bluebird.



I have a few things I have to do before the fun can begin, so I head to Dicks for a cheeky hour of admin. I make sure the tills are all counted and in the correct drawers, I count tips, make sure all the orders are done for the weekend and then compile a list of things I need my assistant manager to do later that evening. I’m then done for the day and head to Le Petit Danois for a full English breakfast. After filling my belly (a must for the amount of rosé I’m about to consume) I head home and get changed into my formal attire.

Now this is what I’m "ROCKIN" this year. I've gone for the standard white shirt. Not only does it show off my eyes but it sets off the pink tie and waistcoat like a dream... haha. Now it is cold up on the hill, so I have a thermal top on underneath (and trust me it is very necessary). The waistcoat is black on the front and neon pink on the back. It’s quite "Snookerey" but I get away with it. It’s "Pea cocking" at its finest.

The top half is completed with a light grey suit jacket with a pink handkerchief (to match the tie and waistcoat) and a chequered flat cap. It’s a sunny day so the aviators are a must. The lower half consists of a pair of chequered trousers and some Puma high tops (not very formal, but I like to appeal to the Scandi market... mix it up a bit).



I have some leather driving gloves that do come into play when it gets cold.

So that’s me for the season. I have variations of Jackets, Shirts, Ties etc but this is the classic formal look for the Winter 09/10 season. We are having 2 Jack Wills sponsored Formal Fridays at the Folie Douce with Fraser and Friends on the 26th February and the 26th March. I look forward to seeing you there.

So I arrive at the Folie at around 3:30pm, as one does on a Formal Friday. Its busy but it is the calm before the storm.



I head straight over to the VIP section where I see some of my friends have already set up camp. The first order of play is to buy a magnum of rosé and commence drinking. In January the cold is a factor so the quicker you start drinking the quicker you warm up.

This is me starting...



This is me finishing...



Over the next hour or two, everyone else turns up... Penny included.



Then the House music starts blaring and the rosé is flowing. Now it is early in the season and so the formal thing needs to be embraced more but a special mention goes out to Brossers for her Christmas jumper.



The party continues, tables get mounted and champagne gets sprayed.







At around 5pm the sun goes down and the music goes off and we head down the mountain... I won’t lie, it’s pretty cold.



We then headed to Saloon for a few cheeky drinks and let the Formal Friday continue (Ali looking very dapper).



Solid day had by all.

Fraser