The Inaugural Jack Wills Formal Friday with Fraser and Friends

It was the Friday the 26th February and it was time for the first Jack Wills sponsored Formal Friday of the season. Four of the Jack Wills boys had flown out from head office and Emma (Meribel Seasonnaire) had come over from Meribel.

Unfortunately the day didnt get off to a flyer as a force 9 gale descended upon us. The plan as always is to meet at La Folie Douce, but due to the bad winds and the amount of snow coming down, the Folie got cancelled. It was damage limitation time and so we had to come up with a contingency plan. I made the call to relocate to the Moris pub and set about spreading the word.

Luckily Val is a small enough resort that after a few calls and the general "pass it on" speech, we were up and running at the Moris. And what a turnout we had...









Sebby turned up in his plus fours... Solid look! And even the knarly rude boys made an effort.





Then the Huntsman aka Butlins aka Penny turned up to the sounds of horns and woops.



The manager of the Moris, Abigail, had put on my favourite apres band which consists of the enigmatic Mike & Richie. Anyone that can play the Jazz Flute (Richie) is ok in my book.



Omar (Manager of Dicks Meribel) also made an appearance. He was over for a mini holiday. Any chance to leave the resort that you stay in for a 6 month period is as good as a holiday. I'm not too sure what Peplow (the sinister one in the backgound) was up to.



George (Jack Wills) decided to come wearing a rather interesting outfit. It wasnt as much formal as it was horrific.



He soon got punished...



Special mention goes to one of my doorman... Pistol Pete who decided that this wasnt formal enough:



And so got changed into something much more fitting to the occasion.



Wow thats some good branding...



These two look like they had just come from a wedding...



Which is amusing because for these two a wedding is on the cards...



The drinks kept coming and party got in full swing.











George's punishment was kicking in... hence the eating of Pennys tie.



He wasnt the only one getting out of hand... me included.







So the party continued until about 7:30pm. We had given out loads of stickers, beanies and pants and everyone had had a good time. Pants are quite a big deal in a ski resort because the longer you can stretch out the load of washing the better.

After we had finished we all went our seperate ways. Some people grabbed something to eat and some went home to chill. I went home to change. We reconvened at 9pm at the Moris for the rugby. I went there with the full intention of supporting Wales. If the Welsh won then it would improve Englands chances of winning the competition. A table of annoying Welsh supporters turned the tables on that and I found myself enjoying the French 20 point lead.



After the French had won we took the party to Saloon. By this point we are just topping up levels.





The girls started getting very friendly...





I may have taken advantage of this fact



We then made a quick getaway and headed to Dicks. I bumped into some old friends and handed out some more beanies and pants.





All in all we had a great day. Bring on March 26th for the next Jack Wills Formal Friday.

Thanks... Till next time.

Fraser