Andy, Summer 1990
A brief glance at these snappy threads, and it’s no surprise that 19 years on, Andy is a mover, a shaker and a trend-setter in the fashion world.
Andy - a key member of the famous Winchester School of Art football team
Some people look back at their youth with rose-tinted nostalgia. Not here though - at Winchester we endured a gruelling regime of painting, football training and DJing at the student union.
All this at an institution where the girls outnumbered the boys by 4-1. Why cruel world, why?!
Andy with long-time sparring partner Alasdhair
(Many of their musical concepts were later stolen by Liam and Noel Gallagher)
Andy had two great musical loves at Winchester: house music and Kylie Minogue. Here he is dancing to some thumpin’ house tunes, being played by my buddy Scott (see earlier blog post) who often came down to Winchester to DJ.
Don’t let the pastel colours fool you - the most popular art-school outfits at the time usually involved wearing black, or NATO army surplus.
Al, Andy, John and Danny at Andy’s 40th - finding some mirth at one of the photos above.
Spot the difference - John and Al - October 1991
John and Al - September 2009
Niall on the dancefloor
Nial on the dancefloor in 1991
Now this difference is impossible to spot…
Everything just as it was - except Danny no longer drinks his pints using a pink straw.
Danny gets confused, and mistakes Andy for one of those cute textiles design students from yesteryear
Re-enacting the football photo from earlier in the post
The same tremendously high level of handsomeness remains - especially in the front row (towards the right-hand side…)