Despite churning-out uninspired three Lions-branded tat since taking the FA contract, Nike always create something jaw-droppingly gorgeous for our Gallic neighbours (Their away jersey for the last world…
There’s plenty to see in the new Spain away shirt. Glitchy PC game graphics, the aftermath of a shotgun blast, a chest full of puked-up paella, a collage…
Da Oirish head in to the tournament as the only team wearing a strip from Umbro. It’s quite a fall from grace from the diamond-brand but they’re too…
It’d be too easy and lazy to litter a piece about Poland with references to Tyskie, Polski Sklep’s and Kielbasa so I’ll leave it. It would also be…
Ahhh Croatia. The amethyst of the Adriatic. From the dreamy Dinaric’s, to the isles of Istria and the damask of Dalmatia, Croatia is a stunning, beautiful and unique…
Qualifying for just their second ever European Championship (Euro 2008 being the previous time), the semi-skimmed German’s go into the tournament in France with a squad of players…
Whilst browsing the colour palettes for Sweden’s away shirt some Haribo Tangfastic-addled ‘designer’ obviously pulled-out the old 90’s phrase that the shirt should ‘look good with jeans’. Tbf…
While the cream of Europe (and England) prepare to test themselves on the fields of France this summer, new football magazine Glory (http://www.glorymag.co.uk/)arrives to shine stunning light on…
In collaboration with Far-Eastern post-casual cultivators LESS, Proper homeboys Veras brings the Granada to the seasonal table. Showcasing Veras and LESS’s classic relaxed stylings, the Granada is a…
We’ve gone a bit Happy Mondays daft on here this week. First it was the rather brilliant new book coming out soon and now the Manchester legends are…
You can argue over whether they were the greatest band to come out of Manchester or not somewhere else but there’s no doubting they were the coolest. Happy…
I can vividly remember when Adidas ‘dropped’ the Micropacer the first time round. Someone had a magazine with an advert for them in it and it was…
The last four weeks goings-on in Brazil have delivered a truly incredible World Cup. I’ve written this before the final so Messi will inevitably score a hat-trick of…
Pool Slides are what you used to have to go to Rhyl Sun Centre for but most swimming pools have them nowadays. You sit at the top and…
http://vimeo.com/93855615 It was the noted Italian Situationist Gianfranco Sanguinetti who said “Give me shoes made from corduroy and I will give you your dreams (and if you could…
You’ll have noticed that the World Cup is starting soon. The World Cup is brilliant. It’s at its most brilliant around now, just before the tournament actually starts,…
You wait aaaaaaaaages for adidas to get some classic white and green trainers reissued and then three come along at once (not at once tbf but let’s market).…
Lots of t-shirts are rubbish. They look good but they turn out to be rubbish. YMC Space dye t-shirts available at http://www.liquorstoreclothing.com/aren’t rubbish at all. They look ace…
Buddy sneakers want to make you happy. They want to be your buddy. Looking at them makes me think I’d like a buddy like Buddy. That would make…
If Manchester menswear mecca/Mecca [sic] Oi Polloi were a religion like Islam (which it’s not, obviously), whose foundations were based on five pillars of wisdom (which they probably…
When I wrote a thing about football shirts the other week the ProperMag site went into meltdown and the monthlies went through the roof so the top-brass have…