Regular readers of this here website will know we’re quite pally with Portuguese online retailer Newfangle Clothing. Ramiro’s shop hasn’t been going for years, in fact they’ve been…
To show off about the forthcoming launch of Proper Issue 14 we’re giving away six pairs of Saucony Trainer 80. The Trainer 80 dates back 33 years to…
Imagine John Rambo and Massimo Osti met by chance one afternoon in a Bologna coffee shop. Go on, imagine it. Then imagine that after they had got the…
A few months back I was asked to write a few bits for The Rig Out. It was a typical thing really, Glenn asked me “work your magic”…
Autumn around these parts is all about crepe and suede but to be honest (don’t tell anyone) but I’ve always wondered why we wear that sort of footwear…
Tom Scott recently took on the role of ‘marketing type bloke’ at Oi Polloi. I’m sure there’s a more showy-off title for his job but he’s not the…
Our Iberian buddies at Newfangle are gradually making a real name for themselves. Not content with adding the likes of Garbstore and Veras to their list of brands,…
There comes a moment in every year where you look up to the heavens and just go “Oh bloody hell, here we go again”. For me, living in…
We’re going shoe mad on the website at the moment aren’t we? And the footwear-fest continues next month when issue 14 is out and we talk about trainers.…
I don’t know about you, but twice a year I like to shake things up and shift a few bits on to pay for new things. The nature…
The good people at The Great Divide are celebrating the arrival of their new Autumn/Winter stock by giving their facebook fans the chance to get some of it…
Urban Ramblers take note, our favourite Japanese sock makers have teamed up with an English institution, and they’re available via our Portuguese chums at Newfangle. The superbly named…
While writing about my new found appreciation for Saucony here, I got distracted by their sale section. I’m always getting distracted though becau….LOOK A LADYBIRD!! Sorry. Where was…
The Great Divide has been a regular port of call for me this last couple of months. I’ve had some cut price Saucony off them for one. A…
There are few brands who pull off simplicity with as much finesse as the legendary French brand APC, and with their 2013 A/W collection beginning to drop things…
It’s the summer of sneakers isn’t it? Sorry I’ll start that again. I said ‘sneakers’. I mean, it’s ok if other people want to refer to training footwear…
Last Friday of the month today. For some of you lucky buggers, that means payday. One of the best paydays of the year too, as shops are being…
Calum Gordon is both Scottish and dead good at writing about clothes. The latter is a prerequisite for being on this site really and his Scottishness is a…
A Favourite Five with a difference here from STAND fanzine editor Seb White. You’d be hard pressed to find a label, these days that didn’t mention the word…
Rain, North West England, Cagoule and Suede Shoes, blah blah… you know the drill by now don’t you? This overhead cagoule from British brand Peregrine has a pretty…