I was made aware of Sleaford Mods (neither from Sleaford nor mods) during the heady days of Myspace, a good friend of mine told me to have a listen this thing they’d done…
Swell, Swedish, suaveinistas Velour have been on a sunny, stateside sojourn to subtly surprise us with some sensational spring/summer suit and short shots. Inspired by leisurely days in…
Last week saw the opening of a pretty swish looking Saucony Originals pop-up shop/exhibition which runs for the next three weeks on London’s Neal Street. Last week also…
Remember when we did these? Good weren’t they? Want one? You can’t have one. They’re all gone. Lol @ you. Anyway, Topo Designs remain a firm favourite in…
Expensive Salfords are a hazardous pursuit in our house. If I’m not careful, the sock fairy comes and lays elaborate traps for my posh socks. He (or she)…
Anyone who rates Capote’s true crime thriller ‘In Cold Blood’ is proper sound in my erm.. book. Have you read it? Incredible stuff, Music for Chameleons is equally…
I used to love Art back when I was a scruffy college student, and not just to piss about in either. While everybody sat in boring classrooms I…
In a week where we featured actual football boots, I thought we’d widen our (mosquito) net even further. I spoke to a nice man called Benji at Poler…
You know those Japanese brands that have a dead interesting story behind them? Kapital is one of them. But interesting as the story is, it’s a bit boring.…
Check out Roland Rat! Look at him, he’s challenging Paddington Bear in the dressing stakes. Ok, so it’s not Roland Rat, strictly speaking. This rodent is called Tom…
Oh God, that @markpropermag is going to talk about the 90s again. Well, right, I’m doing a little bit of work for Reebok. There I said it. But…
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…
We’re going trainer mad this week aren’t we? But we’re very much on the cusp of proper trainer weather so we make no apologies. In fact, if you…
Ever wondered what it was about bumbling cafe owner René Artois in 80’s slighty xenophobic, BBC sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo that got him the romantic attention of waitresses Yvette,…
We’re back to running shoes now aren’t we? Technical has beaten heritage, using computers, lasers and well, technology. Or maybe people have largely had their fill of waxed…
No, not that guy from the pub who sells carpets, these are the Tunisien Ray breton striped t-shirts from A.P.C., on sale now at Liquor Store. If there…
Science is no longer just for point dexters and nerds. Wu Tang’s very own GZA makes it seem cooler than a polar bear’s toe nail. I was bad…
Seeing as though this week it was the 30th anniversary of the fictional detention in John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club (24th March 1984), in which one of the characters…
I liked skateboarding for about five minutes in the early 90s. I loved a fad. I always left my skateboard out on our narrow driveway at home and…
Dr Octagon, paramedic fetus of the east, with Priests, I’m from the church of the operating room……. So sang/rapped Dr Octagon aka Kool Keith on Blue Flowers. I…
These trainers from Saucony look like something that George Jetson would wear to play Squash. That’s a good thing, obviously… American trainer floggers Saucony have been having a…