Oi Polloi’s relationship with adidas takes many forms, but often, it’s their collaborations and insistence which stand out the most. In this instance, Oi Polloi’s Uncle Nige tugged…
While C.P. never went anywhere, Oi Polloi are pleased to welcome them back into the fold, with a small selection of coats, fleeces, and tracksuits. C.P. started it…
Having profiled the likes of The Lathums, Jamie Webster and Sam Tompkins, menswear specialists Scotts continue to celebrate British guitar music with their Under The Spotlight series. The latest episode highlights Riley Broudie, guitarist with Liverpool’s long-standing indie favourites The Lightning Seeds.…
You may remember a few weeks ago we featured The North Face collaboration with British visual artist Shantell Martin. Well, we were lucky enough to catch up with…
Did you know, the 1863 Slater’s Directory of Manchester & Salford lists 640 ‘Taverns and Public Houses’ operating in the cities? That number is far lower today, and…
The cheese and wine of adidas’ terrace lineup, the adidas Cord is one of those scarcely three stripe silhouettes we really should see more of. Arriving, as the…
Everyone knows that the Hoover – Henry Hoover – is a commonplace term for a vacuum cleaner because of market domination. Well, you didn’t know that the Harrington…
If you Google Blackälven and go on the extensive Wikipedia, you’ll find that Blackälven is a river in Sweden. It is also the name of this fleece by…
Every week, our good friends Wellgosh send over an outfit for us to check out. This week, on top of the outfit being live, there’s an unmistakable happiness…
It’s good when a brand is straight up about what they do. Percival, for example, has called this workshirt, Blanket Workshirt, which means that you’ll be as cosy…
I just typed the sentence: “I quite like a wool gilet,” before realising how peculiar it sounded. I’ve never heard of a wool gilet before. It’s sort of…
We’ve talked a lot about Daiki Suzuki recently. Firstly, we introduced him as a frame of reference for Oi Polloi’s recent stocking of S.K. Manor and then we…
Bringing a trainer back from the archive is a bit like remastering an album. You take what went before and apply contemporary technology and techniques to enhance what…
Ahead of the forthcoming C.P. Company exhibition in Lancashire, the brand has joined forces with adidas Spezial to announce their exciting new collaboration. To do this, they’ve commissioned…
Yesterday I booked a flight to Bucharest for the weekend. Why Bucharest? Well, it might be because return flights for two were £23 all in. Flats are also…
Kavu is an aviation abbreviation for ‘clear above, visibility unlimited,’ which is what you’d say if you were flying a plane towards the horizon with nothing but the…
I don’t like to admit it, but sometimes there’s a formula for things that someone can like, and if the boxes are ticked, it’s hard to resist. For…
The LA-based Pleasures consistently channels controversial and provocative thoughts through their prints and clothing. For example, back in 2015, they made headlines for printing a t-shirt and a…
You know when you’re at the pub and you introduce two of your closest friends to one another – knowing full well that they’ll get along – but…
Japan’s SOPHNET. has teamed up with Gramicci for the production of an incredibly sophisticated three item capsule. The capsule starts quite humbly with a Band Collar shirt, in…
The New Balance 327 is NB’s retro go-to. The 327 draws inspiration from a range of OG runners released in the 1970s, namely the 320 (1976), 355 (1977),…