Almost 20 years after Oi Polloi opened its doors in a down-at-the-heel Northern Quarter here in Manchester, they’re still going strong, sticking steadfastly to a timeless aesthetic that…
Ten c is back again for another season of reassuringly expensive, uncompromising outerwear. What does Ten c even mean though? Apparently it’s an acronym for ‘The Emporers New…
Regular as clockwork, the evenings begin to close in and we all start reaching for the extra layers. On hand for this predictable practice are Fresh Store, over…
The North Face’s Thermoball technology has been a winner for a few years now. On top of jackets, a personal favourite is the thermoball mules, which, with the…
We’re in familiar territory here, both for ourselves and for Oi Polloi. It’s time to bring out the jackets. There’s probably someone, somewhere who has written a paper…
Despite their moniker sounding something like you’d get for being really fast at cycling, the Sky Medal S are Mizuno’s best shoe, we reckon. Sure, we may have…
Summer Fog is the perfect name to describe my current mental state. Like, where the fuck did that go? There were a few festivals, yeah, but not until…
Needles has been on top for a long, long time. Way before ASAP Rocky declared that no other tracksuit pants in the world fit as good as Needles,…
Sometimes you just need a statement jacket that costs an excessive amount of money. This Paul & Shark Reflective jacket could be it. With ridiculously bold colour blocking,…
The Italian Parajumpers brand has garnered a cult following. Their staple jacket, the Gobi Base, has gone some way towards contributing to that. The jacket, with the shape…
Once upon a time, I lived on a very quaint houseboat on a river just outside of Oxford. In the evening there was the oaky smell of fire…
The title is a bit of a lie – no one has slept on AF1s, Prestos or Overbreaks. Well, the Nike Overbreak is a little bit divisive, but…
Upcycling is seeing a lot of attention as of recently. Firstly, it’s an excellent way for would-be designers to begin to bring their ideas into fruition. Old fabrics…
For a brand that’s almost 100 years old (Colmar was founded in 1923), Colmar’s latest output is immensely modern, with a sensitive freshness that doesn’t pertain to archaic…
The problem with down jackets is that if they get wet you’re fucked. Therefore, it’s imperative that anyone manufacturing down jackets lines them with something resilient. Moncler’s in-house…
Up until this morning, I had no idea that ‘ASICS’ is actually an acronym. Kihachiro Onitsuka renamed ONITSUKA Co. to ASICS in 1977, naming it after the latin…
The 2020 launched, ASUSL has revealed their unisex AW21 collection, titled “Short Escape”. The brand continues to champion loose-fitting silhouettes with neutral tones. At the heart of the…
Back in the days of Mods ‘n’ Rockers, proper Mods wore US Military Fishtail parkas. There’s loads of them – the M51, M65, M48 – and quite frankly,…
Occasionally we discuss doing some sort of league table of brands, with points awarded for various elements of what we think makes clothing really good. While we’ll never…
Launched at the opening of last week’s landmark C.P. Company retrospective in Lancashire, the adidas Spezial x C.P. Company story embraces both brands and their resonance to working-class…
Having been to a couple of shoe factories in my time, I can confirm it’s a genuinely fascinating process to observe. I’m all for pretending not to care…