How long is it since Engineered Garments appeared on the scene? Feels like it could be 4 years or 15 years. I can’t quite place it. Well, not…
When I saw that Karhu had done a ‘Vappu’ pack I assumed it must be something to do with those weird electric cigs that look like R2D2’s widgy…
If these OG basketball shoes are good enough for the likes of Biz Markie then they’re good enough for you my friend and Hip store’s ‘got what you…
If you’re the kind of person who enjoys graphic novels about real life people and events as opposed to steely jawed, do-gooders in capes trying to save the world…
I’m wearing a red Battenwear sweat today and IMVVHO it’s made me look around 14 months younger. With that in mind, I should probably embrace my inner Little…
How amazing was tennis in the eighties? I’m not talking about sporting prowess here, I’m talking about the gear everyone had on. In fact Wimbledon was such a casual…
Whatever happened to Marina and the Diamonds? Did she even have any Diamonds? I wonder if she’s still keen to tell us she is in fact not a…
Having included a nice piece on Ark Air in Proper 18, I’m kind of all over camo at the moment. I’m all over it, like a rash. But a…
The peerless LVC have been delving into the dugout and the history of the Levi Strauss and Co. Base Ball Club that was set up back in the very early…
Q. When is a tennis shoe not a tennis shoe? A. When it’s a skateboarding shoe. Yes that’s right, this cool, Proper reading customer is wearing a superb…
I can’t get enough of Clarks at the mo me. Every day provides me with a crepe based conundrum.Do I go with my veloved 6876 Desert Treks? The…
Whilst you pace the floor, sweat profusely and smoke cig after cig in the frankly quite desperate anticipation of Proper Magazine Issue 18 hitting the streets, I can…
This sublime spring-time collaboration puts me in mind of one of my favourite ever albums ‘The Old & the New’ by A Certain Ratio. For the old we…
I love S.E.H Kelly for a variety of reasons but mainly because they make the kind of immaculate clothing that everyone would wear in my own personal utopia.…
Have you ever wanted to do a university degree in film but simply haven’t had the time, the money or a high enough tolerance level of annoying students…
As the clocks ‘spring’ forward this weekend and most of us have got an extra two days off to enjoy any potential sunshine now seems as good…
I don’t know about you but I’m pretty much at my happiest when taking delivery of a new parka, especially if said high performance jacket comes from a German…
As long standing fans of the Grenfell golfer, Oi Polloi are chuffed to finally get hold of some to share with you. Made from a tightly woven cotton that…
I’m going to make this brief. I had lots of things to do this morning but instead chose to spend an hour discussing the merits (or otherwise) of…
About 15 years ago when Mark and I started up the pre-cursor to this site (propertop.com) one of our main aims was to set up ‘the scallery’. The…
Whether you’re a battle-scarred Balearic beater or a new beat veteran you’ll know just how important a part Belgium has played in filling the best dancefloors over the past 30…