Blokecore has been bumbling away for a while now, and we’ve mostly avoided it with a barge pole. But now, as it reaches far away American shores, we…
There are many circumstances in which the laws of England feel unfit for purpose. Given the natural beauty of this island, it’s disheartening that members of the public…
It’s big coat season, and what’s better than a big, techy Stone Island coat? A sale full of big, techy Stone Island coats. Apart from adidas, perhaps, Stone…
The Salomon Sportstyle range includes the world-renowned XT-6, but its creation is due to a chance encounter at a Parisian store in 2015. While Salomon has been making…
If you look back over the years and created some sort of collage showing how Oi Polloi has influenced the fashion landscape, Mephisto would be the glue that…
There’s more than one way to skin a cat. Imagine skinning a cat. Awful. I wouldn’t want to do it. But if I had to, I’d be glad…
Fresh’s latest interpretation of Astorflex’s Beenflex brings the brands together for an environmentally forward-thinking collaboration. It’s easy to look at the shape of Astorflex’s Beenflex shoe and immediately…
Seeing as we’re deep into Liberty Cap season, it feels prevalent to look at mankind’s relationship to psychedelics, and see how mushrooms are permeating the worlds of fashion…
Sebastian Dixon is the owner of Gone Fishing Vintage, a shop on Oldham Street known locally for three reasons: 1) it’s the best place in Manchester to find…
We’re taking a risk putting this Weekend Wears on Instagram. Firstly, there’s shorts and a big coat, which is a combination that some love to ridicule, and secondly,…
Portland’s outdoor favourites Columbia has worked with Urban Outfitters for this season for an exclusive collection that celebrates nature in an unccomon way. Inspired by Northern European renaissance…
It was at the Autumn Equinox last week. This means it’s time to give that wardrobe a little dig in the ribs, just to get its attention, before…
Practioners of Yoga? No. Practioners of fine footwear? Yeah. Fashion is cyclical, this much is true but there seems to have been a split in the matrix. Some…
Well, last week’s inaugural list went down fairly well. Apart from with Jason on instagram, but he’s entitled to his opinion. Hopefully this week’s future scally vibe is…
In the first of a new series of articles, we’ve decided to shine a light not on clothing itself, but the often intangible outside influences that make a…
There’s such limited novelty in fashion collaborations nowadays. The world seems to have a penchant for lazy backstratching between brands that churns out thoughtless consumer products. This is…
The Wu Tang Clan wielded an understanding of style like no other rap crew before them. Their effortless Staten Island steeze consisted of love for brands like Polo…
Try saying that title with a Werthers Original under your tongue. Roughly translated into a non-alliterative phrase it just means coats for wearing on your autumn walks. We’ve…
It’s that time of the year for us to begin articles with the words “It’s that time of the year…” So yeah, it actually is that time of…
We love a list, here at Proper. Six of the Best, Proper Picks and all that. We wanted another format that’d shape a nice, neat article and realised…
For almost half a century, the Swedish climbing mouse that is Klättermusen has been pioneering and refining a very Scandinavian type of mountaineering equipment. While the true appreciation…