Paul Smith eh… Sir Paul Smith… I nearly met the man himself recently, but given my surname, I just couldn’t rouse the enthusiasm. Smiths are ten a penny…
Attention all jean aficionados, this Friday at 12pm Edwin are releasing their wondrous ED-47 in 63 Rainbow Selvage Denim exclusively at dead good denim dealers Cultizm. The classic…
Everyone needs a jacket like this in their wardrobe don’t they? It looks like a classic French labour jacket but with buttons made from chunky corozo nuts and a…
To celebrate the release of their new skate-friendly, denim/cordura Rodney Pant, Carhartt WIP got French director Simon Cahn to spend a day in the life of young skater Philippe…
Ahhh the Czech Republic. Everyone likes the Czech Republic don’t they? Nice country, lovely people, fine beer, beautiful scenery, Irish bars and Full English’s available on every street…
For some reason this new t-shirt from Sunspel really makes me want to sing the hymmn ‘How Great Thou Art’ dead loud to everyone in the Proper office…
Ukraine / The Ukraine have provided some of my highlights of the EURO 2016 tournament so far, watching as I do with my 11 year old boy. Every…
Like England, Portugal are one of the perennial under-achievers of European international football. Always full of big game players from some of Europe’s biggest clubs, the Portuguese nevertheless…
Invoking a thick aroma of cult cinema, this Libertine-Libertine shirt is so good they named it twice. Topically titled the Bordeaux shirt, it’s the antithesis to the bare-chested braying we…
A national team to excite the misty-eyed romantics, the Hungarians go to France for their first major tournament since World Cup 86 in Mexico and their first European…
In the midst of brexit coming to the boil, celebrating the empiric past of our island is a topical move. Whether you’re for or against Europe, you can’t…
I don’t know about you, but I prefer my t-shirts like I prefer my steaks… weighty and done very well. Luckily for me, the latest creation of those…
Just back from the festival of fashion, me. In amongst the fancy dress peacocks and that lad who was wearing a pirate hat just because he could, there…
Slovakia. Great name. Sounds ace saying Slovakia. Slo-vak-ia. See? Ace. Another nation qualifying for their first ever European Championships, Slovakia go into the tournament bolstered by the phenomenal…
Bales are yet another country qualifying for their first ever European Championships. The last time the Welsh took part in a major football tournament they came up against…
After decades of trying, failing and nobody noticing the Republika e Shqipërisë have finally qualified for their first ever international tournament. It’s a shame King Zog never lived…
Poland have done well. Croatia even better but Turkey have probably impressed the most out of all the Euro 2016 Nike kits. We’re definitely talking kits here not…
Not only do Riz Smith’s eye-catching swim shorts look perfect for splashing about in the sea that’s also the place that they come from. As each of their triple-stitched,…
Man I love a Garbstore look-book, they’re always dead, dead good and refreshingly left-of-centre in their execution which only adds to the beauty of the garments on show…
Managed by semi-scouse scrambled-egg stalwart Kerry Katona, Iceland is a unique British food retailer with over 860 stores throughout the UK, a further 40 owned or franchised stores…
Just like the real Ireland, the reduced-fat version take to the field in green shirts. Unlike the proper one the Northern one have a load of blue bits…