As a somewhat niche/cool/sarcastic magazine emanating from the North West of England it’s good to know that Proper isn’t entirely out there on it’s own when it comes…
I remember first meeting Mark a few years back at Jacket Required and thinking after our brief chat ‘what a lovely man’ as I examined the pockets of…
Velour by Nostalgi’s history began in 1997 when Per Andersson started to go through the warehouse his ancestors (who’d owned a men and womens’ outfitters) had left behind.…
Nicked from FashionTV’s Youtube channel.
If you’ve been with us since the early days of ProperTop.com you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Turbonegro. I will never forget the awe inspiring sight of…
Though the favourite five bar has been raised incredibly high via a plethora of wonderful contributors so far Common People founder Kestin Hare has just hit us with…
Not only is the Rig Out’s Glenn Kitson one of the best dressed people we know, he’s also one of the funniest, so it’s with great pleasure and…
If you’re a fellow denim geek then you’ll be more than aware of Self Edge, a holy trinity of stores based in New York, LA & San Francisco that…
As an unashamed francophile and also someone who thinks that the Edwin Overworks jeans are without a doubt the best I have ever owned, I could be accused…
Michael Taylor is an events producer and writer. He used to write about sport, music, fashion, design and culture – but that was in Australia in 1989. He…
Always with their finger firmly on the pulse our good friends at The Great Divide have kicked off their Body & Sole interviews in fine style by having…
Fuji’s Favourite Five. How cool does that sound? It should be a TV show shouldn’t it? I’d watch it. Especially if each week Fuji picked out five of…
You know when you just see an item of clothing and you instantly know that you’ll be wearing it by the end of the week? A similar sensation…
It’s fair to say that Daiki Suzuki’s Engineered Garments label (and his previous WWM output) couldn’t be any more highly regarded by both Mark and I at here…
A few issues ago I hit upon the idea of doing ‘Shop tens’ in the magazine but with us/most shop proprietors being very easily distracted we only did…
With everything all getting a bit mainstream in the last few years, talk of the casual scene is usually met with a cringe these days. The roots of…
Silas Adler sounds like a proper futuristic, part cyborg, programmed-to-kill, indestructible, bad guy sent from the year 2376 to destroy us all doesn’t he? Well relax, he’s not…
Even though it’s not updated anywhere near as often as we’d like it to be, John Poland’s Soft Water blog is definitely a case of quality over quantity,…
If you enjoy alliteration as much as looking at photos taken at cool Japanese trade fairs then you my friend are in for one hell of a Tokyo…
We love a good interview us, especially when it involves clued up people going off on one about ace clothes, so check out the exchange of words Johnny…
Hailing from the gastronomic capital of France, our bon ami Christophe has more je ne sais quoi about him than a brace of bustling Lyonnais Bouchons. As…