I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I think the mid 80s yuppie look is a strong one to be rocking right now. For further proof look no further than Bape’s latest luxury tailoring line MR BATHING APE. A capsule collection of silk ties, shirts, suits and shoes made by some of Saville Row’s finest tailors that is pure Wall street steez.

Our new old mate Carl at The Original Store worded us up about this a good few weeks ago now. This was inbetween us collectively putting the world to rights and discussing “what comes next” in terms of clothing.

For The Original Store at least, this marks a slight departure. Only a slight one, mind. The bottom line is Heritage Research make good clothes and The Original Store likes selling good clothes.

Avid readers of Proper will remember our interview with Russ Gater from Heritage Research in Issue 8 of the magazine. We’ve kept a keen and appreciative eye on everything they’ve done since, and while we always write about stuff we’re into, Heritage Research gear is stuff we’re really, really into.

When I first saw this film I thought that someone had sneakily filmed me and the missus on our recent week away in Shropshire until the penny dropped and I realised it’s a cool little film made to promote Michael Bastian’s Spring Summer collection for Gant next year