No we’ve not organised a farm-yard rave (yet), but if you are going to one you could do a lot worse than getting kitted out in some nice bits of Folk, Barbour, Ollie Spencer, YMC, Edwin, Universal Works, etc. from menswear goldmine The Shed Community.

Our good mate Ryan from Ashton’s formidable Shed shop/community has just given us the nod on some interesting springy/summery footwear he’s just got in. David Keyte’s outstanding Universal Works label has teamed up with Barcelona based footwear brand Maians to bring us a ‘toe cap shoe’ and their sunny take on a desert boot. Each environmentally friendly, sole-waxed cotton pair [...]

  Readers of issue 10 of our illustrious magazine may remember the cracking ‘Shop Ten’ written by proprietor of Tameside’s fantastic Shed shop and all round top bloke Ryan Knight. His seriously clued-up list of favourite shops was one of our favourite pieces ever printed even though Ryan rather modestly omitted his own superb store in that hallowed list. Due to [...]

David Keyte, founder and designer of one our favourite labels ‘Universal Works’ has decided his own wardrobe needs some additional key pieces, this time in the form of socks.

Another fairly new clothing brand we really appreciate is David Keyte’s Universal Works. Having interviewed David for Issue 8 of the magazine we thought we’d get in touch and see what he’s got going on right now.