Arc’teryx is all about reaching new heights. Their outerwear is designed to take you to the highest points on the globe. They sponsor some of the toughest athletes…
Footballers have a profoundly interesting relationship with nature. They spend most of their lives on a field. But given how meticulously maintained the grass is – and the…
Cowboys are something that have always ridden adjacent to Proper. We love Westerns, and have seen the Dollars Trilogy more times than we can count (although they do…
Hiking is an interesting word. For some, it means battling blizzards to stand above the rest of the world. For others, it means multi-day, long-distance slogs from one…
Giant’s Causeway is one of the craziest geological formations on planet Earth. Originally formed by ancient volcanic activity, molten lava cooled and cracked to create what have gone…
For years, we maintained that the two finest things to come out of West London were Heathrow Airport and Fuller’s Brewery. Then, in 2008, The Garbstore opened its…
Typically, a film earns comfort movie status only after several viewings. But there’s a prestigious subset of films that feel familiar from the very first watch, and Stand…
Once upon a time, men waged war over land, money and religion – but now they wage war over whether cycling or running is the superior hobby. Instagram…
Time to fly. That’s the phrase I kept seeing and hearing everywhere at the HOKA Hackney Half Marathon. It was written on posters, shouted down my ear canal…
Back in the day, riding a bike was a far riskier activity than it is now. Potholes were everywhere, cycle lanes didn’t exist, and half the drivers on…
We’ve noticed shifting perceptions around luggage recently. Traditionally, you’d associate hauling your belongings with last-minute packing, broken zips, and generally high cortisol levels. Most people (including us) packed…
Once that big glowing orb rolls back into the sky and grey finally shifts to blue, beer gardens transform from vacant patches of sparse grass and cigarette butts…
Graphic tees are a bit of a sensitive subject for us. From around 2014 to 2019, everyone and their dog was wearing one. Small graphic on the chest.…
It’s the end of the month, and you’re skint, exhausted and hungry. You open the fridge to find a half-empty pack of mushrooms, a couple of limp leaves…
Clothes can be exhausting. You have to decide what to wear every day, buy new bits every so often, and end up browsing rails on a weekly basis.…
Reebok’s DMX family of footwear is the stuff of legend – and although it might sound like it, the ‘DMX’ part of the name has absolutely no correlation…
When we think of Stone Island, we think of the coast. Gentle waves slapping a far-off Italian shoreline. Peeling wooden fence posts painted shades of Neapolitan ice cream.…
By all logic, a blog page that was last posted on in 2015 should have long been forgotten about. But despite Gwarizm’s 11-year hiatus, it’s one of the…
Headphones are one of the most powerful tools of the modern world. Feeling a bit down on your morning commute? Queue up some Joni Mitchell. Need to get…
Every time I think I’ve finally completed my footwear collection – an ongoing work of muddy soled art I’ve been accumulating for the last 24 years – another…
There are a handful of style choices that seem to send people into uncontrollable rage – double denim, bootcut jeans, camouflage anything, platform shoes – the list goes…