A few months ago I did something daft. I sold a vintage pair of Wallabee Lites that I’d spent years hunting down, and even longer keeping them safely…
Switzerland and South Korea aren’t two countries you’d instinctively pair together. Switzerland sits in the heart of Europe alongside Alpine peaks and luxury watch-making. South Korea occupies South…
When the sun’s out, and the football is on, adidas suddenly feels more relevant than ever. Next time you’re walking to and from the beer garden (which will…
You don’t need to look at the weather forecast right now to know that it’s very hot. You wake up sweating, you go to work sweating, you come…
For over a decade, the Clifton has been HOKA’s dependable workhorse. Since first appearing back in 2014, it’s become one of those rare running shoes that manages to…
Tennis has always been stylish. The sport’s traditionally strict dress codes have left stars restricted on how to differentiate themselves from the crowd – but the game’s most…
Let’s be honest, most hiking shoes spend more time walking to the coffee shop than they do scaling windswept ridgelines. Well, they do for me. And there’s absolutely…
Anyone who’s been to Paris Fashion Week knows it can be a lot. But this time, arguably the most chaotic event on the French capital’s calendar also coincided…
Ok, so I’ve looked at these a few times over the last month and veered between confused amusement and seriously wondering if they’re the actual future. I’ve decided…
It’s been a week of serious rest and recovery following last week’s punishing Parisian trip. More than 30 miles of walking, largely in temperatures of 40°C and above,…
Chalky gravel. Deep blue lakes. Cows wearing bells. Jagged mountains. Lush green fields. And the faint sound of a Fiat Panda 4×4 in the distance. Welcome to the…
We’ve arrived at that time of the year when deciding what to put on your feet is nigh on impossible. Do you go for something summery, and risk…
The adidas Stan Smith. One of the world’s most iconic pieces of footwear. Simple, understated and elegant. A silhouette so popular that it would eventually eclipse the man…
Café Mountain and Padmore & Barnes are back. The duo that continues to redefine the English diaspora. Before their partnership, the words ‘Hairy Hiker’ simply conjured up the…
This is getting a bit concerning. We’re now one week into June and have had significantly more rain than sunshine – we should be applying SPF, but instead…
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…
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…
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…
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…
There are certain brands you associate with certain colours. Ferrari? Red. Hoover? Also red. UPS? Brown. National Geographic? Yellow. Ikea? Blue and yellow. And grey? Well, that colour…