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…
I’m not sure what it was about the early 2000s, but it felt like everyone owned loads of shoes. I’ve got fond memories of going round to my…
If you’ve been alive for more than 18 years and have spent any of that time in the UK, you’ll have some sort of history with Reebok. Whether…
Despite what the name might imply, ON Cloud makes some of the best footwear going for bright, sun-soaked days. And that’s largely down to the perfect concoction of…
When I was young, I was totally and utterly fascinated with what lived below the ground. I’d dig in my back garden for hours – not even totally…
We used to pray for times like these: increasingly warm weather, shorts becoming acceptable again, and lightweight technical jackets on deck at all times. We might not quite…
I’m recently back from a whirlwind week in the capital for the ever-epic London Marathon. You’ll have heard all about it, I’m sure – on Instagram, in headlines,…
PUMA is one of those brands that has always been ahead of the curve, and looked it, too. You only have to flick through the brand’s ’90s product…
Not too long ago, KEEN got in touch with us about doing something trail running–related. Naturally, we were in. Fantasising about being shipped off to some far-flung trailhead…
Back at Paris Fashion Week in January, no showroom excited me more than South Korean label Khakis’. The brand has a rare knack for reimagining prep, Ivy, and…
That ubiquitous trio of stripes – allied to the familiar trefoil – are inescapable at the moment, and for good reason. The vast archive of sports footwear to…
If you arrive in Alaska as a tourist, the dead giveaway won’t be your accent, your trembling blue lips, or your questionable haircut – it’ll be what’s on…
We’ve made it. The turning point. That brief, beautiful moment when everything shifts from dark, miserable and a bit shit to something that feels vaguely hopeful. The birds…
We’ve long been fascinated by modernist design. Open-plan living rooms, sunken conversation pits, oak panelling, softly lit bedrooms, patterned tile kitchens. Homes from the golden era of modernism…
Footwear is great, isn’t it? We definitely think so. Without footwear, Proper probably wouldn’t exist. And without Proper – well, you’d all be doomed, wouldn’t you? Over the…
I had a pretty poor winter, running wise. Too much travel, dwindling discipline and an inconsistency mirrored only by Manchester’s current weather. Then, as it often does, something…
There are only a handful of brands that will never not be cool, and Maharishi is one of them. The brand’s infamous Snopants had everyone in a chokehold…
We all know Mizuno isn’t opposed to a little madness. Take their best-selling shoe, the Wave Prophecy LS, for example – the sole is entirely hollow. This determination…
If you speak to anyone about the most important part of an outfit, you’ll usually elicit one of two common responses: the jacket or the shoes. Both obviously…