I proper love this relief map of the Alaskan mountains partly because it reminds me of a 1960s Apollo space ship model kit I got when I was…
Is it right that so much pleasure can be derived purely by looking at someone else’s family album? Usually I would say not as other people’s photos are…
To those of you not well up on masters of Japanese comics Shigeru Suguira is without a doubt one of the legends of Manga. Starting off in the…
I got into Hip Hop when a mate from school came back from holiday in Canada with a copy of Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy.…
Being asked to name your favourite piece of clothing is what I imagine asking a parent which one of their kids is their favourite (if I had kids…
Although cult, Seventies, period sit-com ‘Happy Days’ was perhaps one of the coolest shows ever made, imagine how much cooler it would have been if it had been…
When we set about printing a little fanzine almost a decade ago we didn’t expect it to last more than a couple of issues. It just didn’t cross…
Despite getting my hands on a pair a week earlier than everyone else (see pic) I still can’t quite believe that adidas have actually gone and re-issued the…
With everything all getting a bit mainstream in the last few years, talk of the casual scene is usually met with a cringe these days. The roots of…
Last year whilst on the prowl in Birmingham for people to take part in a dating show for Channel 4 (don’t ask) I happened upon an unexpected oasis…
It’s tradeshow season. Brands, bloggers, retailers and anyone else who fancies themselves as a bit of a clothing buff/bore is donning their best shoes, having a haircut and…
Check this out… or maybe that should be ‘deck’ this out? To celebrate the launch of Satta Skates ‘Visionary Artist Series’ in collaboration with renowned London illustrator Stevie…
We’ve written loads about 6876 and Kenneth Mackenzie now. Sitting here attempting to tee him up yet again is a familiar feeling. Suffice to say when we tried…
Maybe it’s the kid modelling these Brutus Trimfit shirts or maybe the fact they’ve used genuine prints from their archive of 1970s designs but for some reason I…
It’s hard to believe that Mr Ibe’s dream of a ‘watch that never breaks’ AKA the mighty Casio G-Shock first appeared on Japanese high streets way back in…
A recent arrival to the Shoreditch schmutter institution Present, Aigle is a bit like a French take on old Proper favourite Barbour. In fact if you were to…
OK so we’ve all caught ourselves reading online about the latest latest Y-front necked cardigans to come out of Kawasaki or articles on how to look just like…
Its now officially Forty years I’ve been knocking and rocking around on this planet and to quote Elton John ‘I’m still standing’, a fact I think that should be…
We are full of wonderful little routines here at Proper Mag towers. One of them is the weekly office quiz, in which one staff member sets questions for everyone to answer. Hilarity usually ensues. Oh, did we mention that we’re doing a party?
Right then, lets forget we’re all skint and on tablets just for a bit whilst we listen to Proper Magazine’s favourite top ten Christmas tunes. Most of these festive bangers…
We seem to be featuring a pretty diverse cross section of jackets on here of late don’t we? When we started doing this website we decided we’d stick…