If you’ve been keeping up with END. recently, you’ll know they’ve been on a mad 20th anniversary tear, releasing a whole wealth of collaborations drawing inspiration from a…
The best kind of running has long been a heated debate. Track – sheer determination to become better than you were last week. Trail – an expedition that…
Our knowledge of video games here stretches little beyond Football Manager, 8 Ball Pool and the occasional round 11 attempt on Call of Duty Zombies. Gaming isn’t exactly…
Some so-called “studios” aren’t really studios at all. They’re just people rearranging logos on Canva, following, and sourcing the cheapest possible versions of what’s currently on trend. There’s…
We’re always amused when two parties from opposing corners of the world are infatuated with the other’s culture. This appears to be what has happened between us and…
Of all the things Britain can still be quietly proud of, New Balance’s Made in UK line sits somewhere between Lucozade and a perfectly doughy Yorkshire pudding. All…
Summertime is truly challenging on the old wallet. Everyone on social media seems to either be on holiday, in a beer garden, at a nice restaurant, or somehow…
Here at Proper, we very rarely venture much further South than Birmingham. But a handful of brands make us want to change that, and Finisterre is one of…
Without wanting to sound like a Facebook mum, how is it August already? Feel like I was doing the Proper Picks for March just the other day. At…
Birthdays are a bit strange. At the start of your life, they’re incredibly exciting. Then somewhere in the middle, you’d rather forget they were ever happening. And finally,…
We’ve arrived. The end of the END. corner Shop collab trilogy. First came the adidas HRMY – a homage to corner shop print media in all its chaotic…
END.’s corner shop collaboration series is one of the best things to happen this year. We were all over the first adidas instalment, but this sequel might be…
Stüssy – stoosy, not stuhssy – is one of the only brands to remain forever cool. No matter what’s occurring with trends or pop culture, Stüssy’s iconic script…
Dogs are great, aren’t they? Always there when you’re feeling down. Not interested in trivial nonsense like emails. And forever worthy candidates for blaming farts and stolen food…
Filson is one of those brands that shies away from nothing. If an activity takes place outdoors, they’re doing it. Fishing, hiking, hunting – it doesn’t matter. Filson…
Les Deux certainly know how to pick their partners – Yale University last year, and now a man named Josh Diaz… Those unfamiliar with Josh Diaz, might know…
You probably know Arksen for their adventure-ready boats and off-road vehicles — big, capable bits of kit built for disappearing into the wild without a trace. But they’re…
Corner shops. They’re great, aren’t they? Little buildings filled with endless culinary possibilities and solutions to all life’s problems. Crisps. Sweets. Cigarettes. Lager. Washing up liquid. Toilet roll.…
There are certain brand names that always prompt a pause in the inbox scroll, and nanamica is undoubtedly one of them. Not only does it roll off the…
As British summertime dawns, an unfamiliar area of our properties once again wakes up – the garden. It’s an area that sits vacant for 10 months of the…
One of our best discoveries from last year was a brand called Goodlids. Andrew (a man with a mullet and moustache) joined our team, and due to his…