I’ve had a thing for Iceland, and the Nordics in general, for as long as I can remember. Maybe it’s a subconscious pull that comes from being a…
As soon as you can see your breath hanging in the air and a layer of frost clinging to car windscreens each morning, you know proper pub season…
Just when you thought things were winding down for the year. Just when you thought it was all about to go quiet. Just as you thought you were…
The constant churn of releases from clothing brands can become tiring. Season after season, new drop after new drop. It seems you’re not even considered a genuine label…
Few films are better (or longer) than Michael Cimino’s 1978 Vietnam War epic, The Deer Hunter. And simply calling it a film is selling Cimino’s work short -…
Cycling is one of those activities that can become needlessly intimidating. And that’s part of the reason we don’t talk about it on Proper all that often -…
Not sure if you’ve noticed or not, but it’s gone cold. Properly, properly cold. Baltic. Frabs. Brick. Brass, whatever you want to call it, the temperature has seriously…
If you ever find yourself yearning for the early 2000s, you’ve only got to look at what Oakley Factory Team are doing to remedy that feeling. Led by…
We’re running out of days in November, and that can only mean one thing – Christmas is nearly here, and you know what? It feels like it is…
We were recently surfing the web. Searching high and low for new retailers & clothing brands. A task we try to do every month or so. Usually, we’ll…
END. have been throwing themselves one hell of a 20th birthday bash. Collaborations left, right and centre, and activations everywhere in between. It’s been a wild, wild ride…
XTRATUF is Alaska’s favourite brand, but unless you’re Alaskan yourself, you may never have even heard of them. When XTRATUF was founded 75 years ago, it was to…
Fontainebleau. An unassuming commune 55 kilometres south of Paris. A place that means absolutely nothing to most, but absolutely everything to a few. Although Google cites Fontainebleau as…
SEVEN STORE have just published their AW25 editorial, and it’s titled Contemporary Refined. At first glance, those words might seem like wishy-washy fashion jargon. The kind of thing…
Acid Running are back on our radar with their Transcendent Runner collection. Drawing on the ‘Absolute’ philosophy of the British Idealist FH Bradley (1846-1924), this range is inspired…
We’ve been perched on the edge of our seats for weeks now. Not out of discomfort (although our office chairs are a bit uncomfortable), but out of anticipation.…
Certain brands age like fine wine – getting slowly better as the years progress. Purple Mountain Observatory doesn’t do that. They’re getting better, much, much quicker. Honing their…
The more you wear shoes, the more you’re likely to become attached to them. You’ve probably got a favourite pair of football boots, a favourite pair of smart…
In 1981, Rab Carrington began stitching sleeping bags in the loft of his Sheffield attic. A year later, on the other side of the Atlantic, Mike Graham started…
Batten down the hatches. Draw the curtains. Don’t bother going outside. Winter has well and truly arrived – the clocks have gone back (or forward, we’re never quite…
I recently turned 30, and to celebrate, I headed to a place that’s been sitting at the top of my destination list for a long while – Denmark.…