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…
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…
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…
When New Balance launched its five-year sponsorship of the Marathon du Mont‑Blanc in June 2025, it wasn’t a signal flare but more of a calculated summit bid. This event…
As a confirmed fan of trainers with tech-sounding names and a good portmanteau, this snake-inspired Saucony’s are relevant to my interests. For this season, they’ve given their ProGrid…
Sometimes a shoe enters your rotation and quietly benches everything else. Not because of its attitude but as a result of its calm superiority. That’s what happened when…
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.…
Jesus Christ, it’s hot. It’s so hot that it might be too hot. Putting together this edition of Proper Picks has been a struggle – the thought of…
Everyone knows that we love Kickers. We’ve been ranting, raving and reminiscing about the brand for the past 15 years, but in case you still haven’t got the…
Buying a new pair of trainers before going on a holiday is a rite of passage, one only indulged in if you’re feeling particularly flush that month. Cruising…
Every now and then, you’ll come across a collaboration that is like a fine piece of artwork. Something conjured up by the minds of two great artists, their…
You might not have heard of FUBUKI – yes, it’s a great word to say, but they’ve quietly been taking the winter/ski scene by storm. Given we rarely…
New Balance is a brand that is always looking forward. Always looking to improve. Always looking to make things slightly better than they were yesterday. They’re like that…
Despite what the weather might be doing at the moment, it is meant to be sunny, it is meant to be hot, and we are all meant to…
We’re back. Another month, another Proper Picks. Although it is five days late this time, but you know what? We don’t really care. You can’t rush mediocrity. A…
It might seem like a post-social media development, but people have been running on fields, up mountains and through rivers long before the advent of Instagram. Let’s face…
In an increasingly try-hard world of collaborative fashion where every drop comes with a 12-minute short film and a PDF about the designer’s feelings, PUMA and Aries have…
One of the best pairings in the history of pairings is New Balance and grey. It’s right up there with French bread and olive oil. Hummus and carrots.…
If you cast your mind back to last summer, the observant among you will remember that Belstaff and Merrell 1TRL quietly dropped a shoe that turned out to…
We reckon KEEN have had a pretty large hand in this whole ugly-attractive footwear trend, and right at the forefront of it all is their UNEEK. A half-sandal,…
Salomon is a brand that needs little to no introduction. Ever since they first released their XT-6 model back in 2013, the brand has slowly been catching fire,…