D&AD sprang into life 50 years ago as a non profit making, educational charity set up by creative mavericks David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Alan Fletcher as a…
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…
Paul Vincent and Sara Kelly founded S.E.H Kelly three years ago. Sara looks after the design and making parts of the business, and Paul makes the tea. Paul…
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…
If you’ve been around a while you might know Neil from his Drooghi and RatherNotSay days. If you’re younger you might have seen his Veras shoes out and…
It’s 1955, the Ladies Invitation race at glorious Goodwood is well under way and who’s this cool character down by the track, capturing all the excitement on film…
Maybe I have too much time on my hands but one of my favourite current pastimes involves finding decent online shops and then putting together the best possible…
For those of you currently following the epic sporting event that is the Tour De France, you’ll know that olympic legend and all round cycling legend Bradley Wiggins…
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?
As we’re getting proper excited about heading down to our beloved capital this weekend to check out the Jacket Required tradeshow, we thought we’d get a head start on all the action by asking a few cheeky and pertinent questions…
OK, so in terms of ideal Christmas presents we’ve already covered after-shaves fit for royalty, hi-spec grooming products and Christmas jumpers that will last forever ‘but what do…
Inspired by the excellent Pica Post article on the four pocket parka we decided to delve into this era of the great American outdoors and one of the classic ‘DIY’ brands that emerged from this scene, Kelty.
Bought a flat, got married, turned 30, joined the Campaign for Real Ale and became addicted to Countryfile – there is no escaping from the fact my life has gone all grown up. The times, “they are a changing” (see I’ve even started listening to Bob Dylan) the transition has also been reflected in my appearance. The wardrobe consists of more shoes not trainers, knitwear not sportswear, durable wax coats not sports jackets FFS I’ve even started wearing bobble hats.
Medical research. I bet if you think of those two words together you think of those “botched” trials from a few years ago when that blokes head swelled to the size of a beach ball. And then his hands fell off, in true Garth Marenghi fashion.
As memories of the decade that spawned the the BMX bike and Betamax gradually fade there are a few things that are more vivid than others.