Our pals at Reception have just released their latest Summer capsule collection in tribute to a Tokyo bar. ‘Jazz, Blues & Soul’ bar is in Shibuya-Tokyo houses a…
Joining UNICEF’s fight against youth poverty our good mates at Reception have created this exclusive long sleeved tee with all of the profits going directly to the global…
Without a doubt one of the most exciting new brands out there at the moment we love a bit of Reception here at Proper. This season’s new collection…
Inspired by the socially diverse and sprawling Los Angeles metropolis alongside Proper’s favourite train-jibbing, whizz freak Jack Kerouac, Reception’s AW20 collection features coach jackets, rugby shirts and Japanese…
Ooh la la! Qu’est-ce que c’est? This my friends is a suave bit of smock from those French foodies at Reception, who having already forged a rep for…
Our mate Pierre really knows his onions/oignons when it comes to eating out, which is why his t-shirt brand Reception is dedicated to his favourite restaurants around the…
The French know their way around footwear. Well-made shoes are in the DNA, whether from a wearer’s perspective or the ingrained artisan sensibilities of the nation. Kleman is…
Five a day is the mantra, but what about 6 a week? Fruit is an important source of all of those nutrients and stuff that keep us alive,…
If you’re embarking on a weekend away somewhere suave then isn’t it about time you got yourself an equally smart bag to carry your kit around in? This…
For their latest campaign Fred Perry commissioned photographer Dexter Navy to shoot a series of portraits of a mixed bunch of genuine people (as opposed to models) who…
Our top mates Kyle and Sam at Yards Store have opened up a real life version of their brilliant online store just up the road from us in…
As we may have mentioned, we’re just back from Berlin, where we looked at lots and lots of coats. An app suggested we walked a combined 18 miles…
We’ve gone a bit Happy Mondays daft on here this week. First it was the rather brilliant new book coming out soon and now the Manchester legends are…
If you take a tape of dance music history and rewind it back to the start, it doesn’t stop where house music started in the late 80s. Looking further back than that we have soul and disco, then jazz-funk. However, quantum changes in the way dance music sounded and also the way it was played occurred in the early 80s with the development and use of electronic technology, such as synthesisers and drum machines.