Though California may well know how to party, it also has a really good handle on how to look proper cool when it goes out climbing too. Case…
Not content with chatting to one Mancunian clothing institution last week (here), we’ve only gone and doubled up. This time we’ve gone back in time with a favourite…
I was made aware of Sleaford Mods (neither from Sleaford nor mods) during the heady days of Myspace, a good friend of mine told me to have a listen this thing they’d done…
Anyone who rates Capote’s true crime thriller ‘In Cold Blood’ is proper sound in my erm.. book. Have you read it? Incredible stuff, Music for Chameleons is equally…
For our sixtieth (yes sixtieth) Favourite Five we have finally convinced a real live woman to contribute. Being the progressive, pro-feminist people that we are here at Proper…
It feels like it’s been a fair while since we had one of our a favourite fives up on here, so back with a musical bang we have…
A great favourite five from another one of our friends who sounds like they’re an exclusive pair of jeans. Lee Goldup however isn’t a limited edition pair of…
Since we’re fans of both denim and darkness death punk combo Turbonegro and people who seem to know their way around a clothes shop who better to get on board for a…
Have you had your city centre Christmas shopping Michael Douglas Falling Down moment yet? Well remove your elbow from that rude shopper’s eye socket for a moment and…
No Nathan Lee isn’t a kind of selvedge jeans or a motown hit, he’s actually one of our new best mates and also the purveyor of some fine…
What’s the time? It’s Fave Five O’Clock my fun-loving friends. Stepping up to the plate today is our good mate Tom Kirkby who describes himself thus ‘I run…
Always nice when you meet a fellow denim head innit? In Jamie’s case we bumped into one another on Twitter via our mutual appreciation of Hiut with both…
In these times of austerity it seems people are turning one way or the other. Either they’re setting their sights low or setting them high. Low, and it…
Whilst we’re still top buzzing from the discovery of the immense Too Hot site and the vintage treasure it holds, we thought we’d immerse ourselves further in their…
Not content with cutting hair, traditional barber Ian Russell has a nice sideline in leather goods too. The Hubb Leatherworks is just one of the things Ian does when he’s…
As disciples of the cult of Selectism and worshippers at the altar of Highsnobiety, we thought we’d ask the hallowed high priest of holy hip highness Mr Jeff…
If you don’t know who Daniel Sandison is then you’re probably not on Twitter and if you’re not on Twitter then what the fuck are you on? Smack…
Johnny is like us – Northern. He has his finger in several pies when it comes to clothing, working with brands like Ma.Strum, Premier Sport, Harry Stedman and…
Just one look at Matt Pike’s Buckets and Spades blog and you can tell that he’s ‘one of us’ i.e. he likes proper nice clothes and dead good…
I don’t know about you but as the long nights are drawing in my better half and I like nothing better than relaxing on the sofa of an…
I could rattle on about the few sites I check on a daily basis – so rather than that I suggest you open up your browser of choice…