Great for the town, the terrace or trick or treating (plus other things which don’t necessarily begin with a ‘t’), the traditional smock is the kind of jacket…
Maybe it’s the kid modelling these Brutus Trimfit shirts or maybe the fact they’ve used genuine prints from their archive of 1970s designs but for some reason I…
If there’s a website that makes you think of winter it’s The Great Divide. The snowy mountains and overall austerity of their website are enough to make a…
When we fantasise about winning the lottery and going on a massive splurge and buying loads and loads of our favourite things, Superdenim is one of the first…
Layering up is a very autumnal thing, or if you’re American it’s something you do in the ‘Fall’. In fact, I reckon Proper comedy hero John Shuttleworth should…
And now for something completely different.
And now something for all you fans of bicycles/hot women with paint on their arms out there. Though we’ve already got our hearts set on a Stussy motorbike…
My first thoughts on these superbly tagged-up New York shop fronts was ‘how the hell did they get away with that?!?’ Then, when I reached the end of…
Russ Gater is the man behind one of our favourite clothing brands in recent years, Heritage Research. He’s now dividing his time between a number of smaller projects…
In the beginning there were three pigeons; one grey, one white and one black in colour. When they were ready, the grey and white pigeons left the roost…
It seems a hell of a lot of the clothing we wear these days hails from sunny, salty Portugal, so it’s great to see an actual Portuguese brand…
Still begrudgingly using that Head sports bag your old man used in the 80’s? Embarrassed turning up at work with a bag only the double denim hero that…
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…
If I say the words “shapeshifters” and “Eastenders” I imagine you’ll conjure up images of Pat Butcher and David Icke having a beer then a wrestle in the…
We’re very fussy here at Proper when it comes to wearing baseball caps, it being all too easy to get it totally wrong and end up looking like…
Author of the genre defining Casuals book, Phil Thornton has spent the last year writing an updated version. He’s also fucking sound and was one of the first…
Check out this short vid from Beams which show-cases some of their fine AW12 gear. As much as we admire the nice Japanese garbs on show, it’s the…
Octogenarian William Klein has been there and done it all, the painter turned photographer turned film-maker turned graphic artist seems to have captured everyone that’s mattered in popular…
Though our good friends on the East side of the USA maybe currently getting hammered by Hurricane Sandy, at least when it comes to mopping up the soggy…
It may seem a bizarre thing to say but where would we be without photography? Think of how ill-informed and ignorant we’d be without the snapshot image to…
The guys at Northern Threads shed some light on one of the biggest trends this season and the appeal behind the American Workwear look. It’s a look that’s so…