Got a halloween party coming up but don’t want to look like a complete and utter pumpkin? Well your solution to looking dead cool but without appearing a…
Cover versions are rarely much good are they? But in the case of the latest issue of Proper, it’s fair to say the feedback on our four cover…
Know the term “Heritage” is now a bit frowned upon in the #menswear sphere; sitting as it does alongside ’70’s DJs’ and ‘Kids’ TV presenters’ in getting people turning…
At the best of times, October is a transitional month, in England anyway. Shorts and t-shirts have given way to light jackets, sweats and kecks of various types.…
I get slightly uncomfortable writing about my own “work” – so in this instance I contacted a good pal to do the narcissistic bit. All the ammunition I…
Look at that weather outside. It’s straight up Autumn out there. The leaves are all orange and all over the pavement, it’s windy enough to blow your Grandma’s…
The motherfucking 1990s street-wear saga continues… This time the ‘brand new you’re retro’ vibes come courtesy of talented twosome Gareth Skewis (Palace, Slam City Skates) and Paul Ruffles…
For those of you who dig TSPTR’s current Peanuts collection but also want something broadcasts your love for the type of cool independent stores that you like to buy…
You would be forgiven for thinking that Paul & Shark is exclusively for portly football hooligans from large backward towns who look very much like the Kingpin from the Spider-Man cartoon…
Much as I’ve admired the recent Hurache explosion from afar, I now feel like jumping in with both of my big feet as they’ve gone and made a…
Several is a pretty good name for a brand isn’t it? It’s not just a clever catchword though, it sums up the ethos of the collective behind it,…
Not just me that’s getting back excited by adidas. I know ‘cause I see it around me in that ‘virtual universe’ of the internet and social media. Gary…
I don’t think I’ve ever come across a book that features as many clued-up mates in one book as Contemporary Menswear, in fact I know I haven’t. From…
Three. It’s the magic number innit. We know; De La told us so (well Bob Dorough told us first, but he wasn’t a part of our teenage party soundtracks).…
There’s a weird paradox in the world of black leather jackets in that more often than not those who choose to wear them really shouldn’t and those that…
Oui! Oui! C’est workwear temps aujourd’hui! Alongside Gitanes, Ricard, Orangina & cheese with a cow pissing herself on the box comes another slice of French classiness in the…
Earlier this year I was jammy enough to get a bit of an exclusive peak at this soon to be released Spezial collection. So after having been sworn…
Can you believe it’s twenty years since Kurt Cobain tragically choose to ‘do one’ from this mortal coil? A lot has happened since then but Kurt and Nirvana remain locked…
Will you allow me to be cloyingly self-indulgent for a few minutes? I’m going to anyway, plus I’ve always wanted to use the word ‘cloyingly’. This week saw two…
What makes a good jacket a bloody great jacket? Is it the well thought out choice of technical fabric; that not only does the job it’s supposed to…
Remember Lenny Henry when he was funny? No honestly he was once. Way back in the seventies he was a regular on a punk rock Saturday morning kid’s…