I once spent a prolonged period of time in France in my early 20’s. Not at the pleasure of the French Gendarmerie nor as part of some Nouveau-Georgian Grand Tour…
Batten down the borders, beautiful bits from Battenwear have just arrived on our shores, and as you’d expect from the brand from The Big Apple, everything’s looking ‘rosy’. Feeling in…
It’s a widely held notion in POPular-culture circles that the original is better than the sequel. We all know though, being the culture vultures we are, that this is…
We sometimes see something and think straight away, ‘Ooooh, it’s a little bit good is that; it’s a little bit Proper’ and this Hyak Pullover Shirt from Cape…
Do you remember when you first saw saw the adi EQT logo around 1990, and thought, ‘yeah that’s alright, it’s no Trefoil, like what’s on my trainers, but…
A bit of Wallabee magic; that’s what happens when our favourite Somerset ‘Shoe-Makers’ and those ‘Elves’ from the East-End of LDN-town put their creative juices together, give them…
Just ahead of Battle of The Planets & Bucks Fizz whipping off their skirts, my two tipper-most, topper-most favourite things as a child of the 70’s / 80’s…
Blinking nora, seems to have all gone a bit: “Proper’s World Of Shoes” with the last few posts, but we don’t care. We love shoes …..not in that pervy,…
In this game we call #menswear it’s dead easy to get caught up in HYPE. We’re all guilty of it; us for writing about it (sometimes, when we…
Bugger the bloody bombing, buy a brilliant bomber. Ok, so slightly forced with the alliteration, I agree, but a sound sentiment on both counts. It’s dead easy to…
Don’t know about you but I sometimes find it difficult to get overly excited by pants. Not talking your Y-fronts or boxer type either, but, y’know ‘trousers’ as…
“NO MORE SHOES!” “Where are you gonna put them?” “You’ve only got 2 bloody feet!” “How are we going to eat for the rest of the month; you…
Sometimes writing these Proper pieces isn’t as easy as you’d think. I know you all reckon you could put a well dressed chimp in front of a keyboard,…
Imagine for a minute there’s people out there who don’t want to wear a jacket all the time. Go on, I know it’s difficult, but try. Right, well…
We’re not going to waste time telling you about Clarks Originals Wallabees here. There’s no need. You already know. Likelihood is, in your adulthood you’ve had a pair…
Gloverall? Yeah, we know. Great heritage brand from Britain who still show that traditional woollen duffle coats made for WW II mariners can be relevant today in these highfaluting…