Refreshingly down to earth yet uncompromisingly premium, Good Measure are right up our rue. They make sweatshirts which are eminently wearable and very serious in their construction and…
So, ever since we set up camp the Mancunian industrial heartland of Ancoats we’ve actively used that base to get to know people better. Not in some community outreach…
The perfect post-casual pump, these. With all the tough-guy provenance you could ever want, these were originally issued to the German army, hence the lack of stripes. You…
Into cycling? Then you’ll know all about Reynolds. Having begun manufacturing nails way back in 1841, they pioneered the first butted cycling tubes. In all their time providing…
Chanelling Massimo Osti’s love for maritime pursuits, early Stone Island was heavily influenced by nautical niceness. Stone Island Marina speaks for itself in this sense, and it’s a…
Basically, anything that describes itself as a bargain hooks me in. I can’t help it. Whether it’s an all you can eat buffet, a 3-for-2 on underwear at…
Is it not enough for us to have mentioned adidas Bermudas twice already? Well, evidently not because we’re going for a hat-trick here, via the size? exclusive version,…
I’ve just finished writing about Les Basics so maybe I’m on a bit of an old man leisurewear type tip, but there are worse tips to be on.…
Imagine if John Shuttleworth designed an adidas Spezial capsule collection, it would be the best thing you’ve never seen and people would flock from miles around to see…
I don’t like dust, it makes me sneeze. Even writing this post makes me sneeze, or maybe it’s peak hayfever season I’m not sure. Or maybe I’ve got…
Founded by Tunisian born, Jewish, Trotskyist, ex-revolutionary, Jean Touitou’s A.P.C. arrived in the late 1980s as a refreshingly anti-fashion antidote to the stifling atmosphere that prevailed at the…
Hands up if you’re bang into soccerball shirts? Everyone seems to be these days, but I was wearing them way before they were cool. No but seriously, I…
Wit-woo, get a load of these! You don’t have to be Elvis Presley to be overprotective about these blue suede shoes. That was a small joke about a…
So, the lads down the road at Oi Polloi are nearly 15 years old. That may not seem like a massive expanse of time in other walk of…
So, following our little t-shirt mashup with Long Shot, we’ve had a few people asking to hear more about them. We’ve mentioned them plenty of times on here…
It’s on days like these I sit back and think of the summer. I’m like a drowned rat having ridden a rickety old bicycle to work so soothing…
You know where you are with Vans. Founded just over half a century ago in California, the Van Doren Rubber Company opened its first store a few months…
It won’t have escaped your notice that Norse Projects have upped their game in recent years. They’ve built on an already sterling reputation to raise the bar across…
Like Bruce Springsteen, these shoes were born in the USA. Well, Made in the USA. You know where you are with New Balance. Whether you’re after a staple…
I sit encased in a speeding train as I type this and the sun is blaring through the window making me feel like that Gremlin in the microwave.…
There may be the small matter of summer separating us from the start of conker-kicking season, but these shoes aren’t season-sensitive, in fact they’re ideal for padding promenade…