We’ve been into this gear for some considerable time now, but this is probably the most impressive season we’ve seen from Poler Stuff. Ok, so a man of…
Lincolnshire’s premier menswear boutique Grants1856 have just put a load of new Norse Projects live on their website and once again, my procrastination rears its ugly head. Neil’s…
Until the end of last year, Proper was very much a hobby, or as people tend to call hobbies now “a passion project”. At the start of January…
The urge to call Norse Projects ‘Great Danes’ is overwhelming. I don’t think ever I’ve written about the Copenhagen brand without used that tired cliche. I might have…
As the gentrification of Manchester’s Northern Quarter continues, the previous inhabitants of that part of town are edged further towards the periphery. It’s probably a metaphor for society…
I put in a disappointingly brief appearance at the launch of this last night. Apparently there was free beer and French space rock, which sounds right up my…
Not content with selling a smashing array of essentials done well, tuktuk have branched out, adding other brands to their website. La Paz, Leyva, Veras and a couple of…
The etymology of lightweight hooded jackets is something we take very seriously here at our Ancoats nerve centre. Is it a windbreaker? Is it a windcheater? An anorak? Or…
It’s raining in Manchester, mere minutes away from our mates at Oi Polloi. Apparently there’s a rule in the staff handbook over there that forbids all employees from…
My 13 year old recently recounted a tale of a teacher to me. He was wearing what were deemed to be unsuitable shoes for school. “Would you wear…
It’s on days like today I find myself wistfully drifting away to an ethereal soundtrack involving dramatic rock music with loads of geese squawking in the background. I…
I’m going through one of my phases where football does my head in. The Under 13s I coach capitulated in a top of the table clash yesterday, going…
Peggs and Son have it pretty ok, you know. Being based down there in Brighton on the south coast means that if this country is fortunate enough to…
I used to do these, for Oi Polloi a few years ago. In the end I ran out of mad characters to create, until now that is. This…
Search on instagram for #adidasonly or #adidasonly_ and you’ll find over 30,000 results. That’s thirty thousand times the footwear loyalists have posted something to reinforce their fierce faithfulness…
As I sit drumming my fingers waiting for Nike to re-release the Lava Dome, or indeed Son of Lava dome, I’m forced to conduct a covert affair with…
Has there ever been a more apt shoe release at Birmingham’s Liquor Store? Saucony have got pretty creative with the various packs they’ve issued in the last couple…
Like something a Tusken Raider would wear to Boxercise, these new Asics x Monkey Time Gel Lyte II are probably the only gold-coloured item of footwear I’ve ever…
I came across this stuff via Instagram. It’s surprising how much good stuff is out there if you’re willing to contract insomnia and lie in bed at night…
Our new office is in a part of Manchester called Ancoats, which quite apart from sounding a bit outerweary was the world’s first industrial suburb. Not sure what that…
Remember a couple of months back when all the tough guy internet casual lads decided they no longer had a problem with carrying a tote bag about? Oi…