Since The 5th opened back in late 2020, they’ve been one of our favourite clothing curators, carefully selecting a solid range of UK heritage brands mixed with progressive…
Arpenteur and Paraboot are two French brands that have a history of collaborating. Paraboot’s shoes are the sort of numbers you’d see on the feet of a sophisticated…
As longtime fans of Marc and Laurent’s Arpenteur, it’s always easy to talk about this gear with a smile on our face. Celebrating the end of their first…
OK so America have got a new leader, it looks like there’s a vaccine for the virus on the way and Arpenteur have made a French work jacket…
Due to my obsessing over this remarkable jacket from Arpenteur I’ve finally managed to work out what ADN actually stands for. Well I say work out but it…
You know how the old saying goes… “When the sun begins to shine, it’s time to buy a striped Arpenteur t-shirt from Oi Polloi’ and who are we…
Whilst there’s no doubt that this Arpenteur jacket is absolutely mint, I’m not too sure what ‘ADN’ stands for. Absolutely Double Naughty? Adorable Dark Navy? Awww (it’s) Dead…
Though famous for it’s incredible food the city of Lyon in France is also responsible for one or Proper’s favourite clothing labels, Arpenteur. Their beautiful garments and heart-warming…
Coming from a place that was world famous for it’s hat production for a century or two we’d like to make it known that our French friends at…
Zut Alors, Sacre Bleu and lots of other French cliches! Some phenomenal gallic garms have arrived at Oi Polloi fresh off the cross channel ferry. From caps designed…
If this marvellous metropolitan scene featured on this long sleeved t-shirt from Arpenteur looks familiar then that’s because it has also appeared on the cover of the UK’s…
Summer clothing is boring isn’t it. I mean, you can really have enough of wearing the same old shorts and t-shirt combos day in, day out. Or vests……
Arpenteur. French workwear updated for the modern man. Perhaps a little less labourer and little more Eurostar business class, but clothes still beautifully put together and certainly built…
Ooh la la! Oi Polloi and Arpenteur have only gone and had a brief but fruitful encounter and the result is a collection of smart gear. Pick of…
With such focus on France at the moment, it’s easy to go all gallic. *shrugs* Peggs and Son are almost French, to us at least, given they’re on…
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…
Have you seen ‘The Revenant’ yet? If not then I highly recommend that you do as it’s an edge of the seat epic involving Leonardo DiCaprio playing frontiersman…
I love browsing the Kinoko store website, it’s a magical place where I’ll often pick out various pieces of top notch hikerdelic gear for the ultimate trip out into…
Have you got your Christmas edition Radio Times and a massive box of Roses in yet? Good then I reckon you’ll appreciate this equally Christmassy creation from ace…
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…
Sometimes, just sometimes, we dream of warmer climes, sun, sand, alcohol served from vessels carved out of exotic fruit, with little umbrellas in. In these idyllic circumstances, when…