These are Alan Partridge quoting, absolutely, Totes Amaze-bags. You know them ‘bags for life’ from Sainsbury’s and Tesco, that people use at Lidl and Aldi, so nobody knows…
Hikerdelic, blah blah blah. Is it time we invented a new word to describe mental outdoor accoutrements and coats and that? I’ll get working on it. Until then…
Having decided not to do a write-up of the Norse Projects summer collection which has just appeared (only so many times I can use the terms ‘minimal’, ‘timeless’…
Archetypal Hikerdelic brand are back once again for Spring/Summer at The Original Store. Nano puff jackets, lightweight camo and the coolest bags we’ve seen years and years are the…
Adding to their already impressive range of brilliant bags and ace accessories Sandqvist have developed an all over print for the first time ever. Inspired by Sweden’s Lynx…
Top Gear; so, so much to answer for. From the badly dressed Middle-England audience, whooping and a hollering at each of Clarkson’s misogynistic and semi veiled xenophobic rants,…
Nordic by Nature… hey has anyone used that one to describe a Scando brand yet? I’m having that one, Nordic by Nature. Anyway as I really love Sweden,…
Proper People love the Great Outdoors; don’t we? At least we love dressing and accessorising like we’re ready to grow a Giant Haystacks like beard and wrestle Grizzlies…
Although it may sound like a gambling obsessed nanna from Viz (at least to our un-cultured ears) Ada Blackjack is actually the combined work of partners Lucas and…
Suave, Swedish bag brokers Sandqvist have just given us a sneak peak at three new additions to their Urban Outdoor range for AW13. Check out the Edmund Hiking…
With various different styles of bag for every occasion, Tent is a new bag brand which utilises tent fabric left over from festivals. Yep, those knackered old tents…
There must be something in the water over in Colorado. I know very little about the place other than the fact it seems to be the epicentre of…
Meet my new best mate James, yes I know he doesn’t say much but what he lacks in social skills he more than makes up for in making…
A shirt brand called Tuk Tuk conjures up some great puns, but we’ve been onto them for a while now so we’ve used all the best ones up.…
As you may or may not know we’re a bit of a sucker for a great looking bag here at Proper Magazine. Obviously not just any bag though…
Oh we do like a bit of baggage here at Proper and quite frankly it doesn’t come much better than Lake District luggage legends Chapman. Collaborating for the first time with this legendary English bag maker, this compact, functional style has been designed exclusively for Modern Classics.
On our recent jaunt to London, a couple of us had the pleasure of spending time with 6876’s Kenneth MacKenzie and Garbstore’s Ian Paley. Both were exceptional hosts, and better still, both make things we really, really like.
With that in mind, it was pretty ace to hear them both tell us about the collaboration they had planned.