As part of our ongoing investigation into what our mates have been up to during lockdown we’ve decided to catch up with Mr Universal Works himself, David Keyte.…
The Hip Store’s ongoing series of lockdown liasons on their blog recently featured one of our favourite maestros of menswear David Keyte. One half of the talented husband…
As paradoxical as ‘sophisticated workwear’ may sound that’s pretty much the magical formula that Universal Works uses. Taking classic twentieth century silhouettes and reimagining them via some subtle…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qIja0oM40Q Having known David Keyte for nearly ten years it comes as no surprise to see that his brilliant brand has done a running inspired collab with adidas.…
Maine meets up with Nottingham in this impressive collab between Sebago and Uni Works that gives a stylish spin on the Cayuga and Seneca Campsides silhouettes. Both shoes…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x41m7gEscLo I was writing a thing about ‘smart-casual’ recently. It was difficult to pin down what it actually means. Depending on your viewpoint, your background, the event you’re…
https://vimeo.com/151321921 Here’s a short but perfectly formed film of Universal Works AW16 outing at LCM which I pretty sure stands for ‘London Clothes Month’ or ‘Looking at…
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…
OMG WTF UW SS16 @ LCM M8! As well as flying round on a rocket fuelled back-pack our mate David Keyte has been blowing the fashion elite’s socks…
Everyone loves a bit of excitement in their life don’t they. Last minute winners, ‘lock-ins’ at your local, finding a two pound coin in the pocket of some…
I first discovered the mighty Millican bags via the first collab they did with Universal Works and after becoming a proud owner of a James duffle bag last…
One of the first people we asked to do us a Favourite Five was our old chum David of Universal Works. Unfortunately, he’s been too busy travelling to…
We could go on about how we did an interview with David Keyte what seems like ages ago (because it was ages ago). It’s great to see how…
Online Swedish store Sukauto have once more teamed up with (one of our favourite British labels) Universal Works for another impressive coat collaboration. As with their previous Elland…
Our good mate Ryan from Ashton’s formidable Shed shop/community has just given us the nod on some interesting springy/summery footwear he’s just got in. David Keyte’s outstanding Universal…
So any-way, being Stockport’s answer to Karl Lagerfeld and Gok Wan, we headed over to Paris last weekend to check out the Capsule and Rendez-Vous trade shows. Something neither of us thought we’d ever end up doing but since issue ten of the mag has blown everyone’s socks off and very nearly sold out in just a month. We decided it’s time to take this clothing lark seriously, well as seriously as we can be.
David Keyte, founder and designer of one our favourite labels ‘Universal Works’ has decided his own wardrobe needs some additional key pieces, this time in the form of socks.