Proper have been big fans of Russ Gater’s work since we first came across his Heritage Research brand back in the day and we continue to love and…
Is it that time again? We’re putting the finishing touches to issue 13 which means we’ve been focusing big time on t-shirts and shorts and yet our inbox…
Russ Gater is the man behind one of our favourite clothing brands in recent years, Heritage Research. He’s now dividing his time between a number of smaller projects…
As you may know we’re currently going a bit nutty about all things outdoors with a certain quirky je-ne-sais-quoi about them. This cracking parka being a classic example…
Readers of issue 10 of our illustrious magazine may remember the cracking ‘Shop Ten’ written by proprietor of Tameside’s fantastic Shed shop and all round top bloke…
Yeah yeah we know it’s slightly later than we said it would be, but that’s simply because we’re perfectionists and we wouldn’t want to unleash a mediocre magazine…
Our new old mate Carl at The Original Store worded us up about this a good few weeks ago now. This was inbetween us collectively putting the world to rights and discussing “what comes next” in terms of clothing.
For The Original Store at least, this marks a slight departure. Only a slight one, mind. The bottom line is Heritage Research make good clothes and The Original Store likes selling good clothes.
Heritage Research remain a firm favourite at Proper Towers. We thought we’d share a few of their standout items for Spring/Summer over the coming days, starting with this new/improved Longline Parka. It comes with a gilet, or a padded vest as we call it.
Heritage, Research……If there are two words to sum up the vision of Russ Gater and Daniel Savory, these two are probably the best. We decided it’d be nice to find out more. Russ kindly answered our questions in Issue 8 of Proper, back in early 2009.
Avid readers of Proper will remember our interview with Russ Gater from Heritage Research in Issue 8 of the magazine. We’ve kept a keen and appreciative eye on everything they’ve done since, and while we always write about stuff we’re into, Heritage Research gear is stuff we’re really, really into.