This is good, real good, size? have launched size?sessions which will see a range of talented musicians dropping some in store science and talking about their love of…
If you went to the Sample Sale on Dale street in Manchester last year then you’ll already know that this year’s one is not to be missed. Expect…
Fusing the influences of the 1960s San Franciscan counter-culture and motown loving Mancs Oi Polloi’s recent mission to Levi’s HQ has resulted in a superb collaboration in 511…
The story of Otterwell is an interesting one. Originally created as part of a university course, the label’s first half-collection was put together in lieu of a written…
Given that Manchester gets more than it’s fair share of precipitation it seems only right that the city’s best shop has gone and made a jacket with a…
Walking back from lunch earlier, I commented on the lighting around Manchester’s urban sprawl. “Yes” replied Neil “It’s like Los Angeles or something” he continued, with no hint…
Inspired by my modernist mate Eddy Rhead’s recent book choice in the favourite five that he did for us I decided to track down a copy of Space, Hope &…
Talented titfer-smiths the Long Shot Experiment are celebrating their first year of marvellous millinery by releasing a slick little film entitled ‘Starbright Combat Corazon!’ made with the help…
My love/hate relationship with football is just the right side of the line at the moment. I think it’s because another inept season for my ailing football club…
Despite their English roots, R.Newbold remain distant to most British clothes bores like me. They like to throw the odd tease via collabs with UK retailers like Goodhood or…
Coming from the same part of the world as the chaps behind Oi Polloi, it’s fair to say we’re on the same page as them on a lot…
We’ve gone a bit Happy Mondays daft on here this week. First it was the rather brilliant new book coming out soon and now the Manchester legends are…
I don’t know much about maths but I do know that this is my current favourite equation: Nanamica DPM + Baracuta Tartan = ltd edtn N9. This is an eye-wateringly ace collab…
Fuck genre’s. Yeah, fuck em’. We’re down like that. Eyes Down; a Manchester institution returned this month after a hiatus of around 10 years and we’ve managed to…
In terms of quality there are jumpers and then there are Inis Meáin jumpers, luxuriously hand-knitted wearable woollen treasures that hail from a small island off the West coast of Ireland…
I think versatile singer-songwriter and comedy legend John Shuttleworth best summed up how I feel about my favourite city with his touching lyrics: “You’re like Manchester you’ve got…
Oh where to start? I know, lets start with London and work our way up shall we? OK so our good mates at PWVC are about to renovate their…
I can’t hear the word ‘palladium’ without instantly conjuring up the image of an accompanying pair of white 501s, a red or blue crew neck 60s style football…
Manchester is pretty spoilt you know, especially for what is still a provincial city. Not only does it boast a healthy presence from the last few chain stores…
If Manchester menswear mecca/Mecca [sic] Oi Polloi were a religion like Islam (which it’s not, obviously), whose foundations were based on five pillars of wisdom (which they probably…
Just like Factory Records, rain and sneering at outsiders, Oi Polloi is a Mancunian institution. Being from a town just down the road from Manchester means we’ve watched…