We’re not ones for copy and pasting press releases here on Proper, we like writing from our own perspective but when you get something as comprehensive as this…
How many arguments have we all had over trainers? “Mine are well better than yours”, “you bought those in Wyndsors you bad Ted”, “naaah you can only get…
Much as I’ve admired the recent Hurache explosion from afar, I now feel like jumping in with both of my big feet as they’ve gone and made a…
As we hover excitedly on the brink of the mass adi adoration about to arise following the imminent release of the new Spezial collection and the deadstock magic soon to…
Our mates at Infinities store have just expanded their ace flagship store in Hanley with the welcome addition of a Paul Smith concession or ‘shop within a shop’…
Forget about brands & shops doing clothing/footwear collabs, 2014 is all about bricks and mortar. This week Edwin and The Content Store launch Content & Co. in Exmouth…
It’s that time of year when high street heavyweights JD remind us all just why it is that they’re the ruling monarch in this country when it comes…
When I wrote a thing about football shirts the other week the ProperMag site went into meltdown and the monthlies went through the roof so the top-brass have…
We’re going trainer mad this week aren’t we? But we’re very much on the cusp of proper trainer weather so we make no apologies. In fact, if you…
Seeing as though this week it was the 30th anniversary of the fictional detention in John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club (24th March 1984), in which one of the characters…
Nice Reeboks mate. Oh look they sell Hentsch man.Now that’s a big monitor. Was that Nige from OP then? Fuck me how long is that receipt, check out…
How’s your sneaker/trainer collection these days? Still in triple figures or have you stream-lined it down to a small but tidy firm of OGs and Limited Editions? Mine…
What’s the best thing to wear on your feet if they’re sore and swollen? An ice pack, of course. In fact your feet don’t even need to have…
Yep, after more twists and turns than a Northern Soul ‘nite’, Proper Magazine is back. The 14th issue is 128 pages of understated showing off about clothes, shoes,…
I don’t know if you’ve heard but there’s some hardcore weather on it’s way, well in about a month’s time, I’ve had a tip off it’s gonna be…
I’ve always loved trainers, like properly fucking loved them. I remember my mate getting a pair of Arrow AstroTurf (I didn’t say good ones) when I was about…
Ever wondered what Fireman Sam wears for Boxercise? What do you mean ‘No’? Ok, even my fast-food-addled mind wouldn’t find reason to ponder such a thing, but when…
Contrary to what your average decent trainer/shoe emporium would have you believe, there are people out there whose feet stretch beyond a size 11. And for those of…
We like a good competition here on Proper and this is no different. We’ve teamed up with the people we bought shoes from as kids to give you…
D&AD sprang into life 50 years ago as a non profit making, educational charity set up by creative mavericks David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Alan Fletcher as a…
Far be it from me to compare myself to Christ (again) but having just received an early present of gleaming gold, I’m now fully expecting to get some…