Buying a pair of old Nikes is a scary task. There’s really no telling on whether the midsole is going to hold up, or crumble into a million pieces as soon as you leave the house. Historically, vintage Nikes have always been a gamble, but in recent years, that’s changed… thanks to @nike_server & @vibram. Back in 2021, the duo unveiled to the world their first project, which involved the resoling of crumbled-midsole-Nikes with new Vibram soles. The results from the project (pictured) are mega, and a perfect example of how attitudes towards repairing footwear are changing.
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Jun 20, 2025Instagram
Shorts. An iteration of legwear we could talk about for hours. Far, far superior to trousers & the main reason you’d choose to work in the postal service. For most of us, shorts season has only just rolled around, but for the diehard Northern blokes, it never truly left. Part of the reason we love shorts is because they promote adventure – hiking, running, swimming, and cycling are all activities best enjoyed with above-the-knee legwear. If shorts could talk, they’d always be telling you to have that extra drink and to leave your phone at home. We’ve got a lot of time for shorts, and we’re buzzing that the recent abundance of sunshine has resurrected them from the depths of our wardrobes. To celebrate the best legwear in existence, we’ve put together a list of the seven best shorts available from @sevenstorehq right now.
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Jun 19, 2025Instagram
Stills from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
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Jun 18, 2025Instagram
Everyone knows that homemade & homegrown things are the best. Bread, tomatoes, cheese – whatever it may be. Things that have had personal time and effort put into them are always far superior to the commercial alternative. Maybe it’s a placebo, maybe it’s not, but the more hours you spend nurturing a commodity, the stronger your bond with it is going to be. It’s about loving and trusting the process, and accepting the quirks and mishaps that might happen along the way. This homegrown attachment isn’t just exclusive to foodstuffs, it’s something you can experience with clothing brands too, and that’s why we feel so strongly about @mellowclo We’ve watched Mellow slowly develop over the years, beginning life as an Instagram page printing the occasional T-shirt, and now becoming a fully fledged clothing brand stocked in a variety of retailers. It’s been a pleasure to observe the process, not just because of our shared hometown, but because the brand truly lives and breathes what it’s about. Full write-up on Mellow Clo’s journey as a brand available to read on the website, in collaboration with @sevenstorehq
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Jun 16, 2025Instagram
Enjoyed a quick afternoon jaunt up to the Lake District earlier this week, as @montbell_uk invited us for a look around their new Keswick store. It would have been easy for Montbell to locate their inaugural UK flagship store in a bigger city but it's testament to their authenticity that they didn't. Give @montbell_uk a follow and pencil the store in for a summer visit.
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Jun 12, 2025Instagram
Almost two weeks into June felt about the right time to post this May recap reel. We moved offices in May, which meant a big clear out and some afternoon brews in Stevenson Sq with some of you lovely folk. Additionally, and contrary to this recap video, we have been hard at work curating issue 49, set for a mid-July release. We’re all pretty excited about what’s going into this one. Right, best go throw some more things out of our window.
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Jun 12, 2025Instagram
The pursuit of the perfect down is a serious one. Heaps of brands claim to have access to the finest feathers on the market, when in reality, their down may as well have been plucked from an inhabitant of the River Mersey. Putting feathers inside a jacket for insulation might seem like a simple process, but it’s not. There’s so much to consider – fill powers, down/feather ratios, and even the duck’s lifestyle and diet. Creating high-quality down products is an art form you could spend a lifetime getting lost in, and that’s exactly what one Japanese outdoor brand has done… Named after one of the Himalayas’ deadliest peaks – Nanga Parbat, AKA the “Killer Mountain” – Nanga is a brand that is famed for producing down-filled outerwear of the highest quality. And like their namesake, the Japanese outfitter has a taste for uncompromising altitude and tough-as-nails kit. 80 years ago, though, Nanga was not as we know it – the brand’s humble beginnings took place far removed from icy summits. Full story available on the website, in partnership with @sevenstorehq
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Jun 11, 2025Instagram
The style of Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay, a man with a penchant for Berghaus and big hats
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Jun 10, 2025Instagram
Despite what the weather might be doing at the moment, it is meant to be sunny, it is meant to be hot, and we are all meant to be permanently living in the beer garden. Even if you don’t drink, the beer garden is a magical place, there’s something about the buzz of chat, low hum of nearby traffic, and faint ciggy smell that makes all of life’s worries momentarily dissipate. We reckon that one of the best things about the beer garden (besides beer) is the clobber you select to wear. There absolutely is such a thing as a beer garden outfit, and it’s usually comprised of shorts, a lightweight shirt, and a pair of pristine trainers. For those trainers, there are few footwear brands as appropriate as adidas, the brand’s minimal three stripe design language perfectly matches the chilled out ambience. So, to celebrate the beer garden weather we definitely should be experiencing right now, here’s a Six of the Best beer garden adidas. Items courtesy of @eqvvsmen Full article on the website.
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Jun 6, 2025Instagram
Since New Balance’s foundation in 1906, the brand has produced footwear for every running discipline imaginable, and every condition imaginable. The brand never seems to settle, and that’s probably why they’re now nine versions deep on their cult trail model, the Hierro. The Hierro is the byproduct of an extensive amount of time spent running over fields, up mountains, and through rivers. It’s New Balance’s love letter to the trail, one they’ve been crafting for nearly a century. The brand’s trail journey began in the ‘70s with the cult 355, a purpose-built trail running shoe featuring a distinctive waffle sole which traversed its way up and onto the silhouette’s heel. The model embodied ’70s off-road running and laid the foundations for New Balance’s trail entanglement. The ‘80s saw the brand release its iconic Rainier boot, honing that trail technology and translating it for the hills. But it was the ‘90s that would see New Balance release their most revered trail offering yet... ‘All Terrain.’ A line consisting solely of practical, chunky, and unapologetically nineties trail silhouettes - All Terrain consistently comes up on your favourite Instagram moodboard account - it was vastly ahead of its time and has left a permanent mark on running, styling, and technology. But since 2016, it’s been the Hierro series that has become the beating heart of New Balance’s trail range. The model arrived at a time when trail running was shifting from niche to necessity, and its combination of Fresh Foam cushioning, Vibram Megagrip sole, and a rugged-yet-refined aesthetic made it immediately popular. To find out about New Balance’s full trail history, visit the website.
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Jun 5, 2025Instagram
A collection of vintage Patagonia fishing garb #vintagepatagonia
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Jun 5, 2025Instagram
Harrison Ford doing his chores in Los Angeles, 1981. Photographed by Nancy Moran.
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Jun 4, 2025Instagram
Crazy vintage Danner restoration by @radian_nagoya
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Jun 3, 2025Instagram
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Jun 3, 2025Homepage
@arksenapparel isn’t like other clothing brands, and that’s probably because they’re not really a clothing brand. Sure, they make clothes, but they also make off-road utility vehicles & 90ft yachts. See, where most brands are formed to produce material things, Arksen wasn’t. It was founded to push its users towards adventure. To produce memories. And we think that’s pretty refreshing, living in a world where adventure is becoming increasingly scarce. Two and a half million years ago, every meal could’ve been your last; today, you can peel back the film on a packaged meal with three million ingredients and have a somewhat enjoyable experience. It’s not that adventure has disappeared, it’s just that modern life has done a very good job of hiding it. Thankfully, though, Arksen is doing their bit to help us rediscover it. Pushing all of us away from the microwave and towards the campfire. It’s more of a philosophy than a brand – one that uses clothing, vehicles, and boats to reconnect people with nature. We recently had the pleasure of observing some Arksen gear in the wild – swapping icebergs for the rugged tranquillity of Dovestone Reservoir, nestled deep in the Peak District. A beautiful place with the typical North Western trait of having the weather change almost as often as your 4G drops out. The brand is currently offering 20% off all their apparel with the code: ‘PROPERGEAR20’ Full article on the website now.
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Jun 2, 2025Instagram
Despite the connotations, airy, relaxed fabric makes for the ideal pair of everyday trousers. The type of trousers that become a prized piece of your wardrobe, something that friends recognise you by and a piece of fabric you bond with as if it were human. Your everyday trousers are with you through thick & thin, and are always there to pick up the pieces when you’re going through a style crisis. You’ve probably got a pair of trousers in mind while reading this, and chances are, they’re looking pretty sorry for themselves. So, we’ve put together a list of the best everyday trousers available right now from @sevenstorehq Making the change is going to be emotional, but honestly, your current pair should’ve been retired years ago.
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Jun 2, 2025Instagram
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Frank Serpico is hands-down the coolest hippie cop to ever grace our television screens. Watching the NYPD Detective roam the streets of New York, is wildly, wildly captivating and that’s thanks to two things… Firstly, there’s Al Pacino’s performance. It’s phenomenal. Right up there with his best, potentially even the best. Maybe even better than The Godfather. He flawlessly depicts an oddball cop, a guy who doesn’t quite fit in and isn’t at all bothered about how he’s perceived. The only thing that matters to Frank Serpico is getting the job done. And what he’s wearing to do it… The obvious second thing that makes the film so great is Frank Serpico’s style. His wardrobe is a treasure trove for workwear, Americana, denim, crazy headwear and refined formal wear. There are so, so many iconic looks we could gawp at for hours – his field jacket, bucket hat, Coca-Cola T-shirt, and even his weird leather vest thing. Pacino’s character is the perfect representation of a character who enjoys experimenting stylistically – the implementation of seen-before garments into new rigouts makes all of his outfits incredibly believable. As if he just threw on some clothes he liked the look of that morning before heading to work. Serpico is a character with an effortless amount of steeze and has gone down as one of cinema’s most stylish characters because of it. So, astoundingly for the first time in Proper history, we’re here giving a Frank Serpico-style round-up – hippie garb, workwear silhouettes – the lot. All items have been handpicked from our friends over at @eqvvsmen, full article on the website.
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May 30, 2025Instagram
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