Image credit: Tullio Saba / Public domain Before kicking off talking about the classic bit of sportswear that is the cricket jumper or tennis sweater (depending on your preference and geography), I should by rights lay my cards on the table regarding all things sport. As a teenager I was, I think it would be […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved If you’re one to keep an eye on brand-related headlines, it might feel like Adidas has been in the news a lot lately. Most glaringly on the negative end of the spectrum, there has been the termination of their high-profile brand partnership with Kanye West resulting in […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved As anyone who has ever left their slippers unattended around a puppy can attest, it’s rare for a story involving a dog and a pair of shoes to have any sort of happy ending. Not so, however, in the case of Paul Sperry and his cocker spaniel […]
Image credit: McArthurGlen Designer Outlets / CC BY-SA 2.0 The term ‘trench coat’ has with changing circumstances over many decades had its rougher edges worn off to the point where it no longer recalls the horrors of the wartime trenches for which it was named. Instead, it simply and sanitarily refers to a style of […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved We’re technically just a week or two away from the start of spring in the UK, and yet news headlines over the last few weeks have been filled with reports of record-breaking snowstorms around the world. Certainly, as I sit down to write this, it is as […]
From dad jeans and tan-gate to Stan Smiths and bomber jackets, Mr Cool keeps working out his style game. New Balance has meant different things to a lot of different people over the years, and the brand just keeps changing it up. Jesse Owens’ historic 1936 Olympic performance is widely celebrated. The story of his […]
Image credit: Zoe Schaeffer on Unsplash It seems as though the pandemic has changed the way all of us dress in one way or another. In my case, there have certainly been a good few surprises along the way. When I think about my own clothing during the time of Covid, though, there’s a single […]
Image credit: Diariocritico de Venezuela / CC BY 2.0 The early pandemic gave us a number of unusual TV blockbusters. With nearly everyone stuck at home and desperate for something to do, we eagerly turned to shows like Tiger King and The Last Dance for entertainment and distraction as the world outside our homes threatened […]
Image credit: Daniel Adesina on Pexels Dealing in cultural cliché isn’t advisable, but in the case of the go-to shirt for your dad’s idea of a French person, they are rarely this flattering. As stereotypically French as puffing pastry and Gauloises, the Breton top has been a staple of one of the world’s most stylish […]
Image is my own / All rights reserved Sperry shoes (which I wrote about earlier this week) are all but synonymous with the iconic, best-selling boat shoe design that is the leather Top-Sider. But while the brand’s invention of the modern deck shoe is pretty well known, there is another Sperry shoe design that hasn’t […]