I don’t think my Dad really cares about Father’s Day. There’s no doubt that these celebratory days are nothing more than a commercial exercise. But I have been meaning to write this for some time and as it happens I finished it just before Father’s Day, so it seemed appropriate to reference it. Father’s Day […]
Fred Perry Authentic – The World Cup Range
With the England World Cup Squad announced today, our Panini sticker books starting to fill up and the tournament kicking off in less than a month World Cup Fever really is taking hold. But no one wants to be Barry; British bulldog tattoo and beer belly bursting out from under an over priced polyester replica […]
Berlin – Wardrobe (Update 2018)
I put together a wardrobe post for a trip to Berlin two years ago and now I’m off there again for a few days this bank holiday weekend. So I thought I’d put together a new post, particularly as the weather is currently looking to be constantly sun and plus twenty degrees. First up I’ll […]
Trainer Focus – adidas Forest Hills
adidas Forest Hills, perhaps the most iconic of all footwear amongst football casuals. But why so? Well, before my time and at the height of what we now know as “casual culture” legions of scousers and Mancunians travelled Europe in the late 70s and early 80s following their football teams and scouring the continent for […]
Label Discovery – Bally
Bally’s Background Bally is an American sportswear brand with a heritage that most brands would die for. I would say that I am quite a Euro/Anglophile when it comes to brands, with a lot of my favourite brands being synonymous with English and European casual culture or traditional English outfitters, but occasionally I do look […]
Trainer Focus – adidas Indoor Kreft SPZL
For my trainer of the week this week I am taking another dip back into the Spring Summer 18 SPZL drop from adidas with the Indoor Kreft SPZL. I got some Indoor Supers in a previous drop and I love them, so these are right up my street and perfect for summer! adidas SPEZIAL and Gary Aspden […]
Book Reviews – The Descent of Man
Over the last couple of years I became more and more aware of Grayson Perry largely through his appearances on Have I Got News For You, so I was intrigued to hear that he had written a book on masculinity. It’s a subject I have thought about more and more, perhaps as I have matured […]
Trainer Focus – adidas Lacombe
Back in the summer of 2018 I was first introduce to the Lacombe as it featured in the Spezial release. I absolutely fell in love with as a trainer. Like many of the Spezial silhouettes, it has now been released again in a variety of versions. Although that has meant the Spezial release has lost […]
Brand Focus: ellesse
In a new series on the blog, and something a bit different from my “Label Discovery” posts, I will looking at individual brands that you are likely to be familiar with and are perhaps synonymous with “casual culture” and delving a bit deeper into their origins and then taking a look at where they fit […]
6 bands I love that you will never have heard of
I’m in a nostalgic mood at the moment, which you’ll be aware of if you read my “Ode to the Indie Disco” and recently on my Facebook one of those memories things popped up with a post of mine from about 4 years ago promoting a series of club Lazy Genius gigs at Bumper. Incredibly […]