As if my sterile attempts to write the important south east London novel weren’t already enough to pulp my confidence. Now I have to go and look at Nepenthes NYC Instagram. Any remaining morale I had, has been replaced by a heartful of whatsthefuckingpoint? I… Read More
Writing a few days back about the new Nepenthes brand AiE I wasn’t exactly overloaded with information – some loud shirting, some tartan and the understanding that the range originates from the US arm of the brand, rather than the Japanese. Anyway, that was then.… Read More
Here’s one for the heads. Silently and with zero fanfare a new brand has appeared under the Nepenthes umbrella. Called AiE, these are the first product shots. Hardly a full range at this point; we can see some colour clash shirting and some tartan tunics.… Read More
The library in Peckham appears to have been built from giant green pixels. People say it’s an inverted ‘L’ shape. It looks to me like a relic of Atari era gaming, a colossal gobbling mouth, slowly sinking into the concrete. The building won the Stirling… Read More
May your god forgive me. These Needles tracksuit trousers will not leave my thoughts. They scrabble at my conscious mind with 100% polyester digits. At night they are a wanton succubus to my dozing form. For Christ’s sake heal me, I know not how to… Read More
For months I’ve had my eye on this Rough & Tumble jacket. I showed it to my girl online and she said, “it looks like something from Ted Baker.” So I didn’t buy it. I frequently stared at it on The Bureau. I watched it… Read More
