The chicanery at the core of fashion, that it perpetuates notions of individualism and ideas, all the while producing myriad versions of the same thing, is fascinating. That the Normcore trend has been widely derided as everything from a satirical construct to non-existent, isn’t stopping… Read More
You’ll be familiar with Novesta sneakers. You’ll have seen the canvas high and low tops – clean, distinctive rubber sole, made in Slovakia. Indie store MKI Miyuki-Zoku in Leeds deserve credit for first bringing these cheap and resilient kicks to the UK. Although now they’re… Read More
I wouldn’t sleep on these. The mustard ones have pretty much sold out in a couple of days. They’re Novestas, I first droned on about these in Feb 2014. But these are in corduroy. And that’s sufficient to get bellpieces like me all up in… Read More
It’s not as easily as it looks being a man of style. Women want to be with you, men want to be inside you. In many respects it’s like being a Hollywood star, or a headlining musician, or like, a famous pop-scientist. Actually, it’s like… Read More
I’m not one for sneaker trends. Every month there’s another Grazia/GQ hyped style. It was Stan Smiths. Now it’s Superstars, although it probably won’t be by the time I’ve finished this sentence. It’s fascinating to watch people race to adopt a hitherto forgotten sneaker style… Read More
Think I’m wearing jeans? Step away my man. These are denim trousers. Salvage denim trousers. These barbarians are so jumbo, so fucking spacious, they don’t fit the jeans category – not least because there are so many pounds of denim involved, you could knock-up two… Read More
