We are so back! This week our inbox has been full of PR pitches and our saved folder full of autumnal gems we’ve now added to our basket. That can of course only mean one thing, Autumn/Winter is upon us!

If we feel spoilt, then that can only mean we are about to spoil you with some of the best gear on the planet, neatly condensed into 9 bitesize chunks for you to ogle and hopefully spend your hard earned wonga on.

Longer term fans of the newsletter will note this is somewhat of a greatest hits, featuring some of our most loved and featured brands. Trust us when we say this week has been Christmas come early for us, bringing together companies we adore with some all new, never featured before brands keeping things fresh.

With all that said, we’ll leave you to crack on and enjoy!

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1. Gander Wool Peveril Jacket

   

   Our favourite Mancunians are back with another banger of a collection, which was never in doubt and we’re just glad the wait is finally over. The Peveril Jacket has been a seasonal favourite of ours for some time now but this takes it to a new level. Jacket of the season contender, unarguably.

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2. Saucony x Westside Gunn Grid Jazz 9

   

   Name 3 Westside Gunn songs. If you can’t, move on (we’re just hoping you can’t so we have more chance to cop these). These give us a proper old school footwear collab vibe, like something atmos would have done back in the day. Hype sneakers back?

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3. TDR Chemise D’Exterieur

   

   Pretty sure this just means overshirt in French. Nice try TDR, can’t pull the wool over our eyes. What they can do though, is turn out exceptionally nice clobber that is both very wearable and very nice. We suppose, considering this is a wool blend fabric, we technically would be pulling the wool over our eyes if we were to pop this over our heads (not undoing the buttons like a child). Shit, you win this time, TDR.

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4. Fera Uniform Trousers

   

   Oh hell yeah. Fera time baby! One of the most dependable wardrobe brands is back with their first drop of AW26 and as expected, we want all of it. These look proper hardy, perfect for sitting at our desk all day typing about nice clothes.

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5. Pedla x N-0 Air-Fleece Mid Layer

   

   New category here for us, a performance cycling brand! Although we’ve not ascended to MAMIL status, you never know what’s round the corner so we fancied bridging the gap by including this banging Air-Fleece, which will still look the bollocks off bike.

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6. Db x Purple Mountain Observatory Sling Bag

   

   If you know Db, you know they’re the thinking man’s luggage brand, and If you know Purple Mountain Observatory, you’ll know they’re pretty fucking good at what they do. Smash them together in collab format and you get this, a sexy little bag which undoubtedly would make you the swaggiest person on your Ryanair flight.

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7. Gramicci Cold Front Down Jacket

   

   We might be including this beefy jacket a touch too early but this is just us manifesting big puffer weather. Also we can’t include Gramicci trousers in this gallery because it would mean we have to use the word ‘gusset’ when describing them, which we’ve mentioned anyway just for the fun of it.

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8. Norda x Black Diamond 000

   

   We’ve seen a bit of hate online about this collab, mostly down to a co-branded carabiner that is both silly and apparently hasn’t been ‘loaded’ right or something. Who gives a fuck, there’s literally pink shoes that you can run up mountains in. ‘Nuff said.

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9. 3Sixteen Smock

   

   We’ve decided, based on this alone, that it is indeed going to be a Smock boy winter. We’ve never worn, or even considered buying one before this. Not sure we even like the word smock, sounds like something you’d wear in art class. What we do like is this number, which overrides all our feelings about naming issues.

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That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

Hello! It’s us for the 85th time but you might be here for the very first time. In case you don’t know who we are and what this is, we write a weekly newsletter about 9 things in the clothing and footwear arena that we’ve seen in the last week and talk a bit about them. Most of the time it’s all a bit silly, but our heart is always in the right place.

Before we crack on with our selections, we wanted to remind everyone of the importance of getting in stores and getting to grips with the product in real life. We’ve not done it for a while until last weekend and it has directly influenced the newsletter this week more than once. Don’t just take our word for it when we say something is good, especially not at the price point a lot of our favoured brands operate at. Get yourself to a shop and try that shit on. Fabric and fit is numero uno and you’ll never know what that fully feels like when you’re copping off a screen.

Now the serious bit is over, we’ll be quiet and let you crack on with your morning reading.

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1. Vowels Pullover Shirt

   

   Last weekend we managed to get an IRL feel of Vowels product and we give it two thumbs up. Fortuitous timing then, that the AW26 collection is now live and we can throw our mighty weight behind the brand some more, starting with this beautiful pullover shirt in a variety of lovely colours.

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2. Clarks Originals Baseball Cap

   

   If you fancy cosplaying as a Clarks factory worker down in Somerset, this is a good place to start. The legendary footwear brand fancied a change so made some clobber for once and it is both surprisingly good and incredibly affordable.

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3. Grand Collection Blouson Jacket

   

   A grand collection indeed. Consistency is key and Grand Collection never seem to stray too far from what makes them great, whilst still managing to make garments that catch your eye for being that little bit more interesting than the norm. Highly wearable is better than highly interesting in our eyes.

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4. Bronson Mfg Heavyweight Raschel Knitting Waffle Thermal Shirt

   

   There is now a widely accepted waffle pattern that most brands and most consumers are drawn to. Whilst it does look the bollocks, Bronson reckon there’s another one we need to pay more attention to. A slow process made on vintage looms that holds its shape and looks lovely? Sign us up.

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5. Paloma Wool Ines B Shirt

   

   We mentioned touching product in the flesh and Paloma Wool was another that we saw with our own eyes on the weekend. We didn’t even know they made menswear but we’re so glad they do, bringing some of that gentle, subtle feeling to the unfairer sex.

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6. Café Mountain Ideal Jacket

   

   There is no doubt in our minds when Café Mountain give us the nod that they’re releasing something, we will feature it. What makes things complicated this time round is their new AW26 collection is all feature worthy, top to bottom. Just because we love a big pocket and we’re approaching light jacket season, we’re giving the nod to the Ideal Jacket.

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7. Slug Bicycles Spring Metal T-Shirt

   

   Riding a Lime Bike irregularly and only whilst lightly intoxicated (don’t do it kids) probably doesn’t qualify us to sport merch for a cycling company but our counter is that they shouldn’t make such appealing stuff if they don’t want us to cop it. We are suckers for a chrome logo hit, looking at us the same way a Lime does at 2am after 8 pints.

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8. Khakis Stained Crewneck

   

   Stained is a pretty negative word and one you might not find many western brands would use to describe their new clothes, unless you’re Willy Chavarria making dookied undies. Get past that, and you’ve got a sweat of the season contender from Khakis, looking like it’s already been yours for 15 years.

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9. Satisfy Space-O 2.5” Shorts

   

   There is simply no other way to put it than we are absolute simps for Satisfy. Yes we know it’s expensive and MothTech doesn’t actually perform that well but if you’ve seen Max Jolliffe’s gorgeous tattooed thighs in his Space-O’s then maybe you’d also think these are the single best running shorts of all time.

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That’ll do for this week, until next time folks!

Hello and welcome to another Friday newsletter from us, Aloof Studio. Each week we’re running through the finest in threads that came across our path in the last week or so.

Before we talk newsletter, we wanted to give a very special shoutout to the homies at Futsol, who bestowed upon us a copy of their magnificent zine called the ‘Futsol City Guide’. It is a collection of stories from cool people about what football means to them through their own experiences. We can’t wait to get through it lads, cheers!

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

It is a magnificent week for us. Every week is of course but this week we’ve unmeaningly managed to curate a perfect wardrobe. We never really think about how items look together in the graphic when we pick them but this week we just managed to smash it out the park and build a newsletter that is complementary to everything else around it. Pat on the back for us we think.

Right, enough self-love, let’s crack on with the newsletter!

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1. de dam foundation Loden Wool Cashmere Coat

   

   It feels super important that we kick the selections off with this absolute masterpiece of a coat. One of them where you mutter ‘fffffuuuuuuuucccckkk’ under your breath because it’s so nice. Maybe it helps that the model looks super steezy but actually maybe you’re super steezy too and this is a match made in heaven.

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2. Sunflower Stable Shirt

   

   This is ironically called the Stable Shirt because they knew that we’d become severely unstable if we don’t get this delivered to our door immediately. AW26 brings picture perfect shirting across the board from a brand that literally has never missed, not even once.

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3. Second Layer Charro Boot

   

   The yellow snakeskin Charro Boot really has our heart but we’ve chosen the black, anticipating a message from an in-law letting us know just how dreadful our taste in footwear is. We’ll call it appeasing a loved one but if you want to call it dodging confrontation then that’s cool too.

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4. Jeanerica Monti Jeans

   

   Are these technically cargos? They definitely have a cargo pocket but we’re confused because these aren’t shit like every other cargo ever made. These are amazing, with the most beautiful silhouette and fading we’ve ever seen. We feel lucky to exist at the same time these do.

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5. Hoka x Beams Bondi 7

   

   If there was ever a shoe that summarised Aloof’s approach to talking about performance footwear from a lifestyle perspective, this may well be it. Whilst these are far too nice to ever run through fields in, they serve as the perfect example that running shoes aren’t just for a single purpose anymore. Get these on a with a pair of jeans and stroll down to your local coffee pusher, we hear a Flat White calling your name.

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6. A Kind of Guise Fiscal Longsleeve

   

   AKOG’s collection launches are always of real excitement to us and Drop 1 of AW26 is no different. We’ve loved their colour palette and silhouettes for many seasons now but here we’ve ended up with a neutral longsleeve. It might not be the most exciting thing off the bat but it has stoked a feeling in ourself that makes us feel like we couldn’t possibly wear anything else if we owned this.

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7. Vito’s High n‘ Wide Pant

   

   Are you also sick of wearing shorts? Are you also sick of hearing us talk about how we’re sick of wearing shorts? Do you also think linen trousers are historically shapeless and a bit lame? Well here we present Vito’s, with the best looking linen blend trousers we’ve seen, possibly ever.

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8. Henry Johnson London Fabric Tear T-Shirt

   

   Spend like 2 minutes with us and we’ll likely mention how much we absolutely bloody love London. Greatest city in the world. New York a close 2nd. We didn’t need an excuse to have London on our chest but we’ll take any excuse to show our love. Shout out Henry Johnson for making it even easier.

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9. Palace x South2 West8 Cowichan Knit

   

   We’ve picked up a load of subscribers since we’ve started the newsletter but those who have been with us for a long time might remember how we said we wanted to see more Cowichans in 2025. We reckon Palace must have been reading but it just took them ages to get one through production. You’re welcome for the inspo there team.

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That’ll do for this week, until next time folks.

Hello and welcome to this edition of Proceed To Checkout, a shopping newsletter where we try and avoid taking anything very seriously at all. This also likely means managing to sabotage the future of any brand partnerships because we make poo jokes when talking about a brown shirt.

Alas, life is simply too short to worry about the financial future of a newsletter we pour our heart and soul into each week for the pure fun of it. Although shout out to the 2 paying subscribers, you are the realest of ones.

We find ourselves at that odd seasonal intersection, professing our love for outerwear whilst still wearing shorts. Despite our love for all forms of jawn shopping, this does feel somewhat like Alex in A Clockwork Orange having our eyes forcibly clamped open and fed winter clothing whilst we can only exist in T-shirts at the moment.

On that very unnecessary and graphic note, we’ll leave you to crack on and join us in torturing yourself with the world’s best jackets.

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1. Hereu BIRLA

   

   The best kind of shoe is a woven one (Birkenstock London Braided, Nike Footscape etc etc) and these support that statement unequivocally. Low profile footwear is all the rage right now but if, like us, you’d look like a nonce in a ballet flat, these are a much swaggier option that will keep you off any registers.

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2. Kapital Panel Striped Jersey

   

   Garbstore…Kapital…Rugby shirt. We know you’ve seen it all before and are probably sick of it by now. Guess who isn’t sick of it? Us. We write these things so we get to decide which of our holy trinity gets included every week without fail. This week it just happens to be all of them, like when the Power Rangers morph into a giant robot to kick some monster butt. That, but in rugby shirt form.

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3. Mamnick Barbrook Jacket

   

   Well thats it lads. Call off the search party. We’ve already found it. Jacket of the season and AW26 has barely even started. 4 massive front pockets for all your pastry storage needs. Croissant, Pain au Chocolat, Apricot Danish and a Cinammon Swirl hidden on your person with no problems.

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4. Merrell 1TRL Agility Peak 6

   

   Yeah we’re not really trail runners but we’re definitely the kind of blokes that would opt for tortoiseshell glasses to make us look like some vintage academician. Might not be quite the same thing if you’ve got it on your creps but looks bang tidy if you ask us.

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5. ts(s) Asymmetric Pocket Work Shirt

   

   If you told someone that weren’t into clothes that this shirt was cool because the pockets don’t match and that gives the shirt some character they’d look at you like you were absolutely mental. To be fair, it is absolutely crackers that we’d ever think pocket configuration alone makes it worth it. Yet here we are saying it is.

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6. Beach Brains Luna Jacket

   

   Always forget that brands on the other side of the world are in the reverse seasons to us. Despite that, Beach Brains have just turned out an ideal jacket for our inevitable plunge into Autumnal chills in the Luna Jacket. Give it a couple months, you’ll be taking this with you everywhere.

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7. ASICS US8-S Gel SJ33

   

   At some point you got to just think ASICS are pulling these out their arse. Like how is their archive so deep that they can just find constant bangers to make a shoe du jour every few months? Guess it must be that Kiko bloke, sold his soul to the devil in exchange for being a footwear oracle.

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8. Pop Trading Company Knitted Melange Logo Crewneck

   

   Feels like only last week we included those Pop Blunnies and hot on the heels of that is their AW26 collection, which always holds some sexy treats. Definitely didn’t expect it to have a knit as sexy as this though, gave us a lob on.

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9. Batoner Normandy Linen T-Shirt

   

   In recent seasons, the ascent of Batoner has felt steady and unignorable, cropping up in the best stores worldwide. You’d be forgiven for glancing past their subtle approach to clothing but now you’ve noticed them, you’ll never fail to spot them in every truly great retailer.

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That’ll do for this week, until next time folks.

The endless cycle of scorching weather continues. Our most recent purchases have all been reflective of that and not ones that have brought us immense joy. Practicality is the enemy of impulsiveness after all.

A more positive endless cycle is that it is also newsletter day, and this one aligns with everyone’s favourite time of the month, pay day. We’re not saying you have to spend your hard earned cash on anything from this list of course, we’re just putting these together to talk about buying them instead of bankrupting ourselves every week when we saw something nice.

You may have also noticed the gradual uptick in mentions about running and features on running brands. As a genuine feedback session, let us know if you like that or whether we need another thing going and to keep it totally separate.

Anyway, let’s get on with the newsletter, no one needs us to keep waffling here.

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1. Alex Zono Kite Lazy Shirt

   

   If running in a shirt is wrong, then we don’t want to be right. In a world of gritty, pace focused running gear talking about how to shave seconds off your park run time, Alex Zono is a breath of fresh air by simply making fun shit that works.

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2. James Coward Workshop Shirt

   

   We gasped when we saw this. Not quite sure why, but this grey colour looks incredibly ethereal, like it was sent from heaven to be the saviour of all shirting. The angel James Coward comes to rescue us all, no ark necessary.

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3. Burgaud Denim Short

   

   This is not an endorsement of jorts in any way, especially not the three jorter lengths some geezers think is acceptable these days. These are far too good to be jorts. These are ‘Denim Shorts’ worn by grown ups, who have a fine appreciation for a neppy selvedge.

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4. Clarks Originals Wallabee Lite

   

   The Wallabee is in our top 5 shoes of all time, no question. Perhaps the only reason it doesn’t get to number 1 is how fucking minging the soles get after a couple wears. The Wallabee Lite fixes that issue with it’s EVA sole. Crepe will always have our heart, but these can have our brain.

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5. nanamica OOAL Graphic Tote

   

   An Ultrasuede tote bag from nanamica? Literally music to our ears. Our hallway cupboard is stuffed to the brim with totes already but this is special enough to justify another one, no doubt about that. All 3 options are good, but who could resist having a little fluffy bear on their bag?

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6. CWT Essential Sweatshirt

   

   We’ve put the hours in compiling lists of what we think are some of the best plain tees and sweats on the planet and have afterwards always managed to find another jawn that piques our curiosity. CWT are the latest to do so, especially with this beautifully faded number.

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7. Heresy Pisky T-Shirt

   

   Picked this one literally just because its what we look like when we’ve been told we can’t have a sweet treat after dinner because we had one after lunch already. Hit the same pose in the shower when we’re pretending to be in an early 00’s music video too.

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8. Places & Spaces Loopwheel Track Jacket

   

   Got to give Canoe Club all the props for bringing in Places & Spaces into their offering. One of those retailers that only cares about having good shit in store, not the hype around the brand name. A silhouette everyone can fuck with, done really nicely with loopwheel construction and enzyme washing for that broken in feel out the gate.

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9. Mizuno Sportstyle Wave Prophecy 13.2

   

   Been a hot minute since we last talked about Mizuno in the newsletter. On second thoughts, probably been about 3 weeks, long enough for them to launch another banger worthy of inclusion. Some say if you wear these and say Freddie Gibbs’ name 5 times in the mirror he comes up behind you and gives you a hug.

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That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks.

Well, we’ve blinked and it’s that time of the week already. How did it come so quickly? That’s usually something our partner would ask us but it plays here too. As something we read on the internet a long time ago, you can only be young once, but you can be juvenile forever.

That all stands in contrast with our weekly selections below, with many of our choices being proper grown up clobber, the type of gear you can depend on and reach for in your wardrobe time and time again. We are conscious this week has a higher than average price point across the board, which makes now a good time to say that price is not a primary factor in inclusion consideration. We are totally committed to gut instinct and it’s served us well up to now, over 80 editions in. To cop anything from this or any other gallery, you should really love it before you part with your cash.

With that, we’ll leave you to crack on with the newsletter and with your day. Enjoy!

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1. MHL x Dr Martens 1461 3 Eye Shoes

   

   There is a simple and well known fact that if Maggie Howell does something, it’s automatically 10x better than anything done by anyone else. That goes for these too, with the classic 1461 flipped into a luxurious example of quintessential British shoemaking, complete with leather from Leeds.

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2. Literary Sport Jean Fleece

   

   Since Jackie McKeown’s appearance on Throwing Fits, we’ve been somewhat obsessed with Literary Sport. It’s not one of them flashy, eye-catching brands, but one of those that someone dressed well will notice and the ensuing compliment just hits different.

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3. Sugar Cane ‘Coke Stripe’ Factory Shirt

   

   This is the type of nerdy shit we’re really about over here. A reproduction of a shirt worn in the Summer by Coca-Cola employees in the 50’s and 60’s, made out of a custom herringbone fabric? Shiver our timbers.

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4. Blundstone x Pop Trading Company

   

   Pop Trading Company really have a habit of smashing out these unexpected footwear collabs and just making them sick as hell. Definitely a crep that our loved ones would refer to as hooves. If that’s the worst that comes from it, call us Mr Tumnus.

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5. Cawley Studio Horse Jumper

   

   This is certified Weasley swag innit? Fred and George kicking about Hogsmead in matching horsey knitwear. Knitted down at The Burrow by Mrs Weasley. Harry might even get one for Christmas if he’s good. Wanted a Nimbus 2000 and got a handmade knitted jumper instead. Cheers Santa.

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6. Palmes Western T-Shirt

   

   A bit of Americana inspired swag through a tennis lens here. A sentence that would knock the wind out of the sails of a cowboy. Modern life is great innit? When else would you have been able to wear something with a picture of a horse rider toting a racket?

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7. meanswhile Luggage Shirt

   

   meanswhile have said that the translucency of material in the shirt resembles frosted glass. Like your nannas front door window, can see her hobbling down the corridor, cuppa in hand. She’d definitely compliment this shirt as well, maybe slip a tenner in the top pocket when you leave.

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8. INSULAiRE Li Reel Pants

   

   Maillot strike again, introducing us to yet another flawless brand from their enviable roster. Big fans of the silhouette and the contrast stitching, even bigger fan of the built in belt/hanger thing giving the trouser more character.

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9. Café Mountain Patchwork Heritage Shirt

   

   Like Penny to Shaq, Café Mountain threw us a big lob when notifying us of their upcoming shirting launch. Just like The Big Aristotle, we’re breaking the metaphorical backboard, closing out the newsletter with a bonafide heater that should play on highlight reels for eternity (best jawnz of the year round ups).

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That’ll do it for this week. Until next time folks!

This is the last newsletter you’ll read before it comes home (embarrassing kick off to the newsletter if the Argies knock us out in the Semi’s). Might have been 60 years of hurt for the Three Lions but it’s only been a week since we published our last shopping newsletter, which is arguably more of an excruciating wait for those that care more about picking outfits than Pickford (genuinely the best we came up with).

Managed to spend a lot of time this World Cup reading Trekuartista95’s Instagram posts which may explain some of the short sentences we seem to be employing as of late for dramatic emphasis. If you haven’t read their work already, pause the newsletter for a bit and have a butchers, we’ll be here when you get back.

Right, all read up? Hopefully you haven’t tuckered your eyes out already because we’ve got 9 absolute gems for you below that are worth your time, attention and hard earned cash (especially if you won it betting on a Cristian Romero red card).

Nowt left to say so we’ll leave you to it. Enjoy!

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1. A.Society x Mezzanine Cirrus

   

   Proper Red Pill sunnies these aren’t they? Imagine Morpheus sat in your living room with a pair of these on. Definitely not taking the blue pill are ya, going to gobble down the red one and kick Hugo Weaving about for a bit. Don’t fancy the wire thing that goes into the back of our head though, makes it too hard to wear a cap.

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2. Medina Striped Crochet Linen Trousers

   

   There is occasionally an item where a picture could never do enough justice to just how intricate and detailed a garment is and this is definitely one of them. We invite every single one of you to hit the link below and zoom in. Promise you it’s worth it.

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3. Rosa Rugosa Tee Shirt

   

   We found another great looking essential. They call it a Tee Shirt though which pisses us off. Can’t take away from the gear itself though, looks like an absolutely bulletproof effort and at a very competitive price point for a premium level T-shirt.

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4. New Amsterdam Surf Association Double Layer Shirt

   

   Remember when there was that weird trend of jumpers that had a fake shirt collar protruding out the top of them? This is that if that was actually bloody sick the first time round and didn’t make you look like a Napoleon Dynamite extra. Basically 2 for the price of 1 too.

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5. ^TMBootlab Frogment Design Cap

   

   We simply can’t get enough of this Bootlab stuff. Every single time Meridian get a new batch we get excited and as people that always wanted to own a poison dart frog pet when we were kids, this is right up our street. Sensational.

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6. Fugazi Washed Tiger Camo Work Pant

   

   It’s very Fugazi to be selling a picture of nothing innit? Good joke Trevor, well done. In all seriousness, if there was a brand that could get away with that it’s probably the Fugazi mob but instead they’re committed to actually making really nice product, props to them for making good shit.

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7. Old Novo ‘OD’ Striped Rugby Jersey

   

   Look what we have here. A Made in UK rugby shirt with a durable build and rubber buttons in case you get scragged in a nightclub by Ben Stokes (too soon?). Designed in our old stomping ground of the North East too, extra points for that.

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8. William Ellery Froggies

   

   Having just come back from our jollies in Cornwall, something we genuinely considered is that we would like a pair of shorts that we can go to the beach in, have a paddle until a bit of seaweed touches us and makes us feel gross and then head home. A do it all holibobs short that isn’t Patagonia baggies. Well, meet the Froggies short, exactly what we were after and somehow a second mention of our amphibious friends in the newsletter. Isn’t that fate?

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9. Vinny’s x Bare Knuckles Studded Yardee

   

   A bit of a cheat this one as it’s a restock but pretty sure we weren’t doing the newsletter when these first came out. Sold out the first time, will sell out the second time. These are straightforward loafers but less boring than the usual ones, which is surprisingly hard to achieve.

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That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

As you may well know if you’ve read any previous newsletters in the last month, I was recently in Paris for fashion week. It was a full throttle trip that presented Paris for everything it is that time of year, a marketing cacophony of brands shouting loudly to anyone who will listen. The core of what the week is traditionally about is still there, but it does seem that showrooms on the whole don’t cater to only buyers anymore and that clicks are the new currency.

I just need to get this off my chest before we start talking about the clothes I saw. Flip-flops on men just need to fuck off. I ain’t trying to hold it together in 40 degree heat to see toes that look like an IKEA hot dog that’s rolled through a kennel. Paris was full of them, an overwhelming collective of badly pruned toenails split by a bit of black plastic that separates the piggys going to market. Plain and simple, flip-flops suck. Instead of banning drinking outside, the French government simply should have banned men wearing open-toed footwear at one of Europe’s most sartorially inclined seasonal events.

Now I’ve got my lowlight out the way, it can only be up from here. Throughout the 60 odd hours I spent there, I saw some really good shit, met some great people and hung out with some homies I probably wouldn’t get to see in London. I also learnt that I can’t take photos of nice things for shit, so apologies in advance for the absolute mediocrity of all the imagery in the article, it is absolutely not reflective of how good the clobber was.

I’m literally just going to go brand by brand, talk through personal highlights, feeling incredibly blessed that I didn’t see a single thing that bored me and that anyone would welcome me at a showroom at all.

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Hello and welcome to our little slice of menswear heaven, coming live and direct to you every Friday morning.

Post-Paris we thought our itinerary might chill out a little bit but shock horror, more stuff keeps coming up. Luckily for us we’re counting trips to Cornwall and Northern Ireland amongst our plans so complaints here are futile, we are very blessed indeed. Are there any menswear shops worth visiting in Cornwall? If you’ve got the inside information, hit us up. But don’t come with that Quiksilver or White Stuff type shit, we’re talking the cream of the crop here.

Despite our frantic life, we’ve carved out the time to compile yet another list of supreme clobber that we think would make your life better. By that we mean gives you a small dopamine boost at point of purchase and receipt of goods until slowly you slide back into the abyss after no one compliments your new jacket.

Keep the demons at bay for another couple days, click some links below. Enjoy!

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1. Carpet Company I-Ladies Work Jacket

   

   We only really know Carpet through their collabs and we must apologise that we weren’t more familiar with their in-line game. Row after row of sold out T-shirts, safe to say these guys have really got some juice. Easy for people to buy into, but the bigger ticket items like this jacket is really where the sickest stuff is at.

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2. Hennerton Hollywoodland Cap

   

   If the good people at Hennerton are releasing something, you better believe we’re supporting. We’re not taking cheeky back handers from them either, this is just the wholehearted belief that their slow approach to making things results in some worldies. Also we saw this on our homie Niyi recently and it looked sick, and that was before we even knew it was a Hennerton effort.

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3. Nitty Gritty Worldwide 19th Century Plaid Shirt

   

   They’re calling it a pyjama shirt but do you really expect us to honk-shoo-mimimi in this? We want to be wide awake whilst people snap their necks checking out our finest threads and able to muster a response that it’s from Nitty Gritty when they’re asking for the ID.

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4. A Kind of Guise Lucca Loafer Mule

   

   We saw these and instantly considered how they would look on a sunny beach, of which we spend time at only a matter of days every few years, rather than on our commute which we do every fucking day of our lives. Such is the fantasies provided by the nicest of jawnz, to remind us who we strive to be instead of the desk we sit at.

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5. ST&Co Vintage Wash Zip Hoodie

   

   Fair to say Small Talk know a thing or two about good clothes so turning to blanks production for others makes a hell of a lot of sense. Luckily for us, they’re also putting these blanks out through their new subdivision ST&Co so we can cop direct.

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6. YMC Drop Out Trouser

   

   Not sure about you, dear reader, but we’re fucking bored of wearing shorts all the time. Can’t be bowling around every occasion in life with half our thighs out. Thank god for trousers like these ones, light and floaty to keep us cool but cut in sucha way to keep us swaggy.

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7. New Balance 1890A

   

   We’ve really not seen a new silhouette that has got us excited the way the 1890A has, but maybe we’re just too far into our shoe era to feel that way about trainers any more. Wallabee-esque upper, techy sole unit, very Aloof. Anyone got the NB plug for us?

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8. PHINGERIN x RESMILDIV RESclusive Parka HL Waffle

   

   We promise we’re not shouting its just that both brands write their names in capitals. It’s quite mad that Phingerin are really only just taking off over here but have been around long enough to be delving into an archive for fabrics to reuse in this collab.

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9. Observe V-Neck Heather Knit Sweater

   

   Just looking at this sweater made our palms all sweaty. Suppose that’s why they call it a sweater? AW26 collections are starting to enter the atmosphere and despite our perspiration, it’s difficult not to admire the seasonal selection from Observe.

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That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

Life feels like an absolute blur right now, having plundered Paris for gems of the clothing variety, jetted back in time for England vs Panama and then straight into checking out a wedding venue the next day (yes sorry ladies, we’re taken) and then into England mode once more for a heart-in-mouth game against DR Congo. Has the newsletter suffered as a result of all this constant migration? Yeah probably. At least that’s what the drafts of our Bordeaux shopping guide and Paris notes think.

Alas, unfailingly, Proceed To Checkout still takes its rightful spot on a Friday morning, our one must write on the weekly to do list that never gets much checked off. We’ve been on a bit of a tear with these, having turned out a few that we reckon go down in our hall of fame of best product selections. There might even be more in this newsletter, but you’d have to read it to find that out now, wouldn’t you?

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1. Saucony ProGrid Ride 1

   

   You might have seen these already out and about and that’s because we forgot to feature them last week when the news broke. So we are very sorry for not being at the cutting edge of releases for once, it shan’t happen again.

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2. Lazyport Sporting Club LSC 90’s Neo-Classic Drape Trousers

   

   Technically this is just a write up about how nice these trousers are but if you’ve got the budget to blow on a banging suit for the remainder of wedding season, Lazyport have got you covered with the full clobber, full on American Psycho power suit chic.

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3. Slow Process Sally Shirt

   

   This is a very sexual textural shirt, no doubt about it. A puppytooth pattern made from a linen-cotton blend that has a handle a bit like seersucker. Cor Blimey. Buttons unevenly spaced throughout? Cherry on top.

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4. Clints World Cup Mascot T-Shirt

   

   Copped some France shorts whilst out in Paris. Love affair with the French national team is ongoing. Best kit, best players. Don’t even like Mbappe that much. Olise is untouchable. Worth being looked up and down by some shaved head mouth breather after England get eliminated.

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5. Goldwin x Cactus Store S/S Shirt

   

   We have never heard of Cactus Store before and we’re so glad this partnership exists solely so we can be asked the following question on their website: Are you horny for horembense? We’re big fans of a cactus and bigger fans of Goldwin so this whole partnership has got us feeling a certain type of way.

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6. Found Feather Wave Skully

   

   Our love for Meridian grows stronger by the day. Love beanies, can never find a good one for outside the depths of winter, forehead gets way too sweaty. Summer knit beanies, could be the move? If it’s cosigned by our favourite East Coast store, we reckon it must be.

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7. Emporium Shock Logo T-Shirt

   

   We’ve been saying lots of nice things about Emporium for a little while and now they’ve decided to start saying it about themselves. Not that those things are correlated in any way, we’d hate to assume we were the inspiration for the T-shirt (read: nothing would please us more).

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8. Très Bien for Diemme Bardolino Sport

   

   An undoubted highlight from Paris was the SS27 Diemme collection, which we’ll share more about in due course. Looking less far ahead (to now, precisely), there’s this monochromatic collab effort which features a no longer manufactured mesh for true rarity.

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9. Kernemilk Pete Shirt

   

   Have we ever heard of Kernemilk? Nope. Are we absolutely certain that their first menswear line is a corker? Yes. The Danish womenswear brand extends their signature point of view to the unfairer sex and in doing so, have turned out some extremely covetable jawnz.

   Shop here.

That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

Bienvenue to the newsletter. If you haven’t guessed already, we are coming to you live (we actually wrote this earlier in the week so technically pre-recorded) from Paris Fashion Week. If you feel immediate anger towards us for being part of the seasonal circus, feel free to keep that to yourself.

Despite the focus for brands currently around selling in SS27, there has been a myriad of good shit this week from all across the jawnz universe. The common thread? Us, of course, weaving between alternative England merch to cerebral shirting choices with a sprinkling of graphic T-shirts, much the same as we hope to have been doing in Paris by the time you read this.

Anyway, we will report back in good time, echoing the sentiments of umpteen other outlets that have previewed collections this past week. For now, enjoy the treasure from our searches and treat yourself to something this pay day, you’ve earned it.

Laters!

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1. Aaron Levine Shadow Flannel

   

   How does he do it? The man always looks 10/10, crisp and unbothered. Perhaps it’s because he’s mastered the art of making summer weight jawnz out of our favourite autumnal staples, like the humble flannel. Or maybe he just doesn’t sweat as much as we do?

   Shop here.

2. Ecstatic Research Supplements Hat

   

   Jumping ship from the behemoth that Braindead has become has given co-founder Ed Davis renewed focus on bringing the core principles to his new brand, Ecstatic Research. The visual language is definitely related, but don’t be surprised if Ed has many tricks up his sleeves to keep things fresh and people guessing.

   Shop here.

3. Pluto of Saint Andrews Collegiate Crew

   

   The golf clothing revolution is televised and continues to progress at an exceptional rate. DSM have committed to a slice of the action, linking with PoSA to launch a golf collection that will definitely be flouting a few clubhouse dress code rules.

   Shop here.

4. Another Aspect Made in Japan T-Shirt 3.0

   

   Despite the absurd weather of late, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to feature this flawless example of a longsleeve T-shirt. The big brains at Another Aspect have been refining the model over the seasons and have now put forth their 3rd iteration and by god does it look great.

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5. Ante Offseason T-Shirt

   

   100% the kind of running merch we can get behind. In fact, petition to just always make the whole of summer offseason so we can just blast cigs in the back of a pub garden with no fear of our 5K time. Pure bliss.

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6. Fera Zephyr Three Pikes Jacket

   

   It’s been a little while since we had some Fera-py (you can have that one for free lads) and just in time for full England fever to set in, the brand offer a zag when everyone else zigs to look like you support the Three Lions, but not in a way that looks like you might cry when we lose on penalties again.

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7. Conkers Beadle Shirt

   

   There are two things to focus on with this shirt. It’s limited to about 20 units total and is constructed of deadstock fabric made from End-on-End cotton. What is that, we hear you ask? ‘Tis a plain weave cotton with different warp and weft threads giving both texture and subtle colour variation throughout the garment. Lesson over.

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8. 18 East Surplus Combat Smock

   

   We knew this was a bit of us when 18 East founder Antonio was on IG sporting this and talking about all the aspects that make it great. Obviously he’s tall and handsome and therefore everything looks good on him but we can live in our ignorant world assuming we too would look that good simply by wearing this.

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9. Advisry Shepards Check ZO T-Shirt

   

   We are not the type to run a vest in public with nothing over the top thanks to an ill-advised astrology tattoo from our teenage years so this is really a perfect solution. All the swag of it with none of the hassle of explaining that yes, we are an Aquarius but no, we don’t believe in that shit.

   Shop here.

That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

We’re in that bit of June that we dread - the run up to Paris where it seems brands are holding back releases until after the madness or they’re disinterested in socials whilst prepping for menswear’s biggest event. For the first time ever, Aloof is headed out for a couple of days, so expect us to be on our high horse next week as we join the elites in traipsing round the City of Love from showroom party to showroom party looking for freebies of both the apparel and alcoholic kind.

If you’re thinking this means no Proceed To Checkout next week, you couldn’t be more wrong. Like the postman, we always deliver. Unlike Hermes, we place this neatly in your inbox, instead of throwing it over the back fence or tossing it in a bin on collection day.

Anyway, enough about logistics nightmares and the very near future. This week is an absolute banger, the latest in a succession of excellent newsletters from us. You’re most welcome.

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1. One Block Down x Timberland x HTC 3-Eye Lug Boat Shoe

   

   Step aside Vans, One Block Down & Timberland will show you how a bedazzled shoe should look. Not too Western-y, not too Y2K, not too undercooked. Just right, and a potential call for shoe of the summer.

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2. JUGEM Tech Denim Painter Pants

   

   Trompe-l’œil denim is definitely a bit of a thing these days but do you know what might be even better than that? Denim not made out of cotton at all. Some sort of witchcraft going on here, could swear these just looked like ordinary jeans at first.

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3. Robyn Lynch Screen Print T-Shirt

   

   We are on board with literally whatever Robyn Lynch wants to do and luckily, we’ve yet to be let down by the Irish designer. These are bags of fun and will look great on anyone who’s planning to head to a Fontaines or Kneecap gig any time soon.

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4. BRUT Thermal Rugby Polo

   

   Uh oh, there’s a new rugby shirt release in our vicinity. Just like a Trapdoor Spider we’ve been patiently weighting for our prey to enter our orbit before snatching it up quickly and wolfing it down (AKA seeing a rugby shirt and putting it in the newsletter.)

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5. Dana Lee Brown Crawl Jean

   

   These presented something of an issue for us when building this newsletter. We normally shy away from featuring items that are severely limited in availability but purely because of DLB’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of what denim is and what it can do, it makes the cut this week.

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6. Merrell 1TRL Cham Redux Sieve

   

   That new Nike Rift shoe seems to be getting a lot of traction for something that’s so minging and shit. Do you know what’s not minging and shit? This all new summer number from Merrell 1TRL. Sure, it might be a bit weird looking but at least you won’t have a hoof for a shoe.

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7. Vernacular Ebb Fleece

   

   We can’t help but love a garment that provides any alternative to just wearing a T-shirt when it gets hot but boy oh boy is this a joy aside from that. Beautiful cornflower blue (or Moss if you’re a plain Jane), woven and dyed in South Carolina.

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8. Mental Athletic Overlogo Raglan T-Shirt

   

   Sometimes it’s beyond comprehension thinking that Mental Athletic aren’t professional clothes pushers and are really a magazine first and foremost. Doing a job most brands should be enviable of whilst still helping keep print media kicking on.

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9. Yuremane Ye-Bins-J001 Repro Jacket

   

   Thank god we don’t have to say the brand & item name out loud when we’re doing these. You’ll never catch us doing a talking head and if we did, we wouldn’t be including this based on that alone. A shame of course, considering how lovely this jacket actually is.

   Shop here.

That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

As we approach our three quarter century of shopping newsletters (75 for those that need a numerical value), it’s time to say thank you once again. Snoop Dogg voice: We want to thank us for believing in us, We want to thank us for doing all this hard work. We wanna thank us for having no days off.

We actually have had days off and the work is relatively easy, considering reaching our flow state is achieved simply by rifling through the new additions pages of our favourite retailers. That’s especially reflected today as we turned to shops new and old, local and global, to dig out the treasure you will see below. As always, there’s debut features for brands, along side some returning favourites with new clobber.

With that, there’s nothing left to say but enjoy!

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1. Sphere Performance Pink Horse Running Longsleeve

   

   It feels bloody good to see new running brands coming onto the market delivering the kind of fun shit we would like to wear. In a world of earth tones, why wouldn’t you want to be the guy gallivanting around your local park wearing a bright pink longsleeve with some horses on it?

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2. Café Mountain x Padmore & Barnes Big Cheese

   

   Marking the 3rd partnership between the famed Irish shoemakers and the lads from the North East is a second effort on the mid-top silhouette that sold out last year. Café Mountain are calling them a ‘summer ready palette’. We’re calling them the Oscar the Grouch 1’s.

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3. Arpenteur for Beige Habilleur Kaolin Nylon Jacket

   

   People have been reduced to tears by Mark Rothko paintings, such is the intensity of the colour. This jacket is our Mark Rothko painting, a colour so good it brings a tear to our eye. We didn’t proper cry though because we’re really tough and manly, no doubt about it.

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4. Candice Waves Mohair Sweater

   

   Knitwear in June? Groundbreaking. As our Aussie friends head into their ‘cold’ season, it means we have some time to think ahead and start copping elite layers for the inevitability of a baltic British Winter. Aloof Rule 3, always buy your knitwear out of season.

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5. A.Presse Washed Wide Denim Pants

   

   Look, if you’re in the market to cop a decent pair of jeans, these ain’t the ones unless you’re earning fuck you money. If you’re in the market for a denim specifically produced with textile irregularities to reflect vintage textiles, you actually need to get a life. On second thoughts, just buy these because who needs friends or money when you can own great jeans.

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6. Salomon RX Enro-Uchi

   

   Slim, low profile silhouettes aren’t really our cup of tea. It’s not that we don’t appreciate them, they just make us look like King Kong in a ballet flat. We’d be happy to risk that aesthetic for a pair of these, which beautifully tread the line somewhere between sea shoes, garden clog and hill walker.

   Shop here. (If they haven’t sold out already)

7. Post Archive Faction Opening Bomber

   

   We’ve included this primarily because this is from a new store opening in New York (that is also a barber shop at the back, v. hard) called Third of June. The guy behind it? Victor Kan, formerly of Packer. No surprise there that his early buying vision has cemented TOJ as a must hit in the city already.

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8. Baglady Fuck Around T-Shirt

   

   We hope this is a fairly self explanatory pick because we’re not sure how we can write a paragraph about a T-shirt. We’ve all been that feline pictured above at some point. Whatever your findings from that time were is likely to impact just how much you appreciate this T-shirt.

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9. Natra Studios Milo Jacket

   

   This isn’t the first time we’ve featured the Milo Jacket, nor will it be the last. This one forms part of a limited Irish linen collection, which is full of beautifully coloured plaids across jackets and shorts. It wouldn’t be for us, but we would heavily rate anyone running this head to toe.

   Shop here.

That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

In the words of the illustrious Bruce Forsyth: nice to see you, to see you nice. We are overjoyed as always that you’ve taken a slice out of your day to read our inane jawnz-related ramblings. It has been, in our eyes at least, a far superior week in weather, as we actually managed to wear a jacket twice. That’s definitely kept the ‘shorts and a T-shirt’ demon away for a little while longer.

Perhaps subconsciously, the constantly changing weather has impacted our choices throughout the newsletter, as we jump between spring and summer gear with all the grace of a Froghopper. If you’re not familiar with said insect, it’s a tiny bug with the capability to jump very, very high indeed.

Anyway, less insects and more leaving you to inspect the 9 flawless pieces we’ve scoured the globe for. Enjoy!

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1. Gander Nantong Cloth Peveril Jacket

   

   As long time admirers of the Peveril Jacket by the Northern homies at Gander, as soon as word reached us of a mythical edition where each jacket would be a 1 of 1, we just knew it would be right up our street, in our alley, round our cul-de-sac. So on and so forth. These won’t hang about long, so make sure you’re glued to your computer come Sunday.

   Shop here. (Dropping 7th June)

2. Good On S/S Crew T-Shirt

   

   One of our major highlights in Bordeaux was discovering this brand who make exceptionally good and well priced T-shirts in a variety of superb colours. The pigment dying gives each garment a little life of its own and a rich depth that we’ve just not seen elsewhere.

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3. Innat 65 Utility Blouson

   

   We want you to do one thing here. Just scroll back up to the picture of this beauty. Look at the colour, the variation and depth throughout. 4 flap front pockets, think about the Cornish Pasty you could stash in each of them. Exceptional clobber.

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4. Solar Court Solar 26 Dad Cap

   

   Thank god it’s a World Cup year, not sure we could put up with any more grown men in Arsenal shirts this summer. In fact, don’t be that guy wearing any sort of football shirt, be the guy that wears sick football-inspired gear instead.

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5. High Wizard Mailer #M7: Cease and Desist

   

   We are ginormous fans of the weird shit High Wizard are doing, having only recently been introduced through their Bedrock Sandals collab. Each mailer is full of hidden surprises, sick design and feels like a future relic in your hands. Long live the High Wizards.

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6. Goodlids HTW01 Thermal

   

   Goodlids have cooked with their new range of thermals, featuring a material composition that is based entirely in natural fabrics whilst still ensuring performative benefits. The pink is especially good for visibility when you get stuck up Snowdon because your orienteering isn’t as good as your gear is.

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7. Caledoor Reversible Coat

   

   You know how there’s an entire book about how Japan make American clothes better than the Yanks do? We reckon there might need to be a sequel about how Caledoor take vintage British stuff and make it look the absolute bees knees. We doff our cap to them.

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8. Frizmworks Zanes Bait & Tackle T-Shirt

   

   We went to the bait shop and everyone said they knew you. We also went to the tackle shop and everyone said you had the smallest. All jokes aside this capsule is probably the best way to get some performative fishing gear without ever having to brave the maze of a Bass Pro Shop.

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9. Sillage Coverall Super Duck

   

   Do you reckon a Super Duck is a really big bird or one with a cape that can fly? In this case, it’s neither, it’s a banging jacket type thing from perennial oversized tastemakers, Sillage. Comes with some fuck off trousers too, if you really fancy dialling in the look.

   Shop here.

That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

Bienvenue to the newsletter. We’ve touched back down in jolly Ol’ Blighty and are feeling très chic but also très hot and bothered. Very English to talk about the weather but seriously, what gives? We’ve spent all of last week in the blistering sunshine of Bordeaux, confronted by a jawnz lover’s worst nightmare: only being able to wear a T-shirt and shorts. Now we’re back in London town and it’s the same fucking thing?! Anyone got any homies in the rain dancing business that fancy helping a brother out?

Anyway, because of our deep dedication to the newsletter, we’ll soldier through, fan pointed directly at our gonads to counter our dreadful swamp nuts affliction. Don’t say we never do anything for you. Despite the constant clamminess, we’ve entered our mind palace (more of a changing room really) and envisioned jackets, trousers and more adorning our bronzed (AKA sunburnt) bodies.

Below is the fruit of our labour. Now grab us a Calippo would you?

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1. Toward(s) Welt Shirt

   

   Honestly, Toward(s) had us at Mud-dyed. Then the description went on and talked about alternative welted buttonholes reinforced by bar tacks and suddenly everything else in life ceased to matter except this one, absolutely perfect shirt.

   Shop here.

2. Uskees 3047 Dockland Blazer

   

   We can’t help but be permanently on the look out for suiting that means you don’t have to wear that one Percival suit that every single geezer seems to own. Uskees have just dropped a very reasonably priced, workwear-looking number that will definitely get you some compliments. Might anger the bride though, upstaging her on her own wedding day.

   Shop here.

3. Auralee x New Balance 204L

   

   These two powerhouses reunite for another banger that is the kind of shoe your mates will think are both nice and that they have something similar to. Silly buggers, they haven’t the foggiest that you’ve got special shoes from one of the very finest brands in the world, not their JD-stocked GR’s.

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4. of — nothing dad’s jacket

   

   Our dad doesn’t have jackets this nice. Keen to know whose father does. Ours had loads of giant Brooks Brother’s shirts, which once well loved we wore to do art at school in. You’ll want to keep this jacket well clear of any paint or clay-based activities, save it for a nicer occasion, we reckon.

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5. 108Warehouse Relaxed Twill Trouser

   

   By their own admission, 108Warehouse were simply trying to make a work trouser à la Dickies, but with better fabric and construction. It seems like they’ve succeeded, with a much more appealing 100% cotton build that stands out to sweaty boys like us.

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6. Lugs Ally Deck Shoe

   

   Long time fans might remember we featured Lugs a year or so ago when they first launched. It seems now is a good time to throw ourselves back behind the upstart footwear brand, who continue to focus on their small, yet phenomenal range of deck shoes. Definitely one to cop for Summer.

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7. Thistles The SUEDE Sunglasses

   

   Contrary to the name, these sunglasses aren’t made out of suede. Imagine that, all flimsy and totally futile for optical usage. Nah, these are a real deal pair of focals that made you look bloody cool and are inspired by no wave minimalism, if you’ve got any clue what that means (we don’t).

   Shop here.

8. William Ellery Puddle Jumpers

   

   Once upon a time, during a conversation with a dear friend, we allegedly forgot what shorts were called. Trousers that finished above the knee. Might have even called them short trousers. It was a long time ago. Never called them Puddle Jumpers though, which seems like something we might now exclusively refer to them as.

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9. TDR Double Pocket Grande Shirt

   

   This shirt looks like something you might be wearing when a prison guard threatens to throw you off a roof when you approach them to suggest that a one time cash donation to their spouse will mean they can keep every penny of an inheritance received from a distant family member. Free from tar stains though, bit smarter in that respect.

   Shop here.

That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

Greetings fellow clothing aficionados, welcome to the greatest newsletter about menswear you’ve ever read (if you’ve only read 0 other menswear newsletters). We are delighted you’ve joined us for our weekly digest of the best clobber we’ve seen from the world over.

At the time of writing this, we’re sat in an Airbnb in Bordeaux, enjoying some down time before the first wedding of a long season. Naturally, down time for us means looking at clothes so rest assured we’ve got plenty of nice bits to bring you. The flip side of this however is we’ve been up since 4am for the flight so you’ll have to excuse any inane ramblings and wormholes we go down in the newsletter.

So strap in, scroll on and hopefully by jawn 9 we’ll still be just about stringing coherent thoughts together. If not, chuck us a subscribe for the effort anyway, will you?

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1. Hoka Skyward X2

   

   For those who haven’t been in ear shot of us for the last week, we want to let you know that we ran the Hackney Half. Completed it too. The lovely folks at Hoka hooked us up with a pair of their brand new Skyward X2 for the day and despite our legs turning to jelly at Mile 12, we were otherwise floating on air thanks to these carbon planted wonder shoes.

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2. Camisas Manolo CM Light Jacket

   

   We’re not quite sure who put us on to Camisas Manolo but the likely suspect is Wardrobe editor Louis Cheslaw. That is as good as a guarantee that this jacket is in hand one of the nicest things you could ever own.

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3. Metalwood Digital Hombre Short

   

   Metalwood is what the tin man gets when he sees the tin woman limbering up with a bit of WD-40. Decked out is what you get when you buy from the big brains behind the brand, whose laissez-faire attitude to golf gear makes it ideal off course wear too.

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4. Antibiotic Smile Hardware Nylon Surf Cap

   

   Another rare dub for the Meta algorithm as it brought Antibiotic Smile to the attention of yours truly. We’re suckers for a bit of fun graphic treatment and this mob have got that in spades. Shout out to their illustration team, give ‘em a raise.

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5. Houdini Trees Chore Jacket

   

   A fitting name for a brand who manage to consistently produce magic jawnz. Just like Houdini, this is also doing a disappearing act (selling out of sizes), so you better nab one before they make their escape for good.

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6. Studio Nicholson Heddy Knit

   

   This is made out of paper apparently, which seems both bizarre and highly covetable now we know that paper can be used to make lovely wearables. How many sheets of A4 is it do you reckon? We’re going with 14.

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7. Jeanerica Juan Shirt

   

   Getting your shirts from the jean store might have been a pretty decent jawnz-focused insult back in the day but Jeanerica are rewriting that narrative, one shirt at a time. Throw that insult our way and we’ll delight in regaling you with monologues on just how good the shirting from the brand is.

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8. Vowels Overdyed Painter Pants

   

   We were reeeeeeeally into the brown version of these but alas, so were other people and thus sizing is really limited. Across the 3 colourways you can almost get a full size run so we’re counting this as enough in stock to include here.

   Shop here.

9. Y(dot) BY NORDISK Alcove Jacket

   

   Berlin’s Arys store has an insane brand list on the more technical side of things and for us Y(dot) is one of the true standouts. They’ve been in the biz for over 40 years, which is mad to think they’re using all that experience to make garments this contemporary & forward thinking.

   Shop here.

That’ll do for this week, until next time folks!

What is up people of the Aloof universe, welcome to your favourite time of the week. Not only does the newsletter mark the final commute for a couple of days for many, but also likely the first time you’ll hear a reference to a shelled reptile at any point in the day. If it isn’t, we hope you enjoy your time at the zoo.

This newsletter is a zoo of sorts, a digital cornucopia of nice things pulled from every corner of the known world for you to look at through a screen. However, these jawnz are free to roam in our hearts and mind, a bit more like a Safari Park than a zoo if anything, but alas we fear we’re getting too bogged down in the terminology here.

That signals it’s time for us to be quiet and let you read on, discovering rare species of clobber you might never see out in the wild (Soho). Enjoy!

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1. NOROLL Normal Panama Long Sleeve Shirt

   

   We’ve been watching NOROLL from afar, just doing their thing, laying out their clothes on a garden table like ecom shots aren’t even that deep. Now exclusive in Europe to Blues Store in Bristol, we finally get the chance to see things up close, and it definitely has left us wanting more. Worth peeping the Gasius collab too for some nice patterned stuff.

   Shop here.

2. Second Layer Friends Pullover

   

   Second Layer have absolutely mastered styling their clothes to absolute perfection. Head to toe a look we would wear. Maybe not the bandana though, just one of those things we’ll never be able to pull off, looking like Humpty Dumpty joined the Crips.

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3. OTW by Vans x Julian Klincewicz Style 31

   

   For all the heat surrounding the Vans Authentic, there’s some real nice stuff coming through both in-line and collabs outside of that model. Julian Klincewicz brings back the archival Style 31 with an upper so buttery you could melt it on pancakes.

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4. Millo Archive Shell Core Utility Jacket

   

   It’s been a little while since we visited pocket corner on Aloof and this jacket seems like a fitting item to herald its return. We reckon these pockets have got just about enough space to fit a terrapin in each, which we obviously don’t recommend as that would be semi-aquatic reptile cruelty.

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5. The Snake Hole Liquid T-Shirt

   

   Whilst you might previously have thought of The Snake Hole as some den of iniquity (word of the day) along a stretch of desert road frequented by Hells Angels, you will now henceforth think of it firstly as a very tasteful brand from Australia that make cool T-shirts, amongst other nice things.

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6. 18 East Fiske L/S Rugby

   

   Literally no point in writing a mini paragraph about this. You know why it’s here. We love 18 East, we love Rugby Shirts. That’s really all that needs saying. Time to put our feet up and wait for the thud of it dropping through our letterbox.

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7. The New Originals Fisherman Zip Up Vest

   

   We firmly believe TNO is a must hit store in Amsterdam and this is just further evidence to support our claim. Just straight gas from the Dutch homies. We better never catch you running this with no top on underneath though, you ain’t Vin Diesel.

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8. Body of Work Senna Hooded Sweatshirt

   

   Every day is a school day, even when you’re jawnz experts like we are. This is made out of sueded cotton, which is something we didn’t know existed until now. That means the cotton has been brushed or sanded to give it a suede-like velvety texture, developing an insanely soft hand feel. This could be the hoodie that ruins all other hoodies for us.

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9. Carpet Company x Salomon XT Whisper Void

   

   Carpet Company have a pretty good history of nailing their footwear collabs and there is no doubt they can add Salomon to their roster of impeccable partnerships. The colourway? Inspired by Carpet’s trusty Honda Acty van, dubbed the Habibi Express. Expressly adding to our basket, habibi.

   Shop here. (In-store May 16th, Online May 17th)

That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

Welcome/welcome back to yet another Friday newsletter. We’ve settled down after hitting Vol. 69 last week and, safe in the knowledge that things will never be better, decided to carry on as normal.

We have been surrounded by jawnz on a near planetary level recently as we managed to get out of the wardrobe and into the real world, if only to visit the new Nigo exhibition at the Design Museum. As card carrying members of the ‘Don’t Care About Bape Club’, we won’t be renewing our membership to the club as we now very much care about Bape and can now fully appreciate Nigo as a true genius of his craft and master of referencing and modern iconography subversion. We couldn’t recommend seeing it more if you’re kicking about.

Anyway, nout to do with Nigo in the newsletter this week, just 9 faultless jawnz from us, to you. Enjoy!

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1. Kapital 12oz Yagasuri Jacquard Denim Nime Pants

   

   Cop these and then bowl into your local coffee shop with the theme from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly playing in your airpods, see how fast you can quickdraw your apple watch to pay for your flat white. Blow the smoke off the end, hand back in the pocket. Flawless.

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2. Pennon Stray Loafer

   

   Contrary to what The Hitcher from The Mighty Boosh said, the eels do not have to be up inside ya, they can in fact be on your feet (and our sincerest apologies to any non-UK readers who won’t get that reference). The only way these will be inside ya, is when you’re thinking about all the sick outfits you can wear them with.

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3. Bare Knuckles Baker Ripstop Pant

   

   Just a sick as fuck pair of trousers, nothing else to see here. Bulletproof construction, Bare Knuckles custom camo, banging fit, you know the drill. Thanks for reading this far before opening a new tab to cop.

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4. s.k. manor hill Ridge Jacket

   

   One of our favourite times of the year is s.k. manor hill release day. Might even start lobbying Keir for a day off work in celebration. Only fair when you consider that it’s impossible to work on anything when we’re too busy ogling the collection.

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5. Token Bless T-Shirt

   

   We actually just finished a sick book about surfing (Aloof Book Corner Rec: Barbarian Days by William Finnegan) and now we feel at one with a sport we’ve never even tried. Big kook energy. Still might buy the T-shirt though, can’t stop us.

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6. Keen x Henrik Vibskov UNEEK Leather

   

   We’ve spent too long looking down on the UNEEK as a weird shoe that wasn’t quite right for us. Luckily we’re course correcting at the perfect time, considering just how good this Henrik Vibskov collab effort is. Catch us ploughing through Mediterranean markets in these all Summer long.

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7. Horatio Corsari Knit

   

   What a belter this is, looks like something you might expect Stoney to have done in the 90’s. Very Marina coded. Makes us want to be better men, frequent country clubs and pilot yachts with cigars protruding from the corner of our mouths. Suppose punting in Cambridge with a 20 deck of B&H is basically the same thing.

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8. au CONCOURS Karlshorst Bootcut Pant

   

   Fair fucking play lads. Just one product after another, flawlessly executed. Got our jawnz gonads in a vice, waiting for the next time we get to coo over something for a bit. Head to toe au CONCOURS, no messing about anymore.

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9. Yoko Sakamoto Zip Blouson

   

   Ladies & gentlemen, we have another one. The algorithm blessed us with an elite follow suggestion in the form of namu, whose brand list and product offering should be studied on buying courses worldwide, such is the faultless mix of really good shit. Take this Yoko Sakamoto jacket as evidence if you didn’t believe us already.

   Shop here.

That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks.

We’ve been waiting for this moment for a long while now. Although we only number our newsletters on Instagram, this is Proceed to Checkout Vol. 69. We’ve officially peaked, it doesn’t get any better than this for an immature editorial team.

As with a 69, this is a mutually pleasurable exchange. We provide you with delicious jawnz and you munch them down and in turn tell us how good we did, stroking our egos and thus encouraging us to write more of these.

We considered a special newsletter to celebrate turning 69 Proceed to Checkout’s old but we’re so damn good at what we do, messing with the formula for the sake of something only a few people might smirk at might fuck the newsletter feng shui.

With that, crack on with reading the newsletter as you would normally, maybe tell a friend about us, or keep us to yourself. We’ll be your dirty secret. Enjoy!

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1. PINUP Painter's Chambray Shirt

   

   Sometimes these newsletters are just a documentation of personal wishlists. The Chambray shirt has been a gap in our wardrobe for some time and we’re thinking it may be the moment to cop. Hand painted to match a 1940’s piece in PINUP’s archive. All the workwear, 0 work for us.

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2. Greg Laboratory E-SB26

   

   Just as we’re getting ready for wedding season, Greg Laboratory dropped this absolute banger as an alternative suiting option. We can almost hear the Percival suit normies crying in the toilet that their green linen number isn’t making them centre of attention anymore.

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3. Room Share Chokkan Heat Reactive Camo T-Shirt

   

   It may just be our crippling Tiktok addiction but every time we hear heat reactive, it’s always in relation to some unoriginal jacket from a brand solely catering to prepubescent Soho-dwelling Surrey kids. What a relief then, to see Room Share using heat reactive tech in a really interesting way, with subtlety and originality. Less than 50 squid too.

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4. Merely Made Merely Us Super Comfy Shorts

   

   These have got a bit of Adam Sandler swag about them, but unlike his saggy basketball short style, Merely Made turned out something good. It’s about time we got some big dog Mesh shorts going and we certainly hope that comes at the detriment to Eric Emmanuel’s supply of the same fabric.

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5. Working Mala Reversible Jacket

   

   This is apparently inspired by Guatemalan streetwear, which could literally be anything and is totally alien to us. That’s why having the big brains behind Tender and Middle Distance making stuff like this so exciting, constantly exploring and unearthing new inspiration from literally anywhere.

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6. Needles x Noma Rhythm Textile Bandana Embroidered Denim Pant

   

   There are few sadder jawnz-related moments than falling for something you’ve seen on IG, only to realise that it’s a Japan exclusive. That happened to us, so we now invite you to share our grief that we will never be able to own these perfect, perfect jeans.

   Shop here (If you can work out how to order from Japan).

7. Futsol Track Jacket

   

   Stroll into the pub with this on and your hold up play is 10/10, all the punters looking you up and down, unable to move, watching you swan to the bar like cutting into the 6 yard box. “Pint of Guinness please.” Side foot, nothing but net. Split the G, gaff erupts. Limbs.

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8. Mountain Research Fishing Vest

   

   You will only catch monsters if you cop this. Don’t wade too deep though, wouldn’t want your lovely Wool/Linen vest to get algae on it. On second thoughts, best to stick to dry land, popping to the Chippy is basically the same thing as catching your own anyway.

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9. Carter Young Kirk Unstructured Blazer

   

   Two blazers in the same newsletter? We must really have wedding season on our minds. We actually included this based exclusively on the more casual styling, what with the insanely beautiful drape and light layering this offers. They call him Carter Young but it’s getting old how he’s so good at this.

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That’ll do it for this week, until next time folks!

Yo people! It’s been a little while since I wrote the debut First Person Shooter, really just because I’ve not been on a personal quest for any one jawn recently. That changes today as the search is officially back on. Ya boy has been deep in my running bag lately, so much so that the football shorts and old tees I usually use are becoming rapidly unfit for purpose. That, coupled with the ludicrously good editorial in Runner’s World featuring Harry Styles got me wondering how I can improve my running swag game. Mind you, I’m never escaping a subset of allegations if I ever don a Donald Duck hat, so kudos to Mr Styles for being able to legitimately pull it off.

I want to make it abundantly clear at the top of the article that if you are expecting some high performance, technically minded guide, this is not it. Performance is very much secondary to aesthetics for my form of sweaty, cantering circuits round local woodlands. This is all about looks, because I would much rather people think I looked cool before they noticed that I move at the speed of a glacier.

The thing I’ve found with a lot of the running gear I’ve come across so far on my quest is that it’s either really boring, or mega expensive. Hopefully this guide sits somewhere in the middle of both those things, highlighting either really fun stuff, or stuff that you could cop that won’t break the bank.

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