When Derek Guy speaks, the menswear world usually listens.Derek is behind the fantastic @dieworkwear account on X which soared in popularity following Mr Musk's takeover of Twitter when the algorithm pushed the account into pretty much every user's feed via the 'For You' tab.Around playing Gok Wan with Trump's administration, Derek goes…
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It's really easy to take things for granted. Stopping to reflect on what you've achieved can be really hard, especially if you're ambitious. In my previous life where I competed in the sporting world, I would never be happy and it took me down a rabbit hole. If I won a race,…
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In the early 2000’s, the city of Leeds was starting to become a cultural hotbed. Leeds United were on an upward trajectory with an exciting, young team, new buildings and businesses were added to the skyline, built from the hope of the new millennium. On a musical note, Leeds had started to…
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Every news website has a token piece on fast fashion these days and lots of people are educated on the ills of actors like Shein and Teemu. This is a good thing. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The whole thing is a race to the bottom where there…
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Welcome to our second edition of the Weekly Round-Up where we share our recent finds. To begin, we must point you in the direction of our own Beautifully Worn section as we've added a few new pieces including some vintage Belstaff jackets. That aside, here's what we've found this week:1. Henri…
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It's Sunday 16th March 2025 and I am writing this shortly after completing the Wakefield 10k running. An out and back, up and down route really does make you question why you entered, but here I am already thinking about next year. I started running around 20 years ago, at the…
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We're 6 years deep now into this side 'hustle' that grew much bigger than I ever anticipated. One of the biggest things I have learnt in that time is how to say 'no'. In the early days, shiny lights would lead me down blind alleys and leave me feeling confused.…
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In the 2010's, you'd find me saving what I had to buy from the All Saints archive sale. I remember visiting their short-lived Leeds Dock store in my home city simply to look through their current season stock to anticipate what may land on there later down the line for…
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Hopefully you managed to read your last instalment where I explained the process behind a small brand like ours, getting our work onto the same shelves as our peers. It's an uphill battle if I'm being polite and it's a race to the bottom for millionaires to become billionaires, if…
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We're probably past the 'Happy new year' cut off but here's a belated one. A lot can happen in a short space of time and only this morning when I checked did I realise that November was the last time that I shared an update from the workshop. We had a great…
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