Oi Polloi's 2012 in Pictures

28.12.2012

Oi Polloi's 2012 in Pictures in navy script around an instant print of the Oi Polloi shop front and its window displays

2012 — what a year eh? There’s been ‘Saville-gate’, the Olympics and even the apocalypse… but all this so called ‘news’ is nothing compared to an average year at Oi Polloi — just cast an eye over these majestic photographs for visual proof.

Stephen and Nick in the shop with leather belts by Estribos and Anderson's slung round their necks, in an instant print
Stephen and Nick at the 2012 Belt Awards. And for anyone who’s about to ask “Wot r these belts?” They’re made by Estribos and Anderson’s.

Two people in matching black waistcoats over pale shirts, arm in arm inside the shop, in an instant print on green
As we all know, 2012 was the year of the waistcoat.

Someone in sunglasses dressed head to toe in brown corduroy by a shop display case, in an instant print on orange
More cord than man.

Two shoppers in black jackets outside the shop with a yellow copy of Pica~Post, in an instant print on blue
Menswear isn’t just for men you know. These lasses were just in town to stock up on Jacoforms and Stone Island Jackets, but still had time to peruse Pica~Post (which if you didn’t know, is both witty AND informative).

Someone in a grey tee and green shorts sat on a ledge eating hummus from a paper plate, in an instant print on orange
This lad’s always eating swanky foods. Here he is eating something called ‘hummus’, and last week he was spotting eating a ‘salad’. Nah, we’ve never heard of it either.

Someone in glasses, a grey jacket and cream trousers striking a crouching pose in the shop, in an instant print on green
This one speaks for itself…

Tom in a white tee and black shorts, one foot on a cardboard box and another box on one shoulder, in an instant print
Frazzled So-Cal bowl skater or Liverpool’s favourite son and devoted Smash eater? Answers on a strip of packing tape to the usual address.

A steel lift ceiling filling the frame above someone in a shearling-collared jacket, in an instant print on orange
Not sure what’s going on with this one.

A group gathered on the pavement outside the Oi Polloi shop, one in a yellow jacket, in an instant print on green

Mossley Shaun in a jacket and shorts outside the shop's arched doorway, in an instant print on orange
Mossley Shaun, not actually in Mossley.

The Oi Polloi bulldog lying on the carpet beside a yellow tennis ball, in an instant print on green
Quick game of mixed doubles with the lesser seen OP pooch.

Five people in matching Nordic jumpers and Santa hats, some in sunglasses, one holding a dog in antlers, in an instant print
One of the unused promo-shots for our Christmas Number 1, “All I Want for Christmas is Menswear,”

The dispatch team in matching Nordic jumpers and Santa hats among parcels, one holding a dog in antlers, in an instant print
Sadly Team Dispatch’s cover of Greg Lake’s “I Believe in Father Christmas” failed to chart. Better luck next time chaps. Happy New Year everyone and may 2013 be good to you.

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