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COMMON PROJECTS

Prathan Poopat and Flavio Girolami started Common Projects in 2004, one American and one Italian, and named it after what it was. The Achilles came from asking an Italian dress-shoe factory in the Marche to make a trainer, and the gold number on the heel tells you the style, the size and the colour, in that order. Ours is the BBall Slim in deconstructed suede, taupe. Made in Italy, and there is no logo anywhere on it.

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A Few Things We Found Down the Back of the Thomas Street Sofa

A Few Things We Found Down the Back of the Thomas Street Sofa

There’s nothing quite like a rummage through the archives. Particularly when the archives consist of a shoebox full of old Polaroids and a slightly questionable memory. We’ve been digging through ...

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Brownie's Breaking Bad

Brownie's Breaking Bad

Last time we saw Nigel and John Wilcock, better known to his mates as Brownie, they were having a lovely civilised morning on a barge. There was a fire, a brew, a bit of Ralph Lauren and enough cha...

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John Wilcock (Brownie) changing out of a blue-striped shirt aboard his Manchester canal barge, with Nigel Lawson beside him.

Brownie's Barge, A Brew & A Bit Of Ralph

It’s been a while since Nigel and John Wilcock, better known to pretty much everyone as Brownie, had a proper catch-up, so naturally we decided the best place to rectify this was on a barge. Not ju...

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