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San Paolo Napoli cord boots

I rarely spare much time for PR and press sheets, but I’ll paraphrase the one promoting the San Paolo Napoli range of leather and cord boots just to offer some background. These are the brainchild of Paolo Hewitt – or rather, whilst visiting his family in the Naples area, he […]

Fred Perry classic Tennis Jacket

New to this season’s range at Fred Perry is something of a 1960s classic – the Fred Perry Tennis Jacket. On the face of it, this is more or less a straight reproduction of the traditional jacket, with 100 per cent cotton twill shell, elasticated waistband and cuffs and red, […]

New Kent 45 releases

Kent have announced that their latest batch of Town and City singles are available now. The City releases, which are limited to 500 copies, consist of tracks that have only ever been available on CD before. The full list of new singles are: Millie Jackson ‘If That Don’t Turn You […]

Hudson Katana loafers

A few people on the forums mentioned seeing a pair of Hudson loafers in the fashion section of the Guardian magazine – but didn’t know much else about them. Well, we can reveal the shoe is called the Hudson Katana. It’s part of the company’s autumn.winter range, with a basket […]

The Mod Crop – mod musical

Alan Fletcher – author of the excellent Mod Crop trilogy of books – is set to turn the first of those books (Brummell’s Last Rift) into a musical about the 60s mod scene in Nottingham. Set around Nottingham, Newark and the East Coast, The Mod Crop features three kids growing […]

Twisted Wheel official website

There’s now an official Twisted Wheel website online – owned and run by original club owner Ivor Abadi and his son. It’s a bit of a mix in truth – nostalgia mainly, with a forum, some history and a place to buy memorabilia, both new and original (like original membership […]

Ikon Bruce Foxton shoes now available

They certainly got something of a mixed reception (to put it mildly) on the forums, but if you were taken by the Ikon Bruce Foxton shoe, you can pick them up from this week. You can read about them here, but to sum up, they’re a four eyelet Gibson shoe […]

New bands: Reign

Walking a fine line between modern-day indie and vintage 60s pop is Hertfordshire-based Reign. This four-piece band take their influences from everyone from The Charlatans, Stones Roses and Blur through to The Who and the ’60s mod era’, some of which you can hear on the band’s MySpace page, which […]