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Intense Indigo Insanity

Dogs aren’t just for Christmas, Creme Eggs aren’t just for Easter and indigo isn’t just for jeans. Originally an extract from the Indigofera Tinctoria plant, this most excellent of blue dyes moves in mysterious ways, and after a bit of wash and wear really comes into its own. Some people might say it develops a personality, a character, a soul… but let’s not get carried away. Anyway, we’ve gathered up some of our favourite indigo-dyed bits for your perusal, so click through to see 'em.

Dispatches from Philadelphia

Hot on the tail of Rory’s peek behind the iron curtain, here are a few photos from my time wandering the mean streets of Philadelphia. Click through for badly composed photographs of motorcycle action, wild-eyed veterans and a hefty slice of hard rock.

Ebbets Field Flannels Caps

I'm really into the caps from Ebbets Field Flannels. Originally, I thought they just looked top, but I never committed to buying one though. I just looked at photos of them online. However, things changed when I saw one in real life.

Why am I telling you all this anyway? Well, we’ve received some new styles. I saw this as a great opportunity to do some very important work by spending the afternoon in the park trying them all on and pretending a camera wasn’t there. There are two fitted and two leather fastening ballcaps, one of which is a replica of the caps worn by the Joe Louis Brown Bombers.

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Best Dressed Chicken In Town

The Clarks In Jamaica party we threw a few months back was a lot of fun, so much fun we decided to do it again, under the new name Best Dressed Chicken In Town. Ashley Beedle was running between jerk grill and turntable and Oi Polloi was on hand to dish out free Clarks Originals.

Thanks Sam Waller and Sophie Bee for the following photos…

In a bit, Al.

The following pictorial delights are no sign of support for a certain red team over a certain blue team. It's to be viewed more as an anthropological study into the phenomena of shout-y dudes in very shit hats, and a respectful salute to ol' Al.

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Are You a Preppie?

Are you currently employed as a professional inheritor? Have you got a penchant for Noah’s Ark deck shoes? Are your nostrils firmly fixed heaven-ward? If you’re nodding along to all this then according to this gem from 1979, you’re a preppie. As it happens, this poster was actually the handiwork of a young Tom Shadyac. Whilst he’s not a household name (unless you live in the Shadyac family home), Tom is in fact the man responsible for Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. He also directed Patch Adams, but the less said about that the better…

Dispatches from St. Petersburg

In round of two of Oi Polloi's 'let’s pretend holiday photos are internet content' blog posts, here's a few pictures from St. Petersburg. No one needs to see photos of me and my better half eating Blini/Georgian dumplings/more Blini (though if dumplings are your thing, Loft Projects do a good line), so here's some pictures of the never-ending Nevsky Prospekt, Pushkin-mania, Russian club lurkers and normal stuff that looks cool 'cause it's written in Cyrillic. Click through to have a look.

C6 Bags

I got excited about these bags from C6 as soon as I saw the samples. The build quality is exceptional and the finer details have been obsessed over, minimal aesthetics with all the functionality the modern day gentleman could possibly require.