Labels don’t grow much more cultural heritage than Fred Perry, a onetime tennis brand that expanded to become embraced by subcultures far flung, from mods and preppies to 2tones and skinheads (just look at their Fred Perry x Medicom 60th Anniversary Bearbrick Series for verification). The vaunted British brand has now teamed up with fellow […]
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May
Polo shirts, hats, tennis wristbands & Quilt Wing-Tip Shoes
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Mar
Iconic British label puts all its cliques into collectible figure form
The iconic British label Fred Perry has spurred many a youth movement in its day, starting off as simply a tennis label which was then unknowingly adopted by — and in many ways ended up defining — the mods. The 2tones came after, and soon the label was appropriated by a seemingly incongruous gamut of […]
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Nov
Medicom's vinyl toy icon teams up with design world's best
There are so many endless “limited edition” iterations of Medicom‘s iconic Bearbrick toy that frankly we’ve lost interest. Yes we realize it’s a cash cow for the vinyl toy maker but really, it may be time to move onto a new design. That being said, every once in awhile a clever re-imagination comes along that […]
