30 Sep
100% canvas footwear with a genuine Australian wool lining

The Palladium hits the upcoming Fall/Winter 2011 season with a Baggy Shearling boot perfect to survive the winter wars with. The black on black Baggy Shearling boot is crafted of 100% canvas, with a warm and comforting genuine Australian wool lining, and also features branding on the tongue and rubber heel. Pick up a pair […]


10 May
One of Boston's greatest return after a quarter century

It’s been 24 long years for fans of The Cars, one of America’s most important New Wave bands of the 80s. Today, May 10th, The Cars release their brand new album, Move Like This, on Hear Music/Concord Music Group. Produced by Garret “Jacknife” Lee (Bloc Party, U2, REM, The Hives, Weezer) and The Cars, the […]


Boot maker Palladium hooks up with Los Angeles boutique Mister Freedom for these limited edition denim-based “Palladenim” boots. The relaunched boot company takes its designs from boots it manufactured for decades for the French Foreign Legion, and the Palladenim editions are no exception — this pair is based on the chaussure de brousse jungle boots […]


16 Aug
The $59,000 limited edition Memento Mori, Carpe Diem! watch

If you’ve ever wondered what a really, really rich goth rocker would wear as a timepiece, may we present you with the Memento Mori, Carpe Diem! wristwatch. Translated as “remember you will die, so seize the day”, the existentialist watch was designed by Daniel Strom, son of watch maker Armin Strom. The heavily death-themed watch […]


16 Jul
Dust and Black editions of their Baggy canvas boots

Yesterday Palladium officially released their Neil Barrett for Palladium boots in two colors, Black and Dust, in their Baggy silhouette. Not only does Palladium do some nice boots, they also produce their Explorations series of videos where they explore the lost corners of Berlin and the underground world of UK pirate radios. Check them out, […]


1 Apr
Another chapter in the Palladium Boots Exploration Series

After strapping on their boots and exploring the lost corners of Berlin, Palladium are back with another chapter in their Exploration series, this time investigating the robust world of pirate radio in London. Pirate Radios are a phenomenon in the UK, something the Brits have over America in spades (god how I loathe America’s vapid, […]


Palladium continue delivering with their Spring/Summer 2010 Collection. Not only have they developed a nearly bulletproof rep by relaunching a long dormant military brand (ex-French Foreign Legion, nonetheless), but they also innovate with cool projects like their Exploration video series. For their new Spring/Summer 2010 Collection Palladium introduces new canvas colors like military green, boue […]


I’ll admit I like the Palladium look, especially their Pampa Baggy boots like those above. The brand re-launched last July after going out of business in the early 90s, mostly because in this throwback, military-inspired era their rep is bulletproof: the French brand used to make tires for planes during WWII, then when that whole […]