umbrella

as well as socks, we also sell umbrellas

here's one being held by mrs w while i was lying on the ground shooting up

to the sky.

you know how i like the colour orange, right ?

well, a lot of the sock club products include that colour.

sock club london

sock club london

i started a side project a while ago.

working with a friend of mine, the two of us came up with an idea.

it's a long story, but while i'm catching up with my blog let me just get to the

punchline and give you the website of the company i started.

you can look there and read all about it.

maybe even buy some socks ?

www.sockclublondon.com

catching up again

this has been getting out of hand.

the only way to catch up with my one post per day tactic now is to probably just

use one photo per post 14 times and then start again.

i would also like to try and take it back to when i showed photos from a proper

camera on my blog, and just showed iphone photos one day per week.

so...

the reason i am 14 days behind with this blog

last sunday

last sunday.

i had this for breakfast.

it made me think of my friend credit's nanny

( leave it - ed )

then myself and mrs w went to this place

that's right... downtown abbey.

i was really happy to be there.

grrr ! you're not allowed to take photos inside downtown abbey

( or whatever it's called in real life )

i took this one sneaky pic of my shoes and a rug that really tied the room together.

but mainly we had to amuse ourselves with taking photos outside

this was quite a gem because obviously the place was chocca with 

japanese tourists yet i managed to get this shot with nobody in frame making a peace sign with their fingers.

mrs w looking thoughtful

or maybe getting fed up with my impressions of carson the butler answering the
telephone.

one of me and mrs w where she's wearing her coat









and one without coat

nice to see me varying my poses.










afterwards we went back to base for a snack

where i was intrigued by this ale

a decent packet of crisps too.

cheers !

some odd pics

just a few odd pics today.

this is when i was photographing my new umbrella the other week.

and again.

my new umbrella is incredible.

as you'd expect it's one of only 10 in the world.

from next thursday you'll be able to buy one of the other 8 from

www.sockclublondon.com

my friend m1 photographing his new chinagraph pencils.

a still from a film i'm very much looking forward to seeing.

does the girl on the right remind you of anybody by the way ?

my friend blake sitting down with one of the nans at george's on essex road.

george's is where i get my hair cut. it's a proper old barber shop at the front and a 

section at the back where nans get their hair done and where they talk loudly about their husbands, children and grandchildren.

the scene in an embroidery factory in leicester last week.

don't ask.

new sneakers

i haven't done a proper in depth sneaker review for over a year .

maybe i'll bring it back... what do you think ?

a lot of my trainers have really nice details on them, so maybe i should ?

in the meantime here are a few new additions, just one shot of each.

neighborhood x converse jack purcells in buttersoft dark blue leather.

oh my !

converse weapons in the boston celtics colourway

nike x riccardo tisci af-1's

the leather on these is the best i've seen on a nike release in years.

cashmere chuck taylors

so luxurious to the touch. really soft cashmere.

neighborhood x chuck taylor lows in royal blue suede.

seventies style chucks are pretty much the norm now for all first string releases.

these are amazing.

nike af-1's from the blazer pack last year, these are in a chocolate brown suede.

gum outsole too. 

genius.

saving the best for last.

these jack purcells were made for the oscar niemeyer foundation.

they were a seriously limited edition and also only available in brasil.

how did i manage to get them ?

it's a long, long story.

but a big thank you to a certain person in washington,

who put me in touch with a very nice chap in shanghai.

he then introduced me to a person in london who in turn

kind of introduced me to a bloke in boston...

like i said, it's a long story.

the return of finalhome

finalhome posing up with a friend of mine who i don't have a nickname for

my friend came over for a coffee and to help me with a shoot a few weeks ago.

there he is look.

i really need a nickname for him.