The plain white tee is a classic, but what to wear it with to best effect? Here are our thoughts.
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Thursday, 13th May 2010
At last – we’re fully fitted out in our new Shoreditch store. We’ve been open for a little while but we didn’t have everything in place. And now we have, including some shop specials. Do come and see us if you’re in London.
It’s about the perfect cut
Stuart Staples, lead singer, Tindersticks
Wednesday, 12th May 2010
Ever since they formed in the early 90s, Tindersticks have always been a bit of an obsession for the initiated. Here at Sunspel we’ve been aware of them and their dark, addictive music ever since they used our boxers for some unusual tour merchandise.
Earlier this year, when Tindersticks released their eighth album, Falling Down A Mountain, to widespread critical acclaim, the BBC said it was ‘the sound of a band rediscovering themselves’. And that’s exactly how Stuart Staples, the band’s lead singer, sounded when we spoke to him at his home in France.
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Monday, 10th May 2010
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Supercar, 1905 style
Restoring a record breaker
Thursday, 6th May 2010
Here’s a story of crazy ambition: restoring an ancient car when all that’s really left is its engine, and then attempting to break the speed record that the car itself set a hundred years ago. And just look at the car in question! It’s a Darracq, a strange and oddly beautiful monster with a vast engine of 25.4 litres.
Sunspel classics
The plain white boxer
Thursday, 6th May 2010
Like a man who doesn’t need to raise his voice to command attention, there’s something about completely plain clothing that makes it hard to ignore. It’s just so confident.
Happy days
Our man gets on his bike
Tuesday, 4th May 2010
Here’s our very own Dom Hazlehurst, looking distinctly underwhelmed by the spring sunshine and the prospect of a ride on his bike.
Hello Piccadilly
Snap Galleries open permanent store
Thursday, 29th April 2010
Before Christmas we shared our pop-up store in Mayfair with Snap Galleries, purveyors of rare and wonderful rock photography (like the picture above – the classic Simon Larbalestier image for the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa album).
Inside our new shop
A unique changing room
Tuesday, 27th April 2010
When we were refitting our new shop, our builders discovered a set of windows and grills beneath the shop’s facade which must date back to well into the 19th century, possibly even earlier. Instead of throwing them away we thought we’d make use of them. Read full article »