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Boxers and big hair
A blast from Sunspel’s past

Friday, 30th April 2010

sunspel old lifestyle photography

Look how happy he is about his Sunspel boxers!

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Hello Piccadilly
Snap Galleries open permanent store

Thursday, 29th April 2010

The Pixies' Surfer Rosa cover photograph, Simon Larbalestier

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).

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Inside our new shop
A unique changing room

Tuesday, 27th April 2010

changing room

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 »


New colours for a new season
Sunspel spring/summer 2010

Thursday, 22nd April 2010

Short sleeve crew neck tee in the new pink

Our new colours for the spring and summer are now available here on our website. There are several new blues there (including ‘cobalt’ and ‘india ink’), a subtle grey we’re calling mist, and even a pink.

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Contemporary shopping, Japanese style
Boys Co open a new store

Wednesday, 21st April 2010

Boys Co store

Our good friends in Japan, Boys Company, have just sent us some pictures of their rather impeccable new store.

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Julian Firth: aviator, adventurer, style aficionado
Bringing a design classic back to life

Tuesday, 20th April 2010

The classic DC6, G-APSA

Julian Firth is an unusual mix: a man of action and a fan of great British design. But when you see the kind of design he loves – that cool modernist style from the 50s and 60s – it all makes sense. This was an era when men of action looked sleek and stylish (and so did their aircraft). Read full article »


Sunspel saves the day
Keeping the funk alive

Monday, 19th April 2010

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

We got a distress call at Sunspel HQ this afternoon from some good friends in New York. They told us that some friends of theirs have been trapped in the UK because of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud, which is currently causing havoc with flights across Europe.

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A rooftop view of London
Boundary reopen their terrace

Friday, 16th April 2010

boundary rooftop

Our new neighbours (across the road from the Sunspel shop) have got the most fantastic roof terrace and they’ve just recently reopened it.

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Sunspel’s autumn/winter 2010 clothes
A sneak preview

Thursday, 15th April 2010

from sunspel's autumn/winter 2010 collection

Here’s a glimpse of what we’ll be offering for next autumn and winter.

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Sunspel classics
The plain black tee

Tuesday, 13th April 2010

the plain black tee

A change of colour changes everything.

The plain black tee is a very different proposition from the plain white tee. While the white tee is simple, stripped down, almost zen-like in its purity, the black tee broods. It’s intense.

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