Timberland "Earthkeepers" - Break It Down

The name Timberland conjurs up all sorts of bad vibes these days, mainly because of their popularity spanning from the early 90s, with hip-hop culture(though I have to admit Will Smith and Wu-Tang made them look cool).  Nowadays the classic tan Timberland boots are seen as a bit of a taboo, so when I received an email from the brand themselves asking if I wanted to road test a pair of the "Earthkeeper" boat shoe, I was just about shocked at how slick they looked. I jumped at the chance of course.

Timberland's "Earthkeeper" range has been running for a while now but this was the first I'd heard of it. The premise behind the collection is that all parts of their collection are 100% environmentally friendly, as the green rubber label suggests. This is something I am very down with, as I'm quite conscious when it comes to things like this. We really should look after the world every way we can, after all, this is the only one we're got!

Each part of the shoe is designed to be easily taken apart when we are finished with them and 90% of the shoe can we recycled, while the other 10 percent accounts for the laces and stitching(which can be reused). The whole shoe is designed for comport, I can never find shoes I'm 100% comfortable in, I usually use granddad insoles but I really wouldn't have to with these. Away I go!

Green Rubber logo features on the sole. While this bit wears down the upper of the shoe can be send back to the original factory and refurbished for the next user.

Wearing - Navy chinos, ASOS, pink and purple socks, Tabio, tan leather "Earthkeeper" boat shoes, Timberland.

I've actually really changed my mind about Timberland and some of their products(obviously not the silly big boots though!). They have tones of ace shoes and shirts I'd defiantly wear and now offer a customising service a la Nike/Reebok.


Wonder how long they will last until I can recycle them? Click here to find out more about the Earthkeeper project.

DIY Painter's Trousers

Wearing -Charity shop button-down shirt, H&M diy painter's chinos, Shoo blue suede desert boots, Fossil leather tote bag from Equip.


After yesterday's post on my little diy I decided to wear them that day. First off, please ignore my daft face, it was really sunny! I thought was, best to keep it simple. So it's exacully what I did, only went for a cheeky trip to the shops but this is what I wore them with. I'm pretty chuffed with the result, I like the fact that the H&M chinos are pretty loose fitting. It's pretty known that Izzy from The Dandy Project is the king of the diy, so I'm dedicating me efforts to him!


As well as Equip being so nice in letting me run the Ray Ban's competition(still time to enter!) they also sent me a gift for myself, the tan leather Fossil tote bag. Very kind of them, I have to say. I'm always on the hunt for new staples for my wardrobe, this is the newest edition. It has an array of pockets and compartment, which is what I need and not too clumpy looking.

The Sun Was Out...

...but now it's raining. How unpredictable is the British weather, or you could say it's very predictable for it to be unpredictable, I suppose. 

Not technically turquoise but it's in the area. I sit opposite Clare from Tweet, at work.

Following on from my previous post, do you ever get the feeling that a colour is following your around? Maybe that fact that I have more than a little liking for turquoise is because my house has been painted that colour since I was a little boy. And without me really realising, the colour has crept its way inside and has its feet firmly up on the coffee table.

Time for a favourite colour change? I'm slowly edging towards purples and nudes I think. 

Does anyone out there fancy doing some kind of swap shop? Not just clothes but anything really, I think it would be a good way to brighten up our lifes! Whose in?

Sock It To Me

I possibly have too many but I just can't stand boring socks, that's only the top layer. But how many is too many?

Chinos Topman, Socks Happy Socks, Boat Shoes Kurt Geiger

I realise the blog's getting a bit sock/shoe heavy of late, is this a bad thing? Please tell me if it's getting too much. If not, I may just carry on, I have a lot to share.

Went out for magazines....

So I got up early on my day off to go through to Preston, the nearest city from where I live and also where I go to uni. In my mind I had magazines, I also needed to get a few necessities too. After a nice hour long coffee and reading session in Starbucks (the paninis are hotter than the sun aren't they?) I headed off to TKmaxx. If I remember rightly the American version is called TJmaxx? Well I picked up these dusty blue desert boots by a Scandinavian brand called Shoo. I know nothing about this brand but I do know they make an amazing range of shoes.

Reminiscent to the Acne boots from the new S/S collection and Paul Smith ones that have just been released.

I just love the little details on them, the one white eyelet and the light bit stitch below. They were a steal too so I was well chuffed.

I did get what I went out for too, I picked up Noise, 10 Men and Dazed & Confused. There's some great editorials in Dazed, the whole issue is themed on Frankenstein. The image image of the front page features a leather strap mask by Gareth Pugh. I'll take some pics of them soon.

Think tank for summer

Whilst a busy morning of paint the wall in the back garden, in the uncharacteristically hot English weather I got to thinking about what I will be wearing for work this coming week and for our short trip to London (which will hopefully be in July but we haven't booked yet.

Another thing which spurred this into my head was a link to an article about the rise in chinos, on men and women which Style Salvage posted on their Twitter this morning. Click here for the article, it documents 10 people who walked through the doors at London's bStore and posing the question, "are they the new jean?". I pretty much think they are, especially for the warmer months. I currently own a dark navy/charcoal pair and a beige pair.

This was my favourite look for the 10magazine selection, mostly because this is similar to how I would wear my beige pair. Wicked boots too.

Purple chinos from ASOS

I've been wanting to try something a bit more adventurous in the trouser department for the summer, I stumbled across this purple pair from ASOS. I just can't help think they would look much better if the shade of purple was a touch darker.

Mint green chinos by Acne, from ASOS

This shade of green is very much to my liking but sadly out of my budget, though to do kind of look for like light fabric jeans rather than a trouser.

My two current pairs, ASOS(left), H&M(right)

So chinos will undoubtedly be the choice of the summer for me but what is my shoe of choice to go with them?

If it's raining (theres a good chance in that happening!):

l-r ASOS brown boots, Clarks Desert boots, Dr Martens

And if it's sunny, fingers crossed:

l-r Spencer Jones boat shoes, Hudson patent tassel loafers, Vans

What are your summer essentials?

Pins for pins sake

These are just brilliant and what a great idea. By Band of Outsiders for Sperry. I bought some navy boat shoes from *cough cough* River Island yesterday, to added to my collection (I also have some Kurt Geiger bright green ones and some ASOS brown ones). I'l be going down to the local haberdashery later on this week to pick up some safety pins to try this idea out for myself.

Shoes available from ASOS, for £125