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Gramicci may sound like the brainchild of an Italian mountaineer, but it was in-fact founded by Californian climber Mike Graham. As far as we know, this is how the story goes: In the early ‘80s, he and a group of...

  TSPTR, or Truth Symmetry, Pleasure, Taste, Recognition, if you’re into your acronyms, is the counter-cultural one-stop shop that you can buy from over our counter. Based on the five design principles outlined by Louis Sullivan, the man who thought...

Well, well, well… what’ve we got here? Two of our favourite brands have combined forces to deliver some killer comfort shoes. Celebrating their quarter century of making contemporary staples, YMC have gotten together with Yogi, the unconventional 1970s Earth and...

If you didn’t already know, Karhu are pretty proud of their Finnish heritage and have been translating this into their trainers since their formation. Using their good old Scandinavian sense of simplicity and design, they’ve crafted up two new iterations...

Here at Yards we have recently taken delivery of some amazingly good outdoor gear from Texan-based brand, YETI. The brand was founded in 2006 by two brothers, Roy and Ryan Seiders, who were raised with a burning passion for the...

If timeless design and sustainability are sitting high on your checklist, check out the new Portuguese Flannel shirts that have just arrived both in-store and online. Their shirts are manufactured by master craftsmen in the old towns of northern Portugal...

Now regarded as a craftsmanship legend in his native Japan, Kichizo Yoshida first set up his eponymously named luggage brand in Tokyo way back in 1935. Which was inspired by his survival of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1917 where...

The Yogi x Hikerdelic collaboration is now available here at Yards Store! Mixing both style and substance, the Yogi x Hikerdelic collaboration is a combination of Yogi’s shoemaking know-how with Hikerdelic’s evolving practice of creating pieces that fit into peaks, precincts, and everywhere in-between. The result...

If ethical clothing and sustainability is your thing, look no further than Páramo – the British outdoor brand set up by Nick Brown. Becoming increasingly aware of environmental issues, Nick felt a social responsibility to produce high-quality outdoor gear with sustainability...

If you’re a fan of strong, rugged and durable clothing, look no further than the other side of the Atlantic where Filson have been making clothes for you since 1897. C.C. Filson was born with a pioneering spirit and a love for the outdoors...

Topo Designs are a staple here at Yards, available both online and in-store. The American outdoor brand based in Colorado - a city with a steep history of outdoor gear and more specifically, bag manufacturing. It comes as no surprise...

Few people could claim to have had the impact on British fashion culture that Sir Paul Smith has.  Born in 1947, his formative years were spent indulging in his first love - cycling. Unfortunately, any plans to build a life...

Started back in 1982 in the shadows of El Capitan in Yosemite, Gramicci was brought to life by a long-haired, progressive thinking climber called Mike Graham. Determined to make a pair of climbing trousers able to handle the demanding terrain...

  Brand-new for SS20, we’ve got a range of shoes from Astorflex – one of the most exciting brands around at the minute when it comes to suave-looking suede shoes.   Astorflex: Who are they?   Astorflex is an Italian...

Celebrating a shared love of creating high-quality attire without harming the planet, British heritage brand Gloverall has teamed up with British-Finnish ULLAC to create a range of gender-neutral denim jackets. Sourced from the UK and Italy, the denim in the...

A huge new load of Carhartt WIP clothing has arrived here at Yards Store, ready for spring/summer 2020. So let’s have a gander... Carhartt WIP Graphic T-Shirts Few brands do graphic tees quite as well as Carhartt does, and this...

These two outdoor heavyweights need no introduction. Two experts in outdoor gear and performance clothing get together from similar chilly latitudes to design a truly unique collab. Peak Performance only wanted to collaborate with a legend within the industry, and...

Armor Lux is a bit of a French institution, the Bonneterie d’Armor was founded in Quimper by Walter Hubacher aged 31 in 1938, this Swiss man of Alemannic origin made a bet to create and produce high-quality underwear under the Armor...

  We have recently stocked up on some dead good outdoor jackets from Holubar – you can have a gander at and purchase over here. Anyway, for those that need a back-story in order to get their hands in their...

Hikerdelic was born by merging rambling and raving into one concept. Inspired by the Peak District and the city of Manchester, Hikerdelic is only a couple of seasons old and is a perfect choice as the nights start drawing in...

Karhu was born 1916 in a small workshop in down town Helsinki as “AB Sportartiklar Oy” (a bit of a mouthful!) making sports equipment from birch wood for Javelins, skis and discuses all useful stuff! They also did their first...