Written by Craig Landale in Essentials on the 16th November 2022

I hope you’re enjoying your transition into the winter season. Other than the rain, I’m quite a fan of this time of the year. I can get a little geeky when it comes to technical fabrics and heavy duty boots so this month’s newest drops have certainly put a smile on my face. Enjoy! 

BoomBocs STUDIO 

Disruptive speaker brand BoomBocs has today launched its latest portable speaker, STUDIO. With BoomBocs fans already including industry heavyweights like Lady Gaga and Steven Tyler, STUDIO is the latest model from the brand’s founder, expert sound engineer Jonny Williams. Set to shake up the lacklustre wireless speaker market with vibrant colours, retro design, and studio-quality sound, the supremely cool STUDIO is made for music fans that want more than just an anonymous black box with ‘tinny’ speaker sound.  

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Diemme X Très Bien Collaboration 

The TRÈS BIEN for Diemme Cornaro is a low-cut hiking style shoe in full grain leather, a lugged rubber sole and easy-roller shiny metal hardware. The all-black full grain is draped in a bottle green rubber rand with matching laces, the upper and tongue is rounded off with black Italian neoprene fabric. The second version is the full grain Mogano, with a pop-red rubber rand with matching red laces, black sole, and black neoprene details. The idea behind the shoe was to make a super visible hiking style shoe that can easily take part in a more fashion forward context without it feeling forced. 

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Clive Christian Timeless/Contemporary Fragrances 

New limited-edition perfumes have been crafted to celebrate Clive Christian’s unique heritage in perfumery spanning throughout the decades into Victorian England. Celebrating the hallmarks of both Clive Christian and The Crown Perfumery Company to create the finest perfumes in the world these new fragrances celebrate: creativity, craftsmanship, concentration, complexity and a dedication to using only the finest ingredients. 

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MAAP Transit Apparel Urban Riding Collection 

MAAP launches the third drop of the urban-focused Transit apparel line, with several new products added to the collection. MAAP continues to develop a range of products for urban riding with its Transit collection, introducing five new brand-first items that underline the collection’s commitment to the intersection between on and off bike moments. 

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Urbanista Copenhagen 

Urbanista, the Swedish lifestyle audio brand, has launched Copenhagen, their latest and most stylish true wireless earbuds, inspired by the city renowned as the capital of Scandi cool. Designed for life in motion, Copenhagen’s minimal true wireless design gives you the freedom to listen to your favourite audio on the move without the hassle of wires. The stylish Copenhagen earbuds are powered by up to 32 hours of truly wireless playtime with a sleek charging case that holds up to 3 extra charges.  

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Mondaine Vegan Classic Collection 

Premium, Swiss, carbon neutral watch brand, MONDAINE, has introduced their most recent sustainable innovation, the iconic Classic Collection, now with brand-new vegan grape leather straps. Made with high-quality composite grape material, they've created a range of upcycled watches without an increase in price, which still retain the classically stylish look of the original timepieces first created in 1986. 

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Sprayground Future Traveler 

The iconic fashion brand has unveiled ‘Future Traveler’, a capsule collection with biomorphic shapes and space-age silhouettes to give time travelers a transformed look on their next journey. With a new light on hyper-modern fashion that elevates the brand's futuristic vision; Sprayground merges together the perpetuated influence of sci-fi with its unique streetwear flare that exploits to the most its renowned aesthetics and recognizable eye for stunning visuals. 

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SNOODY 

New British fashion brand created by fashion designers, material technologists, sustainability experts and scientists. Incorporates material technology by Virustatic which was awarded a prestigious Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology (BFTT) grant to develop sustainable textile coatings. Genderless over-sized luxury apparel with signature piece being its ‘Snoody’ priced at £75. The Snoody’s in-built snood material can protect wearers from airborne nasties and incorporates viruferrin protein technology. 

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WAWWA Waterproof Hybrid/Aero

The new AW22 Hydrid/Aero Zama Pants and Pullover Smock are both made from premium organic fabric from Halley Stevensons. Inspired by their original 1910 patent for waterproofing textiles, their finish is a combination of the driest wax and soft aero tumbling, expertly constructed in their Manchester factory. The innovative fabrics emulsified wax finish makes the garments soft, lightweight, breathable and weather repellent. The perfect storm of style and function for when the forecast is up for debate. 

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Bolin Webb X Mr Slowboy 

Bolin Webb have released their “Gentleman Shaver on Tour”, standing alongside the bonnet of an E-Type Jaguar – a British icon among classic cars wherever you are in the world. Made in England with an automotive finish and fitted with a Gillette Mach3 blade for a performance shave, the Bolin Webb R1 razor is inspired from the many seasonal meetings of super and classic car owners and spectators – all eager to see the best of automotive design. The razor features illustration by Mr Slowboy, a London-based artist with a difference, creates illustrated characters widely admired for their style, humour, and ability to project the London aesthetic, by wearing a mix of traditional and contemporary attire and accessories.

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BoomBocs STUDIO, Diemme X Très Bien, Clive Christian, MAAP, Urbanista, Mondaine, Sprayground, SNOODY, WAWWA, and Bolin Webb.