Oi Polloi

Oi Polloi started on Manchester's Tib Street in 2002, when Nigel Lawson and Steve Sanderson opened a small shop stocked with things they liked and hoped others would too. Early buying trips turned up vintage sportswear, Swedish outdoor kit and footwear you wouldn't find elsewhere, with Fjällräven an early find. The shop later moved to Thomas Street with room for a proper shoe wall, before settling into life online.

The edit still runs on that original mix of heritage and outdoors: Fjällräven's various lines sit alongside Devold, Buffalo Systems and Norse Projects, with workwear from Filson and Big John, sportswear touches from G.H. Bass and Polo Ralph Lauren, and eyewear from Persol and Ray-Ban. It's a shop for people who like a familiar classic sat next to something they've never heard of, and enjoy working out why the two go together.