How Fred’s humble idea for a sweatband launched an enduring British clothing brand.
JANUARY 2025
The Making of a Subcultural Classic
A leather biker jacket, a pair of flared trousers, a pique polo shirt. Certain pieces of clothing are picked up and repurposed, moving beyond their original intentions to become something more. While they may have originally been made for bikers or tennis players, they instead become subcultural icons, filled with meaning and associations far beyond those intended for them.
SUBCULTURE
Match Fit
We pay our respects to the tennis bomber
SUBCULTURE
Spotlight on: Piqué
Breathable for dancing, but built to stay neat, we trace the legacy of piqué
COMMUNITY
Black Friday, Our Way
We donated 10% of our net sales this Black Friday to our chosen community organisations.
DECEMBER 2024
Northern Soul
We've been documenting the northern soul scene, beloved by many Fred Perry fans. Just don't call it a comeback.
SUBCULTURE
100 Club Recommends - December
Our next playlist comes direct from the stage of our favourite red basement.
SUBCULTURE
Oasis
Some might say this is a playlist filled with some of the best songs of all time.
NOVEMBER 2024
Something of the night
The use of the colour black in street style exudes anti-establishment attitude.
SUBCULTURE
100 Club Recommends - October
Climb that tree. For our October playlist, we honour the 100 Club x The Cave Club. A Hallowe’en inspired forage into the darker realms of British Psychedelia compiled by The Horrors’ bassist Rhys Webb.
SUBCULTURE
Mutual Toleration: Nightclub Interior Design and Underground Spaces
For many, hometown nightclubs evoke hazy memories of garish furniture, cheap drinks, and sticky carpets. The state of its interior is often so evocative that it overshadows any memory of what music was actually played, the DJ or the programming.
SUBCULTURE
Get Ready
We explore London’s experimental scene with Talia and friends.
SUBCULTURE
A Brief History of Nightlife
We chart how nightlife has evolved from the ‘70s to the present day
SUBCULTURE
Shampain’s ‘Get Ready’ Playlist
Galway DJ, editor and TV host Shampain shares his night out traditions and the songs that soundtrack his getting ready rituals.
SUBCULTURE
100 Club Recommends - July
The latest playlist courtesy of our friends over at The 100 Club is live now, and this month it's a summer selectionthat's made for those magic moments before a night out on holiday.
SUBCULTURE
100 Club Recommends – August
A curated playlist to get you in the mood for Notting Hill Carnival by our resident DJ and Promoter, Gio One Stop. 100 Club approved.
SUBCULTURE
Get Ready – Festival Edition
Festival memories, packing must-haves and journey soundtracks
SUBCULTURE
100 Club Recommends - June
It’s June, which means the official start of summer and the UK festival season is well and truly under way. So, this month, our friends at the 100 Club have curated a playlist of this year’s must-watch artists.
SUBCULTURE
100 Club Recommends - May
We’re back with a new playlist for May and this month we’re delighted to bring you a Northern Soul special. Curated by Ruby, Jeff and Lisa at the 100 Club, Ady Croasdell who runs the club’s legendary all-nighters, plus our very own Isaac from Fred Perry Manchester.
SUBCULTURE
Can You Drive?
We fondly recall the best journeys of our youth
null
Size? on Italian Paninaro Subculture
Our friends at Size? explore the Fred Perry Shirt through the lens of fleeting Italian subculture, Paninaro.
PLAYLIST
The Ultimate Get Ready Playlist
Scarlett O’Malley shares her get ready rituals
SUBCULTURE
100 Club Recommends – April
We’re back with a new playlist for April curated by Ruby & Matt from the 100 Club. Tune in for the best new releases and songs from some of the artists who have played, or who are booked to play, the infamous basement club this year – all mixed in with older favourites we can’t help but return to over and over again.
SUBCULTURE
100 Club Recommends
A new monthly playlist curated by Ruby & Matt from the 100 Club
SUBCULTURE
From The Vault
Rediscovering rare nightlife footage of subcultural scenes, sounds and styles from the ’80s and ’90s
SUBCULTURE
Get Ready – A Photo Essay Through the Ages
A photo essay with Museum of Youth Culture
SUBCULTURE
Share Your Stories of Youth and Become Part of History
Become part of history with Museum of Youth Culture
COLLECTION
Get Ready, The Collections
A catwalk show at London’s super club, Fabric
SUBCULTURE
The Unknown Pleasures of Stockport
The impressive musical credentials of Fred Perry’s hometown
SUBCULTURE
Get Ready with mi-el
The London-based DJ shares the perfect soundtrack to get ready to
SUBCULTURE
Get Ready – Night Tales Continues
An ode to the rites and rituals of getting ready for a night out
SUBCULTURE
Get Ready with Lucien Parsons
The filmmaker and creative director shares his night out traditions
SUBCULTURE
‘Before Frank,’ the Photography Exhibition Celebrating Amy Winehouse
We speak with photographer Charles Moriarty about his exhibition
SHOPS
A Party in Tokyo
Our Tokyo flagship
SUBCULTURE
Dubstep
We explore the ‘00s scene which held community at its core
SUBCULTURE
Take Away Everything, But Not My Aperitivo
What makes a good night out in Italy
SUBCULTURE
Night Tales with Radio Primavera Sound
Get the low-down from Primavera
PLAYLIST
The Best Songs to End an All-Nighter
From New Order to Aphex Twin, we round up the best songs to end the night