// CLOSE UP series 3 //: Rocking classics over and over

Remember back when we did the most fun CLOSE UP programme on travel? We finally found a topic we feel strongly enough for! This time, we're zooming in on the idea of Classics: A word we see and hear so much of in the media, in marketing jargon, from every celebrity, maker, designer.

Classics to us are memorable, elegant, ever-lasting and have good reasons to exist. They have stood and weathered all storms -- designs, ideas, people, even fabrics -- to still be loved by the world today.

This month, we want to celebrate believable Classic products. We've ushered in all the great things our store has ever seen: From 19th century Mills Canvas, ever entertaining Sherlock Holmes novels, to never-old colours like Navy and Khaki.

Beautifully waxed Mills Canvas bags in the latest vintage series: These waxed versions are water-repellent, and just like leather, they age beautifully with time. If you are looking for canvas bags, these are the real deal. If you aren't looking for a bag, there's always reading (an evergreen leisure activity!) you can do, and you will really like the very special Sherlock Holmes series we picked out for you. There are also the new styles from local menswear label, Drifters Crafts. To us, they epitomise what classic menswear is all about.

And see if you can resist (because we really can't) these beautiful covers from the Penguin Threads Deluxe Classics. Find out about the behind-the-scenes process of the very intensely embroidered book covers here!

How can we miss out on music? We've even got a book on The Beatles, because we believe in knowing where our music comes from. When you do drop by, we hope you'll be nodding and tapping along to the beats playing in our store: We've selected just about the greatest songs of our time from Motown Records. Yes -- we mean the tunes you love from The Jackson Five, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations.

All of these are happening right now in store!