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It’s a crisp Wednesday afternoon at Old Town General Store in Stockport which originally opened just after the pandemic. Union caught up with its founder Tony Murray which is no stranger to Manchester’s fashion industry having been menswear sales director at Selfridges in the city centre and also working at Harvey Nichols in Leeds previously.

Ready to level up your wardrobe game? This September, some of the city’s coolest fashion brands and retailers will be taking over the first floor of Union coliving apartments for its first in a series of events called ‘Souls Sampled’ which will celebrate the city’s rising talent. Launching with the ‘Kicks n Garms edition’, imagine a department store party bringing together the best of Manchester’s clothing and sneaker scene with fire threads, fresh kicks, and exclusive finds.

I put this mix together for the good people at Old Town General Store https://www.oldtowngeneralstore.co.uk) in Stockport.  

I am a massive fan of the shop and in the picture I am wearing a Kestin https://www.oldtowngeneralstore.co.uk/collections/kestin) over-shirt, Armor Lux https://www.oldtowngeneralstore.co.uk/collections/armor-lux) t-shirt and Dubblewear https://www.oldtowngeneralstore.co.uk/collections/dubbleware-men) jeans.

Music and clothes shops always go hand in hand together for me and in this mix, I am trying to envisage the music from a late-night party down in Underbank https://www.rediscoveringtheunderbanks.co.uk It’s probably heavily influenced by my years in the early 90s clubbing and working in...