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Creating with Authenticity | In Conversation with Gethin Pearson

Creating with Authenticity | In Conversation with Gethin Pearson

When it comes to creating something of real value, Gethin Pearson understands collaboration and community more than most. A champion of the welsh music industry, he is step by step...

Behind the scenes photo of the NPS lasting room.

FACTORY VISIT: BRITISH INDUSTRIAL ARCHIVES

We recently welcomed the British Industrial Archives to the NPS factory as part of their contemporary visual record documenting British craft and industry...

Burgundy Rub-Off Gibson Shoe on the counter at IGNOREATYOURPERIL

This Menswear Paradise is Hidden in a Tiny English Village | IGNOREATYOURPERIL

When our rural village of Wollaston is mentioned in conversation, people from outside normally know it for one of two things. One is the historic British music venue, the Nag's...

Conker game being played in the NPS factory shoe room.

FACTORY VISIT: WORLD CONKER CHAMPIONSHIPS

This year NPS Solovair has proudly sponsored the World Conker Championships taking place in Southwick (near Oundle) on Sunday 11th October at the Shuckburgh Arms.

JJJJound x Solovair Collaboration Gibson Shoe

JJJJOUND X SOLOVAIR

Montreal-based JJJJound continues its run of collaborative footwear with a new
release alongside Solovair, reinterpreting the Gibson, a classic English work shoe...

LOST & FOUND BY LUCIEN PARSONS

LOST & FOUND BY LUCIEN PARSONS

Lost & Found is a story about a young man and his existential search of who he really is, exploring the highs and lows as he navigate the difficult path...

SNEAKER PHARM X SOLOVAIR LAUNCH

SNEAKER PHARM X SOLOVAIR LAUNCH

Manchester-based Sneaker Pharm recently held a Solovair launch night to celebrate stocking our Goodyear welted footwear alongside the premium shoe care boutique's second anniversary...

FACTORY VISIT: MARCO KESSELER

FACTORY VISIT: MARCO KESSELER

UK-based carbon negative photographer Marco Kesseler recently visited Wollaston to document the latest TOAST collaboration. Alongside the beautifully shot film capturing the making of the TOAST women's and men's loafer...

SOLOVAIR X TOAST

SOLOVAIR X TOAST

To celebrate their latest collaboration in the longstanding partnership with Solovair, TOAST visited the NPS heritage footwear factory in Northamptonshire to see the making of their Autumn / Winter 2025...

SOLOVAIR X CARHARTT WIP

SOLOVAIR X CARHARTT WIP

For Fall/Winter 2025, Carhartt WIP has collaborated with Solovair, the heritage British shoe brand, to create three exclusive, handmade leather styles...

FACTORY VISIT: GALIH RICHARDSON

FACTORY VISIT: GALIH RICHARDSON

London-based photographer, art director and designer Galih Ricardson recently visited the NPS factory to document the Solovair x Wildsmith collaboration...

BRIGHTON MOD WEEKENDER

BRIGHTON MOD WEEKENDER

Brighton-based Solovair stockist Jump the Gun featured several Solovair Classic collection styles in their coverage of the Brighton Mod Weekender...