Beat the blues with these fresh pieces.

As you might be aware by now, a few times a week we like to round up some of the best new items to land on MR PORTER. Generally, there will be some semblance of a theme to pieces we group together. Sadly though, this week we’re all a bit distracted. If you live in the UK or have any affiliation with the English, you will probably have been aware of the World Cup and the idea that football might be coming home. If not, we apologise, this piece might not make a great deal of sense. Here at MR PORTER HQ in London, though, World Cup Fever has struck the office hard, and after England’s exit this week, there has been a bit of a dip in morale.

So how do we rally together in these difficult times? Why with a few new things of course. Boycotting football for the time being and binned your three lions shirt? Focus on Wimbledon in a nice Lacoste Tennis polo. Need a new hobby? Order yourself a fresh pair of all-white Vans and take up skateboarding. Suffering from a vitamin-D deficiency from all that time spent staring at screens in pubs? Slip on these sunglasses and head outdoors (they’ll also hide your football hangover). Or just ignore the world for a few days and hibernate in this down shell jacket. No judgement here.