If your mum was anything like ours when MR PORTER were a lad, she was obsessed with “feeling the benefit”. Which in our household translated to not even thinking about wearing a coat until it was absolutely necessary to do so, and certainly never indoors. A rigidly enforced rule that is scientifically questionable – it’s a hot topic for the colder months – and more importantly, leaves you exposed to being, well, left exposed once the winter really sets in and there’s a run on outerwear. So, while not wanting to contradict an authority such as your mum, our recommendation is to pull the trigger now. And if you haven’t even started to choose yours, you’d better.

As a teenager growing up in Essex, just outside of London, Mr Russell Tovey would dream of wearing Stone Island one day. The actor, podcaster and art aficionado would see the brand in magazines (as worn by artists such as Oasis) and local nightclubs, while admiring the fine Italian craftsmanship and the badge that, to him, symbolised a unique kind of belonging – a club that he longed to join.

News that New Balance is this month teaming up with the top-of-the-line fabric specialist Loro Piana on a pair of sneakers is a statement of intent. Albeit a quietly luxurious statement of intent. Yes, the 990 just got refitted with ultra-premium fabrics – including the Italian house’s signature merino wool, sourced from New Zealand – and a price point to match. Meaning the dad shoe just got promoted to the C-suite. But that’s not all that is happening in the world of running shoes this October. Below, a few other models that you can catch at MR PORTER very soon.

The day before I meet Mr Paapa Essiedu, I watch him on stage in the West End, sprinting manically with an electronic tag around his ankle, re-enacting a teenage romance around a disco ball, and charismatically interplaying with the audience. This is his masterful one-man performance in state-of-the-nation trilogy Death Of England (by Messrs Clint Dyer and Roy Williams). And Delroy – a Black, Brexit-voting bailiff who aspires to be upwardly mobile but is contained and beaten down by police and societal racism – is the kind of unflinching, confronting role for which Essiedu is becoming distinguished.

If your mum was anything like ours when MR PORTER were a lad, she was obsessed with “feeling the benefit”. Which in our household translated to not even thinking about wearing a coat until it was absolutely necessary to do so, and certainly never indoors. A rigidly enforced rule that is scientifically questionable – it’s a hot topic for the colder months – and more importantly, leaves you exposed to being, well, left exposed once the winter really sets in and there’s a run on outerwear. So, while not wanting to contradict an authority such as your mum, our recommendation is to pull the trigger now. And if you haven’t even started to choose yours, you’d better.

As a teenager growing up in Essex, just outside of London, Mr Russell Tovey would dream of wearing Stone Island one day. The actor, podcaster and art aficionado would see the brand in magazines (as worn by artists such as Oasis) and local nightclubs, while admiring the fine Italian craftsmanship and the badge that, to him, symbolised a unique kind of belonging – a club that he longed to join.