Ape’s Top 10 Of The Month: April 2025
Welcome to Ape to Gentleman’s Top 10 of the Month feature. We have curated the top trends, insights and advice to help you live your best life. In this instalment, we’ve handpicked 10 essential topics covering everything from the latest fashion drops to boost your wardrobe to exciting new camera tech and book releases.
Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a wardrobe overhaul, eager to enhance your grooming routine, or simply looking for the best and latest releases, we’ve got you covered.
Let’s explore how to make April your most stylish, successful and satisfying month yet.
Wednesday’s Domaine Vignette Non-Alcoholic Red
This month, instead of a drinks cabinet upgrade, we’re opting for a different type of bottle. It’s no secret that the alcohol-free beer options have greatly improved over the past few years. But sometimes, you just want a glass of wine, whether on its own or to complement a meal. So, it’s a genuine pleasure to recommend a non-alcoholic version that passes the taste test.
Wednesday’s Domaine Vignette is an affordable, non-alcoholic red option that carries enough plum and spice on the palette to not be rumbled as a substitute. The winemaker also does also a lighter, fruitier Sanguine that’s well worth trying.
Sinners
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is back this month with a supernatural gothic horror set in the 1930s Jim Crow South. Michael B. Jordan plays the classic Hollywood dual-role-playing twins who return to their hometown only to find a supernatural evil has taken over.
Needless to say, Jordan isn’t taking this one on the chin, bringing Creed levels of absolutely not on my watch. Jack O’Connell and Hailee Steinfeld also star.
In cinemas April 18
Sundae School Stash Chore Jacket
Korean-inspired streetwear brand Sundae School has announced its latest spring/summer 25 range, titled ‘In The Mood For Love’.
The collection, which sees items dropping monthly, is themed on the exploration of love in all of its complexities and features playful shirting, ripstop trousers and statement outerwear pieces. One such item is the pocket-laden Stash Chore Jacket, an oversized jacket in a tan colourway with enough storage to leave your bag at home.
Sigma BF
The Sigma BF is an uncompromising design triumph. Crafted from a single piece of aluminium for a sleek, almost Apple-like aesthetic, the minimalism is matched in its rejection of features.
There’s no electronic viewfinder and no SD card slot (230GB of internal storage), but instead a 24.6-megapixel sensor, L-Mount lens compatibility and 6K video recording.
Proudly tactile, it’s a camera to be seen with to help you fall in love with photography again.
Kleman x Percival
Percival loves a collab, and we love a Kleman shoe, so we’re here for both. The British clothiers have teamed up with the French heritage shoemaker for the first time, producing a limited collaborative run of the stompy, French-made classic, the Padror.
The capsule collection features four rich colorways (black, marron, cognac and beige) and a playful mix of material and texture. The brown Marron versions are especially handsome and would look right at home with jeans.
SS25 Haglöfs L.I.M Series
Important public service announcement: big jacket season is over. It’s now lightweight, packable technical jacket season. Enter Haglofs. The Swedish outdoor brand thrives outside, whatever the weather, and its SS25 L.I.M series champions versatile technical pieces that do the job without all the heft and weight.
The L.I.M Airak 2,5L jacket is a standout, designed to be lighter and more breathable than ever before while offering serious waterproofing in an extremely packable unit.
When The Going Was Good – Graydon Carter
We, like everyone else, have been waiting for Graydon Carter’s blockbuster magazine memoir for some time.
The editorial extraordinaire, whose CV lists culture-shifting moments at Time, Life, Spy and Vanity Fair magazines as well as the New York Observer, was at the forefront of the golden age of magazines, assembling some of the best writers and photographers of a generation under one masthead.
These experiences, combined with his talent with a pen, make for one of the most sought-after books of the year. It chronicles a time when long-form writers lived well off writing just three articles in a year.
The Return of Oi Polloi
Turns out that if you whisper Oi Polloi three times in front of a mirror every night for two years, good things happen. The iconic Manchester outfitters are back, with a new collection of ‘clobber’ and the teasing of a new shop in the near future.
Sitting under the Silver Raven website monika for now, the new OP collection mixes a statement Parka, brightly coloured graphic tees and a two-piece tracksuit.
Welcome back, lads. We’re looking forward to what’s next.
Peter Mitchell, Nothing Lasts Forever
There are some great taglines within the promotional language of Peter Mitchell’s current exhibition at The Photographer’s Gallery in London.
A self-described ‘man of the pavement’, he’s also referred to as ‘a chaser of a disappearing world’. Both are fitting for Mitchell, a pioneering documentary photographer whose work in colour set him apart from similar but better-known household names.
Nothing Lasts Forever is a retrospective of Mitchell’s work, documenting his beloved Leeds, including rare and unseen images.
Until 15 June
AeroPress Go Plus
As we all know, the Aeropress is great. A true modern essential if you enjoy a cup of coffee to a better standard than instant. Simple, well-designed and effective, it’s hands down one of the best inventions of the modern day.
However, greatness can always be improved, and that’s why they made the Aeropress Go Plus. It’s the same excellent coffee-making system, upgraded to a sturdy portable design and equipped with a custom-made travel mug for quick, easy on-the-move brewing.
