Matthew Pike

The 10 Pairs of Boots You Should Consider This Fall

The temperatures may still be hovering around t-shirt and shorts levels for most of us, but any minute now all sorts of cool weather gear will be dropping into stores and online all across the country. Call it premature or call it good old fashioned forward planning, starting to think…

By Matthew Pike

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Beer Cans Too Good Looking to Throw Out

There is a fact flying around the internet at the moment which states that craft beer makes up 4% of the current US beer market. Now that sounds pretty low to us, but if we were sitting at, say for instance, around 0.5% sales a couple of years ago then…

By Matthew Pike

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Fashion

The 7 Best Sneaker Brands You’ve Never Heard Of

Each and every one of us has brands that we like to stay loyal to. Whether that’s ketchup, cola, beer, cars, burgers or sneakers, we all know instantly which brand we’ll reach for when faced with a choice. But as the age-old saying goes, “variety is the spice of life.”…

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Fashion

6 Menswear Stores You Have to Visit in Tokyo

Without properly studying a city for a considerable amount of time it would be too throwaway to produce a guide to the "Best Shops in Tokyo." In fact, we only spent a few days in the city, but those few days had a big impact on us. With so many…

By Matthew Pike

Fashion

Goods: Better Work Boots

Functionality in clothing isn’t too hard to come across these days. The move from trend and fast fashion, to styles which take inspiration from brands’ heritage and workwear — which was a contributing factor to contemporary menswear moving towards more hard-wearing garments — has changed how a lot of us…

By Matthew Pike

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How Legendary Sneakers Got Their Names

With a few exceptions, we generally wear our sneakers straight out of the box without giving a second thought to where or how they got their names. Some models simply use codes to signify a style, others take inspiration from towns, cities and countries, while few get christened to commemorate…

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10 Menswear Shops Every Guy Should Know

With the menswear market growing rapidly over the past few years, we’ve seen a plethora of retail spaces open up. From East-to-West, Europe and beyond, these small retailers are constantly evolving, and giving us plenty of reasons to buy into their personal approach, varied brand selection and unique environments. Each…

By Matthew Pike

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The 10 Grooming Essentials That Every Grown Man Should Own

There a strong chance that over the holiday season you picked up a few 'men's essentials’. Deodorant, gym socks, plain white tees, shaving foam, shower gel…the list goes on. But while these products make up a list of things you use to get by, what about the items that actually…

By Matthew Pike

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10 Pairs of Winter Boots Built to Last

It’s that time of year again when the wind is in full force, the rain is coming at us sideways and visions of snow-ridden roads are just around the corner. In fact, you’re probably thinking something similar to us, “why do we always leave it so late to buy some…

By Matthew Pike

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7 Japanese Menswear Brands You Should Know

It’s been noted in certain circles that the Japanese do Americana just as good as the originates. Sounds crazy, but hear us out on this one. Our compadres across the Pacific Ocean are obsessed with American culture; be that with bourbon, grass-roots sports, TV shows, heck, they’ve even built a…

By Matthew Pike

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Style Tips to Steal From Wes Anderson and His Movies

Our man Wes Anderson is known for his distinct cinematic visuals, limiting color palette, tracking camera angles, subtle comedy and films with all-star line-ups. What makes these films fascinating to us—apart from the plots, sub-plots and Bill Murray—is the way each of his stories seems to be totally separate and self-contained,…

By Matthew Pike

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7 British Menswear Brands You Should Know

British manufacturing has always carried somewhat of a universal prestige, and we’ve been keeping a close eye on it for a while now. To get to know our friends over the pond a little better, we’ve researched into what we believe to be some of the most exciting contemporary brands…

By Matthew Pike

Fashion

The Best Non-White Sneakers

The rise of the humble white sneaker has led us to pen several articles on the subject - that's not to say we're over them, heck, we count Jerry Seinfeld as one of our main style icons. We just don't want to be the ones to tell you to wear…

By Matthew Pike

Features

Our 8 Favorite Versions of the Iconic New Balance 574

With sneaker collaborations and exclusive colorways seemingly released daily, it’s becoming increasingly hard to keep up to date. We turn our heads to the masters of the limited release, New Balance, to take a closer look at one of their most frequently reworked models: the 574. From all their way-out-there…

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