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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch
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What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch

I spent some wrist time with the Ulysse Nardin Freak ONE Gold, a wonderfully strange feat of watchmaking with no dial, hands or crown.

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

Eau de Space NASA Designed Space Cologne

It should come as absolutely no surprise that training to become an astronaut is a decades long affair that involves a lot of unique experiences you'd never think about on Earth. One of those unique situations is the smell of space that shuttle pilot Tony Antonelli describes as "strong, unique…

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Alexander McQueen Divided Skull Ring

Alexander McQueen is a #menswear style icon that still doesn't get brought up a lot around these parts because not everyone is interested in skulls on skulls on skulls on everything they wear at the cost of thousands of dollars. While the McQ Alexander McQueen Unstructured Cotton-Twill Blazer is still…

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Nike ACG Air Zoom AO

Nike's ACG (All Conditions Gear) line has always been pretty cutting edge and a bit crazy, but it disappeared into the shadows for a while only to find a recent resurgence in 2014 as NikeLab ACG. The line has now made strong headway into streetwear, and their latest Air Zoom…

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This DSPTCH Sale Has Great Pieces at up to 60% Off

San Francisco brand DSPTCH might have started as a design and manufacturing company in the market to revolutionize the way we all carried out cameras, but they've come a long way since then. After camera accessories, they turned to bags, jackets, coats, gear, sweaters and, well, pretty much everything else…

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adidas adizero adios Pro Sneakers

Over a decade ago, on September 28th, 2008, Haile Gebrselassie shattered his own marathon world record and became the first person to break the 2:04hr barrier. When he broke that record, he was wearing a pair of the adidas adizero adios 1 sneakers, which is where the legend began. This…

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