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The latest in men's fashion: trends, products, shopping, and style tips from Cool Material editors.

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An Ode To Kapital, One of the Coolest Brands in Japanese Menswear

On a recent visit to Tokyo, I fell in love with the cult-favorite label.

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The $95 Sneakers Your Fashion Friends Will Ask You About

The retro-inspired runners that got us out of a style rut.

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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in April 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in April 2026.

Sharpie Liquid Pencil

The folks over at Sharpie have apparently decided that something like the pencil--an invention that has existed as a graphite/lead-based writing implement for time immemorial--needed reinventing. Indeed, the Sharpie Liquid Pencil is the Cyberdyne Systems T-1000 to the traditional No. 2's T-101. Better in every way... and liquid. Terminator metaphors…

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Converse Jack Purcell Brogue Leather

Truth: men like gambling. We might not all know that you don't split tens or be able to tell you the odds of completing your four card flush on the turn or river (19%) - but we still love it. These shoes are kind of like that - part fun,…

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Bas and Lokes Custom Watch Straps

If you haven't jumped on the changing out your watch strap to spice things up (without having to shell out for a new watch) bandwagon yet, now is the time and Bas and Lokes are the people. They have over thirty different straps available in 20mm - 26mm lug widths.…

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Wharf Deck Shoe

Shoe marketing these days can be tiresome. Hyperbole is the norm, with manufacturer's touting how some crazy new technology or material in their shoe supposedly gives you the ability to run faster, jump higher, steal home, count cards, buy low, sell high, etc. For us though, we're more about simple style…

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To A Tee: laFraise

laFraise is pretty much the Threadless of Europe. As their largest ongoing T-shirt design competition, the site lets the community vote for the winning design each week. The winning designs are then printed in a limited edition of 500 shirts. Offering talented designers a platform to express their creativity, we…

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