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Inside the “World’s Fair of Footwear,” Where Shoemaking Gets Obsessive
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Inside the “World’s Fair of Footwear,” Where Shoemaking Gets Obsessive
By Andy Vasoyan
Shop the Big Screen: The ’70s Spy Style of Wild Horse Nine Shop the Big Screen: The ’70s Spy Style of Wild Horse Nine
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Shop the Big Screen: The ’70s Spy Style of Wild Horse Nine

The Tie Bar teamed up with Searchlight Pictures on a capsule collection that brings the retro wardrobe into the real world.

By Beau Hayhoe
The Cool Gift Guides of 2026 The Cool Gift Guides of 2026
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The Cool Gift Guides of 2026

We made a list. Check it as often as you like.

By Cool Material
Wisconsin Is Making a Strong Case for Your 2027 Golf Trip Wisconsin Is Making a Strong Case for Your 2027 Golf Trip
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Wisconsin Is Making a Strong Case for Your 2027 Golf Trip

Kohler is doubling down on its reputation as a world-class golf destination with a new course, new places to stay, and even more reasons to visit.

By Cool Material
Fashion
Menswear Trends Stolen from the Military

Whether or not you’re conscious of it, your wardrobe has extremely deep military roots. People might have wanted to dress like their war heroes or soldiers brought back certain gear that adapted well to civilian life. Maybe soldiers also didn’t want to give up certain aspects of military life once…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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8 Tattoo Artists You Should Follow on Instagram

Instagram is changing the way people discover and fall in love with new art. The social behemoth boasts more than 800 million active users every month. For artists, it means a way of celebrating and showing art that wouldn’t have been possible just 10 or 15 years ago. For tattoo…

By Maxwell Barna
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Comic Books for People Who Think They Don’t Like Comics

Comic books have a reputation that tends to alienate people. Superhero comics have years of continuity behind them, keeping casual fans from being able to fully immerse themselves in the universe, since they have to jump on a fan-made Wiki every time Doc Ock references something Spider-Man did with the…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Turbulent History of Rye Whiskey: The Real American Spirit

For brewing and distilling, these are days of revival. Brewing was a macro-lager mess up until a few years ago, when craft brewing exploded, giving us roughly ten million choices in even the smallest liquor stores. Craft distilling is seeing a similar revitalization. Where we once had only a few…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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We Melted All Our Halloween Candy Together to Make the Ultimate Candy Bar

Ask 10 people what the best Halloween candy is and you'll get 10 different answers. It's a topic most are fairly passionate about. (The correct answer is Take 5, by the way.) It would seem, then, that there's simply no way to make every party guest or trick-or-treater happy on Halloween. Or is…

By Mike Newman
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