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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
Entertainment
The 10 Best Dystopian Movies

Whenever we’re feeling like this world can’t get any more ludicrous, there’s nothing like a good dystopian film to offer us some perspective. Post-apocalyptic nightmare, futuristic totalitarian takeover, environmental wasteland—it’s a genre fraught with diverse settings and futuristic extrapolations, but one thing is always constant: Those world’s are so much…

By Maxwell Barna
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Easy Thanksgiving Recipes that Will Impress Your Family

Thanksgiving dinners often live or die by the side dishes guests bring, so don’t downplay your role in the evening’s meal. We’ve been at meals where someone’s small dish of greens proves more popular than the turkey, stuffing, or mashed potatoes, and everyone leaves talking about how they need to…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Wear This: Holiday Weekend

It's cold and the leaves are falling. Holiday shopping has begun. Once Thanksgiving hits, it's full-on holiday music, Christmas lights and end of year celebrations. But right now, it's all about turkey day. You need a comfy outfit with some room to grow while still looking put together enough to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Best Earplugs to Actually Get Some Shut-Eye

Flying can be a real drag. It’s uncomfortable, there’s always a baby crying somewhere, and the food is almost never good. We’re always on the hunt for ways to make flying a less traumatic experience, and this week, we’re coming back with something so obvious and basic that we can’t…

By Maxwell Barna
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Four Days, Two Wheels, and 3,500 Miles: Our Motorcycle Trip Across America

A little while back, I embarked on the kind of trip every motorcycle rider dreams of. The team from EagleRider flew me out to Portland and hooked me up with a motorcycle, after which I screamed across the country on two wheels. All told, I was in six different cities,…

By Maxwell Barna
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