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The Great Winter Escape

Unexpected winter destinations to visit around the globe.

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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable
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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
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Bowl Season Gear by Nike

If you’re gearing up for the most wonderful, chaotic stretch of the college football calendar, start here.

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There’s Nothing Cool About Being Cold

Signature Innovation Group hid a flannel in this corduroy jacket.

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When a Dress Shoe Trend Turns Out to Be a Classic
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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable
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Bowl Season Gear by Nike

If you’re gearing up for the most wonderful, chaotic stretch of the college football calendar, start here.

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There’s Nothing Cool About Being Cold

Signature Innovation Group hid a flannel in this corduroy jacket.

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When a Dress Shoe Trend Turns Out to Be a Classic

The monk strap’s journey from blog-era favorite to modern classic

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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable

Nike’s cold-weather era is peaking, don’t miss out.

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

The Best New Gear From Nike This Week
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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It Took Almost Four Decades to Make This Scale Model of Ancient Rome

For most of us, time travel is limited to works of fiction and the Wayback Machine. Italian architect Italo Gismondi is making it more of a reality with what we presume to be his life's work, Plastico di Roma Imperiale. Plastico di Roma Imperiale--aka Model of Imperial Rome--is a 1:250…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Keep Track of All Your Fishing Trips with Word. Notebooks Fishing Log

There are few things as satisfying as sitting around during the summer with a few friends or family members while you shoot the shit over ice cold beers. And that's exactly why we love fishing so much. You get to do all of those things with the added benefits of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Hookie Co. Yard Built “Grasshopper” Yamaha XSR700

Hookie Co. has modded the 689cc Yamaha XSR700 concept twin into something ruggedly futuristic. Though Hookie kept the original frame and chassis, it added parts like a handcrafted aluminum tank, a new aluminum seat rail portion, a new mounting plate, unique angled 3D printed flourescent orange acrylic panels, a new…

By Amos Kwon
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Rightline Gear Moki Doorstep

Sometimes a product is so simple yet so ingenious, you have to wonder why no one thought of it. That's exactly where the Moki Doorstep fits in. This bright orange aircraft aluminum car step is a single piece apparatus that hooks into your car's looped door latch and allows you…

By Amos Kwon
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Banksy Crashed a Century Old Art Exhibition in Venice

The Venice Art Biennale is an international exhibition in Venice that's been running on odd numbered years since the late 1800s. It's the original biennale contemporary art exhibition on which all others are based, so it's a pretty big and prestigious deal. Which makes it the perfect kind of event…

By Cooper Fleishman
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