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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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Featured Stories

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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
By Beau Hayhoe
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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable
By Cool Material
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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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Features
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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Sports
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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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Watches
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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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Transportation
1984 Toyota Land Cruiser G43-S by FJ Company

Modding a vintage ride takes tremendous skill. Restomodding properly means keeping the aesthetic true to its original form outside while imbuing it with interior modernity and fresh under-the-hood power. This takes skill, as well as a vision of the past and the future and a fair amount of restraint. FJ…

By Amos Kwon
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Cameras
Pixii Rangefinder Camera

The new Pixii Rangefinder Camera isn’t from the big boys, but it’s a brilliant new approach to photography from a French startup that’s not more complex but less so. The look is clean an unadorned, pointing to the Rangefinder’s functionality that aims for simplicity. It has no SD card slot…

By Amos Kwon
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Clothing
Lacoste “Save Our Species” Polo Shirt Capsule

The Lacoste brand has been around since 1933, but this special set of polo shirts marks the first occasion when other animals will take center stage for the brand’s logo. The brand will hold a special event with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) via a capsule collection…

By Amos Kwon
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Transportation
Honda Ridgeline & Passport Overland Concepts

Though both the Honda Ridgeline unibody pickup truck and the Pilot-based Passport mid-size SUV exhibit more ruggedness than most customers will ever need, Honda just released them in Adventure Lifestyle form as concept vehicles for the 2019 Overland Expo West. The idea behind the mods were to create off-the-grid livable…

By Amos Kwon
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Accessories
The Adv3nture Backpack Has a Built-In Cooler

Forget everything you thought you knew about what you wanted in a travel backpack because the Adv3nture Backpack does things we never thought possible. Yes, it has a huge amount of space for all of clothing, gadgets and gear. Yes, it has separate padded sleeves for your tablets, laptops, phones…

By Cooper Fleishman
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