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The Great Winter Escape

Unexpected winter destinations to visit around the globe.

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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week
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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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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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Looks Like a Teddy, Wears Like a Grizzly
By Lanny Fuller
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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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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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Looks Like a Teddy, Wears Like a Grizzly

Nike ACG "Canwell Glacier" Jacket, reviewed.

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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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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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Jumbo for iOS

We all lament something about our past. And then there's the dark closet of our social media history. For shame. Now you need a real job and maybe even a wife. Time to start cleaning house, eh? The new Jumbo privacy assistant app for iOS can help. It lets you…

By Amos Kwon
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Gear
The James Brand x HEIMPLANET Chapter Knife

We pay serious attention to our everyday carry gear, and that typically involves a great folding blade just about every day when we’re not headed to the airport. Some days require an inexpensive utilitarian knife, while other days call for something special. The James Brand has just collaborated with the…

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Ellusionist Kingslayer Playing Cards

There’s no time like the present to commemorate the final season of Game of Thrones but not with cosplay or meat pies. Instead, get yourself a deck (or two) of Ellusionists’s new Kingslayer Playing Cards so named for Jaime Lannister who gave up a perfectly good hand in the ultimate…

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Etch A Snap Camera Does the Drawing For You

The Etch A Sketch might just be one of the most challenging toys ever created. The toy was created in France in 1960 and uses an internal stylus to carve a path in the aluminum powder housed within. It takes the kind bomb-diffuser/brain surgeon-like skill to create anything resembling something,…

By Amos Kwon
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The Hoverpen Will Change the Way You Take Notes

We want more from our pen than committing ideas to paper. We need beautiful design, modern technology, unparalleled construction and that special something to create a pen we aspire to use every day. The Hoverpen delivers. This titanium pen floats over a zinc alloy pedestal with a magnetic field that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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