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Our Favorite Finds From Bespoke Post’s Fourth of July Sale

Up to 50% off. These are the pieces we'd grab before they're gone.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
By Lanny Fuller
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Travel
Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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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

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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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Tom Cotter’s Best Barn-Find Collector Car Tales

We have this dream where we stumble upon a dilapidated barn somewhere in the great swath of Middle America and discover a dusty, old vehicle worth more than the storage situation suggests. We want a barn find. Tom Cotter knows what we're talking about, as he's a bonafide barn-find expert,…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
The Best Gear to Help You Look Good When You Go Back to Work

The right outfit won’t guarantee a swift climb up the corporate ladder, but it sure as hell can’t hurt. Proper attire makes you feel good, and when you feel good you produce better work. It’s a little trick but it’s not without its merits. So as you prepare to get…

By Mike Newman
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Clothing
You Can Now Buy J.Crew Clothing on Amazon

The preppy staples J.Crew offers makes the brand one of our favorite options for casual workwear. When we don't want to splurge, we turn to J.Crew Mercantile, the brand's more wallet-friendly line. Today, J.Crew is bringing that line to Amazon, so you can Prime it up and have new button-downs,…

By Mike Newman
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Our Favorite Craft Beer Logos

One of the most important decisions a new brewery will make is their logo. Design impacts how we perceive things, and you never get a second chance to make a first impression. The wrong logo can easily tell beer drinkers you're out of touch with what they're thirsty for. So before…

By Mike Newman
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Audio
Yamaha’s New Turntable Can Stream over WiFi

The Yamaha MusicCast Vinyl 500 is a stunning piano black record player that has everything you'd expect (solid cartridge, high-end construction, built-in phono preamp, etc.) from a great turntable, along with modern WiFi connectivity. Yes. WiFi in a turntable. Why? Because now you can stream everything from your record collection—complete…

By Cooper Fleishman
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