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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
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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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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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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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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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Gift Pick: Smart Garden 3

Any apartment dweller knows that "gardening" is limited to a few of the most indestructible herbs. With limited sunlight and space, growing actual vegetables is close to impossible. That is, of course, unless you give that person the Smart Garden 3 from Click and Grow. The Smart Garden 3 accepts…

By Mike Newman
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Clothing
Batch’s Commander Shirt Blends Serious Style With Rugged Utility

Tired of trying to decide between a shirt that's serious enough for a client pitch and one that makes sense for after hours? Made with mid-weight, durable, oxford cloth and cut to be exceptionally comfortable, Batch's Commander Shirt blends serious style with rugged utility. The button down collar shirt is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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‘The Not Yorker’ Celebrates ‘New Yorker’ Covers That Didn’t Make the Cut

From high brow comics to a stalker-like obsession with the comma, The New Yorker is known for a lot of things. But there's one thing the iconic mag is known for more than anything else: incredible covers. New Yorker covers are frame-worthy, and getting tabbed for one is a huge honor for a designer.…

By Mike Newman
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Brandnewnoise Handmade Vocal Recorders

Whether you're a musician or just someone looking for a melodic time-waster, Brandnewnoise has something for you. Brandnewnoise is the brainchild of Richard Upchurch, a Brooklyn-based DIY enthusiast who crafts recording devices by hand. Each of Upchurch's sound gadgets allows the user to record their voice and loop it so…

By Mike Newman
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Accessories
Ace Marks Makes Some of the Best Dress Shoes You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of

When it comes to dress shoes, you used to be limited to affordable or well made. That's a thing of the past with Ace Marks because they're dedicated to making luxury dress shoes more accessible. By cutting out the middle man and all those big retail mark-ups, Ace Marks is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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