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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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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 best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

Our team’s top picks

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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What We're Buying

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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What We're Buying

The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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The Intermission: What We’re Laughing at This Week

It’s the middle of the week, which means things are probably starting to grind your patience and/or motivation to a fine, unusable powder. Take a break and recharge with us as we bring you all the stuff we’ve been laughing at this week.

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Fashion
What to Wear This Spring: Outdoors

When that first real day of spring hits, it’s impossible to not want to immediately stop what you’re doing and beeline for the outside. There’s a buzz in the air that inspires everyone to start soaking up as much nature, sunshine and fresh air as possible. Whether you’re headed to…

By Sarah Mastriano
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Transportation
State Bicycle Co. The Simpsons Bike

State Bicycle Co. is continuing their run of excellently produced, affordable bikes with a new collaboration with The Simpsons. Based on their popular Core-Line model, The State Bicycle Co. x The Simpsons Color Block Bike is a convertible fixed gear / single-speed ride built with all the State classics and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
The Lamborghini-Inspired Helicopter

The body of Bell Helicopter's FCX-001 looks more like something we'd expect out of Elon Musk's Hyperloop. Or maybe a stealth redesign of the Huey (also designed by Bell, wouldn't you know). This angular, late-20th century looking chopper comes from a challenge Bell issued to its designers. The company wanted…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Entertainment
Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter

Derived from the Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design and compiled by editors from Phaidon, Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter covers five hundred of the most influential designs produced over more than half a millennium. From the first sample of movable type and the Nuremburg Chronicle of the fifteenth century to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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