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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500

Summer calls for lighter materials, brighter colors, and watches that can go from the beach to dinner without missing a beat.

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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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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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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

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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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This French Library Is a Modern Work of Art

In France, just a dozen kilometers from the Luxembourg border, you will find the municipality of Thionville, an area best known for their steel mills. Within Thionville, amidst the trees, streets and daily traffic you will find a 4,500-square-foot, $12 million library that is one of the most gorgeous buildings…

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Project Kahn’s Flying Huntsman 6×6 Land Rover Defender

The Land Rover Defender is already an iconic, rugged vehicle, but that won't stop Project Kahn from doing their own redesign. Under their design team's guiding hand, the Defender went from a capable, comfortable machine to a diesel powered beast. The Flying Huntsman, as Project Kahn's model is known, beefs…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Fashion
adidas Superstars Get the Boost Makeover

Ever since they first launched in the 70s, the adidas Superstars have been one of the most iconic pairs of sneakers in the three stripe's lineup. And now the adidas Superstars finally got the Boost makeover we've all been waiting for. The modern makeover adds the "energy-returning feel" and cushioning…

By Cooper Fleishman
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These New Moment Cases Will Improve Your iPhone Photography

Moment already improved iPhone photography with their smartphone camera lenses and the original Moment Case, but they've taken everything one step further with these new releases for the iPhone 7/7+. The idea behind both the Photo Case and the Battery Photo Case remains the same: sleek cases that can easily…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The 7 Best Backpacks for Grown Men

We've come a long way since our backpack options were limited to what came off a rack at the local big box store. With all the technical fabrics, style choices and brands on the market it can be hard to find the best backpack for you, but it doesn't have…

By Cooper Fleishman
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