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

The smartest summer wardrobes aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones where every piece works with every other piece.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
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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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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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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How This Cryptic Vinegar Estate in Germany Sparked My Cocktail Shrub Era

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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The American Watchmaker Rebuilding a Lost Craft

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A Pilgrimage to Italy’s Iconic Superbikes and Supercars in Emilia-Romagna

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The Italian Art of Dressing Well in the Heat

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J.L. Lawson True North Spin Coin

Manually machined from solid brass or copper with a quality you'll only find from J.L. Lawson, the True North Spin Coin hovers somewhere between top, coin and compass. The 1.5" diameter piece has a nice weight and an absolutely mesmerizing spin, but it's more functional and even magical than most…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Only 5 New Cars You Should Consider Buying

We love mind-bendingly good rides. But let’s face it—what we put out and what you all love to read is probably polar opposite to the cars we’re actually shopping for. So we put together a practical guide for the Cool Material man in the market for a new car. We…

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What Your Girlfriend Wants You To Wear This Summer: Outdoors

Summer is a stylistic balancing act. You want to look good (obviously) but you also want to feel good, and that can be tough when temps approach triple digits. Since layering is out of the question, each individual piece you choose becomes even more important. Luckily, we turned to Megan…

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Entertainment
This Land Rover Defender Is Inspired by NASCAR

Land Rover Defenders are supposed to be vehicles you can take anywhere, but what about whipping them through countless left turns or flogging them past 200mph? Yasid Design dreamed up a Land Rover Defender rendering inspired by NASCAR that looks so good it seems like something the British behemoth should…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Volata Bicycles Have a Built-In Computer

Conceived of by an automotive engineer in California and a bicycle designer in Milan, Volata Bicycles combine the best high tech features that Silicon Valley has to offer with the best high end design out of Italy. Each Volata bicycle is as smart as it is functional and gorgeous thanks…

By Cooper Fleishman
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