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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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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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‘Star Wars’ Characters as Ancient Greek Statues

Zeus, Athea, Darth Vader. All powerful, and now all honored in the same way. Travis Durden, a Parisian artist with no relation to a fictional character, has taken a few Star Wars characters and given them the ancient Greek statue treatment. The collection, which is on display at Galerie Sakura, includes Darth…

By Mike Newman
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The Perfect Lowball Glass for All Beverages

For almost a decade, YETI has been making some of the most ridiculously well built coolers on the market. The coolers do their job perfectly, but you can't very well drink whiskey or coffee out of cooler. That's where The Rambler Lowball comes in. Designed to be the perfect vessel…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
#GTFO Passport Wallet

Sometimes you just need to GTFO. Yeah, traveling the world is about seeing the sights, eating exotic food, and taking in some culture, but it’s also about leaving your desk, forgetting about deadlines, and not worrying about those awful AM meetings where Paul from accounting whines about the company’s finances…

By Mike Newman
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7 Great Vintage Watches That Won’t Break the Bank

Men and watches go together like scotch and cigars; like fuel and spark; like bacon and freedom. It’s just how the world works. But many a misperception is founded on the pretense that good watches are always expensive, and that quality is best measured with a price tag. But that’s just…

By Maxwell Barna
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TAG Heuer Connected Smartwatch

The battle for smartwatch supremacy will be decided not just by functionality, but by style. For the latter, it's going to be tough to top the new TAG Heuer Connected Watch. The smartwatch, which runs Google's Android Wear operating system and boasts some Intel inside, features a large 1.5" screen that's readable in sunlight…

By Mike Newman
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