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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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Lifestyle
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
By Lanny Fuller
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Travel
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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What We're Buying

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

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What We're Buying

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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Shopping

The Italian Art of Dressing Well in the Heat

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The Sunglasses You Should Be Wearing This Summer, According to An Expert

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7 British Menswear Brands You Should Know

British manufacturing has always carried somewhat of a universal prestige, and we’ve been keeping a close eye on it for a while now. To get to know our friends over the pond a little better, we’ve researched into what we believe to be some of the most exciting contemporary brands…

By Matthew Pike
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Food
Stainless Steel Skull Whiskey Cubes

There are plenty of good ways to get your whiskey, or whisky as the case may be, to a slightly chillier temperature without diluting it by adding a bunch of ice cubes from an off the shelf tray. You can upgrade your cubes to ones with larger surface area. You…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tech
The Camera That Forces You to Take Unique Photos

Spend enough time at popular tourist destinations and you're bound to take the same exact photo someone else has. You might throw some extra filters on it or edit it differently, but fundamentally the photo is the same. Camera Restricta is a speculative design of a new type of camera…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Videos
A Rare Glimpse Inside the Yakuza

Someone bold enough to snap shots of the mafia could easily find himself swimming with the fishes. But for one Belgian photographer, a Yakuza family in Japan actually allowed him access for two years. From the images and stories that emerged, a very different picture gets painted from the one…

By Mike Newman
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Infento Is a Bike You Build Like an Erector Set

Infento is a relatively new company founded by Spencer Rotting and Sander Letema that designs constructible bike kits for kids. The modular parts give kids from toddlers to teenagers, and the adults that help build them, infinite possibilities when it comes to constructing the perfect ride. From trikes and bikes…

By Cooper Fleishman
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