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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.

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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

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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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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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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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IKEA Furniture That Wirelessly Charges Your Smartphone

IKEA furniture has always been prized for its simplicity. Now, the king of hex key assembly is adding some clever tech to their basic home goods. The Swedish furniture giant will be releasing a line of items—nightstands, desks, and lamps—with embedded Qi technology to wirelessly charge your smartphone. Of course you'll…

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Fashion
UGG Freamon-Suede Chukka Boots

UGG gets a bad rap when it comes to boots for obvious reasons, but they do put out some pretty cool pairs for guys every once in a while. These new Freamon suede chukka boots come in a variety of colors like standard desert boots, but they actually have a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Making Bootleg Action Figures with The Sucklord

Joey Garfield (aka "The Sucklord") is an artist with a unique medium. Instead of huge canvases or abstract photographs, he makes action figures. Weird, unique, and humorous action figures. By swapping a head here and adding some paint there, he churns out toys you wouldn't find at a store for…

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These Custom-Fit Shirts Come in 75 Sizes

Unless you're very lucky, you probably aren't built perfectly for the standard S / M / L / XL or even the numbered, fitted shirts. Sleeves are too long. Waists are too small. Shoulders don't fit right. Stantt gets it. Their shirts are made in NYC using the best European materials…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Film Director Portrait Prints

Martin Scorsese, David Lynch and Alfred Lynch are all household names that left a huge mark on modern cinema for completely different genres, styles and techniques, but they all have one thing in common: they were phenomenal directors. In collaboration with the multi-faceted artist Julian Rentzsch, Stellavie Design Manufaktur has released the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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