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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 We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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What We're Buying
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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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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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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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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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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Wear This: Jeff Thrope from Cold Splinters

Each week, we turn to one of our favorite style bloggers or men’s fashion insiders to put together a solid outfit. Hyperlite Mountain Gear 3400 Windrider Pack - $310 Outlier Slim Dungarees - $198 U.S. Cavalry Moisture Wicking T Shirt - $9 Asian Noodle Tasty Bites - $3 Snow Peak…

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Finally – A Smartlock That’s Easy To Install

Smart locks, while handy, are often a pain to install and operate. That couldn't be further from the truth with Sesame. The lock attaches in seconds with a simple piece of 3M Command tape. Yes, you literally just tape it over your deadbolt. Once it's installed, you can unlock your door…

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Entertainment
Menswear Illustration Book

Richard Kilroy is a renowned menswear illustrator with a style described as "an interplay of photorealistic aspects and dynamic line." The illustrations mix pencil and color, along with varying levels of realism to create some of the coolest menswear illustrations—which is why Kilroy's client list reads like a who's who…

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Incredible Wingsuit Flight Captured on a GoPro

To showcase the power and capabilities of the GoPro HERO3+. Brandon Mikesell took to the mountains of Walenstadt, Switzerland. Not satisfied with simply walking around with GoPro in hand, Mikesell donned a wingsuit and glided through the picturesque landscape. When you're not worried about him potentially hitting the side of a cliff,…

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McLaren Unveils the 675LT

McLaren makes some of the most gorgeous, fastest, expensive and batshit crazy cars we've ever seen. Their latest creation, the 675LT, follows suit. The twin turbo V8 has 666bhp, which converts to 675ps (that's pferdestärke, the German translation of 'horsepower'), and also happens to be where the 675 in the…

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