Skip to Content
Gear & Tech
Travel
Watches
Fashion
Lifestyle
Guides
steals

Get the Cool Material Newsletter

Insider recommendations, the best deals, and the most unique products & experiences, delivered right to your inbox.

Subcribe
What We're Buying
Why Iconic American Bootmaker Nicks Built Its New Line in Mexico

Why Iconic American Bootmaker Nicks Built Its New Line in Mexico

Simply Good Boots launched this week at $300. It’s all leather, it’s made in León, and the brand will be the first to tell you it isn’t a Nicks. That’s kind of the point.

1
What We're Buying
Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in September 2026
1
partner
Is Williamsburg the Most Underrated Golf Destination in America?
Our Picks

Featured Stories

The Cool Shop The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

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

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

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

1
What We're Buying
We Did a Little Sole Searching for Pickup Season
By Cool Material
1
What We're Buying
The Secret to Perfectly Messy Hair
By Cool Material
The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

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

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

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

1
What We're Buying
We Did a Little Sole Searching for Pickup Season

Your basketball shoes might be ready for the court. But are your feet?

1
What We're Buying
The Secret to Perfectly Messy Hair

The perfect balance of polished and undone, without the crunch, grease, or obvious effort.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

Our team’s top picks

1
1
Travel
Travel

Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide
The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide
2
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide

1
3
Partner
Partner

How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

1
4
Travel
Travel

Is Williamsburg the Most Underrated Golf Destination in America?

My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup
My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup
5
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

My Blind Date With Victoria at the Presidents Cup

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
6
Travel
Travel

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
7
Watches
Watches

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
8
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
9
Travel
Travel

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

1
10
What We're Buying
What We're Buying

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

From Our Partners

The Latest

Home
Outlaw Soaps

Based on the looks alone, this is some of the manliest soap ever created. We knew you could buy soap that smelled of bacon, but Outlaw Soaps bacon soap actually looks like bacon, too. Then there's "Hair of the Dog" soap. There's no better way to start your Saturday (or…

By Cooper Fleishman
Outlaw-Soaps-1
Food
Beer Labels in Motion

On more than one occasion we've seen the labels on our beer bottles doing things. Even in our drunken, imaginative stupor they never looked as good as the ones created by Beer Labels in Motion. Magic Hat, Stone, Flying Dog, Dogfish Head, Lagunitas, the list goes on--all animated without the…

By Cooper Fleishman
Beer-Labels-in-Motion-1
Clothing
Wear This: Christian Chensvold from Ivy Style

Each week, we turn to one of our favorite style bloggers or men’s fashion insiders to put together a solid outfit. Brooks Brothers x Ray-Ban Sunglasses - $155 J. Press Sportcoat - $372 Lands' End Knit Tie - $59 Mercer & Sons White Oxford Buttondown - $113 Kiel James Patrick…

By Cool Material Guest
wear-this-ivy-style
Entertainment
Lego Architecture Studio

Classifying the brand spanking new Lego Architecture Studio is difficult. On one hand, a kid will inevitably steal it from his father, rebuild it into something far more epic than what Dad created and find out his dream is to become an architect. Eventually he'll have a sitcom on tv…

By Cooper Fleishman
Lego-Architecture-Studio-1
Videos
American Hustle Trailer

Seeing American Hustle for the Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence makeovers alone would be worth the price of admission. Luckily the movie isn't just caught up in crafting awesome 70's style wardrobes, it happens to look like a fairly epic political mob movie. Basically bookmark your calendars now.

By Mike Newman
video-American-Hustle-Trailer-th