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The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide

The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide

Our favorites for fall. Your shortcut to style.

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Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in September 2026
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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door
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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

Bourbon has spent the last decade getting bigger, older, and more expensive. What happens next?

Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival
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Inside the 35th Kentucky Bourbon Festival

Bourbon has never been bigger. And somehow, it still has secrets.

5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back
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5 Host Gifts That Will Get You Invited Back

Hosting is a laborious and often thankless task. Be a better house guest with one of these gifts that go beyond the cliché bottle of wine.

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

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

The Cool Material 2026 Fall Style Guide

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How to Serve Great Cocktails Without Missing Your Own Party

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A Better Way to Bring the Shade

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

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

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
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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
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide

Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta
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Finding Nature and Nurture in Puerto Vallarta

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Epic Bike LightSkin LED Seat Post

We've always been fans of stripping (you could just put a period right there) away extra parts and excess bulk when it comes to the products we love. So when it comes to bike lighting, why have a clip-on LED when you could have your lights built right into the…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Bandit Guns – Rubber Band Shotgun

We're pretty sure we'll never reach an age when toy guns won't still be fun. Better than ones that make futuristic sound effects are ones that actually shoot something, like rubber bands. Bandit Guns are rubber band shotguns that use pump action to fire in a variety of different ways. Shoot one…

By Mike Newman
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Best Made Co. Playing Cards

If there ever was an ideal deck of cards for dealing a few hands around a campfire, it's these ones from Best Made Co. The place we turn to for awesome axes (not that we're buying a ton like some psychos) has just released their first set of playing cards.…

By Mike Newman
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Mini Tube Stacking Glasses

If any of our friends hosted a beer tasting party, we'd be as giddy as a kid on Halloween. We'd be up for hosting one, but using up all the pint glasses we have for samples of beer would require doing dishes throughout the entire night. For three bucks a…

By Mike Newman
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Accessories
Rapha Backpack

There are plenty of companies that produce fine looking backpacks, but few of them do it with the attention to detail and singular focus that Rapha uses. Rapha designs products, like this water-resistant Cordura backpack, specifically with the cyclist in mind. What makes this $200+ backpack better than your old-school…

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