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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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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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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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Marc Jacobs Blocky Nylon Backpack

Remember that sweet Jansport you rocked all through high school? It's the one that's probably still sitting in your parents basement because of all the fond "memories" you held in it. Marc Jacobs had one too, but fashion icons can't be seen sporting off the shelf, back to school bags,…

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Mission Bicycles

The guys at Mission Bicycles are on a mission (fitting name, eh?) to bring custom fixed gear bikes to the masses. Instead of just bitching about how they couldn't get the bikes they wanted in the store, they did something about it and started their own. The available list of…

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Clothing
RLX Ralph Lauren Core Jacket

Up shit's creek without a paddle is no place you want to be, but it's something that's inevitably going to happen from time to time. When that time comes, you're going to want to be swaddled in the Core. RLX by Ralph Lauren does everything that Hilary Swank did wrong,…

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Gitman Vintage Yellow Madras Check Shirt

Gitman and checkered shirts go together like Apple and AT&T, but the Gitman civil union isn't one you're going to want nullified. There's a reason that the master shirtmakers at Gitman have been around long enough to have a separate Vintage line and it's all about the quality of their…

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Fashion
Hamilton Time Player

Hamilton is a company that has been making waves in the watch community since they started in the lat 1800s. Even though they're more well known for their vintage and pocket watches, every once in a while they release a watch that makes everyone take notice. The Time Player is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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