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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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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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Penfield Lockwood

Penfield is at the top of the pile when it comes to outdoor clothing that you can - and should - wear to the bar after a hard day of spelunking, rock-climbing, urban exploring, or whatever your outdoor sport du jour is at the moment. The Lockwood weatherproof field jacket…

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Stone Island Shadow Bagjack Messenger

If Shia LaBeouf was rocking The Stone Island Shadow Bagjack Transformable Messenger Bag there would have been two reasons to see Transformers. Giving one to Jack Bauer would immediately stop all the questions about why such a bad ass has a "man bag." This bag has so many features and…

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Dive Bar Shirt Club

Sooner or later, the allure of all the fist-pumping, club going, Vodka whatevers wears off and you just want to enjoy a nice cold (cheap) beer at a local joint. In order to commemorate these events (or perhaps to inspire new ones), a group of adventurous young individuals set out…

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John Varvatos Chuck Taylor All Star Multi Eyelets

The Chuck Taylor All Star Multi Eyelets we showed you recently quickly became our new favorite sneakers for their laid back, yet unmistakable design. Since then John Varvatos has impressed us again with a new style that we had to share. The black/white/olive color with a hatched pattern replaces a…

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Hottie Gram

In the old days - we're talking ancient pre-Internet history here - they had these things called singing telegrams that you would order for people on special occasions (Or at least that's what Grandpa tells us at Christmas every year). Singing telegrams were replaced with e-cards for more "work appropriate"…

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