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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in April 2026

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Not All Agave Spirits Are Tequila or Mezcal

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in March 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in March 2026.

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Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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One of the Helmets Steve McQueen Wore During ‘Le Mans’ Is Up for Auction

To this day, almost five decades later, Le Mans remains one of the most celebrated racing films of all time despite the fact that the only notable "movie star" is the King of Cool himself. If you've been aching to own a piece of the cinematic racing classic that was…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Mazda MX-81 “Bertone Aria”

Honda's MX-prefix goes back quite a ways, and this MX-81 Concept from 1981's Tokyo Motor Show was the brand's first, even if it was just a concept. Otherwise known as the "Bertone Aria", the MX-81 looks every bit as good now as it did when it was new. That's because…

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ELEVATOR Is the Email You Should Be Reading Every Week

ELEVATOR is like finding $10 in your pocket. It’s a welcome surprise each time it lands in your inbox. Every edition is filled with interesting, thought-provoking eye and brain candy from the corners of the web. It’s not the news news; you can get that elsewhere. It’s a collection of…

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Cool & Vintage 1995 Land Rover Defender 110

Australian shop Cool & Vintage continues their long run of Land Rover restomod hits with their latest, the 1995 Land Rover Defender 110 you see here. This pristine vehicle--and prime example of everything the Land Rover Defender was meant to embody--might have started as a two and a half decades…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Vollebak Reimagines Outerwear With Their ‘Indestructible Jacket’

Utility jackets have been a mainstay in menswear for over a century. Beginning with the denim jackets of the late 1800s and WWI-era leather bombers, they've been a timeless menswear piece that few designers have bothered to drastically change. But, Vollebak has brought the outerwear staple into the 21st century…

By John A. Paradiso
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