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Sandals built to last
Custom handmade pairs, hallmarks of quality, vintage search terms, styles for people who don't like showing their feet & more
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The ultimate Swagrifice
Refusing to be a "comfort cuck," plus a wealth of unbeatable recon into jackets, shoes, vintage digital cameras & more
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How to give love better
Bon Iver comes through talking Personal Growth in the least torched terms, his beautiful new album, Japanese leather bags & more
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The Snack of the Summer
Plus deadstock button-ups, the secret musicological science behind why the new Alex G sounds so good, and apps that abet a fuller experience of the real…
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This is not what you do when you're in it for a quick buck
Slow-clothes excellence up close at Cottle's Kojima, Japan, studio
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Suit yourself
Summer suit quest = your wedding fit. Plus fantastic fiction, art books & more
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May 2025

The real you
Summer suits & sandals, the two kinds of New Yorkers, and a revelatory new film about a deeply private American genius
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Certified snobs on a sinking ship
We need based pleasures *and* blessed new forms
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Why stories work
Friendship director Andrew DeYoung on his writing bible; springtime slappers made from paper; resoling 20-year-old grails, & more unbeatable recon
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Twin freaks
How strange it feels to wear the exact same thing as your homie, and more from NYC
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Inside every pair of pants are shorts waiting to be set free
Shorts Report 2025
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Blame Sambas
Barefoot on the threshold of swag, sick & newly coppable Japanese lines, a Georgia O'Keeffe / Alexander Girard Spygiveaway, and more
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