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Travel5 min read
Roma and Condesa: Mexico City's Art Deco Comeback
A neighborhood laid out by a circus owner, a racetrack you can still jog around and the earthquake that emptied both before they came back.
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Travel4 min read
Le Marais, Paris: A Style Guide to the Old Marsh
Royal squares, salt-tax mansions and a 2013 concept store on a side street. The Marais rewards anyone who walks it slowly.
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Sneakers4 min read
Nike Air Max 1 and the Window That Changed Sneakers
In 1987 Tinker Hatfield cut a hole in a midsole and let everyone see the cushioning inside. The Air Max 1 made engineering the main event.
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Style4 min read
Stone Island, Massimo Osti and the Compass Badge
It started with truck tarpaulin in a town outside Modena. Forty years on, a cloth compass still tells strangers exactly who you are.
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Sneakers4 min read
Nike Dunk History, From College Colors to the Pigeon Riot
The Dunk was a 1985 team shoe that basketball forgot. Skaters, Japanese collectors and Sandy Bodecker's Nike SB turned it into the most hunted sneaker of the 2000s.
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Style4 min read
The White T-Shirt Was Navy Underwear First
Issued to sailors in 1913, worn as an entire outfit by Brando in 1951. The plainest thing in your closet has the busiest résumé.
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Sneakers4 min read
Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66, From Kobe to Kill Bill
A 1960s training shoe, a set of crossed stripes drawn for Mexico City and a yellow pair in a Tarantino film. Even the name is younger than the shoe.
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Watches4 min read
Seiko SKX007: The Dive Watch Everybody Started With
From 1996 to 2019 Seiko sold a real ISO 6425 diver for the price of a decent pair of boots. Then it stopped, and the internet panicked.
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Culture4 min read
Supreme and the Rise of the Drop Model
A Lafayette Street skate shop turned Thursday mornings into a ritual, scarcity into a business plan and a $30 brick into a collectible.
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Watches5 min read
How to Buy Your First Mechanical Watch Without Getting Burned
Any quartz will keep better time than your first automatic. How to choose one anyway, size it properly and buy it from someone honest.
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