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Grooming4 min read
Le Labo and the Business of Slow Perfume
Two French perfume insiders opened a lab on Elizabeth Street in 2006. Then a candle turned into the most recognizable smell in Manhattan.
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Grooming5 min read
Why the Barber Pole Is Striped Red and White
Long before barbers sold fades, they opened veins. The spinning pole outside the shop is the last piece of evidence.
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Culture4 min read
Palace Skateboards, the Tri-Ferg and London's Cheekiest Brand
A squat near the Southbank, an impossible triangle and a sense of humor nobody in skating could copy. How Palace made London matter again.
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Style4 min read
Raw Denim, Selvedge and the Loom That Started It All
Raw is about finishing. Selvedge is about the loom. A Reno tailor, a closed North Carolina mill and Okayama's makers explain why it matters.
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Culture4 min read
JJJJound, the Montreal Mood Board That Became a Label
No captions, no logo worth mentioning, no noise. Justin Saunders turned a wall of saved pictures into one of the most trusted names in menswear.
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Tech3 min read
Teenage Engineering OP-1: The Synth That Looks Like a Toy
A Stockholm startup's first product was a synth, sampler and four-track tape deck in one aluminum slab. It still sets the look of desirable music gear.
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Tech4 min read
Analogue Pocket: The Game Boy, Rebuilt in Silicon
Analogue's handheld doesn't emulate the Game Boy. It rebuilds one in programmable silicon, then gives it a screen with ten times the resolution.
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Design4 min read
Memphis, Sottsass and the Laminate That Broke Good Taste
A Dylan record on repeat, a gallery in Milan and furniture surfaced like a diner counter. Memphis lasted seven years and still hasn't gone away.
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Watches4 min read
Omega Speedmaster Professional: The Moonwatch Story
A 1957 racing chronograph survived eleven brutal NASA tests, rode Gemini into orbit and became the first watch worn on the Moon.
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Travel4 min read
Copenhagen Design Guide: Hospitals, Hotels and Room 606
A design museum in an eighteenth-century hospital, a hotel built down to the cutlery and a square that has sold furniture since 1925.
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