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Design4 min read
The Eames Lounge Chair, 1956 to Now
Molded plywood, soft leather and a TV debut in 1956. How Charles and Ray Eames reinvented the club chair, and how to spot the real thing today.
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Design4 min read
Ligne Roset's Togo, the Sofa That Is Nothing but Foam
No frame and no legs, only foam. Michel Ducaroy's crumpled 1973 seat sold slowly at first, then turned into a social media fixture with a counterfeit problem.
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Travel4 min read
Berlin Mitte: Squats, Galleries and the Long Walk West
A margarine factory turned art institute, a department store with four lives and the East Berlin streets that taught the city how to shop again.
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Grooming4 min read
Eau de Cologne: The 300-Year-Old Scent That Started It All
How an Italian perfumer in a German river city bottled an Italian spring morning, and why a rival named after a house number still sells it.
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Style4 min read
The MA-1 Was Built to Be Found
Sage green outside, rescue orange inside. How a Cold War flight jacket from Knoxville ended up on punks, mods and a $47,000 Grailed sale.
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Sneakers4 min read
Converse Chuck Taylor and the Salesman Behind the Signature
The All Star came first, in 1917. The name on the ankle patch belonged to a salesman whose playing career was mostly a story he never corrected.
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Watches4 min read
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak: Gerald Genta's Steel Gamble
In 1972 a small Swiss house priced a steel watch above gold ones and bet its future on an octagon full of exposed screws.
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Tech5 min read
Leica M6 and the Film Camera Revival
A metered rangefinder from 1984 became the camera of the analog comeback. Why the Leica M6 matters, and what changed when Leica brought it back.
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Grooming4 min read
How to Build a Fragrance Wardrobe That Actually Works
Forget the signature scent. Five bottles with clear jobs will do more for you than one bottle doing everything badly.
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Travel4 min read
Savile Row: A Visitor's Guide to Bespoke Tailoring in London
Two and a half centuries of cutting, fitting and quiet rivalry on one Mayfair street, and how to walk in for a first fitting without feeling out of place.
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