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via Design SceneHow the Game Be: This oral history of menswear blogging has been tearing up the webs all day, despite a few
Also, It’s Kind of Silly: And, for the sake of completeness, here’s a Vanity Fair piece making fun of the GQ piece. [Vanity Fair]
All the Checks: A showroom tour of Isaia. It turns out they’ve got some pretty handsome jackets in the works. [We Are the Market]
Knives Out: This could be the year you learn to whittle. Believe it. [Art of Manliness]
We take it for granted that your gift list is also a shopping list, but we’d like to suggest a curveball idea for those at the very top of your list: the old gift.
It’s something you’ve owned for years—a first-edition book, maybe, or a trinket you picked up in foreign climes. Something you’ve had long enough to get tired of, but that hasn’t lost its luster to anyone else. Something personal.
And most importantly, something money can’t buy.
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Zoos and Avenging: Scarlett Johansson talks with Arianna Huffington about her next few movies, and yes, those photos. [Interview]
In the Country Fair: A tour of what the English countryside actually looks like. There’s less tweed than you’d expect. [Vanity Fair]
A Man and His Blade: A guide to choosing the perfect survival knife. Yes, this is the woodsiest blog post ever. [Art of Manliness]
The Chinstrap: The first pictures of Daniel Day-Lewis in his Lincoln beard have leaked onto the Web. It’s spectacular. [/Film]
via LIFE”Country Gentleman Copy” Doesn’t Exactly Roll Off The Tongue: Lauren Bans pulls down the definitive Hipster Cop interview. Apparently he’s a big Ralph Lauren fan. [GQ]
Behind The Undershirt: Simon Crompton’s humorously named “Underwear Project” proceeds with an in-depth look at Sunspel. [Permanent Style]
Reasons to Learn to Drive Stick: The 1967 Maserati Mistral Coupe is an extremely handsome car. That is all. [Driven]
Blades of Steel: A guide to the deadly art of knife-throwing. You should assume your enemies have already read it. [Art of Manliness]
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via Fashion CopiousShame About the Cubs, Though: Dave Eggers’ ode to Wrigley Field. [Grantland]
They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To: The loves and exploits of the magnificent bastard known as Clark Gable. Fathers: hide your wives and daughters. Bachelors: raise a glass. [The Hairpin]
Always Handy in a Barfight: Perhaps you should buy your father a knife for Father’s Day. [Blackbird]
When It’s OK to Tweet Dick Pics: Life is full of hard decisions, so here’s a flowchart indicating when it’s appropriate to tweet pictures of your “congressional representative.” It may be simpler than you think. [GOOD]
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An Illustrated History of the Playboy Bunny: It’s just what the title promises. [Vanity Fair]
Shivs Quarterly: Valet gives into the knife-wielding horde, and rounds up the best pocket knives for your buck. If you need help, a man named Chico can show you how to use them. [Valet]
Making Your Own Guitar: A photo tour of a small-scale guitar factory. Extreme handsomeness. [Wired]
The Man, The Brand: Sart Inc gets friendly with the Isaia braintrust. If they had a few spare blazers lying around… [Sartorially Inclined]
Outerwear: Disappointingly, this is not from an overcoat ad. [Fashion Gone Rogue]
The Death of the Uncool: Brian Eno says that, in a broad enough culture, nothing is uncool. Maybe this is a good time to get that Aja post ready. [Prospect Magazine]
He’s Got a Knife!: French kitchen knives are actually kind of sweet. [The Shoptometrist]
Tailoring: The tailor’s second fitting may be the most important. So, store that one away. [A Suitable Wardrobe]
We love a good straight razor, and we’ve gushed before (verbally!) about the various perks of shaving with a real blade. But finding the right blade matters, and real artisans are hard to come by.
This item was put together by one Frank Warner, a family knifemaker with a garage-based razor factory on California’s central coast. He’s not the most auspicious source, but he’s handy with a grinding wheel, and he’s spent 40 years developing a perfect understanding of balance and tempering.
And if you ask nicely, you’ll get a one-of-a-kind production.
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