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Issue #340 | How a Freaky French Gardening Clog Took Over Brooklyn
+ A Brief History of the Salmon Dial—and Why Yours Probably Isn’t One
How a Freaky French Gardening Clog Took Over Brooklyn
“The unisex clogs tick most boxes on the post-pandemic style checklist: practical, comfortable, utilitarian, like Birks or Crocs. But the clogs are polarizing because they’re weird looking,” says GQ. So is it just another ugly shoe gone viral? Or is this a form of gardening cosplay, with spring in full effect? It’d be easy to write off Plasticana Gardana’s hemp clogs as either, but after they started showing up in every corner of Brooklyn, on chefs in restaurant kitchens, and now, well outside of New York, GQ had to find out what makes the mottled brown slip-on so attractive, in spite of itself.
These Jackets and Jeans Are Pure American Spirit
[Partner] What do some of Instagram’s most stylish fellas have in common? They all own a lights-out jacket from Chevignon, the French brand that’s been remixing American style since 1979 with go-for-broke bombers, timeless truckers, leather blousons, and a deep selection of denim jeans. To show you just how good their stuff is, the menswear maker is holding a giveaway for a reissue of the Century 90 Varsity in brown leather. The lambskin layer is embroidered in a script that’s made for tearing off on a motorcycle, and this Blazer exclusive is bound to disappear just as quickly.
A Brief History of the Salmon Dial—and Why Yours Probably Isn’t One
If you have to ask, you probably can’t afford it. But it’s still worth knowing what a salmon dial is and its origins, at the very least to dish out an “actually” when someone who has no idea what they’re talking about says their timepiece has one. (It doesn’t.) The pinkish hue that gives certain Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin watches their distinction comes from a very specific process, says Robb Report, while everything else is just an imposter in a vast ocean of rosy dials.
Inside Nike’s Seven-Year Design Process for the Nike Jam, Its First Ever Breaking Shoe
Running has its footwear, specialized by the type someone is doing. Basketball sneakers, too, are designed for the sport’s specific movements, providing ankle support for quick pivots and a grippy-ness factor for traction on hard maple. With breaking, or break dancing, making its debut at the Olympics in Paris this year, Nike felt it was time to make a shoe that hopefuls could wear on an international stage. Things got very scientific in the lab. Here’s a look at Nike’s seven-year process to create its first breaking shoe.
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