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Issue #370 | What Is ‘Mogul Style?’ Why Billionaire Bland Has Had Its Day
+ Skip and Arc’teryx Built a Futuristic Exoskeleton. Here’s What It’s Like to Walk in It
Patrick McLaughlin
July 26, 2024
What Is ‘Mogul Style?’ Why Billionaire Bland Has Had Its Day
At the Sun Valley Conference in Idaho this year, which counted Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook as attendees to the annual summer meetup for billionaires, something felt different. It had little to do with conversations being had behind closed doors. In fact, you didn’t need to be in anyone’s inner circle to know things had changed from years prior. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff in a cowboy hat was just one example of how the extremely wealthy and influential are ditching bland style for some pizzazz. Fair warning, a bonkers net worth doesn’t always coincide with great taste.
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Skip and Arc’teryx Built a Futuristic Exoskeleton. Here’s What It’s Like to Walk in It
“Its creators call it an ‘e-bike for hiking.” No matter how much you loathe powered bicycles for having taken over trails or roadways, they do provide a means for the less able-bodied among us to get outside and keep moving. Like an e-bike propels its rider at the flick of a wrist or the light push of a pedal, this exoskeleton developed by Google’s innovation lab—basically a robotic device strapped to your leg—helps hikers cover more ground than they could otherwise. One hiker puts it to the test, one tech-enhanced step at a time.
For Men, Ridiculously Big Bags Are in Style. So I Tried a Few.
“That’s bigger than the bag I took for a week in Malaga,” writer Charlie Teasdale’s barber told him when he brought an oversize tote along to his haircut. But this is what the Wall Street Journal writer signed up for—to field test really big bags to see whether they’d help or hinder his workaday life, comments from the peanut gallery part and parcel to the experience. “Would a cavernous tote indeed streamline my life—or just prove cumbersome?” he asks. Here’s how big bags changed his life, for better and worse.
WatchWatch
Giving an engraved watch as a gift might be one of the coolest things you can do. A written note is nice, but a watch? Nothing says you’re a true mensch more. Allen Farmelo for Robb Report is here with an exclusive look at the Vacheron Constantin Zsa Zsa Gabor gave Marlon Brando after he won an Oscar for On the Waterfront in 1954. The MoonSwatch’s novelty wanes with each subsequent release, but Gear Patrol is calling this one “the most gorgeous yet.” Casio dropped a NASA piece for fans of “outer space, G-Shocks, and math,” but even with the surprisingly low $170 price point, getting one might be tougher than hitching a ride to the moon.
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