Issue #371 | The Best Olympic Sneakers of All Time

The Best Olympic Sneakers of All Time

They can’t all be winners. That’s true for the hopefuls that head to the Olympics, and all the sneakers they wear on and off the field. Here, out of the thousands of shoes that have seen the world’s stage over the years, Complex’s editorial board elevates 20 they feel are a cut above the rest. Note that there is a rubric—icons that speak for themselves, like Onitsuka’s Tiger, have been barred to make this a fair fight among what the magazine is calling “modern sneakers.” Let the games begin.

Complex

White Tees Are So Back, Baby

[Partner] The likes of James Dean and Marlon Brando made them indispensable by adding denim, boots, and a rebel’s attitude. More recently, a buff, tattooed Jeremy Allen White rekindled that spirit in hit kitchen drama The Bear with a spartan back-of-house look—a blue apron, Birkenstocks, and a rock-solid white tee that made every dude suddenly wonder why they ever stopped wearing one to begin with. If you’re overdue for a few whites, the crew neck from Fresh Clean Threads is an instant classic that’s ready for the right here and now.

Let your tee do the talking.

How the Bermuda Short Became the Quintessential Island Uniform

If “formal shorts” sounds like an oxymoron, allow us to introduce you to Bermudas: a knee-length style brought into existence when a tea shop proprietor let his servers cut the legs off their pants so they could keep cool in the heat. The tradition of lopped off trousers stuck, and now, says Robb Report, it’s a look big brands are embracing as a dressy alternative to more risqué inseams. But the Bermuda isn’t all business, either. Here’s how the likes of Loro Piana and Todd Snyder have turned it into the casual man’s classy short.

Robb Report

A New Film Reveals Jimmy Buffet’s Laidback Lifestyle in ’70s Key West

Chances are, as you read this, you’re within spitting distance of several Yeti products: a cooler, a mug, a mesh trucker hat. The stuff is everywhere. We thought we were all set on the outdoors brand, but then they delivered something we absolutely needed. Adding to its biographical video series, Yeti released a documentary of a documentary wherein Jimmy Buffet’s surviving pals—poets, writers, musicians—reminisce on their acid- and cocaine-fueled fishing escapades in Florida’s Key West. Here, musician and filmmaker Scott Balew brings vivid clarity to a moment otherwise lost in a haze.

Fast Company

Don’t Lose Your Cool. This Long-Sleeve Linen Shirt Will Help.

If you aren’t careful, a short-sleeve button-down can make you look like you’re all dressed up for picture day in the second grade. The safe bet for seeming like the adult that you are is a long-sleeve with the arms rolled back—everyone looks slick adjusting a cuff—but sometimes hot weather demands less fabric, and not everyone can pull off a guns-out wife pleaser, either. This linen shirt from Taylor Stitch is the lightweight version of its bread-and-butter Oxford, which will help you stay covered and cool without sending you back to elementary school.  $128

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