Issue #397 | Meta Missed Out on Smartphones. Can Smart Glasses Make Up for It?

Meta Missed Out on Smartphones. Can Smart Glasses Make Up for It?

These are not the shades ZZ Top were talking about when they sang, “go out and get yourself some big black frames.” On Wednesday at Meta’s Connect developer conference in Menlo Park, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Orion glasses, which bake a lot of the same features as a smartphone into a mixed-reality, heads-up display. You can view multiple screens at once, respond to messages, and take video calls. They have big, black frames, and not in a good way: They “look like the fever dream of techno-utopians.”

Wired

Meet the City-Ready Layer With Army-Grade Insulation

[Partner] Some swear by down for its warmth and packability. But when wet, it doesn’t function like it should. In designing the AltoLoft shirt jacket, Proof—a brand known for its use of innovative materials in essentials like chinos and tees—wanted a filler you could depend on, so it reached for PrimaLoft, a synthetic insulation developed for the U.S. Army that stays warm when damp. Add a moisture-wicking nylon shell, and you’ve got a lightweight, breathable city- or trail-ready layer that’s always game for some weather.

Experience a material difference.

Trade Clothes With Your Friends

Sometimes a shirt, or pair of pants, or whatever it may be, makes sense on paper and when you actually put it on, but for some reason, you just never reach for it. Instead, you end up “choosing one of the two or three ‘heavy rotation hitters’ you always wear, almost as a matter of reflex, and regretfully giving the others a miss,” says Jonah Weiner at Blackbird Spyplane. So what to do with those perfect garments you’ll never get rid of, but will never wear, either? Weiner says trade with a friend, and it could make you see them in a whole new light.

Blackbird Spyplane

Is Menswear Ready for a Great, Big Britpop Autumn?

The Oasis reunion was off to a predictably rocky start when dynamic ticketing for their upcoming tour rankled fans. Soaring prices be damned, the British invasion is back just in time for fall, and with it, heavy nostalgia for louche, ’90s looks. “Unlike The Beatles’ custom costuming, or Elvis’ spangled suits, Britpop boys were usually clad in the stuff you’d find people wearing at pubs. Parkas and shell jackets, baggy button-downs, football jerseys, Adidas sneakers, straight jeans, wire-frame sunglasses, and chunky knits.”

GQ

• Buck Mason Herdsman Crew – $248

• J.Crew Broken-In Straight Chino – $89.50

• Morjas Penny Loafer – $380

• Brooklyn Tailors 20mm Belt in Grain Leather – $120

• Katin Finley Pocket T-Shirt – $39

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