Despite a full schedule following new business opportunities after a season 16 Bachelorette appearance, Bennett Jordan still maintains his day job as a managing director at Whitney Partners wealth and alternative asset management. “I love what I do, and while I have more than enough to keep me working until well past dinner, I have […]

Looking for a little comfort going into the holiday season? Best to start with the basics. Comfy undies will provide a perfect foundation for easing through holiday parties and family festivities in your best threads. On Nov. 4, All Citizens, a premium, performance-driven menswear brand, provided an answer to this need while cementing its mission […]

Open real estate does not last long in New York City. SoHo and Tribeca, once the home of industrial textile and food warehouses, have seen these abandoned spaces fill with artists in recent years. As an apropos exclamation on this migration, London’s Drake’s clothing store is moving in to maintain and to uplift this aesthetic. […]

How do you know that you can trust a clothing dealer’s quality? One positive indication is its staying power. And partnering with a mill with 115 years of making shirts is a pretty good place to begin.  On Nov. 2, the online, personalized styling service Stitch Fix launched Mohnton Made, a sustainable and size-inclusive modern […]

Marketers, designers, and sneakerheads have helped elevate shoe collecting to high art. This past Sunday, one of the industry’s masterpieces sold for upwards of $1.4 million. White and red leather Nike Air Ships, Michael Jordan’s earliest game-worn professional high-tops to surface at market, sold for $1,472,000 at a luxury sale in Las Vegas, setting a […]

Wednesday evening, the Atlanta Braves dominated the Los Angeles Dodgers, earning not only their first win in Chavez Ravine in their last eleven attempts, but the ability to clinch their first pennant since 1999 with a win at Dodger Stadium in Game 5 on Thursday. How did the scrappy, 88-win squad get to the brink […]

Image used with permission by copyright holder Reebok celebrates the creative legacy of Charles and Ray Eames, the design world’s original power couple, by dropping the Reebok x Eames Club C ‘Monotone Pack’ sneaker today. There was a time when mid-century modern furniture was the stuff you found at your grandparents’ house in the suburbs, […]

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo announced its latest collaboration with watchmaker Laurent Ferrier – the Hommage II. The result of more than two years of work, the Hommage II watch follows-up the Hommage I, a 12-piece edition made only for select Phillips employees. Also extremely limited, but available to the public for the […]

We here at The Manual advocate living a finer lifestyle, but you’re not going anywhere without underwear, socks, and possibly a t-shirt. Fortunately, Rhone’s Essentials line is crafted with comfort in mind for a refined daily grind. Now Rhone’s expanded Essentials to include gear for after the workday as well.  Rhone’s Essentials Training collection provides […]

Studies suggest that applying pressure with weighted blankets during sleep stimulates neurotransmitters like serotonin and melatonin that calm your brain in a principle called ‘deep pressure.’ These studies have led to a surprisingly competitive market. Nuzzie Blankets asserts that its weighted blankets outshine competitors on the ever-evolving weighted blanket battlefield. The materials Nuzzie uses,  its […]

Want to sport what NFL athletes are rocking these days? Have you always found it tough to squeeze into standard brands? Stitch Fix and apparel partners Artefact and Fairlane have got you covered.  While the vast majority of the menswear brands only include standard fitting sport coats in sizes small to XXL, Stitch Fix now […]

With fall colors dropping and autumn pants and shirts popping, this seems like the perfect time to look at a few new seasonal threads that might help to keep the Manual man warm and in vogue as colder days descend. Sanctuary This September, Los Angeles-based lifestyle brand Sanctuary launched its first foray into menswear. With […]

Got a great adventure story? Video of you and your The North Face gear could end up in San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art next year. On Oct. 12, The North Face announced it’s fall brand campaign, It’s More Than A Jacket, an initiative aimed at honoring and celebrating the company’s 55-years of adventure. To […]

Rolls-Royce has had a busy last 13 months catering to the one percent. After revealing the ‘entry-level’ Ghost in Sept. 2020, the luxury car company returned to the ultra-exclusive with the 19-foot coach in June and revealed the electric Spectre in September, with its consumer debut planned for 2023.  Rolls is not only continuing to […]

Break out the beats and the scratchy tape: Xbox is bringing you back to 2001 with a skate video complete with throwback sneakers.  In the skate tape pulled straight from the start of the century, an Xbox camera crew followed a group of friends boarding through their day and rocking the new Xbox 20th Forum […]

If you’re a runner who’s never seen/worn a plaid racing singlet before, you’ve gotta’ get on your game. Inspired by traditional Scottish fabric patterns, Tracksmith delivers this old school gear with 21st-century performance tech, a 2:09 lightweight performance mesh with an anti-microbial finish that resists odors. This is just one piece from a massive new […]

As the cold rolls into the Northern Hemisphere, Toronto’s Canada Goose has got you covered — now from head to toe. Come November, the ubiquitous purveyors of fur-trimmed puffer coats have announced they will now be featuring luxury footwear. The boots will be released just in time for the arrival of slushy sidewalks and snowy […]