Skip to main content

The Manual may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site.

What to Wear: A Weekend Away With Your Girl

wear weekend away girl image
Image used with permission by copyright holder
It’s still a relatively slow time of the year, and you’re tired of hanging out at your apartment during the weekends — so why not plan a romantic getaway with the special woman in your life? Assuming the place you’re going to is a cabin in the woods and not a beachside resort, we say pack something comfortable, yet put together enough that your girlfriend will want to you know, hang out with you all weekend, and stuff it all into a nice weekender bag. Then you can just concentrate on the fun stuff.

Herschel Supply Company Novel Weekender Bag, $79 at urbanoutfitters.com; Clarks Nadel Top Boots, $110 at macys.com; Orvis Heritage Field Coat, $198 at orvis.com; Bonobos Straight Leg Mochachinos, $88 at bonobos.com; Gitman Bros. Burgundy Graph Check, $165 at gitmanbros.com.

Ann Binlot
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Ann Binlot is a New York-based freelance writer who contributes to publications like The Economist, Wallpaper*, Monocle…
What to wear golfing: A guide for beginners
Don't look like a newbie on the golf course — this is what you should wear
Man swinging golf club.

Whether you’re picking up a club for the first time or you’ve been invited for a round, going golfing is much more than your skill. Going golfing is also about following a specific guideline with your dressing. With plenty of preppy-inspired styles like tennis and rugby back in style, golfing dressing trends are on the rise, and it’s time to get the lowdown on what works on the green. 

Unless you’re headed to a smaller driving range or a franchise like Top Golf, you’re expected to follow a certain style on the golf course. Courses joined to clubhouses might have stricter dress codes and might require specific clothing pieces. However, as a general rule of thumb, there are a few items that you can follow to ensure you look like a pro at the golf course. 
The golf polo

Read more
7 reasons why your Apple Watch battery life is terrible (and what you should do about it)
Here's why an Apple Watch battery struggles to stay alive and how you could throw it a lifeline
An Apple Watch charging.

Nothing is more frustrating than starting the day with a fully charged Apple Watch and having that watch get down to 15% before you get home from work. The battery life of an Apple Watch is supposed to be 18 hours, but we all know that is a hope and a dream. Between checking your apps and using it as your fitness buddy, it feels like a few hours before you have to throw it on the charger. Here's why an Apple Watch battery struggles to stay alive and how you could throw it a lifeline.

How the battery gets drained when not in use
Your battery works hard even when you aren't using your Apple Watch to check your texts. There are silent stealers of your battery you should know how to deal with.
Features suck battery life
If you like to use GPS to check your route to a place you've been a hundred times or to keep track of your heart rate while watching your favorite show, those actions slowly drain your battery.

Read more
Wear your Apple Watch every day with the right bands (these are the best to get for every occasion)
There's a great Apple watch band for every occasion
Apple Watch Series 9 showing the double tap feature

Smartwatches are the newest innovation in wrist-adorned timekeeping, and they have done a lot to both elevate and upset the watch industry. While they can do everything (almost) that your phone can do, they have also relegated your "dumb watch" to the shelf, where it only comes out on special occasions. Of course, Apple leads the way with the most popular smartwatches on the market, but there is a downside to wearing your Apple watch every day.

Apple watches are about function over fashion. For a long time, we traded in the fashionable side of our favorite watches to be in tune with our bodies and get our messages and notifications without pulling out our phones. But you can bridge the gap between function and fashion in two ways: the watch band and the watch face. The best thing about Apple watches is that both of these aspects are easy to change for a great look every day. There are a lot of options out there, but here are the best Apple watch bands for men to spruce up your smartwatch.

Read more