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Feel Good Friday – Janji Running Apparel

Janji is a running apparel line that helps fight the worldwide food and water crisis. Now every day can be a run for a cause!
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Big Bubba Bourbon Cocktail Pairs Perfectly with Pig (Recipe & Video)

The folks at Charleston's Swig & Swine barbecue restaurant have shared their Big Bubba bourbon cocktail recipe, which pairs perfectly with pork.
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Dixon Rye is Atlanta’s Awesome Design Destination

Dixon Rye is a furniture and design destination in Atlanta’s Westside Ironworks development founded and curated by interior designer Bradley Odom.
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Cobbler Union opens new menswear haven today in ATL

Two-year-old Atlanta-based small-batch luxury men's shoe brand, Cobbler Union, opens its biggest retail space yet in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Jack Spade Debuts Their First Watch Collection

Jack Spade Debuts Their First Watch Collection
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Feel Good Friday- PACT

PACT makes premium organic underwear, socks and tees for the eco conscious guy
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Gift Guide: Six Under $100

In addition to being difficult to find, the perfect gift can also do some serious damage to one’s bank account. That’s why we’ve compiled this gift guide for discerning folks who don’t want to spend more than $100 on a single gift. Faribault for Target Recommended Videos This is one of the most exciting collabs of the […]
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Giveaway: Bills Khakis Launches Tea Label

Bills Khakis launches their new tea label collection
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Worn Out Wednesday – Enrico Marone Cinzano

Today we profile our first royal: furniture designer Count Enrico Marone Cinzano (yes that amazing Vermouth!).
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Feel Good Friday – Flint & Tinder’s Limited Edition Box

Flint & Tinder have created a box of American Awesome benefiting Operation Gratitude
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Contest Time! Allen Edmonds Boot Giveaway

American Made Shoe Maker Allen Edmonds is giving away a pair of their Dalton Boot to a Manual reader.
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Worn Out Wednesday – Benjamin Klebba

The Manual talks to Benjamin Klebba about furniture design and his personal style
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Feel Good Friday – Rose & Fitzgerald

Moving from Los Angeles to Kampala, Uganda is quite a bold move but the couple has made the country their home and, once settled, launched their company, Rose & Fitzgerald.
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The Manual’s Guide to Summer Hair Care

Thorin Decatur offers up his tips for summer hair grooming
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Worn Out Wednesday – Dan Birch

In this column, we interview a lot of guys with expense accounts. So it is nice to hear from a humble British ‘Pizza Professional’ who is making waves in London with his foodie hot spot, Sodo Pizza. Dan opened Sodo last September after leaving a rotten job and realizing his passion was food. He started […]
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Feel Good Friday – Macana Messenger Bags

Chicago based Allegory is working with Ecuadorian weavers to produce artistic linings for it's new line of messenger bags.
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GIVEAWAY – Jack Erwin Ellis Boots

It's gift giving season to our readers!
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Tug Life: Russell Shrewsbury Battles 25 foot Waves and Lives to Tell the Tale

Filson wisely profiles real people who live the real Filson life for each of their catalogues. This month we meet Russell Shrewsbury, VP of Western Towboat.
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Filson’s Refreshing New Classics

Even icons need upgrades. For autumn/winter 2013, we are stoked to see Filson (since 1897!) offering up some fresh options to some of our favorite accessories. There is some great color blocking on several bags and the use of Safety Orange is a great accent on others.
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Worn Out Wednesday – Kai Lightner

I have managed to climb a number of difficult 5.14 graded routes in the US, Spain and Norway.
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Feel Good Friday – Every Man Jack

Every Man Jack is an affordable mens grooming line
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Feel Good Friday: Whisky Wisemen

Whisky Wisemen was founded for the sake of boozing for benevolence.
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Feel Good Friday – KindHuman Bikes

KindHuman bikes are custom built but not necessarily custom pricing. They strive for better bikes for all!
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Billy Jealousy’s Adrenaline Junkie

We woke up this morning to quite a shock. It wasn’t the snow on the ground or the cat hurling in the bed (don’t ask), rather the scrub we used in the shower. Adrenaline Junkie is the new energizing scrub from the amusing, yet dedicated grooming line, Billy Jealousy. Although sold as a face scrub […]
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Three Leaves Does Eco Fashion Right

Eco fashion can sound pretty granola but over the years we have found brands here and there that are rolling out styles that are a little more urban, on trend. One company, Three Leaves, has tapped into helping these brands and launched an online shop.
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Soho House Barbershop, Neville, Launches its Own Grooming Line

Soho House barbershop, Neville, launches their own range of grooming products including a hair pomade, putty, and sea salt texturizing spray.
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A New Era of Irish Whiskey with Teeling

The Spirit of Dublin has arrived Stateside
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Deodorant in a Towel? Oh Hell Yes.

While a mid day shower isn’t an option for everyone, we have found these awesome ‘refreshers’ (we don’t dare call it a wipe) from Niche.
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A Fond Farewell to The Great American Eclipse 2017 from Charleston, South Carolina

Here is a recap of our amazing experience on the Carolina Girl yacht in the Charleston Harbor witnessing the Great American Eclipse 2017.
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Luis Fernandez Micro Guide to Medellin, Colombia

Luis Fernandez guides us through Medellin Colombia
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Billy Jealousy launches their Gold Standard all over wash

Billy Jealousy rolls out a brand new all over wash for men
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Lucio Castro’s Fall/Winter Collection Recap

Fashion Week is here and our good friend Leandro Justen offered to share his shots with us from some of the shows he was covering. Today we get a look at Lucio Castro's fall/winter 2015 line.
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Cayrum Straight Up for National Rum Day

For National Rum Day we meet the family behind Cayrum Rum.
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Feel Good Friday – Pack for a Purpose

Pack for a Purpose helps travelers deliver needed goods to the needy
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Feel Good Friday – (Belvedere) RED

Belvedere partners with RED for a limited edition vodka to raise money for HIV charity in Africa
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A Stylish Guide to Golfing

A stylish guide to golfing
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Wolverine’s Martin Shobo on his Five Favorite Places in London

I was born and bred in the simple innings of North-East England
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Feel Good Friday – Harmless Harvest

Today we speak to the founders of Harmless Harvest about their awesome coconut water.
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Feel Good Friday – Reef Redemption

One feel-good factor at Reef is the Reef Redemption program they started in 2007 comprised of products, a culture of giving (to funds and causes), and in-house efforts.
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Worn Out Wednesday – Ledbury’s Paul Trible

I think a man’s clothes should fit well, last a long time and not embarrass his significant other. On a good day, I can hit two out of three.
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Feel Good Friday: Ruffwear x Best Friends Animal Society

While everyone knows we love our booze and BBQ, we also love our dogs. We aren’t much for lap dogs. Our dogs, like us, like to hike, run, swim and explore. That is why we are also big fans of Ruffwear Performance Dog Gear.
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The Manual Meet Up: Welcomes Brothers and Craft To Charleston

The Manual and Leon's Oyster Shop hosted a little gathering welcoming the Brothers to the Holy City.
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Menlook, A French Menswear Retailer, Turns Instagram Trend Into Stylish TV Advert

Menlook's new campaign draws inspiration from a popular Instagram trend: the #flatlay
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Worn Out Wednesday – Bradley Price

We speak to Autodromo founder, Bradley Price, about his personal style.
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Ball and Buck x New Balance

It only makes sense that two companies from ‘America’s Walking City’ would pair up to make one helluva good looking sneaker. Boston based Ball and Buck, an all American company, proudly making everything Stateside or working with American businesses, partnered with fellow Bostonian, New Balance for a limited edition kick. The US 574 in mountain […]
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Feel Good Friday – Conscious Step

Giving back is something that is in our blood too, so when we learned about Conscious Step socks, we had to give them a go.
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Sweetwater Spice Makes Brining a Breeze

Sweetwater Spice Company makes Brining a Breeze.
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Jason Wagg Worked for Tom Ford and Now Helps Young Menswear Designers Succeed

Jason Wagg is the co-founder of The Ensign, a website that helps young designers get exposure. Today he speaks to us about his personal style.
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Slumbr Makes Our New Favorite Pillows

Slumbr is a new direct to consumer pillow brand that provides an easy online quiz for customers to take to find their perfect pillow.
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Worn Out Wednesday: Grill Master Russ Faulk

Today we interview grill master, Russ Faulk.