My friends, the photo at the top of the page really says it all. I’m back in Michigan in the summer for the first time since, well, last summer, and it’s prime Pure Michigan time. If you follow me on Instagram, you’re well aware that I’m back in my hometown of Mason, Michigan (population: 8,000) to visit with family and old family friends before heading down the coast to the lovely shores of Lake Michigan for a dear college friend’s wedding — two outstanding reasons to make the Fourth of July trek home!
I’ve stayed busy this week, of course, writing about the best travel pants and covering topics like the best Irish whiskey over at Men’s Journal, but moreso than that, it’s been a joy to be back in Mason for the first time since 2018! There’s been plenty of quality family time, a tour of the old sights and sounds of the town, and of course, a Pure Michigan craft beer or two. And hey: In the spirit of making it count and making the most of my time here, I’m signing off today — but you can expect two weekend posts per usual, so be sure to swing on by (and drop me a line if you have any Benton Harbor picks!). Cheers, my friends!
So, you’ve got your next set of summer travel all booked, you’ve got your stylish weekender bag packed, and you’re now simply looking to get the rest of your summer style essentials on lock. Let’s start with your bottom half: For getting around in comfort and style, whether by plane, train or automobile, you’re going to need a pair of the best travel pants. Scratch that: Let’s get even more specific, because you’re going to need the DUER Live Free Adventure Pants. They’re sold by Huckberry, purveyors of rugged gear aplenty, so you know they’re up to snuff in terms of functionality and style points. Let’s keep digging in, shall we?
Perhaps you’ve got your other summer travel gear sorted, like one of the best travel watches, but there’s something even more essential about scoring a pair of the best summer travel pants, like the DUER Live Free Adventure Pants. What’s the scoop on this pair in particular? Reader, I’m glad you asked. They’re a hybrid between joggers and regular old five-pocket pants, with a sleek, tailored fit and a DWR coating to fight back against spills and rain (perfect for a long day on the road.
What’s more, the DUER Live Free Adventure Pants are actually a streamlined set of cargo pants, with useful pockets for your EDC — they manage to look sleek, not bulky or baggy. The blend of fabric (incorporating everything from cotton to spandex to durable TENCEL and polyester) is comfortable against the skin and yet durable enough for repeat wear, while neutral (and fast-selling!) color options make the DUER Live Free Adventure Pants as great a pair of summer travel pants for men as any. The next time you need to hit the road in style, make sure the DUER Live Free Adventure Pants are part of your ensemble — and the rest of your trip.
Checking all the right boxes when it comes to the best summer style picks — like the best summer pants, for instance — isn’t always easy. In fact, it rarely is, but the Taylor Stitch Easy Pants make things just a bit less difficult (or rather, quite a bit less difficult). Taylor Stitch, if you keep up with the blog on the regular, does a standout job making gear for all seasons, be it basics like durable T-shirts or one of the best lightweight jackets for summer, and you can assuredly add the Taylor Stitch Easy Pants to that list. What boxes do they check, exactly? My friends, keep scrolling for more.
For starters, the Taylor Stitch Easy Pants toe the line rather nicely between casual and polished, a sort of nice hybrid between breezy linen trousers and more cleaned-up chinos (a category in which Taylor Stitch also excels!). The Taylor Stitch Easy Pants blend linen, cotton and silk for a lightweight feel and yet some nice substance, and the Charcoal Herringbone fabric is a visually interesting, neutral change of pace you can team with everything from Taylor Stitch shirts to a laidback pocket tee.
Front slash pockets give the lightweight Taylor Stitch Easy Pants some dressy appeal, and the tailored-but-not-too-tight fit also lend themselves nicely to all-day versatility and wearability. Another bonus with the breezy Taylor Stitch Easy Pants? They blend a polished flat-front waistband with an elastic back waistband, all the better to make you feel like you’re wearing lounge pants and not trousers. Taken all at once, the Taylor Stitch Easy Pants could be your new favorite summer pants. Shop away, folks.
Searching for classic men’s style essentials at low prices can be a taxing affair at times, but when you find a proper deal — like a deal on the best men’s jeans — it’s worth acting quickly and striking while the iron is hot, so to speak. That’s the case with today’s Tuesday Steal, brought to you by way of the E-commerce giants at Bonobos — they already excel at making everything from the best men’s chinos to your favorite shirt jacket, and now, the Bonobos Downtime Jeans are aptly named, highly stylish and highly affordable.
The Bonobos Sale section offers something for everyone
The catch with the Bonobos Downtime Jeans? Well, at first glance, it’d appear there’s no catch at all: They’re on sale right now through the well-stocked and fast-moving Bonobos Sale section, and the price is a sight to behold. Get the Bonobos Downtime Jeans for just $49, a major markdown from the original price of $119 — yes, you read that correctly. You’re also getting quite the run of summer-friendly specs here, from the pleasing and versatile, casual River Medium Wash to the blend of cotton, polyester and elastane.
Those features just so happen to make the Bonobos Downtime Jeans some of the best jeans for men in my book, with two fits (Slim and Athletic) up for grabs, not to mention waist sizes up to 40 and inseam lengths up to 36 available. The next time you want to snag a pair of affordable jeans that don’t cut corners on quality, be sure the Bonobos Downtime Jeans are in your cart — perhaps starting as soon as today.
If the above watch looks ever-so-slightly familiar, that’s because, well, it is indeed slightly familiar. Or rather, the new Shinola Traveler Subseconds Watch is an update to a highly stylish, functional watch we’ve talked about on the blog in the past — that’d be the Shinola Traveler Watch itself, the best watch for your next road trip.
It’s fitting, of course, that we’re talking about Shinola men’s watches on the Fourth of July — the all-American brand uses finely crafted Swiss parts and a meticulous assembly process in Detroit, and the stunning Shinola Traveler Subseconds Watch takes everything you know and love about the brand’s timepieces and ups the ante even further.
For starters, the handsome, elegant and versatile Shinola Traveler Subseconds Watch perfectly straddles the line between work and play — the crisp textured dial is both retro and yet modern, the sort of timepiece you can wear with something as simple as stretch chino shorts and your favorite T-shirt, or else a chambray shirt and dark blue denim. The durable canvas strap leans more casual, but you can also switch up the look of the Shinola Traveler Subseconds Watch by swapping in a Shinola watch strap with ease.
But perhaps the best update to the Shinola Traveler Subseconds Watch is, well, that cool subseconds dial so you can keep track of your time on the road. If you’re looking for a watch that can practically do it all, from day to night in the season ahead — and at an agreeable price of $650 — then the Shinola Traveler Subseconds Watch is the timepiece for you. Happy shopping, my friends.
Now, we’ve talked plenty here on the blog about having a keen eye for shopping the best menswear deals, especially when the deals in question align perfectly with the summer style essentials you need close at hand. It can sometimes be tough to find the right seasonal picks within, well, the season itself, but today’s selection is a prime candidate to become one of the best men’s shirts you own: As sold by the good folks at Huckberry in its always well-stocked Huckberry Sale section, the Relwen Exploded Seersucker Shirt is a stylish summer shirt done only the way Relwen can get the job done.
Like some of the other best menswear sales on the market, this one is a stunning deal on a piece you can make use of right away this season — as in, right away. For one thing, the Relwen Seersucker Shirt plays perfectly off the Ohio-based brand’s penchant for taking the classics and breathing new life into them. They frequently do that with a focus on modern updates to military-inspired outerwear, but the breezy Relwen Seersucker Shirt is a different take entirely, in a great way.
The key with the Relwen Seersucker Shirt is, of course, the deal itself: It’s 36 percent off via the Huckberry Sale section — as well as its impressive technical specs. The textured cotton seersucker comes in custom patterns that are breezy and fresh, while the modern fit is tailored but loose enough to allow airflow, as intended with seersucker fabric. The whole deal itself is a sight to behold, with standout savings and style available for the taking. It’s even garment-washed, so you truly can rock the Relwen Seersucker Shirt right away this summer. As I always say, my friends: Shop and save accordingly.
When you get down to it, your summer wardrobe needs options that both fight the heat and keep you sharp in style while doing so. After all, for as much as a guy needs casual summer style essentials like one of the best men’s T-shirts, he also needs slightly more polished (yet no less rugged and useful) style moves close at hand, too. Enter Filson’s Summer Shop, a standout offering filled to the brim with the best menswear for summer — including the Filson Washed Feather Cloth Shirt. The legendary Pacific Northwest heritage outfitter knows a thing or two about how to outfit you for every season, and that includes when the mercury rises, too.
The Filson Washed Feather Cloth Shirt is a must-buy for plenty of reasons, chief among them the fact that it’s an ideal option when you want to quite literally look buttoned-up without the stuffy nature of wearing, say, a more thick Oxford shirt in the heat. The Filson Washed Feather Cloth Shirt uses lightweight 100 percent cotton, the kind that’s been washed for softness — and washed plenty of times, at that. Even the dusty, breezy color options in which you can snag the Filson Washed Feather Cloth Shirt are a nice complement to, say, your favorite pair of light wash jeans or even chino shorts and canvas sneakers.
It helps that this shirt also features handy front-button chest pockets, all the better to store your everyday carry essentials. If it seems like the Filson Washed Feather Cloth Shirt really can do just about anything, that’s because, well, for the summer months, it certainly gets the job done in style.
Folks, welcome back to another edition of the week-closing Friday Read here at The Style Guide, where we’ve got a lot of ground to cover. Let’s start with the fact that yes, as the headline would imply, the Filson Semi-Annual Sale just kicked off, and it’s got a ton of the best summer style essentials up for grabs. It’s rare that a retailer like the famed Pacific Northwest heritage outfitter offers up the best in-season gear (and gear for the seasons ahead!) at a discount, so you’d do very well indeed to check out the Filson Semi-Annual Sale.
The rest of the way forward this weekend, well, I’d recommend you keep things rolling along with a few choice style reads below, of course. As for me? I have stories to write up for SPY.com as well as Effortless Gent, and in the midst of it all — including recovering from my standout trip to London last week! — I’ll be prepping for yet another trip.
The jaunt in question? A return to Michigan for the wedding of a longtime college friend (Go Green!), plus some Fourth of July celebrations. What’s on the docket for you? Besides, of course, checking out my recommended menswear shopping and reading picks? Without further ado, let’s get into it below. Cheers, my friends.
If you happen to read the blog on the regular, consider this one a bit of a refresher — there’s a standout new, perfectly rugged, highly stylish watch up for grabs right now at Huckberry, and the Zodiac Super Sea Wolf Pro Diver Titanium is well worth the investment. The timepiece, as I wrote about here on the blog, celebrates the Swiss watchmaker’s 140th anniversary, and it does so with both excellent looks and high-performing capabilities in mind. Check it out for yourself ASAP.
Summer is high time to refresh plenty of things all around — be it your wardrobe or your travel plans, or your summer scent. Think light and airy, and of course, head on over to Maxim to read about my latest guide to the best summer colognes.
I’ll leave you with one more recommended style pick from my neck of the woods. The best shorts for summer are a must-have in these casual, increasingly hot times, so you’d do very well to keep it locked here on the blog and check out the Mack Weldon Maverick Tech Chino Shorts, as written about by yours truly. They’re as good as it gets for summer, my friends.
That’s going to wrap things up for my latest Friday dispatch, my friends — here’s to a great start to the holiday weekend, and here’s to stepping out in style this summer. As always: Thanks for reading!
Is the search for the perfect set of summer menswear essentials ever really, truly at an end? It depends, but oftentimes, there’s just a bit more that can be done to help you step out in style and comfort this season — and today’s recommendation to help you in that quest? That’d be buying a pair of the best shorts for summer from Mack Weldon, a set of go-anywhere shorts that perform well, look great and offer versatility to the max. The shorts in question? The Mack Weldon Maverick Tech Chino Shorts, which check all the right boxes and provide plenty of style points in the process.
The NYC-based team at Mack Weldon already does a bang-up job of delivering on gear for all seasons, particularly as the thermostat rises and you need gear that both performs in the heat and looks great. Take one of the best men’s henleys, for instance, or a stylish men’s polo. Of course, you can now add the Mack Weldon Maverick Tech Chino Shorts to that list, and for plenty of great reasons.
The real key with the Mack Weldon Maverick Tech Chino Shorts is that blend of tech and fashion that’s so critical nowadays. We’re talking a water-resistant four-way stretch fabric designed to move and flex with you, along with a crucial six pockets and an easy-to-style 7.75-inch inseam that works well on most guys. Yes indeed, the Mack Weldon Maverick Tech Chino Shorts check all the right boxes, and they come in stylish shades like grey, olive and navy, to boot.
And hey: Because the Mack Weldon Maverick Tech Chino Shorts are priced at $98, you’re getting free shipping and some nice bang for your buck this summer. Your next few months just got even more comfortable and stylish, my friends.
There are certain times it’s worth it to splurge on a menswear essential, like when that menswear pick in question happens to be one of the best dive watches on the market. Such is the case with today’s prime recommended everyday carry essential: The stunning Zodiac Super Sea Wolf Pro Diver Titanium LE, a visually stunning watch that delivers all the rugged functionality and dependable style you could hope to add to your watch collection.
The timepiece itself celebrates 140 years of exceptional timekeeping and Swiss watch heritage from Zodiac, which started making pocket watches in its early days before introducing the highly technical, reliable Zodiac Super Sea Wolf line in the 1950s. The brand — as sold by my good friends at Huckberry — is one that knows a thing or two about crafting exceptional watches, and the new Zodiac Super Sea Wolf Pro Diver is no exception.
The key here is the use of lightweight titanium to give this watch a modern, durable edge, plus a sapphire crystal dome for added visibility — not to mention the striking seafoam green-meets-orange dial and bezel for a sleek sense of style. The Zodiac Super Sea Wolf‘s design also nods to the importance of the Artic Sea in regulating the Earth’s temperature and solar movements, a nice touch that sets it apart from the pack. Keep in mind that your new favorite watch is a bit of an investment, to say the least: It’ll run you $2,495, but the latest and greatest from Zodiac is a watch you’ll certainly have for years to come.
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