We all need a cocktail sometimes. This book will help you make one without the aid of your laptop or smartphone. Tis’ the season to turn off all electrical distractions, after all. We’re not huge fans of the fact that there’s two separate volumes for men and women but, that aside, it looks like it’ll be a great Christmas gift for someone. Or yourself. From Assouline.

Let’s face it, cigars are incredibly douchey these days. They’re of a bygone era and now the people who use them are 16 years old trying to feel grown up and bankers. But you can celebrate that bygone era in this book, which showcases some famous cigar users and reminisces of a time when a cigar wasn’t shorthand for douchebag. From Assouline. Mr Porter has it. Be sure to check out these other titles from Assouline.

The first time I drove by the old air raid shelter in Berlin’s mitte district, I asked David Fischer what the hell it was. He then told me about Mr. Christian Boros, the ad exec and art collector in the city, who purchased the bunker after the fall of The Wall. The massive bunker is now his own private art museum, semi open by appointment. I’ve never been so lucky as to get an inside visit. This video from the great FvF takes care of for us. Possibly their best presentation yet.

ONIA moves from the water onto the shore with their Montrose shoe offering. They call it a hybrid, fusing the sole of a flip-flop with ONIA’s fast drying upper nylon/cotton fabric. The sole features an espadrille-like stitching pattern and that low “barefoot appealing” profile. Choose from multiple colors as well. The Montrose should land in doors carrying ONIA’s swimline. Take a look and decide for yourself.

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The largest museum exhibition on design since ‘Graphic Design in America: A Visual Language History’, ‘Graphic Design: Now in Production’ captures how graphic design has expanded over the last decade. To be specific, it explores how design-led magazines, newspapers, books and posters have shaped our design landscape. The exhibition showing at the Walker Art Center until 22 January, so if you’re around the area it’d be well worth paying a visit. (Crap=Good)

If want the look of a man carrying parchment in a leather satchel, while actually holding an iPad or other tablet, consider the V Ave. Shoe Repair leather cover (or bag as they put it).  You could use it for parchment or any other ephemera you have lying around. They won’t mind at all. Sets you back around $140. Choose between natural and black Italian Italian vachetta leather.

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If you history of street fashion going back as far as you can remember (for me that would be the 80’s), camo/DPM patterns have always been there. No matter where you lay – be it street-wear or the high end… camo remains a re-played device of the fashion world. It has not come and gone as a trend; the patterns, while re-worked and re-imagined, have remained  almost seasonal. Is there another pattern in fashion that retains such high/low appeal (and please don’t say stripes)?

While many will look at the “heritage” tagline against any brand with a raised brow in 2011, one cannot deny that a dash of camouflage seems to reset opinions. Take these pants from the Carhartt Heritage Autumn Winter 2011 collection: the simple chino breathes again with out much work. Sure, we’ve seen camo on slim-cut BDU’s and chinos before and we’re will to bet you will see them again. Goodhood has these.

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While menswear is great and all, it’s always nice to educate yourself on interesting figures, regardless of field. Cecil Beaton was a legendary fashion photographer, who’s work for Vogue has been an inspiration to many. The new book, Cecil Beaton: The New York Years, covers the London-based photographer’s time in New York with his muse Greta Garbo and the likes of Andy Warhol, Truman Capote and Marilyn Monroe. A perfect gift for the man who thinks society was perfected in the ’60s. Published by Rizzoli. Available from Amazon.

Jack White’s Third Man Records delivers this iPhone case molded from old seven-inch records with the help of Griffin. What makes them interesting is that they use actual seven inches from the Third Man catalog as pressed at Nashville’s United Record Pressing. Each record is then die-cut and molded into the iPhone case form. Find them for $30 over on Third Man Records.

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Por Homme fell upon these looks at the men’s collection from Louis Vuitton for Spring Summer 2012. Shot out there in the wild, the looks focus on the casual side of the collection, which can be worn in various circumstances. Slam yer wallet down and pick up some wears from the luxury line. Chilling in the trees, Kim Jones style.

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