Prone-to-traveling friend of the Eye, Mr. Ryan Plett of [you have broken the internet] recently hit San Francisco to eat, drink, shop, and play in the Bay. His travels took him to killer shops like Unionmade, and Taylor Stitch, hot spots like Locanda, and even an escape to Big Basin National Park (above.)

Like everything else in Tadashi Yanai’s hyperpractical universe, these t-shirts from Uniqlo are an exercise in simple style perfected. Sure, an undershirt isn’t the most exciting (or oft-seen) wardrobe element, but that doesn’t mean guys should care any less about fit and fabric. Available in crewneck or v-neck style, Uniqlo’s version is composed of ultra-soft [...]

For the record, the boys from Green Day are NOT afraid of heights; as they star in the spring 2012 ad campaign for John Varvatos suspended above Manhattan, reminiscent of “Man on a Wire”, or a leathery, punk rock version of Charles C. Ebbets’ “Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam.” (Do you think Billy Joe [...]

In the commercial for Gucci Guilty Intense, Gucci’s new fragrance, Chris Evans—he of Captain America: The First Avenger and muscular chest fame—walks into a bar, eyes super babe Evan Rachel Wood, and the two get it on approximately one second later. These things happen, apparently, when you are really, really, ridiculously good-looking and doused in [...]

A Technical vest is such a versatile layering piece, and no one does versatility better than the Brooklyn boys of Outlier. Their Soft Core Wool Vest has quickly become a go-to: slim and breathable enough to stack under a sport coat or jacket, but warm enough to rock on its own over a chamois shirt [...]

Around this week every year, I get a flock of chapped-mouth souls asking me if I have any lip balm. I probably get sent testers of that more than anything else as our grooming editor, but one of my favorites I rarely have on hand. There’s this rare strand of Burt’s Bees, (medicated, with clove [...]

“Man has only to sink beneath the surface, and he is free.”