It isn’t often that I find myself in a tie or any form of clothing that has cuffs requiring links, that said, I’d be a damn sight more likely to get dressed up if I had this set of retro, pirate-tastic cuff links and tie bar handy.
Designed by Ralph Lauren, the set costs $89 USD and is available from their Rugby Collection here.
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The Tupolev A-3 Aerosledge The Tupolev A-3 Aerosledge is an unusual curiosity from the depths of the cold war, the CIA and MI6 doubtless had thick folders on the craft as it was used for collecting both cosmonauts and crashed pilots in the remote areas of Siberia. Alexei Tupolev of the Tupolev Design Bureau originally developed…
The Randolph Aviator Sunglasses (and their almost identical forbear) have been standard issue to all US astronauts and fighter pilots since 1958, officially known as the Flight Goggle 58. The optical manufacturer was established in the small town of Randolph just outside of Boston, Massachusetts and quickly became famous for their almost indestructible frame joints…
The modern concept of the cafe racer has evolved significantly since the genre was first created by the Brits in 1950s London. The first cafe racers were simply stripped-down production motorcycles with hopped up engines. They were typically fitted with clip-on handlebars, a single seat, knee-indents in the fuel tank, and no superfluous parts –…
This is Ayrton Senna’s helmet from his successful 1990 Formula 1 World Championship season, by the season’s end it would be Senna’s second championship win and the third consecutive Constructors’ Championship win for McLaren-Honda. Senna’s helmet livery is one of the most famous in motorsport history, if not the most famous outright. It includes the…
The new Rodeo glove by Fuel Motorcycles is a fully-featured motorcycle glove design developed for people who want classic looks with modern safety and materials. Though they look like motorcycle gloves you could have bought in the ’60s they actually feature integrated PVC knuckle armor and they’re CE safety certified. For additional abrasion protection there…
Under the hood of the Berardini Bros 1932 Ford was a Flathead V8 so dominant on the 1/4 mile drag strips of the LA-area in the 1950s that the very sound of it would strike fear into the hearts of its competitors. Pat and Tony Berardini won the Gas and Fuel Street Roadster Championships from…
