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Everlane Just Released the Best New Sweats We've Tried in Ages

We at Esquire believe that even in the After Times, when we're dressing to go out again, very good sweats will remain a part of our daily conversation. Enter Everlane, the DTC darling dead-set on making sure that's the case—at least if today's launch of the new "Track" collection is anything to go by. Everlane VP of design Sonia Martin calls pieces like sweatpants and hoodies the "starting point" in a guy's wardrobe. "So we set out to make these styles even better than anything he's worn before," she says, "especially since it's now his everyday look. Of course, all of that doesn't do you a lot of good if the styles themselves don't deliver. But these do. The pants manage to walk the dangerous line between "couch-only baggy" and "fashion-victim tight" with precision, offering up a fit that's slim enough to wear comfortably out in the world, but chilled-out enough to suggest that, yes, you are aware that you're wearing sweatpants. Read More

J.Crew's Wool Car Coat Is Very Cozy and Very, Very On Sale

If you're sick and tired of wearing the same down-filled parka you've been hibernating in since December, or if you've been lighting up the group chat with a whole bunch of outerwear options you found on your own, J.Crew's wool car coat might be the one that finally puts the conversation to rest. The coat in question was made out of a nubby Irish wool blend. It had raglan sleeves. It was cut generously, designed to cocoon softly around its wearer no matter how many layers were piled on beneath it. Best of all, it was on sale! Like, serious sale. Here's Avidan Grossman on why we love it—and why you will, too. Read More

The 7 Best Bikes for Riding Through 2021 in Style

So you've decided to get a bike—probably because public transit has turned into a nightmare of a virus cesspool. Well, good news, we at Esquire hear you and assure you bikes are always useful and fun, and even good for the environment, fancy that. Who knows? After becoming a bike person, you may even pick up some healthy new habits, like afternoon rides, weekend off-roading adventures, or simply more regular trips to Trader Joe's. We've got you covered if you're looking for a way to blow off steam and safely see your city, or to get to places just too far to walk (but man, the $10 Uber is obnoxious), or to tear rubber so hard those exhaust funkies huff your cycling shorts. From affordable to luxury, from electric to folding, these are some of the best bikes to start you on your two-wheeled journey. Read More

'This Is Not About Stimulus. This Is a Rescue Package.'

Back in the halcyon days of December, when the threat Donald Trump posed to the republic was merely obvious rather than fully realized, we took some time to look at the administration that would replace his. In particular, what did Joe Biden's picks for economic advisers signal about his positioning on workers, wages, and monopoly power? The verdict from progressive economist Eileen Appelbaum, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, was that the signs were largely positive—except for a couple of private-equity guys who'd made the cut and presented some potential issues. Moreover, Appelbaum said, it was still unclear where Biden would come down in terms of antitrust policy, a pressing concern in an America now plagued by corporate consolidation. In the time since, Trump incited an insurrection to stop the transfer of power to Biden. He failed, was impeached, and his trial was held in the Senate, where his spineless allies ensured he was not convicted. But Biden was also inaugurated, and Democrats took narrow control of both houses of Congress, and they have now turned their attention to a COVID relief bill to address the multitude of crises—vaccine distribution, unemployment, small-business closures—that the country faces. (Well, after their vacation this week, anyway.) We circled back with Appelbaum to get her thoughts on Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion bill, how things are developing in Congress, and on some of the new president's more recent Executive Branch appointments as well. Read More

'Beeple Mania': How Mike Winkelmann Makes Millions Selling Pixels

Beeple is an artist. He makes digital art—pixels on screens depicting bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, and sometimes grotesque images. He smashes together pop culture, technology, and postapocalyptic terror into blistering commentaries on the way we live. A recent frame depicted Donald Trump wearing a leather mask and stripper's pasties, taking a whip to the coronavirus bug (title: "Trump Dominating Covid"). On the day Jeff Bezos announced he was kicking himself upstairs, Beeple imagined the Amazon founder as a massive, threatening octopus emerging from the ocean as military helicopters circled above ("Release the Bezos"). Beeple has 1.8 million Instagram followers. His work has been shown at two Super Bowl halftime shows and at least one Justin Bieber concert, but he has no gallery representation or foothold in the traditional art world. And yet in December the first extensive auction of his art grossed $3.5 million in a single weekend. How, though? Here, Mickey Rapkin dives into Beeple's world and unpacks it all. Read More

Now You Can Read 88 Years Worth of Esquire Issues

We have a digital archive! It's called Esquire Classic, and through this portal you can read every page of every issue of Esquire ever published, going all the way back to the first edition in October 1933. But the archive is available to members only. Don't worry—it's affordable! The price of a medium—sorry, grande—coffee from Starbucks every month. And not only do you get access to Esquire Classic, but also everything on Esquire.com and the print magazine. Treat yourself to Esquire today. Read More

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Everlane Just Dropped the Best Sweats We’ve Tried in Ages

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