| | | Thirty years ago, the biggest celebrities on earth opened a chain restaurant. For a few years, it was the hottest ticket in town. Then it went bankrupt. Twice. The brains behind this pop-culture phenomenon explain how it happened. | | If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser. | | | | |  | | |  | | | | The Rise and Fall of Planet Hollywood | | | | At the opening night of the Planet Hollywood on Rodeo Drive, every celebrity you could imagine was there. It was the hottest ticket in town. ABC aired a special event, Planet Hollywood Comes Home. The cops shut down the street. All this for a chain restaurant that served chicken coated in Cap'n Crunch. And not just a chain restaurant but a theme restaurant. A Rainforest Cafe with celebrities. It seems unfathomable now that stars would go along with this. But they appeared to be having a ball. For a few years in the nineties, these stars dropped any pretense of hauteur, while everyone else succumbed to their love of celebrity by paying ten dollars to eat a burger under the Terminator's leather jacket. Cheesy? Yes. A massive—but fleeting—success unlike anything before it? A resounding yes. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | Clarks Originals' Desert Trek Is the Cult Classic That'll Make Your Summer 146% Funkier | | | | Let's do this with reggae songs, considering how deeply Clarks shoes are embedded in Jamaican culture. If throwing on a pair of Desert Boots is like cueing up "No Woman, No Cry" and lacing up your Wallabees is like dropping the needle on "Stepping Razor," opting for a pair of Desert Treks is like tossing a few coins in the jukebox and putting on "54-46 (That's My Number)" by Toots and the Maytals. Unknown? By no means. But maybe not the first thing you'd think of, if only because a couple other iconic entries in the genre spring to mind in its place. But "54-46" is a jam, and life without it would be a bit worse. So even if you've already got your DBs and your Wallees on deck, you'd be well served to consider the Desert Trek, too. Low-slung and a little off-kilter in its own distinctive way, it's exactly the sort of shoe you should add to your rotation this summer. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | The 40 Best Father's Day Gifts for a Dad From His Son | | | | Dad's got good taste. And because you learned from the best, you've got good taste, too. Now, put that good taste to work picking out a great gift to send his way for Father's Day. Here you'll find 40 worthy gift options for dad, from his son, that speak to years of bonding over impeccable grooming, engrossing reads, bar cart necessities, relaxing in style, and generally being cool, well-rounded men. Whether he'll get a kick out a neat tool or a wardrobe addition or a useful kitchen gadget, it's something that'll stick with him for years of bonding to come. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | New Balance and J.Crew Just Dropped the Perfect Father's Day Sneakers | | | | The generations will have a new shoe to battle over this summer: a riff on the CRT300 V2, created in conjunction with one of NB's all-time collaborative partners, J.Crew. This isn't the first time the two have tackled the silhouette, but it's definitely the coolest iteration to date. Done up in shades of gray, white, and navy, it's got the same vibe—chilled-out, toned-down, but still interesting and undeniably cool—that turned another smash-hit J.Crew collab (yes, I'm talking about the Nike Killshot 2) into a hot commodity that sold out with every subsequent release. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | The 20 Best Tees Under $50 in Mr Porter's Massive Sale | | | | Hoo, boy. Have you made your way over to the Mr Porter sale yet? Summer's basically here, and it's only going to get hotter. A Good T-Shirt or two will save your fits over and over again, all through the season. And, not to put too fine a point on it, they are selling out right now. So start shopping, and get ready for the warmer months to look a whole lot better in 2021. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |
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