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The first thing I bought myself when I got my first job in magazines was a pair of black moto boots. I had never bought boots before. Look, I'm from California, okay? Every piece of footwear I owned that wasn't a sneaker was a Rainbow sandal. Initially, the stylishness of the boots drew me in, but it only took one New York winter for me to realize that boots are simply the best place to put your money when it comes to your feet. With the occasional resole, they'll last forever. Today, we've got a great guide to help you choose your first pair, just in time for the season when they pay the greatest dividends. Check it out below. —Kevin Dupzyk, contributing editor Plus: |
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Your feet will thank you. |
As far as we are concerned, boots are the shoes to spend money on. Sure, we'll get down with a $200 sneaker done up in Gore-Tex or a well-made dress shoe if we're feeling fancy. But boots last longer than a sneaker and require more, shall we say, grit, than a dress shoe. They should be made well with good materials and worth the price brands are asking. We've endorsed many a boot brand over the years, and we're always on the lookout for changes in quality control in legacy brands or newer brands that are disrupting the boot market as we've known it. Here, we're looking at 10 boot brands that have pulled through for us year after year, winter after winter. |
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For the Dubai noob, the city quickly lives up to its reputation as a sparkling metropolis, its streets jammed with minty Lambos and Rolls Royce Phantoms. Now a hub of hospitality as well as a major shopping destination, the city has matured into a pivotal spot on the luxury lover's world tour. So, you can bet it's a great spot for watches too. The Burj Khalifa, its most famous early landmark, rises 2,700 feet and change from what was once sand, towering over the center of downtown Dubai. The park laid out around its base is the new site of the city's Dubai Watch Week, a gathering of watchmakers and collectors unlike any other on the watch circuit. The event showcases 90 brands in a purpose-built, 18,000 square-meter venue. Despite the expansiveness of the location, what is immediately striking about DWW is the size of the exhibitors' open booths—small by comparison to those imposing edifices at Watches and Wonders, which convenes annually in Geneva. But in Dubai that relatively small scale is a strength; it makes for an intimate and accessible affair, despite almost 50,000 visitors over the five days. |
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Ben Stiller grew up surrounded by show business. His parents, the legendary comedy duo Stiller and Meara, worked stages across the country from Ed Sullivan to the Sunset Strip. It was a golden age for television and he witnessed much of it from the front row of a live studio audience. "I was hanging around the places that kids weren't really supposed to hang around," he tells Esquire. "I remember my parents playing Vegas and being at the casinos with them and being told to back away from a roulette table because I was eight or nine years old and then kind of backing into the bar and the bartender saying, 'Well you can't hang out here, either.'" As a fully-grown adult he's had no trouble finding space to fit in. Acting, writing, producing, directing—Stiller has accrued multi-hyphenate success through four separate decades. In fact, he welcomed his 60th birthday in early December, busier than ever. |
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