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Men’s T-Shirt – From Underwear to Fashion Statement – Tees for Where Life Takes You!

Over two billion t-shirts are sold worldwide every year. Most of them don't matter. This is about the ones that do. The t-shirt is the most democratic garment in the modern wardrobe — and arguably the least likely candidate for luxury status. Its origin story begins not on a runway or in a design studio, but in the sweltering holds of ships and the back-breaking labor of 19th-century mines and dockyards, where workers took matters into their own hands by cutting their one-piece union suits in half to survive the heat. What remained on top was a rudimentary, buttonless, crew-necked cotton shell. Simple. Functional. Invisible — because it was never meant to be seen. By 1898, during the Spanish-American War, the first manufactured t-shirt had emerged from military necessity. By 1904, the Cooper Underwear Company was marketing these tops to single men with a pitch built entirely on simplicity: no buttons, no safety pins, no needle, no thread. Just pull it on. In 1913, the U.S. Navy made it official, issuing short-sleeved white cotton undershirts as standard beneath the uniform. Sailors in tropical climates and on early submarines started stripping down to just the undershirt during work details — and the t-shirt began its long, quiet migration from beneath the uniform to the surface. F. Scott Fitzgerald gave the garment its name in print. In his 1920 novel This Side of Paradise, he listed the "t-shirt" among a college student's wardrobe essentials, and the term entered the Merriam-Webster Dictionary shortly after. But it remained, firmly, an undergarment — something worn close to the skin and hidden from polite company. The Great Depression kept it utilitarian. During the 1930s, the t-shirt became the default garment for farm and ranch work across America — the thing you reached for when modesty required covering your torso but the heat demanded you wear as little as possible. By 1938, Sears was selling them in its catalogue for twenty-four cents apiece. Then came the war — and everything changed. During World War II, the U.S. military ordered over 300 million t-shirts for its soldiers and sailors. In 1942, a printed Air Corps Gunnery School t-shirt appeared on the cover of Life magazine — the first time the garment received prominent national exposure. When veterans returned home, they wore their undershirts as casual, standalone clothing, pairing them with uniform trousers in a look that was practical, comfortable, and completely new. Hollywood made it iconic. Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951. James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause in 1955. Two performances that took the t-shirt from underwear to outerwear and from outerwear to cultural statement. The white t-shirt became a symbol of raw masculinity and youthful defiance — a garment that said more by revealing less. The 1960s turned it into a canvas. Screen-printing technology made it possible to put anything on a t-shirt — protest slogans, band logos, political art, commercial advertising. The Che Guevara portrait. The Rolling Stones tongue. Milton Glaser's "I ♥ NY." The t-shirt became the most accessible medium for personal and political expression ever created. Then Don Johnson changed the equation again. In the mid-1980s, he paired a plain white t-shirt with an Armani suit on Miami Vice and made the case — watched by millions — that a t-shirt could be dressed up. That it belonged not just under a jacket, but with one. It was the first crack in the wall between casual and formal, between the workwear origins of the garment and its luxury future. Through all of it — the Navy issuing them, Brando electrifying a generation in one, Dean making rebellion look effortless, Johnson slipping one under Armani — Sunspel was already there. Founded in 1860 in Long Eaton, England, they were among the first to manufacture t-shirts and have spent over a century refining what the garment can be. Today, their factory still runs with multi-generational artisans crafting each shirt from a proprietary two-fold Q82 fabric made with single-source Supima cotton from a single Californian farm. While the t-shirt's meaning kept changing, Sunspel kept perfecting its making. And now Orlebar Brown has reimagined it for resort life. Valentino and Dolce & Gabbana treat it as a surface for embellishment and design at price points that would have been unthinkable when Sears was selling them for less than a quarter. The t-shirt has traveled further than any other garment in the modern wardrobe. From hidden undergarment to workwear essential, from symbol of rebellion to canvas for expression, from casual staple to luxury investment — it remains, after more than a hundred years, the most versatile piece of clothing a man can own.

If Passion is a Hotel Suite, Meet Mandarin Oriental

Mandarin Oriental has always understood that the best suites give you a reason to never leave them. These six do exactly that — from Paris to Canouan, pick your passion. In Paris, the Panoramic Suite puts the Eiffel Tower on your terrace at golden hour, with a spa recently awarded Best Unique Experience in France at the World Luxury Spa Awards. In London, designer Joyce Wang layered the Hyde Park Suite with green leather, antiqued mirrors, brass-and-glass chandeliers, and a botanical carpet that pulls Hyde Park right into the room — a personal butler is yours for the duration, and the two-Michelin-starred Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is right there when you're ready. Barcelona's Penthouse Suite takes the entire top floor — eight stories above the Passeig de Gràcia, every inch a Patricia Urquiola design, with the Michelin-starred Moments below, helmed by chef Raül Balam with his mother, the legendary Carme Ruscalleda, as gastronomic adviser. In Bangkok, Mandarin Oriental has stood on the Chao Phraya River for 150 years — tsars, royals, writers, and heads of state have all checked in. The Chao Phraya Room is a split-level colonial-inspired gem, and the two-Michelin-starred Anne-Sophie Pic at Le Normandie — the world's most Michelin-starred female chef — has just written a new chapter for Thailand's first French fine-dining restaurant. A boat takes you across the river to the Oriental Spa. Tokyo's Mandarin Oriental is celebrating 20 years atop the Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower on one of the city's most celebrated sakura (cherry blossom) avenues — the 1,076-square-foot Mandarin Suite offers Mount Fuji through floor-to-ceiling windows and a deep soaking tub to take it all in, with three Michelin-starred restaurants in the hotel. And in Canouan — a five-square-mile island in St Vincent and the Grenadines and the first GSTC-certified resort in the country — an Italian-designed villa with its own infinity pool sits high above the Atlantic with panoramic views and absolutely no reason to leave. Click to read more and reserve your next romantic getaway.

Celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse with Mandarin Oriental

Every sixty years, the most spirited animal in the Chinese zodiac meets its most volatile element — and 2026 is that year. The Year of the Fire Horse carries a weight in Chinese culture that no other zodiac combination can match. The Horse is the seventh animal in the twelve-year cycle, associated with courage, freedom, nobility, and relentless forward motion. Fire is the element of passion, transformation, and breakthrough. When the two converge, Chinese astrologers describe an energy so charged with ambition and momentum that it reshapes everything it touches. The last Fire Horse year was 1966. The next won't come until 2086. Chinese New Year itself is the most important cultural event on the Asian calendar — a fifteen-day celebration that begins with the second new moon after the winter solstice and culminates in the Lantern Festival. It is a season of family reunion, ancestral reverence, culinary abundance, and ritual that stretches back thousands of years to the agricultural traditions and lunar cycles that once governed planting and harvest across China. The reunion dinner on New Year's Eve is the emotional center — families travel thousands of miles to gather around a table laden with dishes chosen for their symbolism as much as their flavor. Dumplings shaped like gold ingots for wealth. Whole fish for abundance, because the word yú sounds identical to the word for surplus. Longevity noodles, never cut. Nian gao, the sticky rice cake, because gāo sounds like the word for growth. Every bite carries meaning. Red envelopes — hóngbāo in Mandarin, lai see in Cantonese — filled with money are exchanged between elders and children as blessings for the year ahead. Lion dances roar through streets and hotel lobbies to chase away evil spirits and invite prosperity. Homes are deep-cleaned before the new year arrives, sweeping out the old to make room for what's coming. The Fire Horse demands action, momentum, and the courage to move. Mandarin Oriental has built somewhere extraordinary to move toward. The horse came back. Trailing fire.

Pack Here, Go There…

The word "luggage" entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 1596 meaning "inconveniently heavy baggage." THE TRUNK ERA (Pre-1800s through Early 1900s) The earliest trunks were wooden boxes covered in animal hide, sometimes iron-based, made somewhat water resistant with canvas or tree sap. Servants carried them for their employers — travel was exclusively for the wealthy. Some weighed up to 100 pounds when empty. Victorian trunks had elaborate interiors — hat boxes, shirt compartments, coin boxes, document boxes, and even secret compartments strategically placed to fool thieves. Among the many styles: Jenny Lind, Saratoga, monitor, steamer, barrel-stave, octagon, wardrobe, dome-top, barrel-top, wall trunks, and full dresser trunks. The dome-top was the most elegant — the curved lid prevented rain from pooling and forced porters to store them on top of piles rather than underneath, protecting the contents.  LOUIS VUITTON — THE TRUNK MAKER WHO CHANGED EVERYTHING 1858: Vuitton introduces the flat-topped trunk — his game-changing innovation. Every trunk at the time had a rounded top so rain would roll off. Vuitton created a waterproof canvas (grey Trianon canvas) that made the dome unnecessary. A flat top meant trunks could be stacked. This single design change revolutionized luggage for steamships and rail travel. 1859: Demand forces Vuitton to open a larger workshop in Asnières-sur-Seine, northwest of Paris, on the Seine River near a railway line. He starts with 20 employees. By 1900 there were nearly 100; by 1914, 225. The workshop is still producing pieces today — 170 craftsmen work there making leather goods and special orders. 1880s-1890s: Explorer Trunks produced in zinc, copper, and brass. A handful made in aluminum in 1892 — only two known to exist today, one in the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. These were made to combat the extreme humidity of deep Asia and Africa. 1886: Georges Vuitton (Louis's son) develops a revolutionary single-lock system with two spring buckles that turned travel trunks into real treasure chests. He reportedly challenged Harry Houdini to escape from a locked Vuitton trunk. Houdini never took him up on it. 1892: Louis Vuitton dies. Georges assumes leadership. 1893: Georges exhibits Louis Vuitton luggage at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago — introducing the brand to the American market. 1896: Georges creates the iconic LV monogram — not as a fashion statement but to combat the knockoffs already plaguing the brand. Interlocked "LV" initials in gold, alternating with diamond points and quatrefoil flowers on chocolate brown canvas. THE STEAMER TRUNK ERA (1870s–1920s) Steamer trunks — named for their storage in the cabins of steam ships — first appeared in the late 1870s, with the bulk dating from 1880–1920. They were typically about 14 inches tall to accommodate steamship luggage regulations. Covered in canvas, leather, or patterned paper. Cabin trunks (sometimes called "true" steamer trunks) were the equivalent of today's carry-on luggage — small enough to fit under the berth of a train or in a ship's stateroom. The ocean liner era was the romance chapter of luggage. First-class passengers traveled with wardrobe trunks — full-sized portable closets that opened to reveal hanging space, built-in drawers, and compartments for shoes, hats, and jewelry. Passengers never had to carry or handle their own luggage. Porters moved everything from dock to stateroom to destination. Vogue Magazine, 1911: "The steamer trunk, if packed carefully and practically, holds all that any woman need require for the voyage to Europe. Since crossing to the other side has become an everyday affair, the question of what to take on the voyage has become a practical science — not a guesswork proposition." THE CAR KILLED THE TRUNK (Early–Mid 1900s) The automobile changed everything. Those massive travel trunks that porters hauled onto ships and trains didn't fit in a car. Car travelers needed smaller, lighter luggage — and the modern suitcase was born. The irony: the storage compartment at the back of the car where those smaller bags were stowed was called the trunk. By the late 1940s and into the 1950s, commercial air travel further changed the equation — weight restrictions meant the old steamer trunks were impractical. Lighter bags became essential. As more Americans began to enjoy commercial air travel luggage was bought in colorful matched sets from companies like American Tourister and Samsonite, making luggage more a personal statement. 1970: Bernard D. Sadow, vice president of U.S. Luggage (Should be "the company that would later acquire Briggs & Riley Travelware), is dragging two heavy 27-inch suitcases through customs in Puerto Rico when he spots a man rolling machinery on a wheeled platform. He goes home, attaches four casters to a suitcase, adds a flexible strap. Then tries to sell it. Every department store in New York tells him he's crazy. "There was this macho feeling. Men used to carry luggage for their wives. Nobody's going to pull a piece of luggage with wheels on it." After weeks of rejection — including from Macy's — a Macy's VP overrules his own buyer and puts them on the floor. Macy's sells them as "the luggage that glides." 1972: Bernard D. Sadow receives his patent. Competitors band together and break it about two years later. 1987: The modern rolling suitcase arrives. Northwest Airlines pilot Robert Plath turns the suitcase upright, puts two wheels on the bottom, adds a retractable handle, and calls it the "Rollaboard." He sells them to fellow pilots and flight crews out of his garage in Boca Raton, Florida. When passengers see uniformed pilots and flight attendants effortlessly wheeling bags through airports, everyone wants one. 1991: Plath quits flying and founds Travelpro. The Rollaboard's popularity leads to a total reconfiguration of overhead storage bins on airplanes to accommodate the new design. Ancient Romans invented leisure travel. They built 50,000 miles of roads and established inns every 30 miles. Wealthy Romans traveled to summer villas in Pompeii and Baiae. They visited the Egyptian pyramids as tourists — graffiti from Roman tourists has been found carved into ancient monuments. Travel has come a long way since its origin with wealthy Romans. Enjoy this modern journey to equip you for your world travels.

Holiday Happier: An Entertaining Guide – Happy New Year Edition

Champagne invites celebration, and that moment arrives when the cork is popped, unleashing the tiny bubbles that dance on your palate. Caviar is the perfect dance partner for fine champagne; this curation takes care of fine champagne and ethically sourced caviar for you to ring in the New Year with taste and style. The pairing of champagne and caviar is timeless for a reason. Fine champagne brings brightness, and caviar brings texture and that briny note of the sea — and together they sing. The tiny bubbles in the champagne lift the caviar, creating a harmony of flavors all their own. This curation brings the finest champagnes and ethically sourced caviars to you to move out the old while ringing in the New Year. Happy New Year — let’s celebrate!

Fruits, Dried Fruits, Vegetables & Nuts: A Guide to the Best – Let’s Eat!

Fruits, Dried Fruits, Vegetables & Nuts: A Guide to the Best - Let's Eat! is your destination for exceptional fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts — specialty produce from purveyors who supply the hit cooking competition show Top Chef and some of the finest restaurants in the country. Pinkglow™ Pineapple—the jewel-toned showstopper with rosy pink flesh that tastes as extraordinary as it looks. K-Grapes" Shine Muscat Grapes, prized in Japan and finally available here. Dragon fruit. Cherimoyas. Feijoas. Starfruit. Passion fruit and lychees. Tamarillos and sapotes you may have never encountered. Banana varieties that redefine what a banana can be—Baby Bananas with hints of cinnamon, Red Bananas with notes of raspberry and vanilla, Manzano Bananas with flavors of apple and strawberry, Burro Bananas with a touch of lemon. Strawberry Papayas. Pepino Melons. Honeycrisp apples in XL sizes. Asian pears. Precious Honeyglow® Pineapple. Tai Nung Papayas. Gold Pineapples. Citrus collections with grapefruit, blood oranges, Key limes, Valencia oranges, and kumquats. Exotic fruit boxes bursting with pomegranates, persimmons, coconuts, kiwis, and mangoes. Gift baskets arriving in woven hampers ready to give. Now the vegetables. Fresh Jumbo Artichokes. Fresh Medium Artichokes. Fresh Baby Artichokes. Fairytale Eggplant. Squash Blossoms. Badger Flame Beets. Purple Sweet Potatoes. Fingerling Potatoes. Kyoto Carrots. Lemon Cucumbers. Armenian Cucumbers. Treviso Radicchio. Sugarloaf Chicory. Tropea Onions. Baby Leeks. Baby Radishes. Haricot Verts. Romano Beans. Flageolet Beans. Fava Beans. Petite Pois. Pea Tendrils and Pea Shoots. Spigarello. Frilly Mustard Greens. Tuscan Kale. Collards. Brussels Sprouts. Pac Choi. Hon Tsai. Gem Lettuce. Lola Rossa. Shishito Peppers. Aleppo Peppers. Espelette Peppers. Fresh Calabrian Peppers. Guindilla Peppers. Japanese Scallions. White Hakurei Turnips. Kohlrabi. Parsnips. Romanesco cauliflower with its stunning fractal geometry. Grilling vegetable collections featuring Portobello mushrooms, Chayote squash, Asian eggplant, fennel, Anaheim peppers, and elephant garlic. Fresh herbs including Lemon Verbena, Lemongrass, Za'atar, Fresh Coriander, Flowering Cilantro, Anise Hyssop, and Perilla. Marigold Flowers and Sweet Potato Leaves. Seasonal vegetable baskets with rotating produce. Organic produce boxes packed with spinach, chard, zucchini, broccoli, celery, string beans, snow peas, and heirloom carrots. Pickling kits with Kirby cucumbers, pearl onions, baby carrots, and signature spice packs. This guide is all about fruits and veggies, the best of fresh farm-to-table delivered to your door.

Holiday Happier: An Entertaining Guide – Time to Nosh & Celebrate Hanukkah!

Hanukkah (Chanukah), the Festival of Lights, revolves around the nightly lighting of the menorah at sundown for eight nights. This ritual commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple and the remarkable miracle of oil that sustained the menorah for eight days when there was only enough oil for one night. While the ritual provides a framework, the true essence of the celebration lies in the gatherings, repetitions, and shared language of food, sound, and presence that carries the holiday forward night after night. Hanukkah is not a hurried holiday; it unfolds one evening at a time. Lights are kindled, blessings are recited, and familiar melodies emerge effortlessly. The holiday’s rhythm settles in through simple acts repeated eight times in a row, not for spectacle or performance, but because this is how the season is lived. Dreidels spin across tabletops, Gelt changes hands, small gifts appear, and laughter echoes through the rooms. It is a holiday shaped less by pageantry than by the return of loved ones, a reminder to show up again tomorrow and relive the festivities. The dining table becomes the heart of the celebration, where the rhythm truly comes alive. The sizzling of latkes fills the air with the aroma of oil and potatoes, while warm sufganiyot arrive, indulgent and unapologetically sweet. Thick slices of babka are generously cut, and braided challah (egg bread) is pulled apart by hand. Smoked fish is laid out with care, and rugelach always disappears fast. These foods don’t merely decorate Hanukkah; they transmit its essence. They are how memories move forward, generation to generation. Food is not an accessory to the Festival of Lights; it is one of its working languages. It transforms ritual into a tangible experience, fostering a sense of connection among generations. Whether you keep kosher or not, Holiday Happier An Entertaining Guide - Time To Nosh & Celebrate Hanukkah celebrates the Festival of Lights with you — dedicated kosher options for those who observe, and delicious choices for every table. Happy Hanukkah!

Holiday Happier: A Gifting & Entertaining Guide – Food & Wine – Part Deux

Dive into this next chapter, where the ocean’s bounty awaits! Chef-favorite Atlantic salmon, wild Atlantic cod, wild ahi tuna steaks, branzino, rainbow trout, colossal dry sea scallops, wild American red snapper, Atlantic halibut, blue shrimp, and more — all ethically sourced to ensure both quality and sustainability. This wouldn’t be a luxury guide without the exquisite flavors of Japanese Wagyu, tender Green Circle chicken, and an assortment of exotic proteins that will elevate your holiday table to a culinary masterpiece. Additionally, you will find irresistible delicacies perfect for creating show-stopping charcuterie boards that will leave your guests in awe and eager for more. The guide continues with highly rated white wine varietals and fine champagnes to perfectly complement your meals, as well as an indulgent selection of luxury candy and fine French chocolates — expect nothing less than the finest in edible luxury that will tantalize your taste buds. This thoughtful curation is focused on holiday entertaining while also offering inspired holiday gifts guaranteed to please even the most discerning of palates. ’Tis the season to Holiday Happier with luxe-edit.com, where each curated selection will make your celebrations memorable and joyous!

Holiday Happier: A Gifting & Entertaining Guide – Food & Wine

James Beard Award-winning creations from renowned chefs' kitchens arrive via Goldbelly, connecting you to legendary dishes from coast to coast. Hancock Gourmet Lobster Co.'s award-winning lobster roll kit from Ogunquit, Maine—a family recipe passed down since 1946. Pitmaster Russell Roegels' Prime brisket from Houston—18 hours over post oak, named one of Texas Monthly's 50 Best BBQ Joints. Handcrafted cheesecake from the Nuns of New Skete in Cambridge, New York—made by hand between daily prayers, just as they've done for nearly four decades. Whatever you've been craving, wherever it calls home, Goldbelly delivers the food memories worth celebrating — gifting and entertaining are covered with the fine foods you’ll find in our Holiday Happier: A Gifting & Entertaining Guide – Food & Wine. Lobsterboys delivers wild-caught, sustainably and ethically harvested North Atlantic lobster from pristine cold waters. Following strict sustainability regulations, they return any lobster that's too small, too large, or not ready—protecting the fishery while ensuring only peak-quality specimens. With eight size options ranging from petite one-pounders to impressive six-pound showstoppers, Lobsterboys has a lobster option for you. Imperia Caviar offers three distinguished varieties—Osetra, Sevruga, and Beluga—sourced from responsibly managed sturgeon farms. Osetra delivers delicate, nutty complexity. Sevruga provides bolder, more intense flavor. Beluga represents the pinnacle of caviar luxury with its large, buttery pearls. Each variety is farm-raised under strict quality standards, ensuring consistent excellence and sustainable practices that protect wild sturgeon populations while delivering exceptional taste. Imperia Caviar options that are great for gifts and entertaining. I have curated exceptional wines and fine Champagnes including Veuve Clicquot, Dom Pérignon, and Louis Roederer Cristal, from wine.com ensuring a diverse selection to choose from. Wine.com sources from renowned vineyards around the world, showcasing the unique characteristics of their regions. Impeccable champagnes and wines you’ll enjoy giving as gifts and serving at your festive occasions.

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