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Nooka Zoo Classic Watch
  • AESTHETIC 5
  • FUNCTION 5
  • VALUE 3

The Zoo Classic depicts the progression of time unlike any other timepiece and eliminates the set standard of viewing a wristwatch. From the 59-minute loading bar to the boxed-in hour and second indicators (with subtle am/pm dots), this is the watch that makes reading time an experience. The Zoo Classic is housed in a stainless steel case featuring a backlit LCD screen, leather straps and a stainless steel buckle.

Ulterior Motive Wallets
  • AESTHETIC 4
  • FUNCTION 5
  • VALUE 5

Wallets are always thick, ugly accessories that refuse to fit comfortably in your back pocket. Fortunately, an unsung Swedish design label by the name of Ulterior Motive have created an alternative to the bulky wallet epidemic. Available in an array of attractive color options, UM’s wallet series are outfitted “with three card slots and three pockets, one transparant (handy for ID-card), one hidden (under card slots) and one for notes.” You will never find another wallet as cheap, durable and sleek as this, they’re phenomenal pieces of work. Also available, for the same price ($17), is a threefold wallet in black with a red inside.

Mustache Mask
  • AESTHETIC 3
  • FUNCTION 4
  • VALUE 3

If the beard cap wasn’t enough, American Apparel had to make a hipster-ready version for the winter season (or trendy burglar). It’s nothing more than a simple, black mustache in the center of a heather grey ski mask, but it’s charming options of mini or major ’staches is headwear you can’t hate. Unless mustaches have, at one point, caused you great harm. If so, then hate on.

Emil Kozak T-Shirts
  • AESTHETIC 4
  • FUNCTION 4
  • VALUE 3

Today’s t-shirts are too much Ed Hardy and too little Emil Kozak. Instead of having countless layers of filigree and intensely detailed skulls, Emil keeps it clean: two-tone shirts with a cartoonish flare that’s reminiscent of Ed Banger’s Justice series. Something more is said with this minimal direction by not subscribing to a label or a brand; it’s a refreshing collection, to say the least.

Lowercase Tee
  • AESTHETIC 4
  • FUNCTION 3
  • VALUE 4

The alphabet is a good thing to have on hand, so why not make it into a shirt? Ugmonk’s Lowercase Tee sports a giant ‘a’ with the rest of its fellow letters trailing behind in scaled down form. Printed on the always-comfortable American Apparel plain white shirt, the Lowercase Tee is there for you when you can’t quite remember what comes after the letter K.

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