Chakrubs Crystal Sex Toys

Chic, dye-free objects for thoughtful pleasure made from stones like black onyx and rose quartz

As an alternative to the vast array of technologically advanced sex toys, New York-based Chakrubs offers quite the opposite: simple, chic crystal sex toys. The stones have been carefully sourced from around the world, then shaped and polished without chemicals or dyes at select lapidaries. These all-natural toys draw inspiration from the metaphysical principles some associate with certain crystals and stones—all of which coincides with …

Past Presidents’ Go-To Drinks

Our Founding Fathers really knew their way around booze, and thanks to Brian Abram’s new book “Party Like a President,” you can now make the same concoctions George Washington and Ulysses S Grant were sipping. Vanity Fair took the recipes to Leo Robitschek, the bar director of the Nomad and Eleven Madison Park, to whip up some of the past presidents’ favorites like FDR’s controversial …

Paul Tuller’s Pop Idol Devotion Candles

A clever, modernized play on religious iconography

Fresh off a stint as an on-set illustrator for HBO’s “Looking” social campaign, Brooklyn-based artist Paul Tuller—who first won our attention with a thoughtful queer categories poster series—just debuted a Devotion to Pop candle line. This play on traditional seven day prayer candles feature the visages of some of the pop world’s most idolized: FKA Twigs, Lana Del Rey, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and more. …