Tacco Polar Insoles

Line shoes with lambswool to warm feet all winter long

Urban living means you don’t always need all the trappings of a technical boot but if your city-slicker shoes are lacking in warmth, you may want to consider the instant coziness an insole can add. While some of my favorites are a pair hand-felted by a family friend, I was lacking time for a crafternoon so I was happy to find these 100% lambswool versions …

Rapha Bicycle Collection

Rapha partners with renowned bike-makers to produce a limited run of four classic models

As purveyors of some of today’s top cycling gear and accessories, it’s completely logical that Rapha would foray into the world of bike building. What makes the move interesting is how they chose to do it. Like all their products, diehard cyclists helped conceive the newly-launched bicycle collection, and they partnered “with four masters of framebuilding to offer four distinct, hand-made bicycles.” While each of …

Stitching Postcards

Tailor your own location-based correspondence

Sending a card snail-mail to a special someone may seem like a charming enough move, but stitching a personal message or tying a bow on a significant city will undoubtedly seal the deal. The Stitching Postcards by designers Leihener, Seng, Valder for Köln-based distributor Details allow for creatively romantic gestures such as this and more with a collection of geography-inspired cards that come packed with …