Monocle Shop, New York

Gig with Pavement, narcotic sodas, high wire bicycling and more in our weekly top links

The latest city to get its own outpost of Monocle magazine’s concept stores, New York welcomes the addition to its West Village neighboorhood. Stay tuned for our interview with founder Tyler Brulé.

Levi’s Workwear x Billy Reid

An exclusive video documenting Billy Reid's modern Americana spin on Levi's workwear roots

For both the neo-Americana-obsessed and denim-heads alike, menswear designer Billy Reid’s collaboration with Levi’s is a holy brand pairing, marrying Levi’s workwear roots with Reid’s modern cuts, fabric choices, and finishes. This behind-the-scenes video (a Cool Hunting exclusive) visits Reid at work on the craft of deconstructing garments for the 10-piece collection, as inspired by a visit to the legendary Levi’s archive. Citing a worn …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Piss whiskey, cannabis catering, a cigarette-smoking machine and more in our weekly web survey

1. Gilpin Family Whiskey For this weekend’s gross-out conversation starter, go no further than researcher and diabetic James Gilpin’s extreme DIY project. Pointing out the ways we can “harvest the biological resources that our elderly already process in abundance,” he recently started purifying the naturally sugar-rich urine of diabetics to make “pisskey.” 2. A Night Club Map of Harlem Originally published in a 1932 issue …