Louis Cheslaw

6 days ago | whyisthisinteresting.substack.com | Louis Cheslaw

Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best. It’s WITI, on the weekend. Why are these interesting? A (New, Rare) Conversation with Jony Ive (Stripe/YouTube)An hour long chat, and almost universally received as a special one. (Even if some folks are just nostalgic for that Apple advert voice.)How China Is Still Getting Its Hands on Nvidia’s Gear (The Economist)Inside the shadowy business of smuggling AI chips.

1 week ago | whyisthisinteresting.substack.com | Louis Cheslaw

Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best. It’s WITI, on the weekend. Why are these interesting? The $400 Häagen-Dazs T-Shirt (Intramural)Intramural lands on Substack with a banger: Demystifying the Henry Rollins-Häagen Dazs Collection. How Conclave Actually Works (Conference of Catholic Bishops)On Wednesday, it begins.

2 weeks ago | gq.com | Louis Cheslaw

All products featured on GQ are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Until last year, GQ had never aggregated the best baseball caps for men. Much like a behatted celebrity avoiding the paparazzi’s flash, the category was somehow so obvious, it had evaded our radar systems. Well, that mistake is happily in the past now—and not a moment too soon.

2 weeks ago | magasin.ltd | Louis Cheslaw

Welcome to Magasin Menswear. In a dedicated bimonthly send, Louis Cheslaw surfaces choice products worth your consideration, explores larger conversations shoppers are—or should be—having, and taps a smart dresser to share how he wears it. I just took my friend to Chimi, and we both liked these new unisex brown-on-black sunglasses, which felt incredibly light on the head. They’ll hate me for saying it, but three menswear designers I know have been quietly buying Massimo Duttifor themselves.

2 weeks ago | whyisthisinteresting.substack.com | Louis Cheslaw

Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best. It’s WITI, on the weekend. Why are these interesting? Son of CIA deputy director killed while fighting for Russia (The Guardian)Michael Alexander Gloss, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliane Gallina. Can You Judge a Wine Bottle by its Label? (The Pudding)If the label has an animal on it, the answer seems to be yes.