Randy Lai

1 week ago | robbreport.com.au | Randy Lai

FOR A BRAND WITH as much genuine heritage as Zenith (its “El Primero” chronograph is just the beginning), the Le Locle outfit has often chosen to actively shirk its own history, concentrating instead on material innovation and clever pop culture tie-ins.

1 month ago | bosshunting.com.au | Randy Lai

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Volume III of B.H. Magazine. For access to future issues, subscribe here. Young Italo-Swiss outfit Gagà Laboratorio has entered the chat with a tidy duo of timepieces that break with the predictable groupthink around three-handed steel sports watches. From a superficial vantage, it’s understandable that some observers may accuse them of hopping aboard the “radical design” bandwagon. However, it’s also justifiable.

1 month ago | bosshunting.com.au | Randy Lai

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Volume III of B.H. Magazine. For access to future issues, subscribe here. Last September, in an essay entitled How I Lost (and Found) My Style, Cathy Horyn offered a lengthy dissection of her relationship to clothing and how this had evolved over the course of a 40-year career.

1 month ago | bosshunting.com.au | Randy Lai

Editor’s Note: This story on bespoke watches originally appeared in Volume III of B.H. Magazine. For access to future issues, subscribe here. A warm hug of a vest, quilted with high-loft insulation, from the quintessential Kiwi clothier. The ‘Lake Ferry’ takes its name from a small coastal settlement in the North Island – just the sort of kit you’ll want to be wearing whilst ranging through pristine New Zealand countryside.

1 month ago | bosshunting.com.au | Randy Lai

Producers of dark, wood-aged spirits often contend that flavour is to be found, chiefly, in the barrelhouse and distillery. But at Star Hill Farm, the country homestead of Maker’s Mark, any vision of high-quality whisky begins life amid nature. Established by Margie and Bill Samuels Sr in 1953, the original Maker’s Mark distillery now encompasses an 1,100-acre estate dappled with a rich ecosystem of lakes, pastures, forestry and grain fields – every bit of which contributes to flavour.