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Monday, 28 June 2021

America’s #1 ‘Dad Shoe’ Brand Develops Surprisingly Futuristic Sneakers

June 28, 2021DMARGE, fashion, mens fasionNo comments

When it comes to sneaker brands, there's definitely a hierarchy of 'cool'.

At the top sits Adidas and Nike, whose sneakers aren't just impressive from a performance perspective but are also prized as fashion accessories, too. Then you've got your ASICS, Reeboks and Under Armours of the world, which are respected but don't command the same sort of hype that 'the big two' generate.

Brooks sits somewhere down the bottom of the pile. If you only care about running, Brooks' sneakers are great – but they're not a brand that hypebeasts would line up around the block for if a new sneaker dropped. They're the quintessential 'dad shoe' brand: comfortable, practical, but not stylish.

Which makes their most recent sneaker release all the more surprising. Not only are they innovative from a technical and ergonomic perspective, but they look absolutely slick – so slick, we're genuinely surprised that they're not from a more mainstream or fashion-focused brand.

Meet the Brooks Aurora-BL: sneakers so cool and futuristic they might just singlehandedly change the public perception of Brooks as a brand.

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From a technical perspective, the exciting thing about the Aurora-BLs is what their midsoles are made of: a material called DNA LOFT v3. DNA LOFT is Brook's composite cushioning compound, comparable to Adidas' boost technology or Asics' FlyteFoam.

DNA LOFT v3 takes Brooks' already very comfy DNA LOFT technology and injects nitrogen into the midsole, making them even lighter and more durable. In this sense, you can think of the Aurora-BLs as a 'halo shoe' like Adidas' Ultraboosts or Nike's Epic Reacts (or even Air Max range, if you want to look back in time).

But it's not just that halo shoe positioning that Brooks has cribbed from the big brands. It's also their design language – in the best possible way. The Aurora-BLs' considered colour scheme, translucent panels and clean look elevate them from something that's purely performance-focused to something truly aspirational.

Speaking of aspirational, they've also taken the lead from other brands and introduced a rather aspirational price. The Aurora-BLs are retailing for a hefty AU$350, which considering that Brooks is known as being a 'value' brand, is pretty ballsy.

Are the Aurora-BLs a sign that Brooks is evolving as a brand? Will their big gambit pay off? We're not sure. All we know is that we'd be happy to wear these to Paris Fashion Week – because the coolest thing is being ahead of the curve.

Roger Federer Celebrates Wimbledon Return With New Tennis-Inspired Rolex

June 28, 2021DMARGE, fashion, mens fasionNo comments

Wimbledon is back! And to celebrate the occasion, its favourite son, Roger Federer, has picked up a new watch.

The 39-year-old Swiss legend has had a tough 2021 so far. Federer has bowed out of the Australian Open as well as a number of ATP Tour events – he withdrew from the French Open in the fourth round, and only recorded fairly average performances at the Qatar, Geneva and Halle Opens.

But he seems in good spirits ahead of the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, especially if his wrist candy is anything to go by.

The Rolex ambassador was spotted fronting a Wimbledon press conference wearing a Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41 with a striking yellow dial (ref. 124300-0004) that immediately makes one think of the bright yellow of a tennis ball. A fitting horological pickup, then.

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Rolex made a splash last year when they introduced a wide range of colourful lacquered enamel dials to the Oyster Perpetual collection, ranging from candy pink to turquoise blue and of course, this eye-catching yellow.

It's not the first time Rolex has experimented with colourful dials like this. Back in the 70s and 80s, Rolex offered a similar selection of colourful options, which they termed ‘Lacquered Stella’ dials. These modern renditions are also often called 'Stella dials' by Rolex fans because of this.

"The irony is that Stella models weren’t popular during the time Rolex produced them... In some cases, Stella dials were even replaced by conventional or other dials. Rolex allegedly destroyed batches of Stella dials as they were unsellable, one reason why they are so rare today," watchtime.me explains.

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Federer holds the record for most singles titles won at Wimbledon (8) and shares the record with Swedish champ Björn Borg for most consecutive wins with 5 (Borg from 1976-1980 and Federer 2003-2007).

Federer has been seeded 6th for this year's Wimbledon Championships. Despite this, he's actually been placed in the bottom half of the draw – but will have to potentially overcome Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev if he wishes to reach a 13th Wimbledon final, the ATP Tour's official website relates.

His first game will be against France's Adrian Mannarino tonight at 11:45pm AEST.

Incredible Italy Photo Shows What We Can Look Forward To When We Are All Vaccinated

June 28, 2021DMARGE, fashion, mens fasionNo comments

When we're all vaccinated and back to normal, will 2020 and 2021 just seem like a bad dream? That's what many anxious travellers around the globe are crossing their fingers and praying to The Gods Of Neck Pillows will be the case.

Though our dilemma pales in relation to the difficulties currently being faced by those with loved ones overseas, or those in countries ill-equipped to deal with the pandemic, not being able to travel has Australians accustomed to frequent flying frothing with even greater FOMO than usual.

Enter: the following photo, which DMARGE recently found on Instagram, of a world-famous beach known for the sun's rays entering its doors on sunset.

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Dialling up your wanderlust to 11, this image, taken in Italy's Arcomagno beach, in the town of San Nicola Arcella (which is part of the Calabria region, in Italy's southern peninsula, separated from Sicily by the Strait of Messina), shows a couple heading out to sea on a stand-up paddleboard.

They appear to be doing so during some heavenly golden hour of light.

The image was reposted on May the 12th by Instagram account @whereinitaly. The original photographer is Instagram user (and Italian photographer) @giuseppe_vottari.

Underneath @whereinitaly's post, Instagram users from all around the world commented, expressing how they missed travelling, and their plans to visit Arcomagno (either for the first time, or again).

"Toch een keer naar het zuiden," one follower wrote.

"Once again to the south."

Another wrote: "Não me canso de admirar as belezas incríveis da Mãe Natureza. Mesmo através de vídeos. É de encher os olhos e a alma. Maravilhas."

"I never get tired of admiring the incredible beauties of Mother Nature. Even through videos. It fills the eyes and the soul. Wonders."

"Che bello" (very beautiful) wrote another.

Various other users tagged their friends.

This is not an isolated incident. Under other images of Arcomagno, like the one below, users keep commenting along similar themes.

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"Just the summer everyone is craving," one user wrote underneath the above photo, taken by @carlo_audino and reposted by @ig_calabria.

The gentle lapping of the crystal blue Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas have entranced travellers for decades. But now that travelling to Italy's boot is off-limits to Australians (who are currently banned by their own government from travelling overseas) their allure, and the allure of similarly far-flung places, has only increased.

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The eye-halting photos you can see above, then, provide a timely reminder of what we can all look forward to again once we all get vaccinated and back to normal, whenever that may be.

The topic of how many Australians need to be vaccinated (or had the chance to get vaccinated) before international travel resumes to any significant degree down under is still being hotly debated. You can read more about that here.

Sydney Dethroned As Australia’s Most Expensive Place To Buy A House

June 28, 2021DMARGE, fashion, mens fasionNo comments

Sydney is simultaneously one of the bleakest and most attractive places in the world to buy a house. Why? It's desirable, with many of its suburbs providing a lifestyle not many urban centres on the globe can claim. It's also expensive, however, and for many years has been the priciest place to buy a house in Australia (even though there have been moments here and there where it has been temporarily edged out).

It has just been dethroned by Byron Bay though – an Instagram Hippie paradise some 8 hours drive north.

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That's according to realestate.com.au. As the publication reported this morning: "Byron Bay has vaulted above Sydney to become the nation’s most expensive major housing market after prices nearly doubled in just one year."

The median price in Byron Bay was about $1.42 million last year, realestate.com.au claims, but has since jumped to $2.7 million.

This Alex Honnold like climbing speed makes Byron Bay the fastest growing regional market in Australia.

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Realestate.com.au statistics also show that prices in Byron have overtaken prices in Sydney. Sydney has a median house price of $1.2 million, according to realestate.com.au – $1.5 million less than Byron Bay's current median price of $2.7 million.

That said, as realestate.com.au points out, parts of Sydney, like the eastern suburbs and lower north shore, remain more expensive than Byron Bay (when excluding the rest of Sydney).

Many attribute Byron Bay's increasing prices to the arrival of celebrity buyers to the region. The Hemsworths, Zac Efron and Matt Damon, to name a few, have all bought multi-million dollar houses in Byron in recent years.

As DMARGE reported in April, high-end Byron Bay Airbnb prices are now rivalling the prices of dream Hollywood Airbnb villas. So perhaps – given it's cheaper to buy a house in Byron Bay rather than rent a top-end Airbnb for 6 months – it's no surprise house prices are being driven up.

As we reported in April, staying for two months at The Range – a 12 guest, 5 bedroom, 9 bed, 5.5 bath monument to luxury in the Byron Bay hills – will cost you about half a million dollars.

This equates to more than two million dollars for an eight-month stay – a pile of dollars with which you could instead buy a house (if you're a celebrity regularly in Australia for holidays or movie shoots)...

Another factor driving up Bryon Bay house prices is the great migration that has occurred since the pandemic, with many city dwellers from places like Sydney and Melbourne opting for a sea change, with remote working becoming more socially acceptable.

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Many young people cite becoming burnt out by the fast pace of city life and are fleeing to places like Byron Bay in an attempt to soothe their soul (and work on more creative pursuits). Likewise, many people in their late 50s and early 60s are choosing to enjoy a semi-retirement in the Byron and Byron adjacent areas.

Byron Bay has also, realestate.com.au reports, seen steadily increasing rental prices, with its median rent price, for a unit, standing at about $600 per week.

Though this is great for real estate agents, it comes at a social price. As the ABC reports, the rise of Airbnb and holiday letting has contributed to the Byron Bay region’s homelessness issues.

Domain has also reported on the strained market and the risk of residents being priced out.

As for Sydney, it's still far from cheap to buy a house there either.

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As The Daily Mail reported in 2020, "Sydneysiders need to stump up more than half of their salary every month to pay for the average $4,147 a month mortgage repayments, making it far out of reach for most people."

"This means a full-time worker paying a mortgage in Sydney and earning the average state income would be left with just $1,271 a month to survive."

In 2021 this remains much the same. In the last 12 months, Sydney has seen all sorts of record-breaking sales, from incredible 20 million dollar apartment sales in Bondi to inner-city hoarder houses selling for mind-blowing sums.

It appears our 'money is cheap' philosophy isn't going anywhere anytime soon. The question, then, is if and when the house of cards will ever fall down (for more on that, see below).

Travis Scott Spotted At Paris Fashion Week Driving Germany’s Most Aggressive SUV

June 28, 2021DMARGE, fashion, mens fasionNo comments

The only thing Travis Scott loves more than shouting "IT'S LIT" in his songs is the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, better known as the G-Wagen.

The rapper, style icon and would-be perfumier owns multiple examples of the unsubtle German military vehicle-turned-status symbol, both of which are convertibles: a 'regular' two-door G-Class Cabriolet and a four-door Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet, both of which are wrapped in his favourite colour, mocha brown.

Now it seems he's completed the convertible G-Wagen trifecta. 'La Flame' was spotted cruising the streets of Paris in a Brabus G 500 that's certainly excited both hip-hop and hardcore off-road fans alike... And probably disgusted a few snooty Parisians, no doubt.

Brabus, of course, is a German tuning company house that specializes in Mercedes-Benz vehicles specifically (which includes Smart cars and Maybachs). They're to Mercs what Alpina is to BMW or RUF is to Porsche.

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Scott's G-Wagen looks like it's sporting Brabus' "Widestar" package, although it's an older version of the body kit (with lower triple light clusters and an offset parking sensor as opposed to the current Widestar's more vascular look). That would lead us to believe this is perhaps not a new G-Class, but rather one that's a few years old – likely a 2014 model.

If that's the case, it likely packs a naturally-aspirated petrol V8 that's been tweaked by Brabus to produce around 339kW and 614Nm of torque (a 121kW and 158Nm increase over stock, which is rather impressive). The Widestar package is more focused on comfort than other Brabus packages but that's still plenty of aggression.

Scott's in the City of Lights for Paris Fashion Week, as he's teamed up with French grand couturier Christian Dior for their summer 2022 collection, lending his iconoclastic Western-inspired aesthetic (and star power) to the proceedings. Check out this hilarious video of Scott attempting to sew some Dior of his own at the brand's atelier.

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The Cactus Jack x Dior collection, as some are already calling it, includes apparel, accessories and most notably, sneakers – including a new style known as the B713s, which resemble early 00's skate shoes.

G-Wagens, fancy clothes, living it up in Paris... Kanye would be proud of his protégé, surely.

Russian Drone Pilot Uncovers Rare View Of Soviet Union Aircraft ‘Boneyards’

June 27, 2021DMARGE, fashion, mens fasionNo comments

When the pandemic first started to majorly impact international air travel, many airlines decided to park their unused planes in desert storage. For example, many Asian airlines like Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines are storing their jumbos in Alice Springs.

Many planes end up in desert 'boneyards' at the end of their career, too. But despite Russia's enormous size, the country has few genuine deserts where you'd store decommissioned aircraft – indeed, many aircraft end up in urban environments, quietly decaying out in the suburbs.

@_klary, a Russian journalist and drone pilot, has shared some remarkable drone shots of Eastern European boneyards filled with all sorts of obscure aircraft from the former Soviet Union – planes that many Westerners may have never had the chance to fly in or even see (other than maybe in some Reagan-era fearmongering news bulletin).

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Take this bird's eye view he shared of an urban boneyard in the village of Grushino in eastern Ukraine. Soviet-era fighter jets like Sukhoi Su-34s and Mikoyan MiG-29s can be seen parked haphazardly in an abandoned lot, alongside smaller 'trainer' aircraft and a passenger jet that has 'CCCP' (i.e. 'USSR') emblazoned on its wings.

It serves as a poignant reminder of the perils of the Cold War when the USA and the USSR were locked in an ever-escalating arms race for world domination – as well as how drastically the collapse of the Soviet Union continues to shape daily life and politics in the former Eastern Bloc.

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In a world where air travel is largely dominated by Boeing and Airbus' planes, it's easy to forget that the USSR (and later Russia) had its own ecosystem of passenger jets: like these Tupolev and Ilyushin planes @_klary captured in Moscow.

Perhaps the most striking photo he's ever taken is of this abandoned Antonov An-24 turboprop that's literally had a hotel built around it, just off the M4 "Don" highway. Our intrepid drone pilot explains that "the owners of the hotel for truckers decided to make it different from the others."

Different is indeed the operative term...

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If you thought Russian fighter planes was the scariest thing you could see with a drone, check out this Australian photographer who specialises in capturing footage of sharks near your favourite beaches...

Sergio Ramos’ ‘Chastity Belt’ Workout Could Be Your Ticket To Killing Chicken Legs

June 26, 2021DMARGE, fashion, mens fasionNo comments

Sergio Ramos is known for giving the world's best strikers (see: Salah) nightmares. But he has just taken to Instagram to share a video that may give the world's weedy leg owners sweet dreams (or at least, something to aspire to).

The video? It involves Ramos grimacing through some remarkable sprints (then swaggering a little afterwards) while using a svelte looking black belt attached to a machine called Battle 4 Run, set to the tune of Trinix' Sweet Dreams.

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"Trabajo de fuerza, resistencia, velocidad… rendimiento. Una máquina, muchas posibilidades," Ramos captioned the post.

"Strength, resistance, speed and performance training and more. One machine, so many options."

Battle4Run claims to be "the optimal solution for functional strength training – improving muscle strength and coordination in an integrative approach."

Not only does it measure your power but Battle4Run "builds strength through the every-day movements that we use in real-life and sports routines," its website states.

"By adding resistance to elemental actions like sprinting, direction changes, pulling, and pushing, the Battle4Run takes functional training beyond anything you have ever experienced"

Benefits include maximum strength, explosive power, and fatigue resistance. Side effects include looking like Captain Underpants.

Seeing as Ramos is probably still a little heartbroken after failed negotiations resulted in him having to leave Real Madrid, we'll give him a free pass this time. Also: he looks damn good and we're probably just jealous.

Fans were quick to praise Ramos' post, despite its (likely) promotional nature.

Entrepreneur @ulissesworld wrote: "Always working."

Instagram account @433 wrote: "No days off."

Lots of prayer hands and strong arm emojis rolled in from all corners as well.

If you, like us, are the not so proud owner of a set of chicken legs, this is one way to go about turning them into elephant trunks.

For more ideas on bulking up your pegs, see below.

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