Continuing GearCrave’s focus on all things fashion forward, we teamed up with the good people at Vintage Red to introduce their gear to you– our smart, discerning, fashionable reader. We hand-selected Vintage Red because we feel their gear is precisely relevant to today’s contemporary men’s style. We love bold texture screen prints on quality t-shirts. We love military style collared shirts. We love Spring-friendly dress shirts that fuse both trends together. In short, we’re excited about Vintage Red, and what they could mean to our wardrobe. Continue reading not only to learn more about the Vintage Red men’s style collections, but how you can win your very own Vintage Red gear from GearCrave.com.

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Last week, Bill Keyser from GoodCans put together a great review of the US-made boutique audiophile headphones by Grado. If you’re looking to change the way you listen to music, you’re going to want to read that one. Bill covers three pairs of Grado headphones, from good to better to best, that will give you a stunning new level of clarity when listening to your tunes. There’s more, GearCravers– last week was plenty of fun. If you missed a day or two last week, continue reading below as GearCrave shares our favorites.

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The GearCrave BustedTees T-Shirt giveaway has come to an end. Did you participate? Did you win? Find out below the fold, GearCravers. If you weren’t one of the 10 lucky winners for this contest, fret not– we’ve got more on the way. This Spring, we’ll be running t-shirt giveaways twice a month. For now, we’d like to thank BustedTees for getting involved. Continue reading below to see which GearCrave readers won which shirts!

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There’s nothing like the sounds of an analog synth. Ask Trent Reznor, Ladytron, Devo or anybody else who puts keyboard sounds into their music. With these great keyboard microfiber neckties from Etsy, you can make a fashion statement AND a musical one. This is a great addition to the wardrobe of a bedroom synth noodler or just someone who digs the bands using Moog, Waldorf and EMS (the synth on the ties is an EMS). Looking for a gift for your favorite electronic musician? This is it.

Buy: $30

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April Fool’s Day is mostly lame– because the skillful prank is a dying art. Sure, Penn & Teller keep the dream alive by showing how rubbing a few brain cells together can have hilarious results, but do YOU know how to create a kick-ass gag that they’ll be talking about for weeks around the water cooler? After the jump, we’ll explain how one evil April Fool’s attempt went and how you can learn from it to prank like a pro.

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The mix tape is back, retooled for modern times while keeping the anaolog look we all know and love. Use the USB flash drive to store an hour’s worth of your favorite tunes, then pass it along to someone special in the cassette-style carrying case. This is one of the best ideas for music sharing to come along in quite some time…refreshingly devoid of any concern for the financial future of corporate record labels everywhere, and even a little romantic to boot!

Buy: Approximately $35 (U.S.)

There are plenty of reasons we like the PR 31 leather easy chair; it’s black leather with chrome legs and has a great retro look. The best thing about the PR 31 is the modular feature–you can attach two or more of these together to make an excellent sofa. Pretty forward-thinking, eh? It starts off as a piece of bachelor furniture, and later on when you decide to shack up with someone, just buy another one and let the expansion begin!

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When Miami Vice first hit television screens back in the 80s, it re-wrote the book on televised action. Shot in a cinematic style, with every color and musical note carefully considered in the early days, this was more like a one-hour movie rather than a cornball TV production. Looking at this show today, it holds up surprisingly well–and in hindsight Miami Vice was much more hip than you might remember. The show featured cameos by Phil Collins, Sheena Easton, Bruce Willis, Frank Zappa, Ted Nugent, too many others to name. The music? Duran Duran, Andy Taylor, The Damned, Devo, Roxy Music, plus some wretched 80s cheese from Phil Collins, Gladys Knight and others. This boxed set has all five seasons uncut, retaining the music from the original–no omissions or deletions near as we can tell. One of the best shows on television, especially for its era.

Buy: $134.99

Our friends at Fila have a new look– one that casual fans and vintage purists are both likely to crave.  While Puma saw its renaissance begin to shine in the late 90’s, Fila’s White Line collection ensures that their brand is due for a rebirth of its own.  The Fila Whiteline Original Tennis Shoe takes that classic Bjorn Borg style and gives it a modern facelift.  Its shiny mesh coat and white, neon and sulfur styling make the Original Tennis an instant street classic… Absolute foot candy.

Buy: $80