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I love Marc Jacobs. As a designer, he’s the definitive fashion mind of my generation. As a dude, well, I definitely preferred post-grunge, bespectacled, ’90s-haircut Marc to “new and improved,” super-coiffed, gym-fit Marc. But, then I saw this t-shirt. “Andy Warhol” Marc?! Brilliant! Then I looked a little closer and realized that what I had, for some reason, assumed was a illustration was actually a photograph of a powdered and wigged Jacobs as the father of Pop Art. Brilliant times two! The image is taken from the cover of the June/July 2008 issue of Interview Magazine, in which, in honor of the legend’s would-be 80th birthday, a case is made for Jacobs as this decade’s Warhol. The tees are available in-store only at Marc Jacobs shops nationwide, and proceeds from their sale will benefit the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. Support the arts. Look cool.

Buy: $35 (in stores only)

Warm summer days can lead to cool summer nights, so don’t think about abandoning the jacket altogether. A Harrington jacket is the perfect lightweight solution to those nights in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Ben Sherman USA, a division of the infamous British designer, has supplied us Yanks with the 60s-influenced Baracuta Harrington. Sherman teamed up with fellow Brit designers at Baracuta to combine styles for a unique take on this classic style. The neck tab is still there, as well as the signature “hidden” zipper under the chest flap. Every material and ever stitch come straight from England, so there’s no outsourcing whatsoever. Touches like full plaid lining, tartan and front-button pockets, you’ll feel cool and practical. Available in white, navy and red.

Buy: $249.

Not all houses are made the same. So don’t expect the same kind of lamps! For those with a different taste in lighting accessories, the modern design team at Mooi has you covered with the Clusterlamp. With three different hodgepodge varieties to choose, each room can be a mess of lighting. Each Clusterlamp is a jumble of five different lights (three 60W bulbs and two 40W bulbs) of varying sizes, shapes and colors. It’s sure to strike up a conversation or two and your mother is bound to hate it. Leave it to the Dutch to come up with such an absurd but uniquely satisfying home product.

Buy: Contact Mooi for pricing details.

Quitting smoking is hard enough… especially when it’s part of your shtick. When You Are Engulfed in Flames is a humor-packed collection of personal essays the likes only David Sedaris can deliver, complete with his struggle to put a stop to his trademark habit. Follow Sedaris as he relieves painful but pivotal moments of his rearing — his rural upbringing in the South with comedienne sibling Amy Sedaris always provides hilarious background to his stories — to defining moments that prove his neuroticism and compulsive tendencies are still very much intact (armoring his apartment windows with old LP covers to save himself from hellion songbirds and buying recreational drugs out of a trailer in the North Carolina backwoods).

Buy: $25.99 - Preorder, available June 3.

I usually get to the grocery store only to forget what I needed in the first place. But with the Electronic SmartShopper Grocery List Maker, I don’t have to worry about it. Simply say what you want and the SmartShopper does the rest — records it and prints it out, even dividing products up by their sections in the store! If I want some zucchini, I tell the SmartShopper “zucchini” and it will place it on my list under “Fresh Produce.” What a genious, this SmartShopper. Now there’s no need to spend half an hour looking through cupboards, pantries and fridges to see what’s needed.

Buy: $150.

In short, “Tagliasigari da Tavolo Saladini” means “the absolute coolest way of cutting your cigar you have ever imagined”. Seriously, that’s how that phrase translates from Italian to English, word-for-word. That castration, nightmarish object is meant for cigars, not for information extraction at Guantanamo. For those GearCravers with serious humidors, this is the premier way of chopping your cigars down to smoking size. Mount this to your humidor cabinet or store it inside, and you’re just one efficient snip away from enjoying your fine smokewear in style. Thanks to our Italian friends at Tuscan Hills, this one is ready for your collection.

Buy: $199

Today’s beer of the week comes from Sierra Nevada Brewery in Chico, California. Sierra Nevada’s Porter has been a favorite of ours for some time, and we thought it was time we share this one with you. Fans of porter will find the Sierra Nevada brew to be a little lighter than most– and to some this will be a welcome characteristic. The Sierra Nevada Porter is dark, rich, light-medium bodied with a smooth, caramely aftertaste. Pair this one with a nice steak and you’ll have one hell of a meal. On its own, this porter is quite drinkable, whereas some other traditional porters will have you filled up after a few. Take our advice this weekend, head to your local grocery/liquor store and give Sierra Nevada’s Porter a try.

Buy: $7/six

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