Every now and then, we take a break from tracking down the best menswear on the web and direct our finely honed shopping acumen elsewhere: to the best non-menswear releases of the last few weeks. From nifty kitchen upgrades to headache-saving tech, this is all the new gear worth your time and hard-earned dollars.
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Made In enameled cast-iron skillet
Earlier this year, direct-to-consumer cookware brand Made In launched its first enameled cast-iron piece, a Dutch oven, à la Le Creuset (albeit at a much more wallet-friendly price). Now, Made In has expanded its enameled cast-iron range with its skillet, capable of reaching scorchingly high temperatures with a natural nonstick ability. Oh, and the best part is that it’s a damn nice piece of cookware.
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Houseplant side table ashtray
Seth Rogen’s weed brand keeps reaching new highs. Its new side table also doubles as a massive ashtray. The ashtray itself is made of porcelain, featuring a few different compartments, and it’s completely removable for easy cleanup—or to make it even more accessible for all you tokers.
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Blue Apron fireside feast meal kit
Blue Apron will forever be our favorite meal kit delivery service (until some other brand topples it), and for the holiday season, Blue Apron’s seasonal offering is a fireside feast. It’s available for order now, with delivery for some time in January or February, and serves four with a literal feast: duck confit cassoulet, garlic bread, orange and pistachio salad, and cookies and biscotti.
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Zara x Tretorn rain ankle boots
The sneakerheads at Tretorn and Zara have teamed up on an anti-rain collection that includes 10 pieces, each made of rubber for keeping rain, snow, and cold firmly on the outside. Most of the collection comprises various styles of boots—like these very nice ankle boots—as well as a pair of backpacks that would give Rains a run for its money.
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Neighbor low chair jr.
Outdoor furniture purveyor Neighbor released a new kid-sized Adirondack chair so your tot doesn’t have to be swallowed whole by your full-sized adult one. The chair is made from sustainable, solid teak wood, and it maintains the same relaxed design as its bigger counterpart. Your kid can definitely get used to this sort of relaxing.
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Artifox x Twelve South desk
Artifox makes some of the best work desks around, so for its collab with leading tech accessory brand Twelve South, Artifox decked out one with a bone-colored desktop, paired with all-white hardware. The quick-to-assemble desk features a cable organization system, pegs for hanging your gear, and a built-in groove for holding up your devices. The two also combined forces on some laptop and monitor risers, which is one of Twelve South’s signatures, and a small stand that works with the desk’s modular construction so you can go all in on a home office upgrade.
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Peace Out acne day dots
Justin Bieber recently made the pimple patch look cool, and we swear you’ll look good in ‘em too—especially if you’re wearing one from Peace Out, one of our favorite brands in the category. The new Acne Day Dot is a more sheer version of the original, coming in 61% thinner so it’s less noticeable in the daytime. The science behind these pimple patches is that the dots are made with a wound-healing hydrocolloid technology, which helps to reduce pimple size in six hours or less. Basically, the little dots suck out impurities from your zit and prevent you from picking at it throughout the day, so if you have a little nuisance on your face, throw one of these on there to clear it out.
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GE Profile 7-quart smart mixer
This GE Profile stand mixer is smarter than your boring-old KitchenAid one. While KitchenAid may have cornered the market for god-tier stand mixers, this one from GE promises to offer things the old-school one can’t. Namely, a built-in smart scale so you can weigh ingredients in the bowl, an auto-sense function to help you mix up built-in recipes, and voice activation for use with Amazon Alexa or Google Home. It’s not cheap, coming in at a full grand, and you don’t need it if you already have a KitchenAid, but this does sound like it jumped straight out of Smart House.
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VSSL insulated flask with bluetooth speaker
This flask is also a Bluetooth speaker. Yes, we’ll repeat: This flask can play music. VSSL makes some pretty good camp gear, and its new double-walled insulated flask comes with a weatherproof Speaqua Bluetooth speaker built into the end cap. You can play music for up to four hours, and the flask itself will keep drinks cold for up to 10 hours and hot for up to five hours.
