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What You’re Wearing This Summer

You know how summers work. The grilling. The trips to the Cape. The annual attempts at surfing (this is your year, we can feel it). All good and fine. But you’ll need to look the part, too. Here now: five new ways to do exactly that.

FOR BRANDY-AND-CIGAR YOU TIME

These Antique-Carpet Smoking Shoes

What they are: Super-comfortable smoking shoes made from antique Kilim carpets. The designer’s local, so she can even hand-deliver them. (See also: expert-level leisuring.)
When you’ll wear them: In the study at the lake house. And in the event your study is being remodeled (or... you don’t have one), they also work in other rooms.

FOR CAPING ON THE CAPE

This Oyster Shell Belt Buckle

What it is: A brown English leather belt attached to a handcrafted, solid-brass oyster shell buckle.
When you’ll wear it: Weekends on the coast. Or whenever you need to handsomely hold your pants up with an oyster shell. Which, coincidentally, is never. Just kidding, it’s always.

FOR POINT BREAKING

These Everything-Ready Boardshorts

What they are: Simple, mesh-lined boardshorts from the tailored-athletic-gear czars at Number Lab.
When you’ll wear them: Slip ’n sliding. Snorkeling. Chicken fighting. Triple Lindy–ing. Pooling. Oceaning. Or just... dry land. They work on dry land, too.

FOR PUTTING YOUR CUFFS IN THEIR PLACE

These Indian Head Coin Cufflinks

What they are: Embossed cufflinks made from vintage Indian Head nickels or official state coins. They’re all handmade by one guy on Savile Row.
When you’ll wear them: Blue-blood lawn parties on Martha’s Vineyard. Or anytime you find yourself in sleeves this summer.