If you remember one thing from 2013, let it be these seven. Below, the highlights of the year that was. Of course Australian lingerie makes an appearance.
Of all the things you received in the mail this year, none tasted better than the extra-thick steaks from the butchers at Belcampo Meat Co. Except perhaps the Spanish tapas from the José Andrés at José Andrés Foods. Maybe we just call this one a tie.
Some of the more dubious things you saw this year:
a) An inhalable booze contraption called the Vaportini.
b) Wired Waffles: waffles laced with caffeine.
c) A sorbet that claimed to cure influenza.
d) A golf tee for administering glaucoma medication.
e) Miley Cyrus and the wrecking ball.
Over in Japan: They invented a suit that you clean by simply wearing it in the shower.
Because... of course Japan did.
Up in Canada: Toronto’s foremost tailors figured out how to turn bulletproof carbon
nanotubes into peak lapels. And you were thankful that you didn’t need them.
And then there was the time that some famous photographers put a bunch of tastefully nude pictorials on your coffee table in the form of MORE by Rankin, 12 Natural Wonders and Diamonds & Pearls. 2014: the year you invest in a bigger coffee table.
We know you wore more than pajamas and boots this past year... but honestly, all we can remember right now are those lounge-worthy PJs from Sleepy Jones and those foliage-crunching shoes from Jack Erwin and New England Outerwear Company. We’ll just assume there were pants put on at some point.
And then there were the lacy underthings, transparent teddies and satin harnesses. In this case, they came courtesy of Yasmine Eslami from Paris and Hopeless Lingerie from Australia. Never were you so happy to pay for shipping and handling.
Bathtubs shaped like hammocks and campers that turn into amphibious motorboats:
2
Flying cars: 0
