Southern Sass: UD | Bulletproof Suits and Other Great Things from 2013

12.27.2013

UD | Bulletproof Suits and Other Great Things from 2013

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12/27/13

Simply the Best

Everything That Was Important in 2013

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.

YOUR MAIL GOT DELICIOUS

Belcampo Meat Co. and José Andrés

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.


411:	Belcampo Meat Co. and José Andrés Foods

YOU GOT CREATIVE WITH YOUR VICES

The Best of the... Questionable

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.


411:	Vaportini, Wired Waffles, Influenza Sorbet and Pitch-n-Puff

YOUR SUIT GAINED NEW POWERS

The Shower Clean and Bulletproof Suits

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.


411:	Konaka Shower Clean Suit and Bulletproof Suit

YOUR COFFEE TABLE GOT SEXY

Three Books You Didn’t Read at Work

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.


411:	MORE by Rankin, 12 Natural Wonders and Diamonds & Pearls

YOU LOOKED GOOD. DAMN GOOD.

Sleepy Jones and Two New Bootmakers

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.


411:	Sleepy Jones, Jack Erwin and New England Outerwear Company

YOU IMPORTED LINGERIE

Yasmine Eslami and Hopeless Lingerie

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.


411:	Yasmine Eslami and Hopeless Lingerie

YOU TOOK TO THE WATER

The Vessel and the Sealander

Bathtubs shaped like hammocks and campers that turn into amphibious motorboats: 2
Flying cars: 0


411:	Vessel and Sealander

Sonos. You know them. They make the best wireless speakers known to man. Case in point: the PLAY:1, an easy-to-use sonic wi-fi powerhouse that’ll deliver every piece of music ever made through a single app you’ll control from any device you own. So... that takes care of sound.