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It might have been more traditional to commission an artist to paint a set of portraits. Instead, Richard Paterson, master distiller of the legendary Dalmorein the northern highlands, has...

As you know we can be a bit obsessive about things.  The art of packing for travel is no exception. Years of crisscrossing the globe have taught us a thing or two and we are glad to share our methods with you...

Does it get any more British than this? Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations have teamed up with Holland & Holland to produce the most luxurious and expensive Range Rover ever built. As...

  There seems to be a dearth of Russians in town.  Many of the yachts over at Port Vauban have headed off to less blustery climes or are staying put, manned by a skeleton crew.  The market is less...

  France is renowned for producing some of the best wines in the world and is home to prestigious winemaking regions—everyone easily recognizes Champagne, Burgundy, and Bordeaux and the sense...

It's deep Autumn and fishing for Brown's is distilled to it's very essence. The true beauty of simplicity.  Mike Lawson writes beautiful words as usual about his time spent on the water. Fall...

We catch up with D.E. author, film maker, surfer, Father, and brother of the cloth at his home in Malibu. 1.  We loved Dead Mountain and passed it around quite a bit back at HQ.   How's the Cobain movie...

The best whisky in the world is “near indescribable genius.” It scores 97.5 marks out of 100. It is also not Scottish. By Elizabeth Barber That’s according to Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2015, a...

Serve Brazil's national dish, feijoada, with some finely sliced spring greens, onion and garlic gently fried for 5 minutes or so, as well as boiled rice and some slices of orange. Gizane Campos, The Edible...

Just look at her.  An icon.  She's French.  Dylan wrote about her.  She plays guitar sings, and acts.  She rides motorbikes and wears a helmet in a smashing manner.  Just look at her.  What's not to...

  When we were younger our friend A.R. decided he had reached his limit of Wyoming winters. He met an Argentinian girl, left us holding our climbing gear, and moved south to fish for large Browns...

It began with a knock on the door to the library.  The housekeeper stepped in and said she had done something terrible. Did she throw one of my Drakes in the wash to remove a spot again? One of the...

The tinkering about is finished.  The attendant has quietly removed my g&t in anticipation and the engines begin their thrum. There is the usual roar and I watch the grass on either side  first...

  Carbon fiber shells that draw on vintage motorbike ic0nography as well as a healthy does of a retro future.  An inside decadently trimmed in burgundy lambskin and a designer who suffered numerous...

Obsessions: Classic Women There is something about a truly timeless and classic beauty that speaks to a man of any age.  When we look at our shirting material, luxury leather goods, and other accoutrements...

  "Why do we not offer enough of a good thing?" would be a sound summation of the majority of correspondence we get in at Imperial Black HQ.  Just when one has found the shirt of their dreams,...

At this point we loathe one another.  We have shared our mouldering paperbacks, played cards until the outcome of every game is disputed, glugged gallons of Chilean wine, gorged ourselves on lamb stew, and...

Obsession #3: Eagle low drag GT At some point or another who hasn't desired a Jaguar E type? The boffins at Eagle have achieved grand touring Nirvana in their stunning low drag GT.  Here's why we crave it...

When British artist james Hart Dyke was offered the chance to spend a year as artist in residence with the famed MI6 we wonder if he had any notion of the feelings his art would evoke when seen in a collective...

Is there anything more classic and elegant than a crisp white dress shirt?  It's nearing Summer's end so forget the suit and tie.  A simple white shirt comes into it's own with the best accessory being a...

  We've all been there... the late night streets of a European or North African capitol, the alcoholic glow of some lovely bottles urging us on and a gnawing hunger that needs to be fed before the...

Quick- do you remember your favorite meal? ? The exact location, the sights, the smells of such a repast? We are often asked this question and sometimes it's the sum all of everything that makes such a thing...

  It's that time of year. Summer's doldrums are upon us.  We are finished with Royal Ascot, the clamor of Pitti Uomo in Florence has receded, and the Fourth of July a mere hangover. The Royal...

Its the Meridian, that imaginary half of a great circle, curving from pole to pole that has us thinking about our journeys as of late. Where are we on that great arc and does our location even matter?  We...