

Minutes before Mr Joshua Jackson joins me in a booth for a Friday afternoon drink at a vibey hotel bar in Santa Monica, he’s confronted by his past. Or rather, a woman in her early twenties who is binge-watching _Dawson’s Creek_, the teen show about a close-knit group of high school friends coming of age in a sleepy American town, which made Jackson incredibly famous between 1998 and 2003.

Minutes before Mr Joshua Jackson joins me in a booth for a Friday afternoon drink at a vibey hotel bar in Santa Monica, he’s confronted by his past. Or rather, a woman in her early twenties who is binge-watching Dawson’s Creek, the teen show about a close-knit group of high school friends coming of age in a sleepy American town, which made Jackson incredibly famous between 1998 and 2003.


The actor on growing up, getting older and fatherhood – plus, why there won’t be a reunion show. “Nobody needs to see that Pacey’s back hurts”

Mr Joshua Jackson On Life Down River From Dawson’s Creek



Looking for somewhere to stash your cash? Your search begins – and ends – here. We’ve done the hard work of sifting through the dozens of cardholders, billfold wallets and money clips available on MR PORTER in order to present you with a curated selection of just five. Among them, you’ll find everything from slimline cardholders to good old-fashioned billfolds – and even something special for the heavy cash users among you. Read on for more.

Whether you’ve embraced the contactless-payments lifestyle or still think cash is king, we’ve got an accessory for you. Discover our five favourites in The Journal now

Settle Up In Style With The Best Men’s Wallets, Money Clips And Cardholders



This month sees the release of the [Malmö Net Spezial](https://www.mrporter.com/en-gb/journal/fashion/sneaker-preview-july-2021-nike-sacai-adidas-new-balance-2034196), the latest iteration of the long-running adidas City Series – an adidas range featuring individual shoes with discrete designs named after and inspired by international cities. In the technologically advancing, hype-driven world of modern sneakers, for any shoe collection to still even be available while deep into its seventh decade is a remarkable achievement. For it to be relevant, still upgraded and eagerly awaited by collectors is even more so.

This month sees the release of the Malmö Net Spezial, the latest iteration of the long-running adidas City Series – an adidas range featuring individual shoes with discrete designs named after and inspired by international cities. In the technologically advancing, hype-driven world of modern sneakers, for any shoe collection to still even be available while deep into its seventh decade is a remarkable achievement. For it to be relevant, still upgraded and eagerly awaited by collectors is even more so.


As the Malmö Net Spezial drops at MR PORTER, we speak to experts, collectors and sneakerheads about one of adidas’ most celebrated and complicated creations

Unpicking The Tangled History Of The Adidas City Series



“A lot of people are excited when they hear something new,” Mr Julian Casablancas, lead singer of The Strokes, told MTV toward the end of 2001. “Everyone is just like, ‘We need something new or we’re gonna freak.’”

Two decades on from their debut album, we look at how the music and style of Is This It set the standard for the 21st century

The Summer The Strokes Changed Everything (Including How Men Dress)



You might not know the band Sparks, but there are plenty of people who do. From the Sex Pistols to Red Hot Chili Peppers, many much more commercially successful artists have been influenced by brothers Messrs Ron and Russell Mael – even Sir Paul McCartney has given them a nod of approval. Now filmmaker Mr Edgar Wright has paid tribute with his first documentary feature, _The Sparks Brothers_. But just who are the duo behind the band – whom Mr John Lennon was once said to have described as: “Marc Bolan… playing a song with Adolf Hitler”? We aim to find out.

You might not know the band Sparks, but there are plenty of people who do. From the Sex Pistols to Red Hot Chili Peppers, many much more commercially successful artists have been influenced by brothers Messrs Ron and Russell Mael – even Sir Paul McCartney has given them a nod of approval. Now filmmaker Mr Edgar Wright has paid tribute with his first documentary feature, The Sparks Brothers. But just who are the duo behind the band – whom Mr John Lennon was once said to have described as: “Marc Bolan… playing a song with Adolf Hitler”? We aim to find out.


How two brothers from California turned their dream of “being in a British band” into a 50-year career – and influenced everyone from the Sex Pistols to Sonic Youth and Björk in the process

We Need To Talk About… The Sparks Brothers



In this, our summer of tentative freedom, getting (well-) dressed for the outside world is a daunting prospect. With the dissolution of traditional dress codes compounded by the confusion of the pandemic, it’s hard to know what’s appropriate IRL anymore. But because everyone feels the same, the time is ripe for variety and experimentation; fittingly, July gave us a constellation of stars to guide us back to what looks good. Here are the best dressed men of the month.

From Mr Khaby Lame to Mr Gareth Southgate, here are the men who wore it well this month

The Best Dressed Men Of July 2021

Who Were The Best-Dressed Men Of July 2021?



Loath as we are to be the bearers of bad news, we consider it our duty to inform you that the arrival of a new season also means a change in temperature. In the northern hemisphere that means it’s going to be chillier from now on, but it’s not all grey skies and scattered showers. We have some good news to share, too. The new season means the MR PORTER shelves are replenished with plenty of exciting and stylish stuff. To help you get a headstart planning your autumn wardrobe, we’ve picked out a selection of choice pieces for you to consider.

The arrival of autumn and winter is not all grey skies and scattered showers. It also signals that MR PORTER’s shelves have been replenished with plenty of stylish stuff

 Seven Ways To Upgrade Your Wardrobe For The New Season

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Buying a luxury watch doesn’t have to mean spending enormous sums. There are plenty of brands with outstanding pedigrees that create beautiful, solidly built watches that won’t require you to take out a second mortgage. If you are looking for a mechanical watch that’s made in Switzerland (or Germany, as it may be), then you are inevitably going to spend a couple of thousand pounds. We’ve spent a bit of time in the past explaining why a luxury watch costs what it does, but whether you’re buying your first watch, your second or your 22nd, it’s as much about value as price. The seven watches below are our considered choices for watches under £3,000. Each comes from an established brand and goes about its business with a certain style.

MR PORTER recommends seven watches that cost less then £3,000, offer best-in-class specification, build quality and design, while being versatile, stylish choices for work, sports or all-round use

The Best Watches Under £3,000



When the world is broken, how do you start to rebuild it? Where do you find the resources? How do you overcome loneliness and isolation? As we face the collective grief and loss of Covid-19, these questions are not just personal – they are questions that concern us all. When the tally of losses of the past year and a half is so unimaginably huge, it can be hard to know how to start remaking the world. It can be easy, at times like this, to retreat into isolation. But perhaps it is when things are most broken that we most need the courage to reach out and connect with the strangers with whom we share the world. Because in this connection, there is a strange and transformative alchemy.

Mr Will Buckingham, the author of Hello, Stranger: How We Find Connection In A Disconnected World, tells the story of how a trip to Myanmar helped him overcome a bereavement 

How The Kindness Of Strangers Helped Me Overcome Unimaginable Grief



Ms Miriam Cervantes, who turned a love of flowers and plants in London into a green-fingered hub in Vienna, tells us her expert tips on how to keep your houseplants alive for longer.


When I lived in London, I was in Victoria Park quite close to the Columbia Road Flower Market. I started to get into this world of nature and plants. It was a subconscious thing. Every weekend, I would want to go there to the plant shops in the area. This passion of mine grew on the side and got bigger and bigger. During the week, I was so busy, moving from one digital screen to the next. There was very little connection to nature. I found it calming and meditative to be around plants.

Ms Miriam Cervantes, who turned a love of flowers and plants in London into a green-fingered hub in Vienna, tells us her expert tips on how to keep your houseplants alive for longer.

When I lived in London, I was in Victoria Park quite close to the Columbia Road Flower Market. I started to get into this world of nature and plants. It was a subconscious thing. Every weekend, I would want to go there to the plant shops in the area. This passion of mine grew on the side and got bigger and bigger. During the week, I was so busy, moving from one digital screen to the next. There was very little connection to nature. I found it calming and meditative to be around plants.


We ask Ms Miriam Cervantes, owner of Calienna in Vienna, for her expert tips on keeping your plants alive.

How To Stop Killing Your Houseplants



Mr Malcolm Gladwell famously suggested that if you dedicated 10,000 hours of practice to any pursuit you would become, if not an expert, then at least highly competent in your chosen field. Research published in the &lt;_European Journal Of Social Psychology&gt;_ takes a similar approach, positing that it can take up to 254 days for positive changes to become habit.

Mr Malcolm Gladwell famously suggested that if you dedicated 10,000 hours of practice to any pursuit you would become, if not an expert, then at least highly competent in your chosen field. Research published in the <European Journal Of Social Psychology> takes a similar approach, positing that it can take up to 254 days for positive changes to become habit.


Small steps to improve your wellbeing – part of MR PORTER’s Health In Mind series 

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