T3 August 2022

HANDY BAG Impractical? Not a bit. This is still a fully functioning handbag: its rear features a compartment for all your valuables that’s handwrapped in Balenciaga’s Italian lambskin leather. BALENCIAGA X BANG & OLUFSEN SPEAKER BAG Luring fashionistas into buying gadgets usually involves downplaying their high-tech functionality by disguising them as time-honoured accessories. This collaboration between Bang & Olufsen and fashion house Balenciaga goes in a very different direction. The Speaker Bag actively brags about its tech credentials and wears its speaker grille with pride. Despite being shaped like one of Balenciaga’s classic handbags, it’s milled from a single piece of aluminium, then pearl-based, anodized and hand-polished, and has holes perfectly drilled to ensure it provides balanced sound. Inside it contains a portable driver offering multipoint connectivity and a battery providing up to…

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Holy smoke. At the time of writing, the UK is being slowly air fried by high temperatures of 37°C. I hate to conform to everybody’s worst stereotypes about millennials, journalists and gadget nerds, but this snowflake can’t hack the heat. I have the metabolism of a hungover sloth, which means I’ve been forced to defend myself from the sweltering weather by hiding in basements and growing a protective layer of algae. Not everybody is adopting my tactics for beating the heat, though: some are stripping off instead. Case in point: Carl Pei’s much-hyped Nothing Phone. At its release, the gadget bared all, sharing not only its specs but showing off that transparent back-panel. You can check out our early verdict on page 10 but it’s definitely turning heads. You might also be…

1 NOTHING PHONE (1) £399, nothing.tech It’s not hard to follow the thread from OnePlus to Nothing. Indeed, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei is in charge here, and there’s a definite parallel between the launch strategy that put OnePlus on the map and the trickle-down reveal that preceded the Nothing Phone (1). But while OnePlus’ emergence essentially kickstarted the mid-range, Nothing enters a market already full of excellent £400 phones. Thus it does something different. The specs aren’t altogether bad, but like the striking Nothing Ear(1) true wireless buds before it and unlike just about every other generic middleground Android handset, this is a phone built with design first. Nothing and design partner Teenage Engineering have absolutely succeeded on that front: you’ll know the Phone (1) when you see it. The clever clear rear is…

TED BAKER REVERSIBLE BELT Black? Brown? Can’t choose? This 100% bovine leather belt is the solution with black on one side and dark brown on the reverse. Both sides are high-shine while the brushed dark silver buckle features a Ted Baker logo. £40, mainlinemenswear.co.uk PAUL SMITH OLIVE JACKET While this shirt jacket is a bit of an investment its classic cut works with both a casual and a tailored look so it will earn its keep over the years. Dark green suede is embellished with logo-engraved snap fastenings. £1,500, paulsmith.com CAMPERLAB DERBY SHOES Smart doesn’t mean a compromise on style. These black 1978 Derby shoes balance a classic aesthetic with contemporary charm featuring a squared-toe and block heel. The rubber sole is topped with leather upper and Derby lacing system. £255, matchesfashion.com TOM FORD SILK TIE Ease the pain of…

BEST OUTDOOR WORKOUT SHOES REEBOK NANO X1 ADVENTURE SHOES Reebok’s Floatride Energy Foam in the forefoot gives you a lightweight feel and responsive ride, while the raised lugs provide better traction on any surface, making the Nano X1 Shoes especially well-suited for outdoor workouts. £110, reebok.co.uk HOKA KAWANA Hoka’s hybrid fitness shoes, the Kawana, features a refined SwallowTail design that allows for very smooth landing and transition and smoother heel strikes for any type of cardio activity. The shoes can be used for a wide variety of workouts, including HIIT, callisthenics and more. £125, hoka.com INOV-8 F-LITE G 300 The F-LITE G 300 is Inov-8’s toughest and most versatile cross-training shoes that we’ve seen to date. These lightweight yet tough kicks incorporate the ‘world’s strongest material’, graphene, to enable their wearers to move mountains with ease. £140, inov-8.com POWER OF…