Eyewear maker Oliver Peoples helps Porter celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a well designed collection of foldable sunglasses. As Porter is famed for its travel cases, bags and luggage, it’s fitting the glasses take portability for a premium while keeping the Japanese label’s heralded reputation for quality intact. All the frames are made from Japanese […]

To help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Italian supercar maker Lamborghini, the Swiss bicycle builder BMC has put together this Lamborghini Edition Road Bike for their southern neighbors. Like the Porsche 911 also celebrating its half century, Lambo is making no plans to lay low on this special birthday, instead going full force with outlandish […]

Venerable British sailing atelier Henri Lloyd has been making quality nautical gear for a half century. One of their longstanding pieces, the Consort RWR jacket, has been chosen to recieve a special update by Olmes Carretti to celebrate the 50th Anniversary. The jacket — as illustrated by the accompanying Dazed & Confused video below — was a favorite of […]

Despite a strict embargo, somebody leaked the images of the new Lamborghini Veneno due to debut tomorrow at the Geneva Salon. Now of course they’re everywhere, but damn worth posting. Based on the gamechanging Aventador, the incredibly exclusive (i.e. they’re only making three) Veneno is basically Lamborghini’s way of saying Fuck You to everyone in the […]

A brief video highlighting 50 years of premier automaker Lamborghini‘s vaunted history — from its very first Miura in 1965 to the legendary Countach to the still unreleased Aventador Roadster. The Sant’Agata, Bologna-based company is nearly peerless in its endeavors, its lineage of firebreathing mid-engined V12s arguably the richest in automotive history. Many had fears […]

McIntosh unveiled a refurbished gold-plated edition of its famed MC275 power amplifier at the CES show in Las Vegas. The Limited Edition 50th Anniversary version uses the original circuit — last produced in 1973 — and delivers 75W per channel in stereo operation or 150W in mono. The updates to the power amp include multicolored LED […]

To honor the 50th anniversary of the legendary Shelby Mustang, Ford is releasing a new line of Anniversary Edition Shelby GTS, GT350 and Super Snake vehicles. Only 50 white and 50 black of each Shelby model will be produced, each outfitted with triple gold stripes to signify the golden anniversary. The lowest level 2012 Shelby […]

Built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic DB4GT Zagato (far below), Aston Martin introduces their brand new V12 Zagato concept. Premiered this Saturday at the Villa D’Este Concours, the V12 Zagato will also appear as an endurance race car at the Nürburgring 24 hour race on June 25/26. The premier Italian design house […]