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6 items
Apple Vision Pro
01Apple Vision Pro
Samsung Galaxy XR
02Samsung Galaxy XR
Valve Index
03Valve Index
Meta Quest 3S
04Meta Quest 3S
PlayStation VR2
05PlayStation VR2
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Phones

6 items
iPhone 17 Pro Max
01iPhone 17 Pro Max
Google Pixel 9a
02Google Pixel 9a
OnePlus 15
03OnePlus 15
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
04Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
Google Pixel 10 Pro XL
05Google Pixel 10 Pro XL
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Sunglasses

8 items
Santos de Cartier Sunglasses
01Santos de Cartier Sunglasses
Oakley Frogskins
02Oakley Frogskins
Cartier Signature C de Cartier Sunglasses
03Cartier Signature C de Cartier Sunglasses
DITA Mach-One
04DITA Mach-One
Maui Jim Cliff House
05Maui Jim Cliff House
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Footwear

9 items
Asics Gel-Kayano 14
01Asics Gel-Kayano 14
Nike Air Force 1 Low
02Nike Air Force 1 Low
Jordan 1 Low
03Jordan 1 Low
Adidas Samba OG
04Adidas Samba OG
Crocs Classic Clog
05Crocs Classic Clog
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Fragrances

12 items
Creed Aventus
01Creed Aventus
Althaïr Parfums de Marly
02Althaïr Parfums de Marly
Bal d'Afrique Absolu Byredo
03Bal d'Afrique Absolu Byredo
Afnan Supremacy Collector's Edition Pour Homme
04Afnan Supremacy Collector's Edition Pour Homme
Liquid Brun French Avenue
05Liquid Brun French Avenue
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Whiskey

9 items
Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year
01Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year
Elijah Craig Barrel Proof
02Elijah Craig Barrel Proof
Yamazaki 12 Year
03Yamazaki 12 Year
Wild Turkey Rare Breed
04Wild Turkey Rare Breed
Blanton's Original Single Barrel
05Blanton's Original Single Barrel
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Watches

6 items
Seiko SARB033
01Seiko SARB033
Seiko Kinetic SRN043P1
02Seiko Kinetic SRN043P1
Grand Seiko SBGA211 Snowflake
03Grand Seiko SBGA211 Snowflake
A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1
04A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1
Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711
05Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711

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Asics Gel-Kayano 14Asics Gel-Kayano 14
footwear

Asics Gel-Kayano 14

Asics Gel-Kayano 14

The Based Critic.

The Kayano 14 was a stability running shoe from 2006 that nobody ran in. Then it became the most interesting silhouette of 2023 without a relaunch, without a campaign, without Asics doing anything except keeping it in the catalogue. The layered paneling, the visible gel unit, the aggressive colour blocking that seemed wrong in 2006 and seems correct now. Fashion found it. Asics looked confused. The shoe did not care either way.
9/10
BASED
Price$120
if you want people to ask what those are.
Nike Air Force 1 LowNike Air Force 1 Low
footwear

Nike Air Force 1 Low

Nike Air Force 1 Low

The Based Critic.

Bruce Kilgore designed it in 1982 for basketball. Nobody has played basketball in one since 1987. The Air Force 1 is the default shoe - not because it is the best but because it stopped needing to be. White on white. The swoosh. The heel tab. Forty years and Nike has not changed a single thing because there is nothing to change. Every collaboration, every colorway, every limited drop is just noise around a shape that was already finished.
9.1/10
BASED
Price$110
if you stopped needing to explain your shoes.
Jordan 1 LowJordan 1 Low
footwear

Jordan 1 Low

Jordan 1 Low

The Based Critic.

The High gets the mythology. The Low gets worn. Lower ankle, cleaner profile, sits flat against almost anything you put it with. It is the Jordan 1 for people who actually use their shoes. The colorways are better managed than the High - fewer mids, less hype noise, more actual product. The people who dismiss it have never worn it for a full day.
9/10
BASED
Price$110
if you want the name without the commitment.
Adidas Samba OGAdidas Samba OG
footwear

Adidas Samba OG

Adidas Samba OG

The Based Critic.

The Samba was designed for indoor football on icy pitches in 1950. Adidas has not touched it since and that restraint is the whole story. Gum sole, T-toe, suede panel - the same three decisions made seventy years ago that somehow became the most worn silhouette of 2023 and 2024 without a single campaign explaining why. It did not go viral. It just appeared, quietly, on every person whose opinion you trusted.
9/10
BASED
Price$100
if you want the shoe that goes with everything you own.
Crocs Classic ClogCrocs Classic Clog
footwear

Crocs Classic Clog

Crocs Classic Clog

The Based Critic.

You already know what Crocs look like and you already have an opinion and your opinion is wrong. Croslite foam, ventilation ports, a heel strap that you will wear down within a week. The most comfortable thing you will put on your feet costs $60 and looks like it was designed by someone who stopped caring halfway through. That is not an accident. That is the point. Every chef, every surgeon, every person who stands for twelve hours a day wears these. They are not wrong.
9.5/10
BASED
Price$60
if you are done lying to yourself.
Salehe Bembury x Crocs PollexSalehe Bembury x Crocs Pollex
footwear

Salehe Bembury x Crocs Pollex

Salehe Bembury x Crocs Pollex

The Based Critic.

Salehe Bembury took a joke and made it serious without explaining himself. The Pollex clog is fingerprint-textured, sculptural, and impossible to look at neutrally - you either understand it immediately or you never will. It sold out in minutes. The resale market treats it like a sneaker. It is a Croc. That tension between the material and the market is the most interesting thing happening in footwear and Bembury is the only person doing it intentionally.
9/10
BASED
Price$150
if you want people to ask where you got your Crocs.
Birkenstock Boston ClogBirkenstock Boston Clog
footwear

Birkenstock Boston Clog

Birkenstock Boston Clog

The Based Critic.

Birkenstock has been making the same cork footbed since 1774 and has never once considered your aesthetic preferences. The Boston went from pharmacy floors to fashion week without changing a single millimeter of the last. Suede upper, contoured arch support, a silhouette that should not work with anything and works with everything. Dior collaborated with them. That is either the highest compliment or the most confusing development in luxury history.
9.2/10
BASED
Price$160
if your feet have been patient long enough.
Yeezy YS-01 SlidesYeezy YS-01 Slides
footwear

Yeezy YS-01 Slides

Yeezy YS-01 Slides

The Based Critic.

After everything - the contracts, the fallout, the headlines - the slide survived. One piece EVA foam, the wavy sole that became a signature before anyone decided it would. It is the quietest thing Yeezy ever made and somehow the most wearable. The drama around the name does not follow you onto your feet. The shoe has no memory of any of it.
8.6/10
BASED
Price$70
if height matters.
New Balance 550New Balance 550
footwear

New Balance 550

New Balance 550

The Based Critic.

New Balance pulled the 550 from a 1989 basketball archive, reissued it quietly, and watched it beat every hyped release of the last three years without trying. Leather upper, clean paneling, a chunky sole that reads as retro without performing it. Aime Leon Dore found it before anyone else did and the collaboration turned it into the most coveted $110 shoe on earth. The original colorways are still better than the collaborations.
9.2/10
BASED
Price$110
if clean and simple is all you ever wanted.
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