I love, love, love the oversized / deconstructed take on classic fabric patterns in Neil Barrett’s Spring 2012 collection. Plus, that motorcycle jacket / trench coat hybrid is pretty awesome, too.  (For the rest of the collection, please visit GQ.com.)

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On the topic of dream bikes, I’ll need to round out my lineup with a proper city option. For that, I’d go with the minimalist beauty of the Giant Bowery ’84. I have a feeling that all of my commutes would become voluntarily longer.

I’ll be cycling my first Granfondo this year, and in the hopes of making all 160k of the ride as comfortable as possible, I’m leaning toward the Williams Aurora SLC saddle. The reviews I’ve read so far are very positive, and the colours would go nicely with my current dream bike.

I love the timeless, go-with-anything design of my adidas Sambas, and when I came across this pair of Originals Gazelle Indoor on Freshness last year, with their semi-translucent natural rubber sole, I hopped right over to the adidas site and expanded my roster.

In the age of ill-advised digital self-portraits, I love the approach of artist Erin M. Riley who finds such images online and turns them into woolen tapestries. Imagine the number of saved reputations, congressional seats, and starting QB positions if all sexts had to be hand-stitched.

I love solid albums that I can listen to end-to-end without wanting to skip a track or two, and Lykke Li’s Youth Novels is exactly that. Plus, if you can write something as beautifully heart-breaking as Tonight, you have my full respect.

These days, most of my note-taking is done on either the Notes or Voice Memos iOS apps (and my ever-deteriorating handwriting is proof), but I always keep a Rhodia pad handy – N°14 on my desk and N°10 in my bag. These notebooks are beautifully simple, and writing in them feels like the pages were individually dipped in butter.

Don’t know if I’m in the minority on this one, but I’ve always found it hard to find the right pair of headphones – ones that will drown out enough ambient sound without feeling like oversized earmuffs. Then I came across the clean, beautiful design of the Bowers & Wilkins P5, and now the search is over.

Rimowa has been making luggage for over a hundred years, and apparently in all that time, their iconic grooved-aluminum design has never appeared in all-black. Better late than never, the Topas Stealth collection was definitely worth the wait.

I’ve never owned a bow tie before, but I think that’s about to change. My lovely wife recently introduced me to forage ties which, true to their name, are made out of deadstock fabrics. This means that you’re guaranteed to find something beautiful and unique. But it also means that you’re not guaranteed to get the one you want if you wait too long. I had my eye on the charcoal chambray one above, but no worries, there are plenty of other great options to choose from. Happy foraging!