ELEVATOR 06.29.25 | Why We Only Have Ten Toes

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@gareth__lewis w/ @_melissa_mai   Video: Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It’s a Long Story) Getting a new toe is like getting a new friend. Always sounds fun in theory. But then you really think about it. Do you need another one? Really? We don’t even know what the smallest one’s been up to the past few years.  We’re good with ten toes and a few close friends.   Dress Shirts That Don’t Act Like Dress Shirts [Partner]  Mizzen+Main reinvented the dress shirt and they didn’t stop there. For over a decade now, they’ve been rethinking menswear from the collar down, blending timeless style with modern performance. We’re talking wrinkle-resistant shirts you can wear all week. High-stretch pants made for meetings and tee times. Lightweight wool blazers that breathe like linen but dress like a million bucks. Mizzen+Main is classic American style, engineered for movement, comfort, and real life. Built to last. Designed to impress. Made to keep up.  Use code MIZ15 for 15% off your first purchase.   SHOP NOW   Video: This Chinese Company Turned Collectible Dolls Into a $1.8B Empire | WSJ: The Economics Of Pop Mart makes its fortune on “blind box” dolls. You buy the box, but you don’t know which character you’re getting. It’s collectible. It’s rare. It’s kind of every toy ever. So why this one? And how did it become a global obsession?  Is it the backstories? It’s always the character backstories.   Video: Flooded Tombs of the Nile (Full Episode) Nat Geo: Who wants to go scuba diving in a pyramid in the Sahara? Us: Uhh… Pardon? Our apologies, but we thought you said scuba diving, as in water, and Sahara, as in desert? Nat Geo: That’s right. Us: Oh. Well. Then. Carry on.  Show us this unheard of desert diving you speak of.   Video: Inside a Woodland Home Built Over Water to Become One with Nature If we ever vanish from society, this is where to find us. It takes a lot to make us go off the grid. We like WiFi too much. But this place? This could do it. Wood. Water. Windows. Warmth. It’s a poem disguised as a house.  Cabin porn at its finest.   THROWBACK Video: 18 Snacks from the 1970s We’ll Never Taste Again Remember Pizza Spins? Let’s bring those back. Sure, we have pizza rolls now, but they require heating. These were crunchy little wheels (little wheels!). Of pizza. And joy. They didn’t last long, but they left a greasy little hole in our hearts.  RIP, you perfect pizza pinwheels.   The Mixer What we get wrong about loneliness and how to get it right. It’s time to redefine glamping🔺. Why Henry Fonda and James Stewart tried digging an underground tunnel to Greta Garbo’s house. 10 erotic songs that went totally over everyone’s head. On suburban manhood: Its history, contradictions, and potential. The best movies🔺 of 2025 so far. How to perfectly batch freezer martinis every time. Classic menswear, made for the modern world.* *Partner       Quotes From Smart Men “I know what to do with my life. I just don’t know what to do with this one night.” —Joshua Ferris       GTFO @z.a.o_     Love Elevator? You’ll probably dig our other newsletters too. Check out Shift, Jimmy, and Blazer.   Advertise in Elevator  |  Instagram  |  Forward to a Friend  |  Contact Us     @2025 Rotary Digital 300 Witherspoon St Suite 201 Princeton NJ 08542     Preferences  |  Unsubscribe