Every week, Boss Hunting’s editors spend far too much time scouring the web: in search of the coolest gear, food & drink, and destinations worth trekking to across the globe.
In our latest edition of ‘Good Finds’, we’ve got the last stand mixer you’ll ever buy (courtesy of KitchenAid), Our Legacy eyewear, Freitag’s famously tough F41 messenger and plenty more.
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KitchenAid Design Series KSM180 Stand Mixer Evergreen
Yet another recommendation from BH Account Director Nick Mayor, this stand mixer is the latest in a legendary dynasty of KitchenAid gadgets — first introduced by the company in 1919.
Now equipped with a swish new 4.7L bowl, fashioned from genuine walnut wood, there’s a good bet the KSM180 (as nobody is sure to call it) is the last culinary appliance you’ll ever need to purchase for the home. Good thing too: considering its hefty $1,000 price tag.
The brand’s own website declares “no task is too big or too small” for this top-of-the-line appliance. Beyond all your baking-related needs, a variety of attachments (sold separately) will turn your KitchenAid into a pasta maker or meat grinder at will.
Our Legacy ‘Shelter’ Sunglasses
While well-made sunglasses are a fantastic accessory to own all-year-round, they’re pretty much essential here in Australia going into Spring.
Our Account Manager (and de facto grooming guru) Andrew Udovenya has been obsessing over the pair that he’s going to be wearing over the next several months — bound to look a lot like this ‘Shelter’.
Designed by the guys over at cult Swedish label Our Legacy, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that you can nab these circular frames with a semi-square brow for less than $500. Like much of the wider luxury fashion world, eyewear has become flagrantly expensive these last five years — but that’s a rant for another day.
Made out of genuine Mazzuchelli acetate, these also come fitted with Carl Zeiss lenses and have been sized for unisex wear.
Freitag F41 ‘Hawaii Five-O’ Messenger Bags
Regular BH readers will know of the team’s low-key fondness for Freitag: the Swiss maker of bags & accessories, who have been quietly innovating in the sustainable manufacturing space since 1993. (We previously shouted out their ‘F155 Clapton’ backpack here.)
To coincide with the launch of the brand’s first store in Sydney, opened in partnership with Keoma, we thought we’d circle back to the Hawaii Five-O: Freitag’s signature daily carry, offered in dozens of colour treatments.
Still made with the cleaned and upcycled truck tarps that were a key inspiration for the brand back in the ’90s, Freitag’s website goes so far as to list the precise percentage of this bag made using recycled material and where those materials have come from.
Who knew old seatbelts could be so useful?
Atelier Lavoro Lot 202 ‘Coltrane’ Button-Down
There will be those who tell you that I’ve straight up lost my mind for recommending a button-down shirt that’s close to five hundred dollars. But hear me out.
Handmade exclusively for the team at Atelier Lavoro by a small workshop in Seoul, the Lot 202 — which is vaguely reminiscent of the shirts worn by jazz trumpeter John Coltrane — is pretty much the embodiment of the classic Ivy button-up.
The fit is forgiving without being sloppy, the hem cut with a scooped curve (in the style of vintage Brooks Brothers), and the collar ‘rolls’ beautifully — so that with, or without, a tie the wearer’s face is always neatly framed.
The best bit? The Lavoro guys only make these ‘to order’, meaning waste is minimised and that you can achieve a properly personalised fit.
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Parlar Sydney Revamped
While Parlar, the Catalan-inspired fine diner from the same operators behind Franca and Armorica, isn’t a new restaurant by any stretch, it recently reopened its doors following an extended hiatus — now, with a focus on tasting menus (the $99 permutation of which represents solid value).
Head Chef José Saulog has clearly been diligent with the time he and his team have had off the pass. The first and only other time I visited, not long after the restaurant originally opened in 2022, the place left me thoroughly whelmed — as my colleague Garry Lu would say.
Thankfully, this new direction is a palpable improvement. The whole of the restaurant’s theme (i.e. global riffs on Catalan cuisine) is expressed much more clearly via the new menu. The ‘Black Rice’ and ‘Matsu-Kasayaki’, Parlar’s interpretations of the classic paella and bacalao cod dish respectively, make the leap particularly well to tasting portions.
