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Eight Pieces of Essential Gear for New Dads That Looks Cool, Too
No need to fight the psychological and temporal demands of fatherhood with mom jeans.
The Things They Carried. The pockets of an Armoury x Ascot Chang linen safari jacket ($595) handsomely accommodate such new-dad must-haves as a pacifier, a sun hat, and a six-ounce pewter flask from Wentworth ($78).
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This goes out to all the new dads—guys who are first-time guests of honor at Father’s Day celebrations. Congratulations on receiving this great blessing! Condolences on losing the last of your freedom.
New to the fatherhood, you are fast becoming familiar with the ugly rigor of its initiation rites, which—as in a fraternity hazing or enhanced-interrogation session—involve being subjected to an erratic sleep schedule, random blasts of sharp noise, and a steady influx of excreta.