I think more scientists should be in GQ. Larry Moran exhibits both style and craftsmanship with his handmade haberdashery.

Now you might think I should be envious — I should have such panache! — but the tinfoil cone simply isn't my way. Here in the frigid North, unlike temperate Toronto, such a device would refrigerate our heads, and we turn to fashions with élan and insulation.

Now you know why I get written up in Playboy and Larry doesn't.
Of course, some people have a boot fetish instead. It's very impractical: no way could you wear those and two pairs of thick woolen socks at the same time.
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