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Source: 1. Strong, sturdy and easy to throw about, William’s bag is from the Danish luggage brand Mismo. “I don’t really see a bag as anything other than a receptacle,” he says.

2. William’s choice of smokes for the evening is a pack of Tor Oriental, which is a marinated Turkish tobacco. During the day, however, it’s a pack of Marlboro Red, which he keeps in a silver cigarette case from 1915 engraved with his initials.

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