Subscription boxes have taken off, making it very easy to experience new food, find the latest clothing trends, and even concoct a signature cocktail. Here are our picks for the best of the best.
10. Five Four Club
What they offer:
Five Four is a men’s clothing label. Five Four Club is the brand’s membership service that delivers an exclusive monthly collection available only to its members. For $60 a month, club members receive in-season items that align with their style preferences.
Why it’s so great:
“Men care about the way they dress more than ever these days. They want the latest trends and are looking for ways to style themselves but they don’t necessarily enjoy the traditional shopping experience or seeking out bargains. Most guys are also busy and don’t have a lot of time to discover new looks. So subscription boxes, like Five Four Club, cut out the difficult parts of shopping and styling, and provides a simplified experience that doesn’t sacrifice quality.” – Andres Izquieta, CEO and Founder of Five Four
9. Stitch Fix
What they offer:
For the woman on the go, Stitch Fix is the affordable and accessible online personal styling service that helps you look and feel your best every day. A personal stylist selects five items that are personalized to each clients’ unique needs, budget and lifestyle, and ships each Fix directly to the client’s door with personalized recommendations on how to style each item.
Why it’s so great:
Each Fix is unique, and truly personalized to each unique client.
8. Svbscription
What they offer:
Svbscription is a lifestyle service for people wanting to discover products, learn about style, and access top brands and unique items conveniently. The service offers a quarterly box delivery service that is designed to introduce you to designers and help you upgrade your life one box at a time. Each box is curated around a theme that relates to our busy lives such as work, travel and fun.
The team also just launched a new personal shopping service that connects members with a stylist who can help them pick clothes for day to day work, relaxing at home or going out. You have 10 days to try a hand-picked selection at home and you only pay for what you keep. Shipping is free both ways. Svbscription is working with top brands and getting access to premium clothes. The service combines convenient access and expert advice.
Why it’s so great:
“The Svbscription box that we produce every quarter is the most premium in the market. Our box is beautifully crafted from wood and is the box for discerning types. There is an element of surprise that makes the experience fun and enticing. Some boxes take the hassle out of receiving mundane goods, while other companies hope to delight customers and keep them coming back.” – Andrew Apostola (CEO)
7. Fabletics
What they offer:
Athletic clothes for both men and women are available on a subscription basis with Fabletics, Kate Hudson’s clothing line. A lifestyle quiz generates the workout clothing to fit your specific workouts. Just do yoga? Yoga pants, comfortable shirts and headbands are your go-to. Run 20 miles a week? Fabletics will make sure you’re outfitted in comfortable, sweat-wicking material.
Why it’s so great:
Who wants to shop for athletic clothes when you just want to get out there and start exercising? This monthly service allows you to view your items and decide if you want to participate before they ship.
6. Trunk Club
What they offer:
Trunk Club was started to solve a simple problem – shopping for clothes in stores or online just doesn’t work for most guys. It’s overwhelming and inconvenient. With Trunk Club, guys discover awesome clothes that are perfect for them without ever having to go shopping. It combines top brands, expert service, and unparalleled convenience to deliver a highly personalized experience that helps guys look their best.
A personal stylist will find the best clothes to fit your style, size, budget, existing wardrobe and preferences. Your trunk is handpicked and you get to see a preview of it online before it ships to you. Review the items and your trunk will be shipped straight to your front door.
Why it’s so great:
You have 10 days to test drive your trunk contents; keep what you like and send the rest back with free shipping both ways. You can request a new trunk any time you want.
5. Carnivore Club
What they offer:
Carnivore Club is the ultimate meat of the month club for discerning foodies who love the art of cured meats. Each month Carnivore Club curates one exceptional artisan and four to six of their products for our members in outrageously nice faux-wood packaging. The Meat Eater’s Handbook accompanies the delivery to tell the story of the artisan, the products, and perfect pairing suggestions.
Why it’s so great:
“We founded Carnivore Club because we love charcuterie and we wanted to create a fun brand with a cult following. Carnivore Club and our bold marketing approach is the sum of our efforts.”
Co-founders Tim Ray & Matthew Cloutier
4. Crafted Taste
What they offer:
Crafted Taste is a cocktail subscription and gift service that delivers the best cocktails from around the world straight to your door. It features high-end curated cocktail kits available for individual purchase or delivered on a monthly basis.
Why it’s so great:
“I created Crafted Taste because I wanted to learn how to make great cocktails at home but I didn’t know where to start. I had a hard time finding the contemporary recipes I wanted to make, it seemed daunting to search multiple stores for ingredients, and I was always disappointed in the selection at my local liquor store. All I could think was how much easier it would be if someone curated everything I needed and just let me enjoy the fun part mixing and drinking! I had used subscription and curation products for other areas of my life so it seemed like a natural fit to apply curation and the subscription model to cocktails and my home bar. When I couldn’t find a company already doing this, I decided to do it myself. Crafted Taste is now a leader in the alcohol subscription industry and a popular way of sending a gift of ‘cheers’ to a loved one.”
3. Bespoke Post
What they offer:
Bespoke Post is a monthly subscription club for men with unique goods revolving around different themes like food, drink, fashion, and grooming. Members sign up and on the first of each month, Bespoke Post sends an email with a description of that month’s box, which can be updated
Why it’s so great:
“Three years ago we realized that there was so much focus in the retail and ecommerce space on women and the power of the purse that guys were largely being ignored,” Bespoke Post co-founder Rishi Prabhu said. “Guys are different and their experience should be too. Guys want to discover new products and brands without all the work. The subscription model provides the perfect medium to deliver a high-quality, fully-curated experience to men where we do most of the work.”
2. Dollar Shave Club
What they offer:
Members choose a razor blade, then Dollar Shave Club (DSC) mails a handle and a set number of cartridges each month. In addition, members can choose from an extensive lineup of grooming products to add to their box, which is delivered direct to the recipient’s doorstep. Also included in each box is DSC’s monthly magazine, the Bathroom Minutes, which provides members with interesting lifestyle content.
Why it’s so great:
“The marketplace lacked affordable quality razors delivered consistently in a convenient way” said Michael Dubin, CEO and co-founder of Dollar Shave Club. “I set out to offer guys a better alternative than having to spend time going to the local drugstore where razors are locked behind a cabinet and blades are far too expensive. We know that we’re solving a problem for our members and they’re adopting positive grooming habits. Before joining DSC, 28 percent of members changed their blade once a week. Now 66 percent change their blade once a week.”
1. Quarterly Co.
What they offer:
This exclusive subscription service delivers limited-edition packages from your favorite social influencers every three months. Each box is curated by cultural icons or known experts in their relative fields, such as Arianna Huffington, Bill Nye, Pharrell Williams, and Nina Garcia.
Why it’s so great:
“Each product included will reflect on the person who selected it, and help inform your understanding of them. So maybe you’ll get the same kind of notebook that your favorite author used to plot her recent bestseller. Or maybe it’s the tea a musician was drinking while he penned a famous track. Or perhaps it’s a secret family cold remedy an artist used while working on a masterpiece. The point is, every object—while uniquely brilliant in its function—will also have a story, and through that story take on new meaning.” – Zach Frechette, founder & CEO
