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Travel tips from the jet-setting founder of US preppy label Rowing Blazers, including the destination that tops Lake Como

Jack Carlson’s high-end travel hacks include the must-pack fashion item and the Lake Como competitor that offer the kind of sights “you could imagine AI coming up with”

Carlson is the founder of the six-year-old preppy outfitter Rowing Blazers, which he named after the book he wrote on oarsmen’s classic style. Image: Alec Kugler

If Wes Anderson could have scripted someone’s life, it would be Jack Carlson’s. The 35-year-old grew up between Boston and London and pursued a passion for rowing on both sides of the Atlantic.

He was the coxswain of the US national rowing team, and was also a member of the Boat Club at Oxford University, where he earned a PhD in archaeology.

Rather than working in academia, though, Carlson opted for the rag trade and ...