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STYLE BIBLE

GQ’s guide to the 48 , , people, stores, labels, accessories and style secrets that a man needs to know right now. There’s never been a better N0. No. time to be a 03 man who cares about style. New labels, sick shops, … LET’S START The options are astounding. WITH THE NO. 02 But that also means there COLORS YOU’RE are too many WEARING. options. There’s a lot Think about updating them. From dusty of clutter out there. Think of this as pastels to bold patterns and loud crayon your road map to an awesomely stylish colors, nothing’s off-limits any more, (but often overwhelming) new world. as long as you select tailored pieces or accessories and try not to wear all the colors of the rainbow at once.

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N0. STYLE DOWN TO YOUR TOES

3 If you’re like most guys, your collection may be sad and faded—or, worse, saggy and

TOM SCHIERLITZ holey. May we suggest a colorful transfusion? o. 05 N WHITE PANTS 1 Smart Turnout: $32 7 American Trench: $30 2 Anonymous Ism: $24 8 Falke: $24 3 In addition to red pants, we dig these 04 , which are so off-white they’re almost 3 Etiquette Clothiers: $24 9 & 10 Nice : $49 khaki. Like white jeans without the glare. (pack of six different pairs) 4 : $16 11 The Tie Bar: $8 5 : $9 12 Turnbull & Asser: $40 PANTS BRUNELLO CUCINELLI: $595 6 Pantherella: $30

3 GQ. COM No. INTRODUCING THE SNEAKERBOOT 07 3 With all due respect to the Prius, these shoes are the most radical hybrids we’ve NO. seen lately. We call them sneakerboots, 06 and they represent a whole new category Even your key chain of : futuristic hiking has gone fetishistic. with a cross-trainer’s sole (and soul). If there ever was a time to become a • The people at Klhip completely sneakerhead, it’s now. reengineered the nail clipper 3 We asked Michael Williams of the website using surgical-grade metal. Think of it as overkill—glorious overkill. A Continuous Lean to empty LOUIS VUITTON $1,570 his (very curated) pockets. NAIL CLIPPER $75 KLHIP.COM

• A flash drive that looks like a • Carrying a comb was de rigueur pocketknife says, “I seem rugged, in the 1950s. Well, it’s back, now that but really I just need the entire leather-goods geniuses Billykirk first of Game of Thrones on got all artisanal on your with me at all times.” this handstitched case.

4GB FLASH DRIVE $150 COMB CASE $35 BILLYKIRK.COM GROOMSMEN.COM

• Love the pry bar, screwdrivers, • This pen is made in Nevada for GQ ENDORSES TOM SCHIERLITZ and tweezers. But it’s the lighter NASA. I use it to scribble in this that’s most handy, whether for a Japanese reporter’s notebook, bottle rocket or a campfire. even when I’m not on the moon.

EVERYDAY CARRY KIT $59 NOTEBOOK $19 POSTALCO.NET KAUFMANN-MERCANTILE.COM PEN $30 SPACEPEN.COM

No. 08 A PIECE OF AGELESS ADVICE FROM BURBERRY’S christopher bailey

• When not being used to make • A flask of booze is an easy way “It’s good to be rather unsentimental jet engines, titanium is the perfect to make friends. An English about your grooming. I use one spray of material for the di∞cult task of pewter flask by Wentworth adds fragrance and that’s it. Don’t think too keeping your cash organized. notes of envy. much about it; just get on with it.” MONEY CLIP $40 FLASK $69 SUPERIORTITANIUM.COM KAUFMANN-MERCANTILE.COM ILLUSTRATION BY ZOHAR LAZAR

STILL LIFES DAVID RINELLA

4 GQ. COM 4 NO. 09 Of course, sometimes N o. you don’t need to TELL TIME LIKE A buy a damn thing. STYLE GOD 3 Just upgrade the gear 3 1 0 you’ve already got. 3 If you’re looking for a that will set you apart, this shape has all the right angles.

7 Switch out the laces on your bucks for colored 1 VACHERON CONSTANTIN $29,600 ones to get that Mark 2 NIXON $200 McNairy 3 TSOVET $250 effect. 2 4 $2,750

7 Sleep in your (yes, really) till it molds to your shape.

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7 Take a NIGEL COX black tee and yank it till it gets that drapey effect. “It’s simple: Everyone should have a black No. .”—domenico dolce 11

7 “The best style advice With a cheap suit, came from my A PIECE OF AGELESS ADVICE FROM switch out the crappy parents: Be honest. buttons Just be yourself.” dolce & for genuine horn. —stefano gabbana gabbana

ILLUSTRATION BY ZOHAR LAZAR

No. YOUR DO-RAG IS THE NEW POCKET 12 SQUARE. 3 A simple plan: Go to your army-navy store with $25. Buy a handful of bandanas. Take them home and wash them. Then stick one in the breast pocket of your before you walk out the door.

RTH $25 (blue & red) RTHSHOP.COM KAUFMAN’S ARMY & NAVY $3 KAUFMANSARMYNAVY.COM

5 GQ. COM MARK Mc NAIRY NEW AMSTERDAM $495 MARKMCNAIRY.COM TOM FORD $490 212-359-0300

SID MASHBURN $450 GUCCI $730 SIDMASHBURN.COM GUCCI.COM TCG $180 KITHNYC.COM

O’KEEFFE $950 OKEEFFE-SHOES.COM CARHARTT WIP: $125 CARHARTT-WIP.COM

MARK Mc NAIRY NEW AMSTERDAM RALPH LAUREN $995 $495 ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA $695 ZEGNA.COM RALPHLAUREN.COM MARKMCNAIRY.COM

KOIO COLLECTIVE $298 KOIOCOLLECTIVE.COM N0s. 13–27

Your shoes just LOUIS LEEMAN $750 LOUISLEEMAN.COM copped an attitude.

3 Walk into any department worth its suede and you’re bound to find blue soles, camo prints, and sneakerized brogues that simply did not exist a few years ago. Remember when SALVATORE FERRAGAMO shoes were just black or $1,250 FERRAGAMO.COM BASS WEEJUNS $110 GHBASS.COM GRENSON $525 brown? Yeah, neither do we. GRENSON.CO.UK

6 GQ. COM THE DESIGNER POLO

No. 3 After years of misuse at the hands of rosé-swigging Hamptons bros and 98 percent of the PGA Tour, the polo has been restored to glory. It’ll be everywhere this spring in fresh new colors 28 and surprising patterns, and with a good dose of bad attitude.

BURBERRY $550 ETRO $640 DOLCE & GABBANA $495

JOSEPHINE SCHIELE

NO. 29 A TIE CLIP CAN’T HOLD THIS BACK

3 BOLDER, BIGGER, BRIGHTER (BUT STILL SKINNY)

We are into flowers, dots, and abstractions; but not novelties like golf clubs or puppies.

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MICHAEL BASTIAN $145

TED BAKER LONDON $95

GITMAN VINTAGE $110

BURBERRY $190

NICK GRAHAM $60

BURBERRY $190

NIGEL COX

7 GQ. COM N o. 30 HOW TO WEAR (AND HOW NOT TO WEAR) YOUR SUEDE JACKET

3 Something about suede brings out every man’s inner dandy. That’s fantastic. Just please don’t get carried away. NO. ✔ ✔ 31 ALLOWED NOT ALLOWED

1. With jet-black or dirty- 1. On the beach white jeans 2. In rain, sleet, or snow. 2. Open, with a (What’s up, Seinfeld?) western shirt underneath 3. To a wedding, 3. Buttoned, with a christening, or funeral turtleneck underneath 4. With suede pants, suede 4. With a knit tie, an air tie, boots, or, God forbid, a or (fuck it!) even a suede shirt

5. Off your floor or out of 5. With your trunk 6. Over a bare chest (unless 6. Driving with your you’re an R&B singer) windows down, music up, and shades on

| LEVI’S VINTAGE $850

BOSS $1,995 }

TOM SCHIRMACHER

A THE TOPCOAT TIMES TWO

Here’s a shortcut to having the most stylish winter of your life: Invest in a double- breasted topcoat. Yes, it feels twice as warm as a normal topcoat. But even better, you’ll look as rakish as James Dean every

| BALLY $3,195 time you step out the door.

A tweed DB. A crewneck over a tie. These trends don’t stand alone; they work together.

JOSEPHINE SCHIELE COAT_TOM FORD $4,490 , SHIRT, TIE, AND JEANS

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The Luxury No. Backpack Ever since we were all 3 3 packing brown-bag lunches and No. 2 pencils, backpacks have been more about hauling stuff than looking cool. So long as everything fit inside (and yours wasn't Hello Kitty-themed), it was kosher. Well, kids, times have changed. Now every major house makes status backpacks as luxurious as any briefcase, which means the bag you carry can be as much of a statement as the clothes on your back.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: HERSCHEL SUPPLY $140 WARBY PARKER $145

TOM FORD $390

PAUL SMITH SPECTACLES $370

DOM VETRO $295

BRIONI $950

GUCCI $375

POLO RALPH LAUREN (CENTER) $179

LOUIS VUITTON $2,440 THE LIGHTER SIDE OF SHADES

Your first official act of summer: Shove your usual blacked-out specs into a drawer, because this season's all about with pale lenses that let you see and be seen. There's no shortage of frame shapes and sizes, so finding the best-fitting pair for your face (and your look) won't require much work. Are you ready to see the world through rose (or ocean blue , or subtle tan , or Fear and Loathing yellow ) tinted ?

VAULT BY VANS $350 ERIC RAY DAVIDSON

9 GQ. COM WHERE TO BUY IT? GO TO GQ.COM/GO/FASHIONDIRECTORIES ERIC RAY DAVIDSON n o s . The 10 Best Men’s Stores in America 34–43 What makes a great men's store? They have a unique point of view. A story to tell. When you walk in, it's more like stepping onto the set of a perfectly art-directed movie. It's an all-five-senses experience. These are the rare shops that will likely make you rethink the way you dress entirely.

NO. 34 you’ll still be inspired to try. surf shop in the country consistent, the curation changes Sid Mashburn 204 First North Street right now. Here at GQ, we're by shop location. atlanta, ga Minneapolis, MN 55401 attracted to color, and 1423 South Congress Avenue By the time you walk out askovfinlayson.com pattern, and snappy-looking Austin, TX 78704 of Sid Mashburn's game- pieces that jolt your look stagprovisions.com changing flagship store in – and your day – into life. Atlanta – or his new outposts NO. 37 That's what Pilgrim trades in Houston, Washington, Trading Post in. You may walk in feeling NO. 42 D.C., or Dallas – you realize los angeles, ca stressed but you'll walk out Kith you've witnessed something Our favorite new shops are feeling energized with a pair , ny profound. Sid Mashburn is a the one's that we could've of shorts you can wear in the A seemingly endless supply cathedral of style – a place never dreamed up in a million city, and a by a brand of limited-editon kicks has where the suit is holy, service years. Take the Trading you've never heard of before. made Kith a household name is sacred, and community is Post, a small and wickedly- 68 North Third Street for sneakerheads. The brand practiced and built. groovy corner store on La Brooklyn, NY 11249 recently-opened a Brooklyn 1198 Howell Mill Road Brea with its own line of pilgrimsurfsupply.com outpost that's a massive upgrade Atlanta, GA 30318 vintage-inspired, Californa- from the three-room expereince sidmashburn.com made apparel. From there, in Manhattan. The new shop the store gets only freakier: NO. 40 boasts displayed in Baja-print skate sneakers RTH glass cases like museum pieces, NO. 35 from Peru, vintage Hawaiian west hollywood, ca a custom-designed marble Unionmade , hemp tees from It's tricky to explain the floor,and ceramic Air Jordans san francisco, Jungmaven. Suffice, the Post transportive power of these hanging from the ceiling. larkspur, ca takes the idea of eclectic to two nearly side-by-side 644 Broadway If the name of this store unimagined new heights. shops. But what the hell, New York, NY 10012 gives you flashbacks to the 177 South LaBrea Avenue try to imagine you're at a 233 Flatbush Avenue not-so-distant heydey of the Los Angeles, CA 90036 dinner of vintage- Brooklyn, NY 11217 urban lumberjack, it should. tradingpostla.com denim collectors at, say, Pop-up in Venice at Prize of Venice Unionmade was founded in Ralph Lauren's Double RL 1638 Abbott Kinney Boulevard, 2009, on the early side of the Ranch. Everywhere you look Venice, CA 90291 movement, with the stated NO. 38 there are piles of old jeans kithnyc.com intent to sell well-made goods The Armoury and military with a classic new york city, ny that have been altered and aesthetic. Unionmade has Fashion is truly global in this repatched with bandanas. NO. 43 since become the baseline narrow store in Manhattan's Walls are hung with rope Supply & Advise look for stylish American men. Tribeca. Though its flagship belts, leather and miami, fl And this is still the best place store is in Hong Kong, the pieces of tie-dyed suede. Supply & Advise sits downtown, in all the land to get some. Ring Jacket, the store's Now you understand. away from be-thonged Miami 493 Sanchez Street exquisitely-fitting core suit 537 North La Cienega Boulevard Beach, and is packed to its San Francisco, CA 94114 is made in Japan. Yet, the West Hollywood, CA 90048 slim-fit gills with names like 2005 Larkspur Landing Circle look of that suit is explicitly rthshop.com Engineeered Garments, Gant Larkspur, CA 94939 inspired by southern Italy. A Rugger, Unis, and Alex Mill. unionmadegoods.com customer with a high-flying, You are going to be shocked SkyMiles-accruing business NO. 41 by this multilevel paradise of baller edge (with his made- Stag approachable style. More than NO. 36 to-measure sizes on file) will austin, tx that, they have nailed the smile- Askov Finlayson have his mind blown with his This retailer first grabbed our and-then-some service delivered minneapolis, mn overhauled at this attention by its deft ability to by the best menswear stores This Garment District shop. ride the post-workwear wave on either coast. Want a cocktail outpost, by the same guys 168 Duane Street into more modern menswear while you try on your custom behind hipster workwear New York NY 10013 waters. Today, Stag's growing tailored suit? Coming right up. label Engineered Garments, thearmoury.com crop of shops (Venice, CA, 233 East South 1st Street is so edgy it hurts. The staff Austin, Dallas, Houston and Miami, FL 33131 look ripped from the pages online) stock something-for- supplyandadvise.com of Japanese fashion rags, NO. 39 everyone pieces from brands and the racks are full of stuff Pilgrim Surf + Supply known to have a point of view: that’s about 10 percent more brooklyn, ny Gitman Vintage, RRL, Malin out-there than what you’re It's in Williamsburg, but + Goetz, and many more. used to pulling off—but Pilgrim is the most stylish Although the product range is

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3 These bright combos will de-winter all your solid suits, and they're easy to nail: Just pair big plaids (or dots, or checks) with small plaids (or dots, or checks) and make sure your shirt and tie share a color. That's all there is to it. No. 45

A PIECE OF AGELESS ADVICE FROM ralph lauren “I believe one can live many lives through personal style. Every day is an occasion to SHIRT $90 BANANA REPUBLIC SHIRT $385 BURBERRY SHIRT $425 CANALI reinvent yourself.” TIE $300 KITON TIE $95 TED BAKER TIE $19 THE TIE BAR TIE BAR $15 THE TIE BAR TIE BAR $15 THE TIE BAR TIE BAR $15 THE TIE BAR ILLUSTRATION BY ZOHAR LAZAR TOM SCHIERLITZ

N0. THE PERFECT STORM GEAR 3 True men of style have the right clothes for every occasion—even when the occasion is a MONSOON that would send most other guys huddling beneath the nearest awning. So treat yourself to a you're actually excited to wear and then, at the first sign of shitty 47 weather, go play outside. Khaki's fine, but the fun part of dressing for rain is slipping into smoky gray or traffic-stopping orange.

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A PIECE OF AGELESS ADVICE FROM michael kors “People shouldn’t notice what you’re wearing before they notice you. You want people to register you first. ‘Oh, what a nice jacket’ should be an afterthought if you’re doing KENJI AOKI it right.” LEFT: BURBERRY $1,995 RIGHT: HANCOCK $995 ILLUSTRATION BY ZOHAR LAZAR

11 GQ. COM NO. 48 The Whole World Is Going Made-in-the-U.S.A. crazy. An illustrated map of homegrown brands that are back in style here and abroad

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1 PENDLETON 4 ALDEN 7 BILLYKIRK 10 TONY LAMA WOOLEN MILLS MIDDLEBOROUGH, MA LANCASTER CO., PA EL PASO, TX PENDLETON, OR EST. 1884 EST. 1999 EST. 1911 EST. 1909 Stalwart of respectable brogues Amish-made leather Because you don’t want Best known for its vibrant and loafers; rare company shoulder bags, wallets, cowboy boots that blankets, but no slouches in the with legit claim to having never and key fobs. were stitched anywhere way of plaid shirts, either. gone out of style. but the Wild West. 8 GITMAN BROS. 2 FILSON 5 QUODDY PILOT MOUNTAIN, NC 11 LEVI’S SEATTLE, WA LEWISTON, ME EST. 1978 LOS ANGELES, CA EST. 1897 EST. 1909 Some of the most solid EST. 1873 These outdoorsy goods Its handmade moccasins are (and, uh, patterned) ties If you’re an authenticity junkie, are a staple of urban so popular that they’re often around, made in a county you’re after Levi’s Cali-born, woodsmen nationwide. on back order. known for its quarries. archive-based Made & Crafted line.

3 RED WING 6 L.L.BEAN 9 HAMILTON RED WING, MN , ME HOUSTON, TX EST. 1905 EST. 1912 EST. 1883 Iconic producers of resurgent, The iconic mail-order The dress shirts are from Rust –ready work boots. outfitter’s duck boots the Lone Star State, but are ubiquitous, and with they’re classy enough for good reason. o∞ces on the coasts.

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