The first-ever spacesuits, designed in the late 1950s for the United States’ inaugural man-in-space mission, were shiny silver. By the end of the next decade, they were puffy-white and paired with boots for walking on the Moon. The 1980s saw the arrival of the bright orange “leisure” space suit made Continue Reading
Meet the Watch Dealer Shaking Up the Diamond District's Boys Club
The process of buying a luxury watch is as arduous as it is exciting. It’s a matter of building relationships and trust with sellers as they try to find the exact model you’re looking for, which can prove elusive. The seller-buyer dynamic has its own complications; I made my first Continue Reading
Rihanna Wore an All-Time Classic Rolex
Welcome to Watches of the Week, where we’ll track the rarest, wildest, and most covetable watches spotted on celebrities. Add one more to the many reasons to stan Rihanna: she’s made watches an essential element of her pregnancy journey. When she announced her first pregnancy last January, she wore one of Continue Reading
Sean Pablo Is in His Yacht Core Era
Sean Pablo is restless. The 25-year-old Supreme skater recently moved home, back into his teenage bedroom in Los Angeles, because he wanted to escape New York. When we speak in early March, he’s chilling somewhere in Florida, because he already wanted to escape LA. Pro skaters are nomadic by trade, Continue Reading
The Best Watches Under $500, According to the Watch Illuminati
This originally appeared in Box + Papers, GQ staffer Cam Wolf’s watch newsletter. For more stories like it, hit the link and subscribe. Last week, I was perusing celebrity wristwear, as I’m wont to do, and came across Denzel Washington and his trusty $380 G-Shock. I thought about Jack Nicholson and his Timex Continue Reading
Michael B. Jordan’s Buddies Gave Him a Hard Time About His New Calvin Klein Underwear Campaign
Michael B. Jordan has had a whirlwind couple of weeks. Which, as he reminded GQ over the phone on Sunday as he geared up to present at the 95th Annual Academy Awards, have capped off a whirlwind couple of years. This includes, of course, his latest round as Adonis Creed in Creed III, which Continue Reading
The Best Tank Tops Offer a Bicep-Positive Wardrobe Boost
The best tank tops for men go by many names: A-shirts, muscle tees, sleeveless tees, singlets. But we’re just calling them tank tops. Thanks to menswear’s obsession with camp collar shirts and everyone re-watching The Sopranos, the style’s exploded in popularity. They’ve even gone so far as to warrant their Continue Reading
The Story Behind Director Daniel Kwan's Wild 'Everything Everywhere'-Inspired Oscars Tux
Last night, in the midst of Everything Everywhere All at Once‘s historic seven-category sweep at the Academy Awards, you may have been distracted by one thing in particular: the incredibly sick tuxedo worn by Daniel Kwan, one half of the now two-time Oscar-winning directing duo Daniels. The searing scarlet ensemble, Continue Reading
The Best Affordable Menswear Brands That Aren’t Fast Fashion
Finding the balance between quality and value is a never-ending challenge for all clothes-wearing people. Sure, it’s nice to save money, but the bill always comes due in other ways: when the new $5 T-shirt starts to disintegrate after just a few wears or the trend-biting jacket languishes in the Continue Reading
Justin and Hailey Bieber Are Finally Matching Their Outfits
As far as stylish celebrity couples go, Justin and Hailey Bieber are the sartorial equivalent of “When you and your homie are riding different waves but still building.” The duo, who married in 2018 and are frequently photographed together, often appear as though they got dressed on different planets. There was that Continue Reading