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The 10 Best Jackets of 2025
As the old adage goes, The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition. And let me tell you, we here at GQ HQ love little more than changing...
Our Favorite Runway Shows of 2025
Diotima, spring 2026 ready-to-wearRachel Scott's presentations for Diotima are a favorite of mine each season, and her joyful debut show in September was no exception. As ever, the designs—this...
19 Great Haircuts If You’re Over 50 And Wear Glasses
It’s not always easy to marry your haircut to your glasses, but when you do find the right cut, it’s the perfect way to enhance them. Celebrity stylist Larry...
How to Start the Year With Less Cortisol
We all know that unbalanced cortisol levels can wreak havoc on our health. So, we do our best to mitigate it: We meditate, we exercise, or we write in...
How to Style a Cardigan: 39 Handsome Ways to Wear Menswear’s Most Useful Layer
Cardigans have this reputation in the popular imagination of being a little dorky and square—the kind of thing Steve Urkel might wear, say, as he's getting stuffed in a...
Why Eating Black-Eyed Peas on New Year’s Day Is a Tradition for Good Luck
If New Year’s Eve is about celebration, New Year’s Day is imbued with superstition. Every year on January 1, a peculiar assortment of historic rituals are performed as a...
Hulu’s ‘Deli Boys’ Made Televised Crime Fun (and Fashionable) Again
Call it the Sopranos effect: Over the last two decades, more tonally depressing crime shows have hit our screens than I care to count, despite the fact that the...
Preppy Plaid, Tweed Texture, and More Will Dominate Nail Trends in 2026
Similar to next year’s color scheme—which is all about calm, soft shades—the biggest nail trends of 2026 are expected to be more subtle in their designs. It’s not about...
The Real-Life Diet of Mario Lopez, Whose Favorite Thing in the World Is Sleeping In
I’ve done yoga a few times. I’m not consistent with it. I like to mix it up. But the main thing is discipline. Discipline’s the key to any sort...
Sick of Holiday Fare? Cozy Up With These 22 Winter Movies
It’s worth saying up top: The best winter movies aren’t necessarily about the holidays. In the weirdly inert week between Christmas Day and New Year’s, it’s perfectly possible to...
The Things GQ Staffers Bought and Loved Most in 2025
A lot of purchases you make throughout the year are perfectly serviceable. Many are quickly forgettable. So as the year winds down, we start asking ourselves a simple question:...
The Best Winter Albums For Beating (Or Embracing) the Cold
This is a chilly album. Though it contains a lot of Blake’s voice, it has less of the singer-songwriterly warmth of his later records, and instead leans more towards...