Lifestyle

The Best Facial Mists for a Spritz of Skin-Care Salvation
For guys, skincare has always been about not overcomplicating things—but that doesn’t mean skipping a routine altogether. While the best facial mists might seem like an extraneous addition in...
The Best Running Belts Are a Cheat Code to a Good Split
Running shorts were not made for carrying stuff. The best running belts, however, actually allow you to tote all your gear on your runs without sacrificing mile time or...
The Best Vitamin D Supplements for Deskbound Dudes
If the best vitamin D supplements aren't already part of your daily supplement stack, there’s a decent chance they should be. “It's been estimated that as much as 50...
4 New Fancy Watches All the Watch Nerds Are Coveting
Welcome to Watch Guy Watches, GQ’s monthly curation of high-end timepieces for the true watch nerds among us. This July, Blancpain adds a super high-tech diver to its regular...
How Many Reps Is Too Many? Here’s What the Experts Have to Say
Slow-twitch fibers are geared more towards endurance and thrive in sustained, low-intensity activity. Fast-twitch fibers are used for explosive, high-intensity movements but fatigue quickly.If strength and power is your...
Here’s How to Curb Your Sugar Addiction in the Least Painful Way Possible
Everyone has their own sugar cravings and their personal sugary weaknesses. For me, it's the pains aux raisins in the coffee shop around 3.30 p.m. For years, I’ve sat...

World

Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Chiaroscuro at the Met”
For the cover of the August 4, 2025, issue, the artist Victoria Tentler-Krylov depicted the scene in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a typical summer day....
Was the Renaissance Real?
Roeck goes on to address the great question of why Europe became the center of prosperity and innovation on the planet. Colonialism and imperialism can’t explain it; they’re as...
Life Inside a Singular Artists’ Enclave in Brooklyn, in “The Candy Factory”
Watch “The Candy Factory.” Some forty years ago, Ann Ballentine, a real-estate agent with an eccentric sense of style and a knack for fostering community, bought a building in...
L.A.’s Food Culture, Transformed by Immigration Raids
In early July, while shopping at a farmers’ market on the east side of Los Angeles, where I live, I bought a few packages of raw chicken thighs from...
What We Miss When We Talk About the Racial Wealth Gap
His reluctance to treat family structure as a causal factor is similarly puzzling. He notes that married Black households have an average wealth of two hundred and thirty thousand...
A Young Parisian Chef’s Nouvelle Stodginess
I wanted more from Le Chêne, and from Duchêne. Not just more salt but more daring, more challenge, more bold and experimental vulgarity. Her crab thermidor (like many of...