GQ: The Style Guy

Is It Time to Put the Pastors Out to Pasture?

stylemens — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:28:17 -0400

In the magazine world we have a lot of appointments, and it's hard to get around in this town. There's incredible traffic, what with all those sight-seeing buses and rickshaws and billboard trucks. And with our state-of-the-art city planners there...

A Reader Request

stylemens — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:17:33 -0400

A regular reader of this "blogue" recently wrote: I have been curious to know if you have seen films that have depicted Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, the "scenes" that I am unfortunately too young to have enjoyed and possibly any...

A Fitting (Room) Heir to CBGB

stylemens — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:07:32 -0400

In this space on October 17, 2006, I discussed my feelings about CBGB, the famous birthplace of punk rock on New York's legendary Bowery. Mainly how I found the mass whinging over the demise of this down-at-the heels landmark excessive...

Better Vacationing

stylemens — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:48:25 -0400

Vacation, of course, means the act of emptying, and boy did I need that last week, after a particularly grueling deadline. I had had it up to here. So I did the right thing and booked a villa at Goldeneye,...

Some Things Just Aren't Done

stylemens — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:05:17 -0400

Sorry I haven't posted lately. I've been up to my jade-green fedora in work. Hopefully I will return to a more genteel existence soon. This overworked condition is making me cranky, and when I'm cranky I start noticing things that...

Going Corporate in Style

stylemens — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:01:47 -0500

The Style Guy has gone to work for a living. If this comes as a shock to you, imagine how I feel. I haven't actually gone to an office daily outside my domicile for…well…generations. But here I am, once again...

Dressing for Dinner

stylemens — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:57:37 -0500

THEN: NOW: When you get your tax rebate check from the Federal Government, I hope you do the right thing and spend it. You're not going to help jump-start a stalled economy if you just save that $600 to $1200....

Dandies of the Apocalypse

stylemens — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:03:36 -0500

I was walking the dog down my once-bohemian, now-chichi block the other night, and I saw a good-looking young guy and a fine-looking young gal, arm in arm, strolling toward my favorite ristorante. He was dressed in black, wearing a...

Global Warming, Local Chilling

stylemens — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:37:16 -0500

Extremes of weather provide interesting people-watching, perhaps especially in cities, and the wild swings of temperature we have been experiencing in recent years make it all the more amusing. There I was, walking to Whole Foods on Houston Street in...

Dandy in the Underworld

stylemens — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:37:46 -0500

John Pearse, a most artistic tailor who enjoys my custom, has his shop on Meard Street, a quaint byway in London's Soho now restricted to pedestrian traffic. On one of my visits I noticed an interesting sign on the front...

2008, a Year Made for Dandies

stylemens — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:27:11 -0500

Happy New Year? You bet! I meant to keep in touch more, but I get so wrapped up in the holidays that sometimes I forget my responsibilities. We try to celebrate Christmas around here with all the pagan trimmings, and...

The Art World Experience

stylemens — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:23:48 -0500

Please bear with me. This is not going to be easy. I just got back from Art Basel Miami Beach, which has become much, much more than a very large art fair. It is now a sort of a mega-convention...

Bitterness Is Sweet on Occasion

stylemens — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:34:46 -0500

Speaking of obscure drinky-winkies, let us now discuss bitters. Bitter, of course, is one of the four basic tastes—sweet, salty, and sour being the others. It comes from old German—it meant bite, and the Germans totally understood biting. Bitters, generically...

Dangerous Books for Men

stylemens — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:11:26 -0500

Sometimes I worry about my seven-year-old not being an avid reader, seeming content to watch TV and films and otherwise entertain himself without dipping into literature of his own volition. I have even gone so far as to buy Pokémon...

The Best- and Worst-Dressed Leaders in the World, Continued: Part Three

stylemens — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:04:37 -0500

***** Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil The boss of Brazil has good style for a guy verging on portly, and he demonstrates that tailoring can counter many physical shortcomings. His beard works for him, camouflaging an incipient secondary chin...