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THE HYPE ISSUE

British GQ

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The Power of Cktrl • The UK musician, who has Dior and Beyoncé on the books, is making (sound) waves.

Bright Bright Future • Actor Harris Dickinson, whom you’ll know from films like Triangle of Sadness and The King’s Man, is about to have a breakthrough autumn. But first, he has to run some errands.

Miami Heat • With its soaring skyline and plunging necklines, fine art and fine dining, Florida’s metropolis is the hottest city in America.

How to Make a Nice Watch Iconic: Order Up a Salmon Dial • When the biggest players in the watch world look to fashion a special edition timepiece that will be highly sought after and remembered for ages, they all go for this coveted dial.

The Go Hype List • What should you wear? How should you smell? Where should you be eating? Where should you go on holiday? You might never know without our super-specific, deeply personal, earth-spanning guide to what’s cool right this very minute.

The Next Generation of Bosses • With a top-to-bottom refresh and a slew of starry new ambassadors and collaborators (including Aussie actor Josh Heuston), the German brand is reinventing itself for people who want to reinvent themselves.

WHAT WENT DOWN AT GQ HEROES • Hollywood icons, design legends, inspirational changemakers (and more than a little mezcal). This July, over two days in Oxfordshire, we assembled the summer’s hottest line-up for our fifth annual GQ Heroes. Here’s an exclusive look at what went down.

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Fashion Enters Its Pharrell Era • With Pharrell Williams freshly enthroned at Louis Vuitton, a grand new convergence between fashion and pop culture is underway. Inside the audacious first months of Pharrell’s reign – and the ambitious revolution he’s planning to mount.

GQ PRESENTS THE DESIGNERS OF THE FUTURE • The best way to predict the future of fashion is to look at the new ideas being proposed by emerging brands and designers. Here, 16 of GQ’s global editions selected an up-and-coming brand from their home country or region, offering a vision for the shape of menswear to come.

King of the Court • Josh O’Connor is already earning buzz for his sexy, swaggering role in the forthcoming Zendaya tennis drama Challengers – this, after he snagged awards as a buttoned-up young Prince Charles in The Crown. So, what’s a breakout actor on the cusp of stardom been doing living in a van?

MALE SUPER. MODEL • In an industry that still treats many male models interchangeably, one has transcended mannequin status to reach the heights of the fashion world. But he doesn’t plan on staying put for long.

The LORD of the EDGE • As Hollywood wages war over the future of the movies, Harmony Korine and a gang of video game designers and AI artists are holed up in a house near Mar-a-Lago, building it.

THE NICE GUYS • Online misogynists like Andrew Tate are influencing a generation of boys with their regressive attitudes to sex and gender dynamics. Now, a handful of influencers are trying to do the opposite: to show young men what healthy, non-toxic masculinity looks like. The challenge: trying to get anyone to listen.

THE HYPEST WATCHES OF 2023 • The watch world has never been so unpredictable – Rolex dropping emoji date windows? Richard Mille’s candy coloured flexes? Pixellated dials? Rather than leaning on the archive, watchmakers are embracing an influx of fresh ideas and targeting a younger collector. And that “why the fuck not?”...