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CONTRIBUTORS • GQ STYLE. ISSUE 32. THE POSITIVE ISSUE.
Editor’s Letter
SUMMER 2021
Artistic licence
September issue
Driving ambition
Good sport
Comfort zone
Forward thinking
The LOOKS • We asked three designers to select their perfect AW21 look for leaving lockdown – and then chose three of our own. Wondering how to play it when you ditch the loungewear? Here’s the preview you’re looking for.
The PIECES • Elevate your look this summer with the season’s most covetable accessories. From a sleek Givenchy bag to the Rolex of your dreams, these are the buys that prove style is all in the detail
SMART, REDEFINED • Work and play are almost back in business, but there’s one question on every sharp dresser’s mind: if this is the new normal, what is the ‘new formal’?
CK: RELOADED • The HERON PRESTON FOR CALVIN KLEIN collection reimagines the brand’s essentials through a modern lens
UNDERGROUND STAR • He’s performed Shakespeare at the Globe, released a hip-hop EP and shines in this month’s essential TV series. Aaron Pierre’s heart might be in South London, but his career is heading for the stratosphere
The DIRECTORY • Rethinking post-pandemic style with ideas to keep you on trend, whether you are WFH or playing away
Who’s next? • The blight of social injustice continues apace
BLUE SKY THINKING • Embrace the great outdoors – and the perfect summer wardrobe – with the new collection by Eye/LOEWE/Nature
Against all odds • The global lockdowns might have spelled disaster for artists. Instead, many thrived. This is how they raised the stakes
Positive
Let’s push things forward. • These five modern heroes – from the worlds of fashion, medicine, politics and the arts – are fighting for a more switched-on understanding of HIV and AIDS today
Alex Muto • 30, menswear designer
Layton Williams • 26, actor and dancer
Lloyd Russell-Moyle • 34, Labour MP
Dr Rupert Whitaker • 58, psychiatrist and advocate
Hey Mykki • Rapper Mykki Blanco has spent a decade tearing down boundaries. Now, their moment has arrived
Greg Louganis • The Olympic gold medallist was given an HIV+ diagnosis aged 28, at the peak of his career. Now 61, he reflects on how the past three decades have seen an evolution in society’s understanding of the disease
Derek Jarman • Documentary filmmaker MICHAEL CHRISTIE on the iconic director and cinematographer who became his mentor
Status Anxiety • Why can’t the fashion industry be honest about HIV?
Karen Binns • The fashion editor, creative director and muse opens up about the impact of HIV and her brother, Warren
We haven’t stopped dancing yet • Simon Foxton, Fashion Director of i-D’s iconic Positive Issue, recalls how life in London as a young gay man working in fashion inspired the groundbreaking 1992 publication
Sound & vision •...