At Paris Men’s Fashion Week in June, the clothes are hot, but the parties are even hotter. We’re talking steamy, sweaty, all-the-coolest-people-you’ve-ever-seen-in-one-room hot—and no other function had the proverbial temps rising like our annual Thursday night bash hosted by GQ global editorial director Will Welch and Levi’s. It’s our favorite Fashion Week tradition. This season,…
This is an edition of the newsletter Show Notes, in which Samuel Hine reports from the front row of the fashion world. Sign up here to get it free. In the basement of the Centre Pompidou, a linebacker-sized man is keeping a careful eye on Pharrell Williams. It’s just before the Louis Vuitton Men’s spring…
Every June, the fashion set flocks to Europe not only for vacation but for men’s fashion week, which now routinely falls during some of the hottest days of the season. And since, right now, much of the world currently experiencing summer is entrenched in a heat wave, you know what that means: Famous people dressed…
Shield your eyes! Literally! After what feels like an eternity of tiny glasses dominance, celebrities are beginning to shift favor, embracing oversized, in-your-face sunnies. In the past few moths, frames have grown to eclipse more and more of the face, swallowing up the eyebrows and much of the nose. Aviators seem to be the dominant…
This is an excerpt of the newsletter Show Notes, in which Samuel Hine reports from the front row of the fashion world. Sign up here to get it free. The flip-flop wave that GQ has been tracking for months has finally broken on the shores of Paris Fashion Week. On the first night alone, I…
On Tuesday night in Paris, MAD—as Paris’s museum of decorative arts is now known—inaugurated “Paul Poiret: Fashion is a Feast,” the first-ever dedicated exhibition about the couturier best remembered for freeing women from corsets. Poiret learned about couture at the house of Worth, the subject of another exhibition over at the Petit Palais. Once he…
This is an edition of the newsletter Show Notes, in which Samuel Hine reports from the front row of the fashion world. Sign up here to get it free. On Friday afternoon in Milan, Our Legacy co-founders Christopher Nying and Jockum Hallin were taking a walk down memory lane. “Ah, here’s the hate mail,” said…
This is an edition of the newsletter Show Notes, in which Samuel Hine reports from the front row of the fashion world. Sign up here to get it free. Buongiorno from day one of Milan Fashion Week Men’s, and welcome back to Show Notes. When I originally pitched this newsletter in 2022, I envisioned it…
The New Top Instagram page, once boasting thousands of followers, including many influential creatives, is now deactivated—gone without a trace. The reason for its closure is still unknown, but in statement released exclusively to Vogue, Shuai wanted to give special thanks her devoted shoppers over the years. “I am very grateful for your support and…
Every few seasons or so, a divisive fashion item reemerges onto the scene, causing many to wonder: “Is this really back in style?” Flip-flops and jelly sandals, thanks to The Row, were one of the first controversial pieces to rebound—and they continue to captivate. On par with fashion’s penchant for taking a look into the…