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Letter From the Editor

GQ Bulks Up the Print Issue

Here's why the next issue of GQ Magazine you receive may appear heftier and more luxurious.
Culture

GQ’s Global Creativity Awards Are Back

Welcome to the second edition of GQ’s franchise that celebrates the world’s most fearless and inspiring creatives, including Lewis Hamilton, Hunter Schafer, Danny McBride, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Check it out in the April issue of GQ—and at a black tie gala in New York City on April 11th.
Culture

Announcing GQ's Men of the Year 2021 Cover Stars

Lil Nas X, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Tom Holland front an issue dedicated to persistence, pushing back, and a new masculinity.
GQ Style

Artist and Skate Hero Ed Templeton On Shooting Jonah Hill

As a longtime fan of street and skate photographer Ed Templeton, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to call him up and ask him about his career—and his awesome new GQ Style cover shoot with Jonah Hill.
Culture

Announcing the Worldwide Era of GQ

The September 2021 issue marks a new beginning for the global GQ brand.
Culture

GQ’s Modern Lovers Issue Is Full of Love Stories You’ve Never Heard Before

GQ Editor-in-Chief Will Welch on the making of our March issue.
Culture

Why Your New Shopping Mantra Should Be “Buy Better, Buy Less”

Editor-in-Chief Will Welch explains how the great German industrial designer Dieter Rams inspired the new “Quality Issue” of GQ—and why Rams holds the keys to a more sustainable future for fashion.
Culture

Introducing GQ's New Masculinity Issue, Starring Pharrell

GQ editor-in-chief Will Welch says masculinity is changing—and change is good. 
Style

The Case for a Suit in a (Supposedly) Suitless Era

The suit has been in a tricky place for the past few years. And yet the suit stays in the picture—you just have to know where to look.
Culture

GQ’s Doing Something Special This Month

Editor-in-Chief Will Welch on GQ's first-ever Summer Beach Reads issue.
Style

Who’s in Your Style Entourage?

Editor-in-Chief Will Welch on the cadre of independent designers he keeps coming back to.
Culture

Welcome to a Whole New Era of GQ

New editor-in-chief Will Welch explains how the February issue is just the start of something big.
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I’m Almost Done Here

GQ editor-in-chief Jim Nelson’s goodbye letter to the magazine he ran for 15 years.
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The Greatest Hits of Ram Dass

An annotated look at the ‘Be Here Now’ author’s extensive oeuvre.
Letter from the Editor

The Unlikely Hero that Can Save Us From Trump

Editor-in-chief Jim Nelson calls upon an unloved savior to come back and restore order.
Culture

#MeToo and My Sister, Too

GQ editor-in-chief Jim Nelson on how #MeToo hits close to home—and needs every man's support.
Culture

The One Reason a Republican Won’t Win the 2016 Election

GQ Editor-in-Chief Jim Nelson points out the GOP candidates’ tragic flaw: the negative appeal of negativity.
Culture

America Is Ready to End Its Abusive Relationship With the Gun Lobby

There have been more than 300 mass shootings in America so far this year. GQ editor-in-chief Jim Nelson explains why we shouldn’t have to settle for “Stuff happens"
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Inside GQ's New HQ

Letter from the Editor

Hate the Court, Love the Justice