A$AP Rocky
If the suit fits, you must acquit? In a bumper year for courtroom style (see also: Kid Cudi), Rocky’s designer tailoring master class—Saint Laurent, Gucci, Tom Ford, and more—epitomized coolness under pressure.
Timothée Chalamet
Welcome to GQ Style Mad Libs. We’ve filled in the nouns for you: Timothée Chalamet stunned in an Arc’teryx beanie, bubblegum-pink Telfar puffer jacket, striped Chanel knit scarf, silver mini crossbody bag, and—wait for it—low-slung True Religion jeans.
Pope Leo XIV
The moment Chicago-born Leo XIV ascended to the papacy in May, there was only one question on everyone’s mind: Sox or Cubs? His Holiness confirmed his allegiance by way of this cap a month later; unfortunately, it had zero effect on the South Siders’ dismal season.
Kendrick Lamar
KDot’s dramatically flared Celine jeans stole all the headlines, but the rest of his Super Bowl Halftime Show look—from his Martine Rose moto jacket and bejeweled backwards fitted cap to the Deion Sanders Nikes and assassin-grade leather gloves—was equally turbo.
Bruce Springsteen
At first glance, you might think that Bruce is doing cosplay of Jeremy Allen White, the young actor and tank top aficionado who plays the rock star in this year’s big music biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere—then you remember that the Boss has been rocking the bare arms since his Asbury Park days.
Lana Del Rey and Jeremy Dufrene
The pop star looked typically ethereal at Paris Fashion Week, but what really sealed the deal was her Louisiana alligator-tour-guide husband making Valentino workwear all his own. You can take the man out of the bayou...
Justin Bieber
To the true Beliebers of his stoner style, this inspired fit could have been on the cover of Swag and Swag II.
Travis Kelce
The Chiefs might not have gotten the W in the Super Bowl this year, but Travis Kelce’s pregame Amiri look—louche ’70s suit over a shagadelic sparkly shirt—made the tight end the Big Game’s undisputed style MVP.
Kid Cudi
One way to shift the conversation around your participation in one of the highest-profile trials in recent memory? Pull up to the courthouse in full Brando circa The Wild One, down to an aura-boosting cigarette dangling from your lips.
Pedro Pascal
The actor always seems as if he’s having more fun than everyone else. Take this Tom Ford ensemble he wore at a Fantastic Four: First Steps premiere—wrapped up in a built-in jaunty neck scarf—which instantly telegraphs an insouciant joie de vivre.
Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz
Every so often the universe produces a celebrity couple that is so relentlessly stylish, it makes you want to high-five God. Case in denim-clad point.
Greta Lee
Not even the Silver Surfer could look sleeker in this molten Calvin Klein sheath than Greta Lee, who sat front row at the label’s show at New York Fashion Week. (And before you even think about trying to recreate this ensemble yourself, put down the Reynolds Wrap.)
Margaret Qualley
In a custom little black Chanel dress to end all little black dresses, the Honey Don’t! star made a well-honed case for minimalism.
Benito Skinner
JFK is a longstanding menswear muse, and thanks to Benito Skinner and ERL, the preppy 35th prez made a red-carpet appearance.
André 3000
The Met Gala has seen its fair share of stunts over the years, but none as unexpected, iconic—and, ahem, grand—as Three Stacks wearing a piano on his back.
Francis Ford Coppola
The legendary director has long worn mismatched socks—a habit he took up to prove to his children that he could start a trend—but they’ve never looked quite as smart as when he attended Saint Laurent’s spring ’26 menswear show. And once again, his appetite for risk paid off.
Iggy Pop
The godfather of punk’s signature look has always been a one-two combo of tight pants and a bare chest, but while ending a UK tour earlier this year, he cheekily dressed up a bit more—with a full-size coffin.
Jacob Elordi
Jacob Elordi’s deep-pleated trousers are already sublime—especially set against the barely there soles of his teensy Margiela kicks. Then you remember the dude is six feet five, and the fact he was able to track down bottoms that long and voluminous becomes downright impressive.
Louisa Jacobson
She might present as prim and proper on The Gilded Age, but IRL the actor proved she could serve up rip-roaring, eat-your-heart-out leather-loaded looks with the best of ’em.
Lewis Hamilton
Wearing structured pale-pink custom Dior at the premiere of F1, Lewis Hamilton looked like a galactic emissary from a planet of chic race car drivers.
A version of this story originally appeared in the December 2025/January 2026 issue of GQ with the title “The 20 Biggest Fits of 2025”.
