GQ Style Magazine - Spring 2017

In this issue

Buying for Value: How to Hack Any Wine List.

United Arrows: Finding Fashion Bliss in Japan’s Retail Paradise.

The Strange Artifacts That Inspired George Saunders’s New Novel.

How to Score at the World’s Greatest Markets & Bazaars and more...

How to Hack Any Wine List

Whether you’re out on a date, romancing clients, or just eating with friends, the mostintimidating part of any meal is ordering the wine. Luckily, our chief value correspondent has developed a foolproof method for nailing it every time. Take a long sip and let the compliments roll in.

4 mins

Finding Fashion Bliss in Japan's Retail Paradise

United Arrows has 256 stores— but somehow each of them feels like a lovingly crafted high-end boutique. And now the CEO has his eyes on westward expansion. So we traveled to the company’s Tokyo HQ to experience firsthand what’s coming to America. (And yes, to shop up a storm.)

10 mins

Are You Not Entertained?

Last year, the swaggering former plumber Conor McGregor became the first UFC FIGHTER to hold two belts at once. The thrilling brutality of his knockouts— along with his notorious trash talk and lavish tastes— has made him into a phenomenon, THE RARE ATHLETE WHO IS BIGGER THAN HIS SPORT. We caught up with McGregor and met a man at war: with his league, with Floyd Mayweather, and, most of all, with himself.

10+ mins

Wet Dreams

When the futuristic, wedge-shaped cars we lusted after in the ’80s and ’90s went out of style, they went all the way out of style. But a new generation of auto freaks has revived these vintage beauties. Nobody laughs or calls them ugly anymore. And prices are skyrocketing. THIS IS THE STORY OF SPORTS CARS, THE MEN WHO LOVE THEM—AND THE SHIFTING TIDES OF VALUE AND TASTE.

10+ mins

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GQ Style curates the best of fashion and luxury for an elevated, globally minded readership, highlighting the work of the world's most prestigious fashion houses, while exploring design, art, travel and beyond for the modern man.