Style and wear
Clothing, footwear, and accessories as worn things: fit, fabric, wear over time, local availability, and what a silhouette costs to keep.
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This is why menswear guys always leave their collars sticking out
A shirt collar poking above a crewneck has become 2026's defining menswear tic, and getting it right is a matter of fabric, fit, and layering order, not just habit.
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The Nine Brands in GQ's Saudi Roundup All Answer to the Same Backers
A GQ Middle East roundup names nine Saudi labels worth watching, but nearly every one of them threads back to the same state apparatus — Fashion Commission mentorships, PIF-linked retail stakes, and LVMH-adjacent showrooms — that the listicle never names.
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In Hawaii, the Aloha Shirt Can Be Office Wear
The aloha shirt's professional meaning in Hawaii was deliberately built through quieter designs, trade campaigns, and local dress codes. It can be business casual there, but a failed 2023 Senate resolution shows that acceptance still stops at some formal rooms.
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The Fine Print Under a Made in USA Sneaker
New Balance's 'Made in USA' retro sneakers meet a 70 percent domestic-value threshold the company set for itself, not the federal government's stricter standard, a gap that has drawn an FTC complaint and two rounds of class-action litigation since the 1990s.
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The Hard Part Isn't Getting a Rare Sneaker, It's Keeping One
The polyurethane midsoles in many sought-after 1990s and 2000s sneakers begin breaking down from the moment they are made, a process collectors call shoe cancer, and the sealed, untouched storage prized by deadstock culture often speeds that decay rather than preventing it.
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The Upkeep Behind Nicole Kidman's 'Simple' Fall Cut
Nicole Kidman's fall layered cut and curtain fringe are being sold as an easy, no-perm no-color change, but the look borrows directly from two older references and comes with a maintenance rhythm the coverage skips.
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The Tote Was Never Built to Hold Its Shape
The word tote predates the current oversized-bag trend by centuries, and L.L. Bean's 1944 canvas Ice Carrier shows why today's big bags slouch: the construction underneath was never meant to hold a shape in the first place.
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The Brown Denim Trend Skips a Detail About How It Fades
This season's push toward brown and other earth toned jeans leaves out a detail of dye chemistry: brown denim is typically dyed in a way that ages more abruptly than indigo, not more gracefully.
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A Slim Straight Is a Name, Not a Measurement
The two-word vocabulary now printed on jean tags, slim straight, straight taper, and the rest, descends from Levi's own internal lot-numbering system, whose origin the company says it can no longer explain, and a 2022 sizing investigation found that even the right name on a label can still leave the actual garment inches off the number stated.
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The Wedge Heel Solved a Materials Problem Before a Comfort One
The modern wedge is often presented as the easier route back into heels. Its defining construction began as a response to material scarcity, while comfort still depends on height, pitch, fit, and the surface underfoot.
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The Bridge This Hotel Borrowed
In October 2024, Four Seasons renamed its Grade II* London hotel after Tower Bridge, a landmark five to ten minutes' walk away, trading a specific address for a recognizable skyline while the building itself, and its documented history, stayed exactly where they were.