Lifestyle
Esquire US
PESO PLUMA PACKS A PUNCH
AFTER TWO MASSIVE ALBUMS IN TWO YEARS, THE SINGER (AND BOXING FAN) IS THE NEW FACE OF MEXICAN MUSIC AND AN INTERNATIONAL SENSATION. THE FUNNY THING IS, HE DOESN'T SEEM AT ALL SURPRISED. WHO IS THIS GUY?
4 min |
September 2025
Esquire US
Waxing Philosophical
The waxed-cotton jacket is made to shield you from the elements. But there's so much more to it than that.
2 min |
September 2025
Esquire US
CHRIS
Oscar-winning actor Chris Cooper is a master of his craft who brings a secret weapon to every role
6 min |
September 2025
Esquire US
Just Walk
IT IS RARELY THE EASY OPTION.
2 min |
September 2025
Esquire US
HIKARI
Hikari always knew it was her fate to be a director. Now the world is finally about to learn her name.
4 min |
September 2025
Esquire US
SEAN
With Hot Ones, Sean Evans has reinvented the celebrity interview. And he's not done eating wings yet.
3 min |
September 2025
Esquire US
What I've Learned
Entertainer, 70, Nashville Interview by Alan Light
3 min |
September 2025
Esquire US
LEE
From Broadway to the Marvel universe, Foundation star Lee Pace just keeps making his own luck
2 min |
September 2025
Esquire US
TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY
For Tudor, the call of the sea endures in the 1,000-meter-rated Pelagos Ultra dive watch
2 min |
September 2025
Esquire US
THE BEST BARS IN AMERICA 2025
WHEN YOU SUMMON MEMORIES OF YOUR favorite bar, what comes to mind? Is it the dexterity with which the bartender chiseled a block of ice into a gleaming sphere? Is it the way eyedropper pools of herbed oil floated on the surface of your martini like skimmed stones? Is it how you got to watch your $30 cocktail emerging from a dome of smoke? Maybe, maybe.
10+ min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
A CRUSHING WAVE OF SHOW
Thirty-five years ago this July, an avalanche killed forty-three climbers on a mountain called Lenin Peak. I witnessed the disaster and have lived with the memories ever since. Here's the untold story of mountaineering's deadliest day.
10+ min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
THE SINS OF THE FATHER
Why did the NFL humiliate Shedeur Sanders? The seeds of the answer lay in draft day 1989.
6 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
NATE BARGATZE GETS THE LAST LAUGH
FOR YEARS, THE HOLLYWOOD ESTABLISHMENT REJECTED HIM. NOW HE'S AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL COMEDIAN, WITH AUDACIOUS PLANS FOR HIS LIFE AFTER STAND-UP—WHICH IS COMING SOONER THAN YOU THINK.
10+ min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
Learning How to Take a Punch
LET’S NOT WORRY ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO THROW A PUNCH right now.
2 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
What I've Learned
Bob Odenkirk Actor, comedian, director, writer; 62; Los Angeles
3 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
FLOWER POWER
Get to know the summer version of work wear: gardening style
3 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
IMPERIAL PHASE
Acclaimed writer and poet Ocean Vuong returns with a sweeping novel about life in small-town America
5 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
BONO WANTS MORE
THE U2 FRONTMAN SPENT THE PAST FEW YEARS REEXAMINING HIS LIFE AND CAREER. NOW HE'S BACK WITH NEW PROJECTS, NEW MUSIC— AND A FRESH SENSE OF URGENCY TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
10+ min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE HAS A TARGET ON ITS BACK
As we reach the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the same forces that made it necessary in the first place are tearing it down. Next, they're coming for all of us.
6 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
A DIVORCE IN THREE ACTS
The end of my marriage unfolded in stages. The pain and uncertainty of the first two didn't prepare me for the revelation of the last.
7 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
A JACKET FOR GENERATIONS
DJ, producer, and photographer Rich Fazo explains why he plans to pass this piece of outerwear on to his kids one day AS TOLD TO JONATHAN EVANS
1 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
HEY, GOT A PEN?
HOW LONG SINCE YOU WROTE A LETTER? LIKE ACTUALLY WROTE ONE OUT IN INK on a piece of paper? When did you last receive one? Chances are you remember it well, because these days it's rare.
1 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
A New Spin on Telling Time
Louis Vuitton's revolutionary watch design feels like it's floating in air
1 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
Just for Kicks
The humble canvas sneaker is as easygoing as it is essential
2 min |
Summer 2025
Esquire US
THE 40-YEAR-OLD SHAKESPEARE VIRGIN
Growing up, the Bard was for white kids. Now in his forties, our columnist—professor, novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner—reads his plays for the first time. And guess what?
6 min |
April - May 2025
Esquire US
CALEB WILLIAMS IS AN NFL RENAISSANCE MAN
The Chicago Bears quarterback and last year's top draft pick has a creative mind and aspirations to build a business empire. He also plans to win Super Bowls.
10+ min |
April - May 2025
Esquire US
Reliving the '90s in the Gulf of Whatever
I spent five days at sea on the maiden voyage of The 90s Cruise, and I’m not sure I'll ever recover
5 min |
April - May 2025
Esquire US
THE DIRE WARNING OF A TRUE INDEPENDENT
Senator Angus King of Maine has long avoided party affiliation. But he's desperate to wake people up to the fact that Trump is putting our Constitution in the wood chipper and placing the country in grave danger.
6 min |
April - May 2025
Esquire US
The Great American Chino
Forget the flimsy, skinny stuff. We went in search of the classic trouser in all its burly, baggy glory.
2 min |
April - May 2025
Esquire US
Bad Dojo
Former senseis and business partners accuse Tiger Schulmann of building his $35-million-a-year martial-arts empire with Mafia tactics. But you don't become America's No. 1 karate kingpin without busting a few faces. What, you expect him to apologize?
10+ min |