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MARNI'S FRANCESCO Risso WILL NEVER GROW UP

The eccentric Italian designer is proving that the very serious business of fashion doesn't have to be very serious at all.

WELCOME TO LAUREN HALSEY'S NEIGHBORHOOD

The red-hot 36-year-old artist has achieved global success with a very local approach: applying imaginative, laser-like focus to a few square blocks of her hometown. In doing so, she renders and reflects what it's actually like to live and work in-and never, ever leave-South Central Los Angeles.

MEET THE WILDEST CHARACTER IN THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSIC SCENE

Right now, to be the most important new voice in Afrobeats means you might just be the most important new voice in global music, period. That title currently belongs to Asake, a Nigerian singer with bonkers style and a penchant for making speaker-melting hits.

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Goa's buzziest restaurants Praça Prazeres and Larder + Folk traverse the European continent for inspiration.

LEWIS HAMILTON IS CHANGING LANES

The seven-time F1 champ says he still has a world title in him-maybe this year, his final one at Mercedes; maybe next year when he joins Ferrari, a shocking move he tells us he manifested. But it's his passionate work outside of racing-in fashion, in film, in music-that's setting him up to keep making moves after the chequered flag drops on his racing career.

Summer of Sobhita

From Vizag to LA, Sobhita Dhulipala is having a golden run.

THE GQ35 MOST INFLUENTIAL YOUNG INDIANS

It's been 10 heady years since this list was first launched. And this year's edition celebrates India's youth power like never before. These individuals are leaders of powerful tribes, and personalities bearing influence over millions across the globe. They are pioneering business models, defining culture, and disrupting the status quo. They are driving innovation, pushing boundaries, and effecting change. Welcome to the future, today.

The Life-Changing Magic of Asking Kind Strangers to Rate Your Looks Online

On Reddit, a community dedicated to advice on one's appearance has given some men some unexpected confidence-and its moderators are trying to maintain one of the internet's few troll-free places.

Syncretic Jewels

An exhibition by Cartier at the Louvre, Abu Dhabi, highlighted the influence of Islamic art and Indian gems on the French maison's haute joaillerie over the years through more than 400 works from the museum's collection as well as those of partner museums, the Cartier archives, and private collectors.

Regal Touch

A showcase of India's finest vintage cars on the banks of Lake Pichola.

Working Royal: Mahanaaryaman Scindia

The first in a series on India's modern royals, GQ meets Mahanaaryaman Scindia. The son of Gwalior royals Jyotiraditya and Priyadarshini Raje Scindia, he's a tech entrepreneur intent on carving an identity that goes beyond his powerful last name.

The New Gold Standard in Tasteful Watches

Piaget's Polo 79 once again marks the end of the steel sports watch's reign - and the start of something much more fun.

Menswear Multiverse

GQ and the Fashion Design Council of India came together to create the Men's Edit: a celebration of India's dynamic men's fashion universe.

Finally, Women Are Breaking Up One of Luxury's Stuffiest Boys' Clubs

Dimepiece founder Brynn Wallner hosts a round table of leaders in the watch world to unpack the ascendant power of the female collector.

Can The Saudis Buy Soccerr?

Saudi Arabia is spending an unfathomable fortune to lure the biggest stars of global football (Ronaldo! Benzema! Neymar!) to its upstart league. So GQ ventured to the kingdom to discover what the gambit represents. Is this the future of the world's most popular sport? The vanguard of sportswashing? Or something way bigger?

CRACKING THE PERO CODE

Delhi-based label Péro is available in over 350 stores across the world. Shweta Shiware meets the reclusive founder and creative mastermind Aneeth Arora, arguably the Indian fashion industry's best storyteller.

Captain Mbappé

We met him as a teenage prodigy. Now, with his PSG teammates Messi and Neymar gone, and a new job as French national team captain, Kylian Mbappé is reckoning with the responsibilities and privileges that come with being the man.

The Full Ricky

Twenty-five years after becoming one of the most staggeringly famous men on the planet, a wiser, more assured Ricky Martin is taking another run at being a star. While also being himself, this time.

THE BOND

What does it mean to be a parent in this day and age? In GQ's annual series dedicated to fatherhood, we take a peek at the intimate relationships that some of the coolest dads share with their kids.

THE RATIONAL ACTOR

With a stream of critical and commercial successes under his belt, Vicky Kaushal is buoyant about what lies ahead in terms of work. Yet it is in his personal life that he has experienced the most transformation.

Standing TALL

Comedian and actor Vir Das speaks to GQ about winning an International Emmy for his Netflix special, codirecting his first movie, and the future of stand-up comedy in India.

Das Holistic

New York's desi rap star Heems's new album re-imagines the diasporic experience not as a site of endless ambivalence, but a place to be whole.

The Return of the Opulent '80s

The all-gold Piaget Polo, Hublot Classic Original, and Rolex GMT were kings during the '80s. Now they're coming back for their crown.

The Real MC Stan

The superstar rapper’s journey from Tadiwala Road to Times Square has been an eventful one, from weekend gigs in his home town to beefing with Indian hip-hop’s biggest stars to a season-winning performance on Bigg Boss. But through it all, MC Stan has kept his music at the forefront, setting his sights on building not just his rep, but an empire.

Death, Sex and Money: The Tom Ford Exit Interview

He sold his company and has set his sights on new goals. As he walks away from the fashion world, Tom Ford talks candidly about all of it: the empire he built, the grief he's endured, and what he's planning for his third and final act.

The 2023 GQ Fasion Awards

This year, fashion's unfiltered freaky era met traditional menswear in a spectacular head-on collision. These are the designers, brands, and trends that rose above the rest in the sublime wreckage.

ANDRE 3000 IS BACK AND HE BROUGHT HIS FLUTE

It's been years since the rap legend released new music. Now, on his own creative terms, he's unveiling his first solo project-and talking candidly about where he's been, how he's changed, and why he made an album that nobody could have expected.

The NEAR DEATHS And Rebirth Of Fashion's RADICAL Truth-Teller

Last year, Tremaine Emory was one of the fashion world's most prolific new superstars, juggling a high-profile position at Supreme with his own brand, Denim Tears, when a serious vascular event almost killed him. Now, the iconoclastic designer known for channelling powerful histories of the Black experience is finally telling his own story-and reuniting with the medical team who saved his life.

MAPPING THE FUTURE

Garden City. Cantonment town. Epicentre of global tech. Bengaluru has been called many things, but never an art hotspot. That’s quickly changing as the city unleashes a new creative impetus that matches its energy and ambition.