Lifestyle
Esquire US
A Filthy Good Time
The long-misunderstood dirty martini is back to earn your respect. And to party.
2 min |
September 2022
Esquire US
Back to the Future
The Vacheron Constantin 222 was groundbreaking in 1977. It's just as sexy today.
1 min |
September 2022
Esquire US
The Strong, Silent Type Will Not Shut Up
My dad's chair, of all things, might be the secret to our culture-wide freak-out about men
4 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
Keep Americana Weird
Since 2009, Stag has been a go-to menswear destination for those seeking a contemporary take on classic workwear through a distinctive Austin lens
1 min |
September 2022
Esquire US
Ride the Waves
Even in the age of streaming music, radio is alive and well. And it might be the best way to discover that new track.
1 min |
September 2022
Esquire US
Jeff Tweedy – Hope Sings
After Covid wiped clear its concert calendar and a creative shift forced its members to abandon plans for an art-pop record, Wilco is back with a brand-new album the rootsy Cruel Country, out now and frontman Jeff Tweedy's got a whole new outlook on life
5 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
Two fathers
Their sons were among the sixteen people who were killed in a bus accident on a cold afternoon in Saskatchewan. Chris Joseph and Scott Thomas lost their sons in the same way, but in grief, their roads diverged.
10+ min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
The best Bars
It May Have Been a While Since You Put on a Pair of "nice pants" to go to a bar, but when that very 2022 confluence of joie de vivre and pandemic ennui begins to stir and you hear about a new piano bar with red booths or a semisecret room with Kubrick-level design details or a place that has the best damn Sazerac in the world, you put one leg in after the other and you order yourself a Lyft.
10+ min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
The Follower
When he was nineteen, Jeff Gross fell under the sway of the charismatic, fifty-one-year-old Mildred Gordon. She offered him guidance on life, spiritual fulfillment, and sex. With a handful of others, they started Ganas, an "intentional community" on Staten Island. The world's leading cult deprogrammer calls it something else. Jeff spent more than half his life under Mildred's spell. Today he lives in hiding. For the first time, Jeff tells his extraordinary story about life inside Ganas and how he ultimately escaped.
10+ min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
Got to Get Your Z
The Nissan Z, one of the first affordable two-seat sports cars, is back. And you can buy it in a manual. But with all things going electric and the market for approachable speedsters shrinking, will this be the last of its kind?
1 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
The Pop Your Summer Needs
The best way to boost your warm-weather style without piling on the layers? Sling a pendant necklace or two around your neck.
1 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
Bloody Good Shoes
Looking to stand apart from the pack? A pair of oxblood loafers or oxfords, or derbiesis exactly what you need.
1 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
Pop Life
Dad style is better than ever. We got some of the coolest dads we know to show off the easygoing casual gear and effortless tailoring that's helping make fatherhood fashionable. All with an assist, of course, from their kids.
4 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
Alex Honnold – How We Dad Now
Dads have made damn good progress. We're more involved than ever; we understand the assignment. But let's not pat ourselves on the back. Certainly not as we claw our way out of a pandemic that's altered everything about the way we live our lives. It's high time to ask the knotty questions about raising kids, the ones you've only dared to ponder with your partner or your closest friends, or even just yourself. Because let's be honest, parenting is as terrifying as it is joyful, and sometimes you worry so much that you might just pee your pants. So we did just that. (Posed the questions, not peed ourselves-yet.) The answers we received, on the pages that follow, will teach you a thing or two-the good, the bad, the meconium-tinged ugly-about what it means to be a caring, supportive, badass dad today.
10+ min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
What Men Can Expect in a Post-Roe World
All Americans should know how to get abortion pills
5 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
100 Years of Attitude
Loll Designs' Adirondack chair perfects a piece of furniture that's been almost perfect for more than a century
1 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
Confessions of a Not-bad Dad
One kid was manageable. But when the second arrived, he changed everything I thought I knew about my career, my worldview, and myself.
5 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
Being Elliot Page
In December 2020, after disclosing that he is transgender, the Oscar-nominated actor and star of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy (season 3 out June 22) became the most famous trans man on the planet. That's made him the target of indescribable hate but has also brought him unimaginable joy. Here, in his own words, he talks about his childhood, his career, his transition, and his life, though not necessarily in that order.
10+ min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
The OG Calculator Watch
Breitling's Navitimer was a hit with pilots thanks to a built-in slide rule. A new 70th-anniversary edition pays homage to those early days and introduces a few modern refinements.
1 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire US
For Whom Does the American Flag Fly?
I'm in no hurry to wave it, but don't tell me I don't love my country
5 min |
Summer 2022
Esquire
The Dream Of Oscar Isaac
In which the star of Moon Knight survives a hurricane, floats in a warm ocean, lives in a model home, makes movies, wanders around his apartment, wears tie-dye, trips on mushrooms, hosts SNL, stars in Star Wars, and creates art necessarily in that order.
10+ min |
April - May 2022
Esquire
Cold War Kids
For two weeks in 1962, at recess, we would all look up at the sky. We're looking at the sky again.
5 min |
April - May 2022
Esquire
Sex, Love, and Art in the Suburbs
What happens when life doesn't go as planned? Now in his 40s, a former bohemian comes to terms with a kind of life and love very different from what he'd expected.
6 min |
April - May 2022
Esquire
What I've learned - Liam Gallagher
Rock Star, 49, London
5 min |
April - May 2022
Esquire
A Smartwatch for Watch Nerds
Still not convinced you can—or should—wear a connected watch? Consider TAG Heuer's Calibre E4, which brings legendary Swiss craftsmanship and ingenuity to wearable tech.
1 min |
April - May 2022
Esquire
When I Did Time, I Was Legally, Officially-Enslaved
Oregon and 19 other states still use language from the 13th Amendment to govern working conditions for inmates some of whom still pick actual cotton. The rules are changing, but not without resistance.
7 min |
April - May 2022
Esquire
Young Punks
Forty-four years after their implosion, The Sex Pistols their music, fashion, and attitude still matter. This May, a new limited series brings the band's incredible story to life. Here, the cast of the show wears summer's new crop of sharp suits, proving there's nothing more punk, right now, than dressing up.
6 min |
April - May 2022
Esquire
The Thirteenth Day
It's March 2020, and the Beryl Empress is setting sail from a harbor in Japan, carrying hundreds of passengers on a luxury cruise including a man from Wuhan. What follows is a vacation none of them will soon forget. A new Short Story for our times from an American Master.
10+ min |
April - May 2022
Esquire
On the move
A generation or so ago, ACTORS AND ROCK STARS knew how to dress when they got out of town. Looking around, we see it's a lost art. Here, BENJAMIN BRATT, star of HBO Max's new limited series DMZ, revives that spirit and shows how to look sharp for a quick getaway. And he talks to ESQUIRE about work, family, and Roberta Flack.
4 min |
April - May 2022
Esquire
Finally, well done
The medium-rare New York strip. The ice-cold martini. The tableside Caesar. For ages, THE STEAKHOUSE and its trappings signified success and a damn good time... even if the food and service could be hit-or-miss. But now, thanks to a handful of splashy, CHEF-DRIVEN RESTAURANTS from New York to Chicago to San Francisco, the party has reached a new golden age. Here are the fresh temples of beef worth traveling for.
7 min |