In der aktuellen Ausgabe von GQ (UK)

• Next Level Fits for Extremely Advanced Menswearheads
  You’ve nailed wardrobe essentials. Now, it’s on to the expert leathers, accessories, and vibes from Rema, the prince regent of Afrobeats.
• Rema Brings the Heat
  The Nigerian rapper dominated playlists and broke streaming records this year with his Selena Gomez-starring hit “Calm Down”. But his calling is to take Afro Rave global.
• Simone Rocha, the Kindly Empress of Fashion’s Strange New Multiverse
  Priscilla Presley; the 1500s; literary murderers; more pearls than an oyster farm: the Irish-Chinese designer has connected many gilded threads to become one of the most cult brands in menswear. So, exactly how did Simone Rocha spin all this together?
• The Watch Party Rages On
  An emoji Rolex, a neon Blancpain, a Spider-Man Audemars Piguet: old-school watchmakers are entering a wild new era.
• The Awesome Arrival of Past Lives Director Celine Song
  With her directorial debut Past Lives, she made one of the best films of the year. Now, as Song begins work on her next project, she’s adjusting to life as one of cinema’s most promising new auteurs.
• PAAPA ESSIEDU SAW ALL OF THIS COMING
  The actor’s breakout year – with The Lazarus Project and a starring role at the National Theatre – has been as welcome as it is kind of freaky.
• GARY LINEKER HAS THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT
  The Match Of The Day presenter and England footballing legend has fought for his right to be opinionated on politics. In doing so, he’s making the case for current and former players to speak their minds.
• MOLLY MANNING WALKER’S CINEMA OF CONSENT
  The director’s critically acclaimed How To Have Sex feels like the film that finally captures sexual politics in 2023.
• KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON IS GOLDEN AGAIN
  How the heptathlete hurdled years of setbacks to land her second World Championship title.
• EMILY MAITLIS BREAKS THE NEWS
  The celebrated broadcaster is enjoying a new life leading The News Agents, a podcast shaking up political reporting in the UK. Next? Her infamous Prince Andrew interview is being made into a film.
• JACK ANTONOFF CRACKS THE CODE
  Polymathic rock star, super-producer to pop’s biggest names – Jack Antonoff’s sound is so recognisable he’s become as famous as his collaborators. So what’s his secret?
• BIANCA SAUNDERS’ NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
  The London designer made chameleonic luxury her thing. Then, she made it to the Met Gala.
• MALCOLM KAMULETE’S SECOND VERSE
  After a breakout role in one of the shows of the decade, Malcolm Kamulete spent several years off the radar. In Champion, the actor makes a (very) noisy return.
• JENNI HERMOSO HAS A BIGGER GOAL IN MIND
  After she unwittingly found herself at the centre of Spanish football’s sexism scandal, the forward turned her darkest moment into a movement for change.
• JASMINE JOBSON REWRITES THE SCRIPT
  How the rising star of Platform 7 went from childhood troublemaker to one of Britain’s most watchable young actors.
• SUPER, SUPER PAUL MULLIN
  Only outscored last season by Erling Haaland, the Wrexham striker is racking up big wins. Now the key question is whether he can do it again.
• YOMI ADEGOKE’S COMPLEX FICTIONS
  The young British author of The List – a deft exploration of sexual misconduct and cancel culture – is reintroducing nuance when we need it most.
• MARY EARPS’ GREATEST SAVE YET
  Her on-field heroics helped lead England to a World Cup Final, and Earps hasn’t stopped changing the game.
• WHY EVERYONE’S FLIPPING OUT FOR PALACE
  Lev Tanju and Gareth Skewis have taken Palace Skateboards from a UK streetwear brand to a global phenomenon that counts Gucci and Formula 1 among its many collaborators.
• FLO ARE GOING WITH IT
  Awards, superstar cosigns, a frenzied fanbase – all without releasing an album? Flo’s wild ride is just getting started.
• LUCY PREBBLE’S FEEL-BAD ENTERTAINMENT
  What do the most obsessively watched TV series of the last five years and 2023’s buzziest play have in common? The dark and daring mind of Lucy Prebble.
• THE RENOVATION OF JEREMY ALLEN WHITE
  YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT BETWEEN BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT, TWEETED-ABOUT AND THIRSTED-AFTER YOUNG ACTORS IN HOLLYWOOD, JEREMY ALLEN WHITE HAS BEEN THROUGH A FEW CHANGES LATELY. HE’S STILL ADJUSTING, TOO.
• NCUTI RISING
  PLAYING THE LEAD ROLE IN DOCTOR WHO,, NCUTI GATWA SHOULDERS THE WEIGHT OF ONE OF POP P CULTURE’S U MOST FEVERISH E FANDOMS. BUT IT’S NOTHING N COMPARED TO WHAT HE’S CARRIED R TO GET HERE.
• The NEW King
  EUPHORIA MADE HIM GEN Z’S FAVOURITE HEART-THROB. NOW, WITH A BREAKOUT ROLE AS ELVIS IN SOFIA COPPOLA’S PRISCILLA, JACOB ELORDI IS TRANSFORMING BEFORE OUR EYES INTO SOMETHING MORE: A BONA FIDE MOVIE STAR.
• Boygenius will Eat you Alive
  HOW PHOEBE BRIDGERS, LUCY DACUS AND JULIEN BAKER REMADE THE SUPER GROUP IN THEIR OWN IMAGE.
• Andrew Scott’s GHOST STORIES
  THE STAR OF THE OSCAR-TIPPED P ALL OF US STRANGERS AND MESMERISING ONE-MAN PLAY VANYA HAS ALWAYS PLAYED AGAINST HIS OWN IMAGE. LATELY THOUGH, FACING HIMSELF HAS BEEN UNAVOIDABLE.
• HYPER REAL
  AS KIM KARDASHIAN PREPARED TO LAUNCH HER LATEST MEGA-ENTERPRISE, SKIMS MENS, SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME REVISITING THE MEMORY OF HER FATHER, THE LATE ROBERT KARDASHIAN. HERE, KIM JOINS HER MOTHER AND SISTERS TO TALK ABOUT HIS GREAT STYLE, HIS LAST DAYS, AND HOW, 20 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, HE CONTINUES TO SHAPE HER LIFE AND WORK.
• THE 2023 GQ
  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.
• 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.
• APRÈS-SKI
  Make your winter one to remember and explore some of the world’s finest ski homes, in the French Alps, the peaks of Montana, and the mountains of Japan
• NOTEBOOK
  A round-up of the latest desirable developments, and invaluable expert advice
• GQ WATCH CONTRIBUTORS
  This issue’s writers share memories of their first watches.
• THE HYPE LIST
  EVERYTHING THAT’S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE BIG, MAD WORLD OF HOROLOGY LATELY.
• THE QUEEN OF MOVEMENTS
  Without Carole Forestier-Kasapi, the watch industry would be a lot less complicated.
• SAILGP ROCKS THE BOAT
  How Sir Ben Ainslie and Rolex are bringing one of the world’s oldest sports into a new era.
• MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE WATCH INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW
  Meet the motley crew influencing what’s what in horology – through big moves, big fits, and bigger developments. They buy, they sell, they create, they educate, and they all have a shared goal: to make watches fucking cool.
• REECE JAMES IS A SELF-CONFESSED WATCHAHOLIC
  If not for an unwanted 16th birthday present from his parents, the Chelsea and England footballer might never have ended up frequenting one of Manchester’s finest luxury boutiques – where he’d quickly discover a deep, and unparalleled, love for watches.
• The Rise of the Time Thief
  Luxury watches have never been more covetable. Grail-worthy references have never been more recognisable. And all over hotspots in London and beyond, clued-up thieves are capitalising on the hype.
• The Search for Your Next Grail Starts Here
  Classic watches, affordable watches, mad watches, and killer watches, from Audemars Piguet to Cartier, Omega to TAG Heuer, Japan and the UK to Switzerland: if you’re in the market for a new watch, we’ll be damned if you don’t find a keeper here.
• All That GLITTERS
  Inside the diamond-encrusted and very starry world of A Jewellers.
• Quelle Heure Est-Il?
  The under-appreciated art of telling the time simply, accurately, and elegantly is something I think about often. But not obsessively.