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An Exclusive Backstage Look at Thom Browne’s Fall 2026 Collection
Thom Browne’s design sensibility might be sharp and spare, but his runway shows are lush, maximalist performances. Browne’s fall 2026 show at GQ Bowl in San Francisco was no...
Inside GQ Bowl 2026, Where Thom Browne Wowed Teyana Taylor, Christian McCaffrey, and More in San Francisco
Cruz wasn’t the only former Super Bowl champ who pulled up on the star-studded gray carpet. Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith didn’t bring his ring, but he did arrive...
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Vinnie Hacker, and DeAndre Hopkins Modeled Thom Browne on the GQ Bowl Runway
Baltimore Raven DeAndre Hopkins made his way down the catwalk in a pleated skirt, continuing the tradition of Thom Browne outfitting football stars in boundary-pushing suiting. Also making their...
The Biggest Celebrity Engagements of 2026—So Far
It’s safe to say that 2025 was a bumper year for celebrity engagements. Whether it was Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement announcement with its overflowing floral display of...
Thom Browne Sent a Surprise Asics Collab Down the GQ Bowl Runway
Thom Browne is no stranger to sports. The American designer, who just sent his fall 2026 down the runway at our second-ever GQ Bowl, is also a lifelong athlete...
The Best Celebrity Watches From GQ Bowl 2026
The big game may be on Sunday, but GQ has been training all season for Friday night, when a panoply of heavy hitters from across sports and entertainment gathered...

World

Photographs of Mali on the Cusp of Independence
We see this, for example, in an untitled portrait sometimes called “Two Ladies of Bamako.” Here, Keïta captures a pair of women—holding each other at the shoulders and the...
What Do We Want from a Protest Song?
He is also sitting in front of a screen. “Am I the only one willin’ to bleed / Or take a bullet for bein’ free / Screamin’ ‘What the...
A Pioneer of Electronic Music Reanimates Old Songs
The project evolved out of an informal recording session. In the summer of 2025, the Copelands were offered two free days in a studio in Montreal, and they hired...
“My Father’s Shadow” Is Intensely—Yet Obliquely—Autobiographical
Most of the movie takes place in the span of a single day, and two clocks, political and personal, seem to be ticking out of synch, urgently and discordantly....
The Dance Reflections Festival Is a Gift
In what feels like a vestige from a more collaborative era, the Cuban contemporary-dance troupe Malpaso Dance Company is the product of a joint venture between an American institution—the...
Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Good Taste?
The worry that taste is deceptive or distracting haunts seemingly every narrative in which it figures. In “Strangers,” Burden wonders how she failed to notice her husband’s unhappiness, and...