The 50 most stylish men of the past 50 years

[seven.homme]

a good n interesting article on men.style.com about the 50 most stylish men of the past 50 years

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_5907

Hedi Slimane is one of them...

others

pete

davis

malcom x

steve mcqueen

basquiat

[sushijerk]

I flipped through it and it was pretty interesting to see that in their GQ retrospective, the magazines basically pokes fun at itself for endorsing so many fashion tips that were obviously hideous and in poor taste.

[Corbin Law]

fuck yes. my personal italian hero is #1.

[snafu]

would have thought jude law would have been in there certianly intresting though

but the tips they give are pretty basic and most people on here would know them already ... black white shirt , black tie white shirt , by the way and good look is black tie white shirt

[entropy kid]

The moment I flipped through this I thought they had a paragraph pre-written for every style and were browsing through old celebs pics until they found something remotely fitting their description.

I mean, sorry, Steve McQueen was about as stylish as it gets and they show a pic where he's looking like a complete jerk... Same goes for most other guys (although Pete and Connery are kind of representative).

[l3ootlegs]

shit....very interesting...i like it..most of them

[weirdnjfan1]

I picked up the 50th anniversary issue of GQ that has this list in it. Honestly, I like the entire list, with the exception of a few, and also some of the small tips at the end of each entry are pretty good too.

[Double D]

would have thought jude law would have been in there certianly intresting though

What, the guy who failed to accept the he was too damn old to pull off undersized slim fit jeans not too long ago?

[fallen angels]

aw c'mon... not a single mention of an Asian in that list?

[Corbin Law]

asians have no style. see example: rirawin.

[watchman]

the no asians is a surprise. otherwise though, i think it's a pretty good list. At least you cant dispute that anybody on that list is stylish, even if you dont agree on position or who was left out.

[Ichigo100%]

Georgely clooney for sure

[Fuuma]

asians have no style. see example: rirawin.

Well it is very white and americano-centric, like the persons who made the list. No surprises here. I do agree with a lot of the choices, but it is still a very safe list. Frankly if you told me to name male asians I find stylish I'd be kinda stuck too. I like Kurosawa's cap and general working class style, Yohji, Suharto (but you can't name a dictator, too controversial, you have to keep to 90% artists and entertainers), maybe Chow Yun Fat because he brought back the assassin steez.

[10(50)]

Frankly if you told me to name male asians I find stylish I'd be kinda stuck too.

[mynameisclever]

who is this?

asian beard steez is dope

[geekbonchic]

As an Asian, I'm usually really wary about the idea of an Asian guy with facial hair. But this dude totally proves me wrong.

[keagan]

Rutger Hauer, circa 1973.

[designersheep]

who is this?

asian beard steez is dope

Toshiro Mifune

the other one is Asano Tadanobu...

[artificialsky]

predictable gq stuff.

clooney instead of cary grant though?

no fred astaire?

[snafu]

im suprised because this by GQ and it is a safe young bet maybe he is too young and hasnt been outward enough as the likes of andre 3000 but jude law and david beckham are pretty much gaurenteed to be in the 50 best dressed men when they publish it here over in the uk so thats why im suprised as they consider him to be well dressed and he has the Alfie remake to his name which is pretty stylish in its self.

i agree jude has some horrible looks but i also think he can be extremly well dressed some times not all but hesnot bad

[Remy]

i personally think that it is the way in which people wear their clothes, not how well their stylist dresses them. in my opinion jude law would only get it wrong when he's dressing himself fred astair not on the list, thats unjust.

[readytoignite]

while you guys are complaining about no asians, have you not noticed the glaring exception of pharrell from the list ?!?!!!

[snafu]

i personally think that it is the way in which people wear their clothes, not how well their stylist dresses them. in my opinion jude law would only get it wrong when he's dressing himself fred astair not on the list, thats unjust.

agreed but honestly i have seen many pics of jude out and about theres a whole tread on jude on the fashion spot and dont get me wrong sometimes he just doesnt look in the mirror before he goes out, but other times he pulls off a slim tailored look really well

anyway who i would have actualy put in my self is dazed and confused editor jefferson hack im certain he aint in it but i cant be assed checking again

[Leonard Leroy]

Been on this for the last week or two. There's some great stuff in there. Made me grab the magazine, simply because. I'm going to try for the look Miles has there, grabbing myself a pair of Incotex chinos.

[broneck]

aw c'mon... not a single mention of an Asian in that list?

i think this is a simple result of the magazine embracing timeless style in this issue, and the asian tendency to be at the forefront of what is new and fashionable.

just my dos pesos

[red]

i think this is a simple result of the magazine embracing timeless style in this issue, and the asian tendency to be at the forefront of what is new and fashionable.

just my dos pesos

this is timeless.

[Leonard Leroy]

Toshiro Mifune is a man amongst men.

[Fuuma]

i think this is a simple result of the magazine embracing timeless style in this issue, and the asian tendency to be at the forefront of what is new and fashionable.

just my dos pesos

Its a factor of:

A) Audience; not many people know a lot of asians from the last 50 yrs, especially not how they dressed. How many asian actors can the average GQ reader name.

The focus on European style being stylish and the different rythm of integration of this style meaning that most of the "asian" population hasn't even been dressing fully "european" for the full last 50 yrs.

I would add that asians haven't really been at the forefront of style before the emergence of the japanese designers in the 80s, even then the notion is still highly discussable, as most important designers still show in paris and Milan and the culture displayed in movies and other proeminent cultural products (think music, films and tv) being mostly western.

[fallen angels]

sufu should make our own "Top 50 most stylish men" where we contribute who we think should be on that list.... that would be way more interesting

[white_giraffe]

Tony Leung is asian.