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Sock It To Me
Argyles. Ribbed. Striped. Even Mustachioed. We found the best socks this winter and show you how to wear them. See all the looks here.
Your Afternoon Shot: Bruce Springsteen
“When it comes to luck, you make your own.”
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R.I.P. James Van Doren, Co-Creator of VANS
James Van Doren, the co-creator of VANS shoes, died on October 12. His kicks rose to fame when a young Sean “Jeff Spicoli” Penn sported the checkerboard version in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Van Doren was 72.
Books Every Gentleman Should Read
1984-George Orwell
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights-John Steinbeck
Angels and Demons-Dan Brown
Animal Farm-George Orwell
Antigone
The Arabian Nights
Brave New World-Aldous Huxley
The Chronicles of Narnia-C.S. Lewis
The Crucible-C.S. Lewis
The DaVinci Code-Dan Brown
The Divine Comedy-Dante Alighieri
Dracula-Bram Stoker
Elements of Style-Strunk and White
The Five Love Languages-Gary Chapman
Frankenstein-Mary Shelley
Gilgamesh
Glass Menagerie-Tennessee Williams
The Great Gatsby-F.Scott Fitzgerald
Grimms’ Fairy Tales-Brothers Grimm
Hamlet-Shakespeare
Harry Potter-J.K. Rowling
The Iliad
The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini
The Lord of the Rings-J.R.R. Tolkein
Merchant of Venice-Shakespeare
The Mists of Avalon-Marion Zimmer Bradley
Moby Dick-Herman Melville
My Name is Asher Lev-Chaim Potok
Night-Ellie Wiesel
The Odyssey
Of Mice and Men-John Steinbeck
Othello-Shakespeare
Paradise Lost-John Milton
Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen
Romeo and Juliet-Shakespeare
The Scarlet Letter-Nathaniel Hawthorne
Scarlet Pimpernel-Baroness Emmuska Orczy
The Shahnameh-Ferdowsi
Sherlock Holmes Collection-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Things They Carried-Tim O’Brien
To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
Twelfth Night-Shakespeare
GQ Selects: Grenson The “Archie V” Wingtip Brogues
“Grenson is a British shoe that is extremely well made. It’s very well valued, it’s not inexpensive. I love these caramel tones. Even if you do wear grey flannel head to toe, it’s nice to give your feet a lift and this color with navy and gray and khaki or jeans, it feels like the color of the season. This is burnished, so it has an Old World feeling with a big bumper toe. The big bonus is this hybrid of having a boot sole to it in white, which is a real attention to detail and as practical as it is, it’s equally quirky, which gives it its joie de vivre, its spirit. I couldn’t love this shoe any more.”—GQ creative director Jim Moore
