Esky, Esquire’s mascot, was born in 1934. He has featured on more than 500 copies of the magazine, and appears every month on our cover, graces our Twitter page and look top left, there he is again. Well, Esky may well be in for a shock.
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March 17th, 2010
The style bloggers: Jason Dike
When does something stop being a staple and start being just plain boring? If it’s a menswear trend, it’s when every man within a 50 mile radius is wearing it. And we’ve certainly reached that point with check shirts, which is why a small crop of designers have taken to sprucing up the pattern. (more…)
March 17th, 2010
Entertainment, Music, What we're listening to
Making an unprecedented second “What we’re listening to” appearance are The Drums, with this very low-key video for new single “Best Friend”, out on 29 March. The Brooklyn band are so hot right now that they sold out their London date at Heaven in just a day (at least that’s what it said on the press release). Hype aside, the tunes are consistently good, a little Smiths, a little Beach Boys, and the videos always a masterclass in fey. This one is either the acme of cool, or H from Steps’ long-lost Red Coats audition video. You decide.
March 17th, 2010
The style bloggers: Jason Dike
There’s already two things you can’t be cheap about – shoes and suits - but can we add sweatshirts to that list? While you could find a perfectly acceptable looking version at any high street clothing store, a cheap sweatshirt will always feel, well, cheap. (more…)
March 17th, 2010
The scent of faux-bacon corn crisps wafting across the office has had Esquire’s collective saliva glands a-throbbing this afternoon. Can, we asked ourselves, the supremacy of Smiths snack products really be disputed? We put our heads together to come up with a definitive top five that says, ‘Most definitely not’… (more…)
March 16th, 2010
Are you a conniving Pete Campbell or a wry Roger Sterling? A jubbly Joan Harris or a prim Peggy Olson? US channel AMC has devised this simple yet strangely compelling quiz to identify which character from Mad Men you most resemble. We’re an office of Don Drapers, naturally. Click on the picture to play, or go to www.amctv.com:80/originals/madmen/whichmadman
March 16th, 2010
There comes a stage in every rock star’s life where they have a clear choice to make. Persevere with living and toddle towards self-parody like Ozzy Osborne and Iggy Pop or expire in a blaze of drugs, plane crashes and gun-crime like the subjects of Rock Shrines: Where The Stars’ Lives Ended And The Myths Began. (more…)
March 16th, 2010
Famous in LA among music and film types, Worn Free are launching in the UK this Spring, bringing to our shores its range of iconic T-shirts worn by rock and roll legends. (more…)
March 16th, 2010
