GQ Style South Africa

GQ Style is your ultimate go-to for everything fashion, culture, and creativity. From the pulse of South African style to the global trends shaping the world, it's packed with features that celebrate the boldest, most innovative voices in fashion and beyond. Whether you're into high-end looks or street style, this issue delivers the coolest takes on what's hot, what's next, and who’s shaping the scene—locally and globally. Get in, get inspired, and stay ahead of the game.

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GQ Style South Africa

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Heritage Turned Haute • Old-school Sophiatown met new-school cool as GQ’s 2025 Best Dressed turned heritage into high fashion with unshakeable swagger

Effortlessly Cool • Relaxed yet refined, these are the staples designed to take you through every season

CLASSIC CASUAL FOR WEEKEND EASE • Tommy Hilfiger’s easy elegance transforms weekend moments, from country getaways to the thrilling pulse of a racetrack day

Heritage Reimagined • Modern prep with Tommy’s signature polish. Think crisp tailoring, elevated essentials, rich textures, and an effortless confidence that moves from weekday to weekend without missing a beat

Signature Style

Relaxed & refined • Discover laid-back staples to elevate everyday winter dressing. Think soft sweaters, relaxed shirting and versatile layering

QUIET WILDERNESS • OUT IN THE OPEN, NATURE MEETS REFINED MENSWEAR, BLENDING RUGGED LANDSCAPES WITH ATTITUDE

LIFE IN LAYERS • The quiet precision of Yasmin Furmie shows how garments can carry history without ever standing still

Tommy Hilfiger’s Blueprint for Staying Relevant • From hip-hop co-signs to global runways, Tommy Hilfiger built more than a fashion brand, he created a cultural blueprint. Nearly four decades later, TOMMY HILFIGER continues to evolve while staying rooted in the effortless cool that made it iconic in the first place

THE STREETS REMEMBER • FROM PAVEMENT TEES TO NATIONAL IMPACT, GALXBOY IS THATISO DUBE’S SALUTE TO SOUTH AFRICA’S FEARLESS YOUTH CULTURE

From Hairpin Benz to Coastal Rocket • From Alpine passes to Atlantic curves. Our motorhead Dieter Losskarn easily swaps snow-capped switchbacks for sea-sprayed corners, piloting the Mercedes AMG CLE 53 along South Africa’s most scenic strip of tar – Clarence Drive

ELECTRIC AVENUE • He’s been burning fossil fuel for decades. now he’s burning electrons — reluctantly. GQ Motoring editor dieter Losskarn has driven almost every electric car that’s dared to plug into south africa. and after a recent drive in volvo’s eX90 — and his first ever proper fast-charge in Mzansi — he’s… not converted, but reconsidering

The edit the top watches you need to know • TAKE A LOOK AT THE BEST WATCHES ON THE PLANET. FROM CITIZEN’S NEW ATTESA PLATINUM SHINE COLLECTION TO OMEGA’S SPEEDMASTER MILANO CORTINA 2026 AND RAYMOND WEIL’S TOCCATA HERITAGE

THE GREAT MALE RENUNCIATIONS • Fashion has always mirrored our fears, desires and identities. Now, as masculinity confronts its long, grey retreat from splendour, a vivid question resurfaces: why did men ever stop dressing beautifully?

And on the Seventh Day, God Created Curls • Curls were never something to be tamed, or straightened, or buzzed off.Now, countless men are embracing what nature gave them – and illuminating their own sense of self in the process.

STUDIO 402 AND THE NEW CREATIVE CREOLE OF JOHANNESBURG • Khumo Morojele, Zano Nkosi, Jack Markovitz and Thato Nzimande are forging a shared language of art, access and African agency that positions Joburg as a global cultural nexus

Travel eatery guide • We’re constantly searching for the next great escape or eating venue. Some members of the GQ team explored a handful of hotels and...