GQ: Mad Max!

Maxwell was featured on GQ.com for this seasons best men sports jacket. He discussed his eight year and absence and how he sure he had normal twenties.

"in case you missed him tearing down the Staples Center at this year's Grammys with his lovesick hit "Pretty Wings," he's back. And to hear him tell it, he didn't spend eight years out of the public facing private demons. He spent eight years in private dodging public demons. "I didn't want to have a midlife crisis," Maxwell says. "People who are very focused in their early twenties miss out on being young. Then they bug out." So in addition to behaving like a normal twentysomething by going out a lot, he recorded three albums' worth of material. And sat on it. Until now. Last year he released the dark, moody heart-tugger BLACKsummers'night, and it debuted at number one. (People desperately miss neo-soul.) The other two albums will come out over the next few years. After that? "I stepped away once," Maxwell says, "and I'll do it again."

1. Let It Shine
A Rat Pack sheen demands you dress up. No sneakers, no T-shirts.

2. Come Untied
Strike a rakish note: Lose the tie; add cuff links and a pocket square.

 3. A Jacket That Works
Perfect for the office during the summer. Contrast it with dark pants and tie.

4. Polo, Player
Go for a polo with panache—not one for the court or the course.

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The Verge: F Gary Gray

They call him "The Most Important Black Filmmaker You Never Heard Of", I call him "One Of My Favorite's" The man behind film favorites "Friday", "The Negotiator", "A Man Apart", "The Italian Job' and most recent box office hit "Law Abiding Citizen" just to name a few. Director F. Gary Gray talked with GQ Magazine about everything he has ever done.

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If Spike Lee is the king of black filmmakers, F. Gary Gray is the prince. The tireless, underrated, pure-entertainer prince. In the career retrospective Shooter Series Volume Two: F. Gary Gray, the now-40-year-old director looks into a camera in 1991 and says he wants to direct epic movies—before he's directed even a noteworthy music video. "I was very clear on what I wanted to do, even if it was going to take me 50 years to get there," Gray tells GQ.


He considers his first seven movies the beginning, the first chapter. "I'm excited about film more now than ever. I get to apply what I've learned to the next seven films, and the next seven films," Gray says, adding, "I have a hard time looking back unless I'm forced to."

Friday (1995)
"We filmed it in 20 days on the block I grew up on in South Central L.A. After watching it the first time, I thought my career was over—I wasn't sure if the movie worked. We had no idea it would be so successful. It took me eight years to watch Friday again."

 "Waterfalls," TLC music video (1995)
"I was paid like $50,000 more than I was paid to direct Friday.

Set It Off (1996)

"I was offered a lot of urban comedies after Friday, but I always wanted to surf the genres. Set It Off wasn't a formulaic film or story—you had Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett, and Vivica Fox doing things you would ordinarily see men doing. It was the antithesis of a Hollywood movie. Queen Latifah gave the performance of a lifetime and I got a chance to show what I could do dramatically and in the action realm.

"Ms. Jackson," Outkast music video (2000)
"Outkast wanted me to film 'Bombs Over Baghdad,' but 'Ms. Jackson' really stood out to me. I said, 'If you're going to do a video for "Ms. Jackson," let me do it.' You never know if it's going to work—animals bobbing their heads to the music and the guys fixing an old, broken-down house? But people really got it."

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Ralph Lauren Spring 2010 Collection.

From the gentleman-cowboy of RRL to the luxe, Cary Grant-on-the-Thames tailoring of Purple Label. But the twin peaks of high WASP style and rugged Americana serve well as guideposts.

 

 

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GQ Magazine: Most Stylish Men of The Last 50 Years.

Muhammad Ali

The dark suits, white shirts, narrow ties, and buffed shoes gave him a look that traced back to his roots as a churchgoing boy in Louisville. “I don’t follow fashion so much as I try to find clothes that make me look good,” Ali told GQ recently. “Because that never goes out of style.”

• Wear a slim dark suit, white shirt, and dark tie, and you’ll look like a champ. That’s really all you need to know. It’s that simple.


Malcolm X

Malcolm X’s style was consistent and transparent, a window into the substance of his character and message. “He believed that if you present yourself with respect, then people will respect you—and that’s what he did. He gained the respect of millions.”

• A short-brimmed fedora is heroic and hip. And you might have noticed, they’re also back in style—whether in wool (for the winter) or straw (for the summer).


Miles Davis

“The music, the clothes, the hair, the physique. He was the complete package.”

Miles favored three-piece suits by Brooks Brothers and worked with a New York City tailor to create a style all his own: jackets that were cut in one piece, with only two seams—under the sleeves and down the jacket sides—no chest pocket or padding in the shoulders, and notch lapels that rolled down to a single button. Davis best described his style in his autobiography, Miles, when he said, “I was clean as a motherfucker.”

• Every man should own at least one pair of great khakis. And by “great,” we mean slim-cut and flat-front.

Kurt Cobain

He wore a Flipper T-shirt under a mold-colored cardigan and hair he’d dyed the night before with strawberry Kool-Aid.
Introduced us to a new status quo for cultural icons. Glamorous, dirty, quiet, and loud—Cobain would be dead in two years. And we’re still trying to figure him out.

• Beat-up jeans are America’s gift to the world of style. Not that we’re saying wear torn-and-frayed denim to the office, but it’s hard to go wrong wearing it when you’re off the clock.

Woody Allen

Call it nerd chic, the slightly disheveled, East Coast–intellectual style that current tastemakers like Wes Anderson have adopted so skillfully. Allen proved that you don’t have to doll yourself up like Cary Grant to be a sex symbol—you just have to wear it well.

• Don’t try to be someone you’re not. Allen has spent a lifetime embracing his oddness, and women have spent a lifetime embracing him.



 Andre 3000

From woven hats and wraparound sunglasses to lederhosen and polka-dot bow ties, Andre’s style (like OutKast’s music) challenges the tradition it honors. The range is no surprise, considering the boys first favored Guess? jeans and V-neck sweaters.

• Find your inner dandy and let him loose. Getting dressed should be fun, not stressful.

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