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ESQUIRE WINTER 2020/21 MOODBOARD • INSPIRATION FOR THE ISSUE AHEAD: A TASTE OF WHAT’S TO COME

THIS WAY IN ESQUIRE’S RULES FOR COVID-19

THE FOREVER COCKTAIL • It’s hard to run out when you mix your favorite BAR-QUALITY COCKTAIL by the jug at home. But you can sure try.

How to Prebatch Almost Any Stirred Cocktail

Last Call • Sometimes a bottle of Costco bourbon is more than a bottle of Costco bourbon

back in the high-low life again • The return of Uniqlo’s +J line brings JIL SANDER’S MASTERFUL MINIMALISM to the masses once more

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PERPETUALLY COOL • The OG MODERN ROLEX just got 2mm larger. That’s huge.

BUT THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER YEAR FOR READING • From a Washington biography to an early-20th-century tale of brotherhood: the very BEST BOOKS of a very bad year

THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON LIVING ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE • Keepsake books that will really tie the room together-for anyone on your list

THE REVOLUTION WILL BE LOCALIZED • How Union and Jordan harnessed the power of THE HYPE MACHINE to help Blackowned businesses in L. A.

COZY SWEATS + a HOLY - SHIT COAT = your WINTER, SORTED

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This is not a coat. It’s sartorial engineering • Herno’s LAMINAR THREE-INONE JACKET looks low-key but packs a technical punch

Leave the Granola at Home • HIKING BOOTS aren’t just for the trail anymore. It’s time to take them to the streets—or wherever you damn well please.

the crown act is long overdue • Black people are still denied jobs in America because of THEIR HAIR. And it’s still legal. For now.

WANT TO KNOW THE FUTURE? LOOK TO PAUL SMITH’S PAST.

The Best New RESTAURANTS 2020

7 men • The members of BTS have ascended to the peak of pop, redefined fame, and challenged traditional masculinity. Who are the twenty-somethings behind this movement, and what do they want now?

The Ballad of Ron & Dorinda • In 1986, two lovebirds busted out of a coed prison in a hijacked helicopter. They’ve been trying to escape ever since.

MARLON WAYANS ISN’T HOLLYWOOD’S LITTLE BROTHER ANYMORE • With roles in Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks and an Aretha Franklin biopic, the forty-eight-year-old is breaking into a dramatic second act

BURNT • A dispatch from the front lines of the battle against the worst wildfire season on record in California

head out on the highway looking for adventure • TWO VEHICLES. TWO PHILOSOPHIES. ONE GOAL: ESCAPE. NOW.

the last shall be first • When it comes to your feet, do you need to get reacquainted with a more classic form of luxury but still keep things clean and modern? Start with the buttery footwear from Santoni, where they’ve been doing things by hand for nearly half a century.

PROOF • On Election Night, American racism was quantified, and it’s worse than we thought. But at least we know what we’re dealing with, and I’m starting now.

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THE SQUIRE EDITORIAL BOARD ENDORSES euphemisms for… DRUNK