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Virgil Abloh defines sunglasses as an “accessory that gives the impression of a complete look in an instance.” If we are to go by the code of the Louis Vuitton’s artistic director (this definition was taken from “Vocabulary, according to Virgil Abloh,” ...

Well before the onset of a global pandemic, Western-inspired menswear was enjoying a 10-gallon-hat-sized moment. Designers like Pyer Moss' Kerby Jean-Raymond and Telfar Clemens mined Western-adjacent imagery for inspiration in powerful, deeply moving collections that underscored the crucial, and often ignored, role Black ...

It's no secret that fakes are big business. That's why criminals and terrorists turn to counterfeit goods to fund their operations. And currently, one of the top items to fake are the coveted Dior x Nike Air Jordan 1s.Top Story: The Interesting Story of ...

Rustan’s, home of fine things (and also our second home), launched its online shopping hub late last year. It was a necessary evolution for the decades-old company as more and more Filipinos were already shopping online. Top Story: The Curious History of Silahis Hotel ...

Water is the eternal nemesis of mechanical watches. Once moisture gets inside, it's pretty much curtains. Dive watches are subjected to the most stringent tests in watchmaking because they must survive potentially life-threatening situations below the waves. If your watch passes all ...

Long before the NBA was born on August 3, 1949, basketball was already the unofficial national sport of the Philippines. Filipinos had been balling since 1910. At the time, it was only women who played the sport. Filipino women played basketball in ...

You can spot a Richard Mille watch from a mile away. On the wrist of a gent, it sits like the big engine of a fast car, its gears whirring and purring as if they are moving time itself. This is not ...

You want the best. And heck, you deserve the best. But there's a lot of choices out there, and sometimes the best is hard to find. Fortunately, we know where to find it. Every week, the Esquire editors reveal their favorite brands, from ...

Lately, everything's been about being online. You can't even begin to talk about fashion, specifically shopping, without mentioning e-comm (that's e-commerce for you clueless ones). By now, you most probably have retailers, apps, and sites you trust but with fashion, it pays to check multiple ...

Conversations are now peppered with phrases that would've left us dumbfounded four months ago. "R rates" and "air bridges" and "zoonotic": all words that seemed more at home in the 4 p.m. Sunday Syfy films our boredom forced us to endure at the height of ...

High-end sneakers may be as ubiquitous as selvedge denim these days, but more variety means it's even harder for the cream to rise to the top. Designers like Gucci and have long embraced the sportier side of footwear, while other labels have ...

Gucci is no stranger to apps. If you remember, the fashion house introduced an augmented reality offering that allows you to try on its Ace sneakers with an app last year. It certainly saves time spent going to the store to try the sneakers on. ...

Perhaps you'll best know Raffy Tulfo as one of the tough Tulfo brothers. Maybe, you'll instantly recognize his voice—after all, he has long kept a radio show that paints hims as a vigilante or perhaps a fearless hero. Because of this rep, ...

Urban Time has come to be known as a go-to for classic and cool timepieces for the 68 years it has operated. From Ben Sherman to Seiko, the retailer has just about every brand that everyone who's really into watches could ever want. ...

Chris Pine, what the fuck is good! Nice to see you again. You been reading back issues of Esquire while on quarantine, my guy? Not going to lie, you're looking a little like the poster boy for a whole lot of the shit ...

When the only away-from-home activity you have is a once-a-week trip to find food, your perspective shifts. The things that matter lose meaning, while others acquire a new shine. Through the lens of the strange year, you realize that, yes, shoes with ...

I feel like in any given friend group there's always at least one outdoorsy type who's constantly, like, licking his finger and holding it up to the wind, talking about how "the sun is the only timepiece I need, dude" because he's ...

Tonight in Shanghai, Louis Vuitton is staging its latest collection out of Paris for the first time in recent history. In major cities all over the world, fashion week has moved away from the runway to totally embrace the digital experience by going virtual. This season, ...

The brain is a powerful thing. It convinces you to want things you shouldn’t even consider. Take the soon-to-be-released The Simpsons x Vans collection, which features, among its lineup of shoes and clothing, a pair of slides in the style of Homer’s ...

Ah, growing a beard. It's something pretty much every guy has considered. Some, well, they've already gone for it. You can identify them, even. (It's the beard; the beard is the giveaway.) But if you've been stuck in the consideration phase for ...