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Esquire • November — December 2026

From the editor’s desk

CONTRIBUTORS

STYLE

SUNIL GUPTA • The photographer and artist on the monuments, markets, restaurants and hidden histories of the city where he grew up

By the book • The ultimate status symbol isn’t a home cinema, it’s a library, says Esquire’s contributing design editor Charlene Prempeh

Small wonders • The everyday essentials worth carrying

Heavy metal • From Cartier to Piaget, the smartest collectors are rediscovering the warmth, weight and permanence of gold

Night shift • Kick back in elegant sleepwear as the day ends

The Style Shrink • Our in-house style savant has your autumnal sartorial questions covered

California dreaming • The 911 Targa just might be the most stylish Porsche of them all

The new age of unlikely role models • If you want worldly advice, seek out a man who’s lived life to the full

The gold standard • The classic dress watch is back where it belongs

For Better Men

Rural affairs • This winter, cinema and TV are serving up a triple bill of country-house capers – and a wardrobe worth stealing

Getaway! • A well-made weekend bag will get better the more miles it travels

THIN AGAIN • Bulgari’s Octo Finissimo gets smaller, but no less clever

Life • The cultural happenings to know about right now

Jaden Smith is still dreaming big • The ultimate multi-hyphenate’s move into fashion

Klose enkounters • Citizen Kim, the first authorised biography of Kim Kardashian, is appropriately revealing and elusive

Ruthie Rogers • The River Cafe chef loves tequila and always keeps tomato sauce in the fridge. Just don’t ask her to make a Yorkshire pudding

The business of Bloomsbury • A new exhibition at Tate Britain confirms the British collective’s enduring influence

SADIQ KHAN • Mayor of London, 56

THE CODE • Look better, think better, be better: your manual for stylish living

How to wear a suit right now

The hidden detail: fused vs canvased

The finishing touch

5 big trends to buy into for autumn/winter • According to Sophie Jordan, menswear buying director at Mytheresa

GET IN ON THE NEW SELVEDGE-DENIM BOOM

Rustle up the perfect weeknight warmer • With her new recipe book Spiced, out 5 November, food historian Priya Mani has pulled together 340 dishes from across 100 countries that all sit somewhere between mild and muy caliente on the Scoville scale. This one makes use of the sweet and smoky piquillo chilli peppers that grow in Navarra, northern Spain.

HOW TO GET RID OF YOUR DINNER GUESTS

INSTANTLY UPGRADE YOUR HOME COOKING • Instagram chef and recipe developer Ben Slater (@slaterchef) the flavour-enhancing essentials you need in your pantry

Swap your bloody mary for a Canadian caesar

THE Better Men HONOURS

The Leading Man TOM HIDDLESTON • MAGNETIC, ERUDITE AND UNFAILINGLY AFFABLE, THE BRITISH ACTOR HAS COMMANDED STAGES AND SCREENS FROM LONDON TO LA

THE BETTER MEN LIST — 2026

The Shapeshifter CHIWETEL EJIOFOR • A HORROR ICON, A HOLLYWOOD HEAVYWEIGHT, A WEST END LEGEND. AND THAT WAS JUST THE FIRST ACT

The Paradigm HAIDER ACKERMANN • TOM FORD’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR IS THE MODEL OF...