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Dwayne Johnson Made His Met Gala Debut in a Thom Browne Skirt

Dwayne Johnson Made His Met Gala Debut in a Thom Browne Skirt

Published by Jenni Sidey

Thirty years into his genre-defying career, there aren’t a whole lot of “firsts” left for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. He’s main-evented WrestleMania six times; racked up nearly $14 billion dollars at the global box office; launched brands to hawk everything from skin care to tequila to signature sneakers; had his name bandied about in both Oscar races and presidential races. One thing he’s somehow never done before tonight, though? Climb the Met Gala steps. Thing is, while The Rock has never been short on smackdown-laying style (hitting the ring in silky Versace blouses in the ’90s and setting the template for jacked guys looking to dress well in the 2010s), he’s never quite been a capital-F Fashion guy. That changed last year when, while promoting his dramatic turn in A24’s The Smashing Machine, a surprisingly svelter Johnson began sporting custom looks from the likes of Prada and Dolce & Gabbana. “He’s got a big career pivot happening,” Ilaria Urbinati, Johnson’s longtime stylist, told GQ in September. “I want to make sure the clothes reflect this …

Timothée Chalamet’s Beach Essentials Include a Prada Necklace and Thom Browne Asics

Timothée Chalamet’s Beach Essentials Include a Prada Necklace and Thom Browne Asics

Published by Jenni Sidey

When it comes to the hypothetical desert-island scenario, most of us probably imagine packing for survival and sanity. (My three desert-island essentials, for example, would likely comprise a pair of crunchy hiking shoes, a machete, and a fat, parable-filled tome à la Edith Hamilton’s Mythology or, simply, the Bible.) But if you’re Timothée Chalamet, on a pseudo-ultra-private beach getaway with his partner of three years, Kylie Jenner, those proverbial essentials take on a different utility. In a 17-slide gallery posted to Instagram yesterday, the Dune star showed off a series of snaps from the couple’s recent trip, the itinerary of which appeared to include running on white sand, jetskiing, and, per his Instagram stories, listening to “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac. Judging from the contents of this post, Chalamet’s desert-island musts include a dainty Prada triangle-logo chain necklace, black board shorts, and a pair of Thom Browne-branded Asics sneakers (which, by the way, debuted on the GQ Bowl runway last month). Admittedly, this trio of items would not be great for facing forces of nature …

Inside GQ Bowl 2026, Where Thom Browne Wowed Teyana Taylor, Christian McCaffrey, and More in San Francisco

Inside GQ Bowl 2026, Where Thom Browne Wowed Teyana Taylor, Christian McCaffrey, and More in San Francisco

Published by Jenni Sidey

Cruz wasn’t the only former Super Bowl champ who pulled up on the star-studded gray carpet. Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith didn’t bring his ring, but he did arrive in one of the designer’s signature slim coats. Aspiring champs Sauce Gardner and Damar Hamlin might have missed showtime this season, but they were in high spirits as they dapped each other up and swapped notes on their respective fits. 49ers captain Christian McCaffrey charmed his front row seatmates Teyana Taylor and Queen Latifa while observing the scene from behind oversized aviator sunglasses. What’s it like to have fashion finally come to San Francisco? I asked. “It’s so cool, man. I mean, it’s such a fashionable city in its own right,” McCaffrey said. In reply to my skeptical look, the running back clarified that he was talking about the city’s character more than its clothes. “I mean the architecture of it, the history of it, the uniqueness of it, the hills, the houses, the Bay,” he said. “To add real fashion to the mix, it feels …

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Vinnie Hacker, and DeAndre Hopkins Modeled Thom Browne on the GQ Bowl Runway

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Vinnie Hacker, and DeAndre Hopkins Modeled Thom Browne on the GQ Bowl Runway

Published by Jenni Sidey

Baltimore Raven DeAndre Hopkins made his way down the catwalk in a pleated skirt, continuing the tradition of Thom Browne outfitting football stars in boundary-pushing suiting. Also making their way through the Rodin Wing of the Legion of Honor was Minnesota Viking wide receiver Justin Jefferson, whose power parka was a wintery juxtaposition to the fiery backdrop that Thom Browne had set for the show, and former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Marcus Allen, who also rocked a parka over a pinstriped ensemble. Befitting the sport that inspired GQ Bowl, Browne showed off ripstop nylon blazers and wool overcoats lined with technical fabrics. The designer’s name and birth year (’65) made its way to the back of knits and Ivy-style blazers, further emphasizing the show’s connection to America’s favorite sport. The biggest surprise of the night came when Browne closed the show by having his models swap their winter-ready, ground-shaking boots for sneakers from the brand’s surprise collaboration with Asics: a designer take on the Gel-Kayano 14. It marks the first time in the label’s 25-year history …

Thom Browne Sent a Surprise Asics Collab Down the GQ Bowl Runway

Thom Browne Sent a Surprise Asics Collab Down the GQ Bowl Runway

Published by Jenni Sidey

Thom Browne is no stranger to sports. The American designer, who just sent his fall 2026 down the runway at our second-ever GQ Bowl, is also a lifelong athlete who’s outfitted major sports stars (LeBron and Messi come to mind) and has even staged fashion shows inspired by ice skating and surfing. The designer knows his way around classic American sportswear, the casual counterpart to the iconic shrunken suits that helped turn the brand into a sartorial standout. Since founding his namesake brand in 2001, Browne has yet to engage in a full-scale sneaker collaboration. Sure, the brand has offered its own sneakers before, but Browne has now allowed Asics into the world that he’s so carefully constructed for decades. The soon-to-be-released, Browne-ified Gel-Kayano 14 made its debut at the Bowl, a fresh switch-up from the usual oxfords and lace-up boots that typically grace the brand’s runway. Eagle-eyed viewers might have even caught an early glimpse of the sneakers on Teyana Taylor’s eldest daughter on the red, er, gray carpet ahead of the show. Marcus …

Thom Browne Fall 2026: See Every Look from the GQ Bowl Runway Show

Thom Browne Fall 2026: See Every Look from the GQ Bowl Runway Show

Published by Jenni Sidey

Not so long ago, you might have been laughed at for suggesting that by 2026, pro football players would be clamoring to kit themselves out in high-fashion skirts. Sure, maybe when hell freezes over. Well, welcome to the second annual GQ Bowl, where Thom Browne staged his fall 2026 runway show with a vision of wintry fine tailoring set against a fiery backdrop at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor museum. GQ Bowl is a celebration of the warp speed collision between football and fashion that is reshaping both disciplines, and no American designer has influenced that phenomenon quite like Browne, who points to how star footballers like Odell Beckham, Jr. and JuJu Smith-Schuster have donned his signature pleated skirt in recent years. “It was difficult to put athletes in skirts at the beginning,” said Browne before the show. “Now they’re requesting them because they love it and they have the confidence to pull it off.” The GQ Bowl show drove Browne’s point home with catwalk cameos from future hall of fame wide receivers—and current tunnel-walk …

Teyana Taylor and Her Daughters Matched in Thom Browne at the GQ Bowl

Teyana Taylor and Her Daughters Matched in Thom Browne at the GQ Bowl

Published by Jenni Sidey

Teyana Taylor has had a big, busy 2026 so far. Last month, she accepted her first Golden Globe Award for her performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Shortly thereafter, she made her Saturday Night Live debut—paying tribute to her Harlem roots in a sequined I <3 NY shirt—alongside the young, beloved indie band Geese. Last weekend, she presented at the Grammys (where she was also nominated). And, just now, she made an appearance at the second annual GQ Bowl, our fashion-meets-football runway extravaganza. This year’s GQ Bowl hosted the fall 2026 collection of American designer and CFDA chairman Thom Browne. The suiting savant styled many of the evening’s guests in the brand’s signatures, which include ultra-tailored suits, quadri-stripes, and the color gray. (So much is their commitment to the hue, even the step-and-repeat unfolded over a gray carpet.) Teyana Taylor, Rue Rose Shumpert, and Iman Tayla Shumpert Jr. at the 2026 GQ Bowl in San Fransisco on Friday. Chad Salvador/Getty Images Taylor stepped onto the carpet in a gray tartan, double-layered skirt …

GQ and Thom Browne Go West: Get Ready for the 2026 GQ Bowl Fashion Show

GQ and Thom Browne Go West: Get Ready for the 2026 GQ Bowl Fashion Show

Published by Sam Flores

GQ Bowl, fashion’s most football-forward night, returns on February 6. After a rollicking inaugural kick-off of our collaborative runway with designer Emily Bode last year, we’re bringing back the camaraderie during the big-game weekend in San Francisco with the one and only Thom Browne. At the event, Browne, preeminent suiting maestro and chairman of the CFDA, will present his fall 2026 collection, featuring both menswear and womenswear, at the City by the Bay’s Legion of Honor museum. Timed to the big football weekend, it’s a fitting union for the designer in more ways than one. Having grown up tossing the pigskin around on Thanksgiving in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Browne’s connection to the sport runs deep. (“Somebody usually got hurt, somebody usually broke something, somebody got pushed over the fence,” he once recalled to GQ.) Over the years, the designer has also served as his alma mater’s—the college football giant, University of Notre Dame—artist-in-residence. For years, he’s designed football-themed collections and even hosted annual pick-up matches on the campus—a tradition he began with his employees back in …

Thom Browne Is the King of the Sports-Fashion Crossover

Thom Browne Is the King of the Sports-Fashion Crossover

Published by Jenni Sidey

When Thom Browne sends his fall 2026 collection down the runway at GQ Bowl—our second annual football-meets-fashion spectacular, which hits San Francisco on Friday, February 6—it’ll mark the latest chapter in the designer’s lifelong obsession with sports. Browne grew up an athlete himself, dominating the tennis courts as a kid in small-town Pennsylvania and swimming competitively at Notre Dame. That affinity for athletics has long seeped into his work: He has staged fashion shows inspired by ice skating and surfing and hosts a starry touch football game every autumn. And, of course, he has turned countless hallmarks of classic American sportswear—from bar stripes and varsity jackets to tennis sweaters and locker loops—into key totems of his oeuvre. It’s no surprise, then, that Browne counts several rosters’ worth of all-star athletes among his most loyal acolytes. Everyone from LeBron James to Lionel Messi to Travis Kelce has donned the designer’s signature shrunken suits in their respective pregame tunnels. His more fanciful creations have graced the Met Gala steps on the likes of pros like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander …