Esquire US - September 2024

In this issue

THE REPUBLICAN STANDING UP TO TRUMP
by Brian O’Keefe

GIORGIO ARMANI: THE ESQUIRE Q&A
by Nick Sullivan

THE WATCHMAKER’S WATCHMAKER
by Nick Sullivan

Molto Rawdog!

You've heard of rawdogging” a flight? How about an entire trip to Italy? I believe in it with the zeal of the convert.

4 mins

This Guy Stood Up to Trump - Georgia's Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, rebuffed Donald Trump's demand to find” votes for him in 2020—and received death threats. Now Trump is back on the ballot, and the pressure is mounting from all sides. Can he once again deliver a fair election?

Georgia's Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, rebuffed Donald Trump's demand to find” votes for him in 2020—and received death threats. Now Trump is back on the ballot, and the pressure is mounting from all sides. Can he once again deliver a fair election?Brad Raffensperger is rattling off statistics while we wait. It's just after 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, May 21, and the Georgia secretary of state is standing outside a small conference room in an underground bunker on the east side of Atlanta, where he and his staff gather on election days. A couple dozen workers are spread around an open seating area, quietly fielding phone calls and staring at their computer monitors. With its fluorescent lights and gray carpet, the place has the muted feel of a regional sales office. The secretary, though, is energized. As the official in charge of overseeing elections in his state, Raffensperger is always ready to dive into the details.

8 mins

The Lost Art of Buying a Round for the Bar

The day after my daughter was born, I walked into a watering hole in New York and dropped 200 ona group of strangers. It’s amoment I'll never forget.

4 mins

REBIRTH OF AN ICON

The Cartier Trinity, a favorite of legends like Gary Cooper and Alain Delon, gets a bold new look

1 min

SOLAR POWER

What does the feeling of the sun shining on you smell like? Pharrell’s first fragrance for Louis Vuitton, LVERS, seeks to answer that question.

1 min

Giorgio Armani Is Never Done

We sat down with the maestro to chat about, well...everything

2 mins

WAIT, BUICKS ARE COOL AGAIN?

Yes, with the Envista and a brand-new design language—based on one of the boldest concept cars in recent memory—GM’'s Buick is finally getting some love.

3 mins

WATCH CLOSELY

The finer details of Parmigiani Fleurier’s latest masterpiece reveal why the maker has become such a cult favorite

1 min

WITH VINTAGE, SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF

The world is filled with fake throwbacks and questionable graphics. But real-deal, old-school sailing gear never disappoints.

1 min

I AM FALLING APART

At 48, I realized my professional dream of publishing a novel. Around that time, also gota staph infection, became diabetic, and started losing my vision. Will sce the end of my story?

5 mins

Vote or Die - I'm a Black man in Arizona participating in the most consequential election of my lifetime whether certain white men want me to or not.

You knew some vote-or-die, do-it-to-honor the-sacrifices-of-the-ancestors, you-can't-complain-if-youdon't-participate Black folks. But you also knew scores who didn't trouble themselves with participating at all. Into your 30s you felt somewhere between those philosophical poles, among those who, each election cycle, needed convincing that their vote mattered a good gotdamn.

6 mins

MAVERICKS of HOLLYWOOD

A creative rebellion is crackling through Tinseltown. Yes, AI looms, the algorithm pushes us toward the same dull programs, and the way we consume our movies and TV has never been more fragmented. But that's precisely why we are craving-demanding, really-art that feels authentic.

10+ mins

The (Shocking! Twisted! Brilliant!) Mind of Zoë Kravitz - Zoë Kravitz directorial debut Blink Twice

Kubrick. Tarantino. Peele... Kravitz? With the thirty-five-year-old's directorial debut the deeply unsettling psychological thriller Blink Twice she is redefining herself as a creative force. Over two days in New York, she lets us into her world.

10+ mins

THE CYNIC THE TWO NATIONS

It's been twenty years since then. state senator Obama assured us there was not a liberal America and a conservative America. In that time, a new country has been building with fearful momentum. Can anything be donc to stop it?

10+ mins

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