58 Do's and Dont's for Getting Dressed Right Now

Is it ever OK to repeat outfits? Should your socks match your shoes? Are Henleys cool? GQ staffers weigh in on all the most pressing style questions of the day

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FOR DECADES, GQ WAS THE PLACE MEN LEARNED TO DRESS THEMSELVES.

We'd teach you how to talk to your tailor, introduce you to your next gameraising boots, and crucially-lay down a handful of hard and fast rules about style that you, the reader, were meant to follow religiously.

Like: Never wear a tie wider than three inches. Plaid flannels are fine for a lumberyard or a hardware store, but not a formal office.

Don't go shirtless at a music festival. (That one is still true.) On occasion, we'd even explain how to properly break the rules with panache.

But a few years ago, GQ pumped the brakes on all the lawmaking. The thought was: We had entered menswear's Wild Style era, where stylish guys began exploring new modes of self-expression at every turn-ditching their tuxes for flowy tunics and jumpsuits on the red carpet; dabbling in makeup and nail polish; investing in flashy It bags. Dictating exactly what one should and shouldn't wear suddenly felt curmudgeonly and antiquated.

Who were we to stand in the way of progress? It was a time for unbridled experimentation.

In 2023, though, the moment finally feels right for us to lay down a few new sartorial edicts.

The anything-goes abandon of the last couple years has given way to a return to elegance.