Issue #303 | How to Cultivate an Aura of Mystery and Intrigue

How to Cultivate an Aura of Mystery and Intrigue

So you’re an insurance adjuster, or work at Foot Locker. But that can be your secret, if you want. In fact, it’d only work in your favor to leave people guessing as to what it is you actually do, especially if you’re going to affect an air of mystique à la James Bond. The Double-Oh agent’s allure is a perfume of characteristics you’ll find aren’t all that difficult to put together yourself, even if you aren’t headed to Mexico City one day, and Geneva the next. He Spoke Style is here to help, but we can’t guarantee your man-of-mystery status will come with fast, expensive cars or the beautiful women to go with them.

He Spoke Style

This Waxed Jacket Is Your Invitation to Live Outside

[Partner] Whatever was stopping you from throwing yourself into the great wide open, now, you’re going to have to come up with some new excuses—this jacket can hack it, as long as you can. Waxed outerwear aficionados Flint and Tinder rolled out a less cumbersome version of the Mackinaw, that iconic heavy wool coat, that punches well above its weight in the field. It has a ripstop canvas shell with a touch of stretch for flexibility while on the move, a waxed coating keeps out wet weather, and a brushed flannel lining makes it warm, without all the weight of wool.

Become one with the elements.

Jeremy Allen White Is Helping to Revive This Iconic '70s Watch

What can’t Jeremy Allen White sell? The busy actor undoubtedly caused more than a few car crashes with his Calvin Klein underwear campaign appearing at massive scale. And he single handedly brought back the white tee with his chef-core fit in The Bear. Not that the Bulgari Bulgari watch needed to ride a rocket ship like White to the moon to get our attention, but it didn’t hurt that he wore the iconic ’70s piece earlier this month at the Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles, ushering in its long-awaited rerelease. Here’s why it’s about time.

GQ

How To Be The Best-Dressed Dad On The School Run

Boy, it’s easy to be a schlub to drop off the kids. It’s enough just getting them ready to get out the door, let alone yourself. But alas, it’s likely that getting them to school requires a public appearance, however brief, and then there you are, in public, a schlub (and not in the cool Adam Sandler way, because you aren’t famous). Even with limited bandwidth, putting something together in a pinch can be surprisingly easy with these tips and tricks from experts who’ve been there. In fact, you don’t even need kids to take these lessons in last-minute fashion.

Mr Porter

What Signals Do Beards, Stubble, and Mustaches Send to Others?

As it turns out, that facial hair you’re working with is a tool kit. You can use it to tinker with how people perceive you in subtle and loud ways to affect social standing. Fine, maybe it’s not all that surprising that a Ned Flanders–esque ’stache says “dorky dad,” while an unruly beard shouts “lumberjack,” and that they come with all the attentive personality traits, real or imagined. But according to the Art of Manliness, the science around those shifts in attitude toward you are very real. Here’s how to make everything from stubble to a Rasputin work for you.

Art of Manliness

• Taylor Stitch The Weekend Jacket – $198

• Los Angeles Golf Hat – $40

• Naked & Famous “Undyed Frankenstein” Weird Guy Fit – $175

• Buck Mason Seafarer Cotton Rib Crew – $148

• Hoka Mafate Speed 2 Trail Running Shoe – $170

Good style shouldn’t be a secret.

You’re clued in and looking tack sharp, thanks to Blazer. But that friend (or two) could stand to take some tips on style. Drop a hint and loop ’em in.