Innehållsförteckning för Holiday 2016 från GQ Style

This August, I found myself standing in snow in the Swiss Alps, waiting for a helicopter. A glacier was our photo set for the day, and soon I heard the thwack thwack of distant blades. Seconds later, a chopper touched down, and the model Rose Bertram and her soccer-star boyfriend, Gregory van der Wiel, hopped out. It was a sci-fi arrival, and, to me, Rose and Greg represent the couple of the future. Each is singularly beautiful, enviably talented, effortlessly cosmopolitan, and unceasingly digital. The previous night, Greg had played a match in Istanbul, so the couple had chartered a jet, then jumped in the helicopter. What a life. At one point during our shoot, Rose kissed the King Tut tattoo on Greg’s throat. “That’s how I cheat on him,”…

All eyes are on a storied Italian house, an upstart Scandinavian studio, and a little spot in downtown N.Y.C. Add a couple of special projects so cool WE’RE PRACTICALLY THROWING CASH at the folks behind them, and you’ve got a lineup that will give your wardrobe JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF BUZZ. MISSONI » A Royal Family of Italian Fashion Seizes Its Moment With its special looms and long tradition of complex knits, MISSONI is perfectly poised for this rare moment in menswear: when there’s nothing we want more than COLOR, PATTERN, AND JUST THE RIGHT DOSE OF PSYCHEDELIA. Ottavio Missoni was an Olympic hurdler, a remarkable colorist, and one of the best-dressed men in the world. (Don’t just take our word for it: He made the International Best-Dressed List…

THE TOM BRADY & GISELE OF THE SOCIAL-MEDIA GENERATION • Rose Bertram and her soccer-star boyfriend, Gregory van der Wiel, didn’t invent the model-athlete super-couple, but they are revolutionizing it. They are the quintessential multi-hyphenate hustlers, harnessing the powers of social media to turn themselves into the global #brands of the future. On Instagram alone, they have more than 1.5 million combined followers, and they freely share snapshots from their daily grinds, much of which is spent in humdrum places like private jets, epic cliffside retreats, and, of course, the gym. “We’re a couple, and every couple that’s in love wants to show that,” Bertram says of their capacity for sharing, although she admits that one downside is that guys are constantly trying to slide into her DMs. (Good luck…

After getting raked over the coals one too many times by his wireless provider, our well-traveled chief value correspondent, Michael Williams, assembled the ultimate money-saving, stress-obliterating, vacationelevating travel kit. This summer Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, LeBron James, and their wives rented a yacht together in Spain. Soon after the trip, D-Wade told Kelly Ripa that LeBron refused to turn on his data roaming when out of range of the yacht’s Wi-Fi. Now, this makes you think, if a bazillionaire doesn’t want to pay for data, no one does. Anyone who regularly travels internationally has to ask himself the question: Why does mobile data cost so freaking much? If you’re not vigilant about living in airplane mode, it can be very easy to get skewered by the phone company. And it happens to…

Pharoah Sanders AGE: 76 MUSICAL LANE: A freethinking astral traveler and spiritual gangster, he’s the o∞cial saxophonist of your soul’s awakening. His definitive song may be “The Creator Has a Master Plan,” a 32-minute vision quest that journeys from moments of pastoral beauty to demonpurging squall—just like life itself. THE LOOK: “I got tired of wearing suits and ties,” he says. “I decided I would look another kind of way.” Ron Carter AGE: 79 LIFE ON A STRING: A graduate of the Miles Davis Sideman University, Carter still tours and gigs around the world, leading his bands on the same upright bass he’s been using since 1960. “It’s on all these records,” he says. “I maintain it. It’s like having a Bentley.” THAT HERRINGBONE SUIT: It was designed by his…

1. The New Standard in Gold Watches • Men are like raccoons: We’re attracted to flashy objects. But if you’re the kind of guy who doesn’t just want a gold watch— you want the gold watch—sitting boldly at the top of your wish list, you no longer have to choose from 50 different options. You only have to choose from four. 2. Killer Croc • With their glossy finishes and scaly textures, crocodile and alligator goods have a funny way of reminding the world that you’re on top of the food chain. Turn the page to see a briefcase with silver filigree corners. Dirty Harry would squeal like a schoolgirl if he pulled that out from under the Christmas tree. 3. Dynamic Turtlenecks • The turtleneck used to be seen…

GQ STYLE: How did you first discover RTH? ERYKAH BADU: About six years ago, I was walking down the street in L.A. and I saw this small little shop. I was attracted to it; it was the pots, I guess. When I went in, I felt like I was in heaven. It smelled glorious—the incense. The color palette at the time was tan, navy, and red. Everything looked so dreamy. It takes about 15 minutes to acclimate to the shop. Until you take it all in, it’s hard to focus on any one thing. Before René got the second shop, it was just the one. The first shop is so small. You walk around it one or two times—then you just want to do it again. You want to stay…