The linen shirt-swim short combo is a classic, and staying classic makes it a combo

View this email in your browser | Update your email preferences

 
GQ Recommends Logo

Our editors work with affiliates when we select some or all of the products featured. We will receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases through these links.

JESSIE ATKINSON
SENIOR COMMERCE WRITER, BRITISH GQ

 

JESSIE ATKINSON
SENIOR COMMERCE WRITER, BRITISH GQ

God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers. That's why, when you've already plucked up the courage to ask someone you fancy out on a date, the trials are far from over. Like, for example, what do you even wear?  For the Tracy Emin exhibition, the post-work negronis, the home-cooked meal, even... With these tips, all of these exact eventualities and more are covered.

5 summer date night outfits guaranteed to land you another (well, probably)

BY BEN KRIZ

Post-work drinks? Midday coffee? Leisurely weekend hang? Wherever you and your lucky plus-one are headed, this is how to make the right impression

READ MORE
 
GQ Recommends

ONE GOOD BUY

ONE GOOD BUY: COS TROUSERS

A pair of black trousers has not been a surprising menswear choice for a few hundred years. But a purchase doesn't have to be revolutionary to revolutionise your current rotation. A well-made pair like this will take your tees, jackets, shirts - everything - up a notch.

£75 at Cos

BUY NOW
 
GQ Recommends Add to Basket
Timothée Chalamet

Robert Pattinson's sleazy pinkie ring is The Odyssey's biggest style flex

I was as excited to see The Odyssey as the next person. Maybe even more: I read The Iliad and The Odyssey itself well in advance of the film's release, as well as Stephen Fry's mythical primer Mythos. And did it live up? Pretty much, especially seeing all of these ancient concepts play out on modern formats. A through-line from BC to today? Antinous' (Robert Pattinson) scummy little pinky ring (complimentary).

READ MORE
 
Shop Our Editor's Picks. GQ Recommends.

MORE STORIES

  • 40 solid sneakers to sub in for an Adidas Samba If you want to switch up the Three Stripes' most classic sneaker, add these alts to your rotation
  • These matching sets make getting dressed mercifully easy In 2026, the suit you'll want to wear most isn't really a suit at all
  • Christopher Nolan isn't into Uggs. But you should be They were banned on the set of The Odyssey, but fashion's cosiest boots are having their moment anyway
 

Email with Responsive Images
 
GQ on Instagram Logo TikTok GQ on Facebook Logo GQ on Twitter Logo GQ on YouTube Logo

Unsubscribe | View Online 

Queries about this email? Contact datacontroller@condenast.co.uk
Condé Nast Publications Limited, The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6HT.
© The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Our Privacy Policy