15 Items Every Man Needs in His Closet

Consider these the foundation to great personal style. [View in Browser]( [Esquire Sunday Reads]( [The 15 Items Every Guy Should Have in His Wardrobe]( The 15 Items Every Guy Should Have in His Wardrobe When it comes to building a wardrobe, knowing where to start is half the battle. You don’t need loads of clothes to look good—it’s a common misconception that volume equates to style; in fact, less can often be better—but in menswear, there are a handful of timelessly brilliant items that can serve as a foundation on which to build a timelessly brilliant wardrobe. So where should you start? Here is a mix of enduring classics and slightly more left-field choices that are guaranteed to work. Consider them a starting point or an upgrade, depending on where you are in your personal style journey. [Read the Full Story]( [MORE FROM ESQUIRE]( [Are You Cool Enough for the Latest Sally Rooney Novel?]( Are You Cool Enough for the Latest Sally Rooney Novel? On an otherwise average Monday in late February of this year, Sally Rooney completely overtook my Instagram feed. Not the author herself (she doesn’t have any active, public social-media profiles) but rather droves of her readers, who flooded my feed with the news of her fourth novel, Intermezzo, to be released on September 24. In twin Instagram posts, the Irish author’s U.S. and UK publishers shared the title of the forthcoming novel and, on the next slide, four lines of text: cryptic, morbid, classic Rooney. Then came the avalanche of reposts from influencers, other authors, actors, and more generally cool people. “I’m ready to become insufferable once again,” one comment read. “So sorry for who I will become in September 2024,” read another. [Read the Full Story]( [Director Matt Reeves Dishes on Battinson, The Penguin, and His Nirvana-Coded Gotham]( Director Matt Reeves Dishes on Battinson, The Penguin, and His Nirvana-Coded Gotham Reeves has the keys to Gotham. In 2022, he debuted The Batman, which starred Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader. And Mr. Wayne’s notoriously hard-to-please fans...really...loved it? Pattinson flashed Batman’s detective chops, Zoë Kravitz shined as a wonderfully sly Catwoman, and Paul Dano delivered a QAnon Riddler who was downright chilling. In fact, the approval rating for Reeves’s Nirvana-coded Batman universe is so damn high that one of its characters—Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb, aka the Penguin—is about to enjoy the small-screen treatment. Spoiler: Batman loyalists will love it, too. Its many triumphs include Farrell’s unhinged, Batman-fucked-with-Tony Soprano performance and more time in Reeves’s Gotham, which turns out to be far more intertwined with our world than you’d ever think. n advance of The Penguin’s premiere on Max tonight, Reeves opened up about his Spielbergian origins, his inspiration for the upcoming Batman Part II, and what the hell possesses Colin Farrell when he becomes Oz Cobb. [Read the Full Story]( [Five Fits With: Rock Legend and Founding Member of Sonic Youth Thurston Moore]( Five Fits With: Rock Legend and Founding Member of Sonic Youth Thurston Moore This week I bring you Thurston Moore, the legendary guitarist, singer, writer, songwriter, and founding member of Sonic Youth. He’s also made nine solo albums and teaches writing at multiple prestigious universities. When I’m doing interviews with music icons like Moore, it’s tough to dig in to style and fashion when at the end of the day, music is still my biggest passion and first love. A question I love to ask musicians is when they first discovered their passion for music. “Oh, as soon as I left the womb,” Moore says. “My passion for it was just as soon as I became conscious in my memory.” He credits his father (a pianist and professor of music), the Beatles, and his brother bringing home a copy of the Kingsmen’s Louie Louie. “It was like this totem of magic that came into our house and replaced everything,” he explains. “From then on, all I wanted to do was be in a band that sounded like that.” Moore has a new album out today called Flow Critical Lucidity, which you can listen to wherever you stream music. Below, we discuss shifts in his musical and personal style over the course of his career, getting a haircut and dressing your age at sixty-six, and plenty more. [Read the Full Story]( [These Birkenstocks Look Cool as Hell]( These Birkenstocks Look Cool as Hell I long considered Birkenstock’s Boston the pinnacle of the brand’s output. Just as comfortable as any of the 250-year-old German company’s sandals but with the added benefit of a little extra toe protection—which is very much appreciated considering the weather and the grime of New York City—the humble clog has become a staple of my footwear rotation. I own more pairs than I should. I love them all. But recently there’s been a contender for the position of go-to Birk. It’s not a new release. In fact, especially if you work in health care or food service, there’s a very good chance you’re already aware of it. And yeah, it’s been on TV, featuring famously on the feet of both Carmy and Sydney on The Bear. It’s the Tokio Super Grip, a professional-grade riff on the clog with a heel strap and some extra oomph underfoot, and it is a simply fantastic shoe. Here’s why it deserves a spot in your lineup. [Read the Full Story]( [What I've Learned: Perry Farrell]( What I've Learned: Perry Farrell Muscles don’t really work with rock ’n’ roll. 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