Corporate Lunch (GQ)

After an overwhelming response to our call for submissions to the Corporate Lunch poetry contest, we read a selection of original works on the topics of fits, fashion, and corporate aesthetics. Noah, Rachel, and Sam also discuss Paris shopping tips and how to cop vintage Hermès scarves. 

This week, Noah, Rachel, and Sam break down the challenges designers face as they try to manufacture masks, as reported by Rachel. We also consider what might happen when the fashion industry restarts: will brands rethink how much stuff they make, and how they make it? Will we change how we buy things? And finally we dig into Noah's GQ Style story on archival fashion you can wear now.

This week we're joined by the art writer, critic, and curator Antwaun Sargent to discuss his new Gagosian directorship, the state of art criticism, KAWS, photo Twitter, the legacy of The New Black Vanguard and the impact it has had on the art and fashion worlds, and expensive skincare routines.

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This week we're unpacking the brouhaha surrounding a new collection of quilted clothing, and answering listener questions about sweatervests, single-brand dressing, fashion cigarettes, the ideal fit for a spirited drive, and many more.

Special thanks to Cobey Arner AKA Casual Ties for the new intro/outro tropical jam.

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This week we're talking the Venice fashion shows, the return of Phoebe Philo (and why she's misunderstood), the Bottega Venetaissance, Christian Slater, Sob Rock, Gossip Girl, and Adele and Skepta's Prada outlet shopping spree.

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This week, Will, Noah, Rachel, and Sam discuss Pharrell's legacy as The Source, his journey to the cover of GQ's New Masculinity Issue, and the response to that cover. We also talk Kanye's incredible new a̶l̶b̶u̶m̶ tribute to Rick Owens, and how Givenchy's Clare Waight Keller is bringing a sense of glamour and fantasy to menswear.

This week, Noah, Rachel, and Sam dive into the Instagram DM mailbag to answer your burning questions on such topics as: Has the tie-dye bubble burst? How do you get your sig other into jawnz? Do you think that the Comme des Garçons Orlando shows are a big come up for literary modernism? And many more.

On this week's business-critical episode, Noah, Rachel and Sam are joined by writer (and surfer) Molly Young to discuss key takeaways from "Garbage Language," her Vulture essay about why corporations speak the way they do. We also talk about what it's like to profile designers like Donatella Versace and Riccardo Tisci, Sam's new hair oil, and the power of positive moments.

This week, Will joins Noah and Sam to drop a major fall fits preview and talk about shooting the coolest man alive, Brad Pitt, for GQ's October issue.

GQ x BP: https://www.gq.com/story/brad-pitt-cover-profile-october-2019

This week we take a deep dive into Demna Gvasalia's exit from Vetements, and examine the New Silhouette taking shape in fashion: enormous, voluminous clothing. We also discuss the three stories we spent our summers working on: Sam's Lil Uzi Vert fitspalooza, Rachel's Grace Wales Bonner opus, and Noah's Kapital odyssey.

Sam on Lil Uzi: https://www.gq.com/story/lil-uzi-vert-fit-pic-profile

Rachel on Grace Wales Bonner: https://www.gq.com/story/grace-wales-bonner-interview

Noah on Kapital: https://www.gq.com/story/kapital-denim-is-a-japanese-paradise

This week we're joined by writer and expert hanger-outer Caroline Bankoff to discuss hang outs in the age of COVID. Topics include picnic outfits, close friends Instagram Stories, hanging out on digital platforms, spikeball, and more. (For The New Rules of Hanging Out Pt., listen to Corporate Lunch episode 57.)

This week we're breaking down Noah's controversial new anti-soft clothes treatise, "In Defense of Hard Clothes." We discuss how to differentiate between hard and soft clothes, the future of fashion and William Gibson, the categories of clothing ruined by Los Angeles creative types, why London is the most important fashion city, and much more.

This week, prolific playwright and man about town Jeremy O. Harris calls in from London to discuss himbos, "Slave Play's" return to Broadway, how the theater world has reacted to coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter movement, fireworks conspiracy theories, shopping at Dover Street Market post-lockdown, and much more.

This week San Francisco’s king of small-batch artisanal apparel Evan Kinori enters the studio to drop truth bombs about luxury’s fashion’s ecological impact, the opportunities presented by the retail shutdown, why sales season should be abolished, and much more.

This week, Noah, Rachel, and Sam discuss how, in its heyday, Barneys New York turned the store into a new form of entertainment. Rachel also fills us in on her interview with Gene Pressman—grandson of Barney himself—who ran the store in the ’80s and ’90s. And 13 Vibes returns with (nearly) 13 full vibes.

Read Rachel on Barneys here: https://www.gq.com/story/barneys-new-york-bankruptcy

Will joins us for a classic Corporate Lunch episode, in which we tackle the question: how do we actually get dressed now? We’re talking pants, Fear Of God x Zegna, expensive footwear, and the false tailoring-streetwear binary. We also discuss the significance of Raf Simons’s Prada move and whether Virgil Abloh is actually the Karl Lagerfeld for millennials, and close things out with 13 Vibes. 

We're back and talking about Ryder Ripps and the CIA website redesign, coupcore, sex watches, UGGs, and snakes learning how to open doors. Plus, like Blondey McCoy, we set our intentions for 2021, and Rachel reveals her top secret personal Quality List.

It's phygital fashion week, baby! Join us as we debate Virgil Abloh's multi-layered Fall-Winter 2021 Louis Vuitton show, break down Rick Owen's best (and most aggressive/horniest) collection ever, and react to Kim Jones's opulent, militant Dior experience. Plus, we reveal what we would wear to the inauguration.

Read all of Rachel's fashion week reviews here.

The visionary designer behind Acronym, Errolson Hugh, joins us to discuss how the ideas he explores through clothing are becoming mainstream in the covid era, that epic Nike collaborator elevator selfie, working with the likes of Kanye and William Gibson, and more. Also featuring GQ articles editor Chris Gayomali, who wrote the essential Errolson profile last year, which you can read here.

Rachel's back from Atlanta with an epic review of Kanye's Demna Gvasalia-directed Donda listening party/performance art piece. We're also discussing The Weeknd's vertiginous Celine boots, and Sam gives us the details on Frank Oceans's new luxury brand, Homer.

This week we're talking about Corporate Lunch's brand new hat (available right here!), VF's Supreme acquisition, leather pants, high fashion Twitter, Keith Richards, Jil Sander, and the micro controversy over small wooden stools.

This week we're discussing Noah's epic story about the lads behind Palace. How did the feature come together? What's the secret to Lev Tanju's genius? And most importantly: would Shrek wear Supreme or Palace?

What makes a chair cool? This week interior design genius Adam Charlap Hyman of Charlap Hyman & Herrero joins Rachel and Sam to discuss sourcing god-tier furniture, finding decor inspiration via old Italian women on Instagram, the coolest apartments of all time, MTV Cribs, why you should embrace design that scares you, and much more.

This week we discuss Matthew Williams’s Givenchy debut, and the Balenciaga, Thom Browne, and 4S collections. We also deliver a Prada shopping report and break down the discourse around the Vuitton women’s show, and Rachel declares an end to “normal stuff.”

This week we're discussing weird haircuts, nail polish, skincare routines, and summer 2020's most important grooming trends. Plus, we reveal the best fashion brand started by a shipping company and review Hedi Slimane's TikTok-themed Celine show.

This week we're celebrating the fashion child of Shia LaBeouf and Harry Styles: GQ November cover star Timothée Chalamet. We rank his greatest fits, discuss his importance in celebrity culture, and go off on a wild tangent about Bob Dylan. Links to Timmy's fits here:

10: https://twitter.com/readytimmywear/status/1181546521797349381

9: https://www.instagram.com/p/B2LpkcxAVFt/

8: https://www.instagram.com/p/CGXeOk8l7mB/

7: https://www.instagram.com/p/BsUT6KdgT_A/

6: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5_QleNAvOI/

5: https://www.instagram.com/p/B17ejvoA96h/

4: https://www.gq.com/story/big-fit-of-the-day-3-16-20

3: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi4yDG_go9S/

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/timotheechalamet/comments/fa0rz2/a_photo_from_the_dazed_china_photo_shoot_he_is/

1: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf7Bn4pHFSI/

Our Legacy co-founder Jockum Hallin calls in this week to reflect on 15 years of fashion greatness, life under non-quarantine in Sweden, the brand's Work Shop project, and his ’90s influences. Plus Noah, Rachel, and Sam ponder how brands will replicate crucial elements of the fashion show experience in a digital medium.

This week we're joined by Canada's own Isaac Larose, the designer behind eco fashion label Eden Power Corp and Beyonce-approved hat brand Larose Paris. We talk about natural wine, how to convince kids that gardening is cool, why Facebook Marketplace is the best place to cop ’70s Italian furniture, collaborating with Jacquemus, and more. Plus, Isaac rates the raffia bucket hat Noah's been crafting in quarantine.

This week, the crew that brought you episodes about Hanging Out and Walking present: The Relaxation Episode. Noah, Rachel, and Sam discuss relaxed fits and other secrets to relaxation, and debate whether it's possible to relax too hard.

This week we've got a full house to discuss the necessity of dialing in your winter outerwear rotation. We're talking giant blob silhouettes, clothing that requires a driver, the boutique with the rarest cloaks known to man, the coats on our wishlist this season, and whether it's better to have 30 pairs of great pants or one pair of perfect pants. Read Rachel on the spiritual and emotional power of a new winter coat here.

This week we're joined by genius super-stylist and GQ contributor George Cortina to discuss the April cover starring Steven Yeun, creating images that stand the test of time, being obsessed by style rather than fashion, Keanu Reeves, the Pitt Twist, ’60s Italian cinema, how he became the most elegant man on earth, and the arc of his 30+ year career: "It’s been amazing, it’s been heartbreaking, it’s been inspiring, it’s been incredibly crushing and disappointing, it’s been all of the emotions. You don't become a star and everything is fabulous. Every day is a different day."

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We take stock of Timothee Chalamet’s Oscars non-suit, black tie hair, our complicated relationship to celebrity, velvet blazers, a man named Brad Pitt, bad Hollywood pants, the transformative power of Charvet slippers, and the opera. 

This week we’re answering questions submitted by the Corporate Lunch Universe (CLU). Topics include: quarantine haircuts, groomsmen fits, skateboarding, the most stylish movies of all time, and much more. 

Devendra Banhart flew all the way from Nepal to join Will, Noah, Rachel, and Sam this week. They discuss psychotropic substances, lab-grown meat, turquoise toads, sleep hygiene, Devendra's new record 'Ma,' Virgil Abloh's self care, and what went down at New York Fashion Week. 

Get 'Ma' here: https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/ma

After a brief hiatus to get our summer fits in order, we're back and talking A$AP Rocky's New York style sensibility, the rise of the big chino/unbuttoned button-down/T-shirt thing happening right now, shorts and sheer Casey Casey trousers, and the best art and movies we've seen in the last two months.

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We enter the mind garden of pro skater and Bianca Chandôn don Alex Olson. Noah, Rachel, Sam and Alex discuss skateboarding's relationship to fashion, the virtue of selling out, GOOP, Bianca and Call Me 917, and Alex's radical mindfulness and wellness routine.

Read Noah's profile of Alex from the February issue of GQ here.

Noah, Rachel, and Sam discuss Peter Luger, food and the personal brand, our favorite restaurants, and Wegmans. Plus, we drop our Grub Street diets.

This week we're joined by painter Sam McKinniss to discuss the Suez Canal situation, his upcoming shows with Michael Ovitz and Almine Rech, being a workaholic, Marc Jacobs's wedding, post-covid style, smoothies, and Rachel's love letter to McKinnis that appears in the April issue of GQ.

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This week we're discussing furniture buying nightmares, the freaky hairstyles of Guido Palau, Balenciaga's video game, and Fear Of God's Vogue cover. Plus, Rachel goes off on quirky gift guides—and shares her own.

This week we're joined by world famous stylist Ian Bradley to discuss the fashion world's relationship to Twitter, the golden era of couture, whether we're going to buy new coats this year, the return of style tribes, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Plus, everyone shares a preview of their fall look.

Check out the China Chalet editorial Ian styled for GQ here.

In the first episode of the WFH era, Will, Noah, Rachel and Sam discuss getting dressed to stay at home, and how to support small brands and businesses during this difficult time. Plus, a 13 Vibes full of the books, tunes, and activities we’ve been relying on for inspiration and distraction.

This week we're joined by writer and celebrity gossip specialist Hunter Harris to discuss her enthralling Zendaya profile, adjusting to the Substack lifestyle, her Wolf of Wall Street obsession, celebrities with bad style and prosaic hobbies, and what exactly is going on with Armie Hammer.

One-legged bodysuits, Miles Davis, crocheted bags, anatomically-curved bags, metatextual elements, emotional tents, booties, attitudinal tailoring, opera pumps, sweater-vest freaks, the dignity of work, and YOHJI YAMAMOTO: Noah, Rachel, and Sam discuss the best Fall-Winter 2020 men's fashion shows they saw this month in Paris, Milan, and Florence.

Read Rachel's full Paris Fashion Week coverage here.

Read Sam's dispatches from Pitti Uomo here.

This week, Alix Ross and Elijah Funk of Online Ceramics call in to talk dressing Pete Davidson, hitting big in the fashion world, how they choose who to collaborate with, their origins in the Grateful Dead scene, the development of their design language, and much, much more.

Noah, Rachel, and Sam discuss the decade where fashion became pop culture, and debate Virgil Abloh’s prediction that streetwear will die in the 2020s. 

Following Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons's first joint menswear show, we hopped in the studio for a special episode exploring the long johns and oversized bombers, the nature of the designers' unprecedented collaboration, and why fashion can't solve political problems.

In this special episode Noah, Rachel, and Sam drop their fall content recommendations: the art, films, music, and books to get involved in this season.

In this bonus episode, Will explains the making of his Kanye West cover story for the May issue of GQ, which took him to Cody, Wyoming, Calabasas, Cabo, and Paris. We discuss Kid Cudi's party, James Turrell, the Lamborghini turner-arounders, skateable architecture, and the first cover story Will wrote about Kanye, in 2003.

Subscribe to GQ now and get the Kanye issue, guaranteed.

Nico Walker is the author of Cherry, which he wrote while serving time for robbing banks. Rachel Rabbit White is the author of Porn Carnival. They are the most glamorous couple in the world, and they joined us for the Corporate Lunch Valentine's Day special to discuss how to write love poems, bonding over each other's work, living in Oxford, Mississippi, their unconventional remote courtship, why you should always have 3 Doors Down on deck when you're speeding, and whether they're going to watch the Cherry movie adaptation starring Tom Holland when it comes out later this month. Plus, Nico tells the incredibly moving story behind his love of suits, jewelry, and makeup.

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The men's SS21 shows are about to kick off, and this week we're discussing what's going on with fashion week, the collections we're excited for, and the promise of couture for men. Then we take you on a journey through the post-trend universe of men's style. Are trends dead? Are we living in a golden period of personal style? Is that a good thing? What does TikTok have to do with all of this?

Here's the NYT op-ed by Isabel Slone on the end of fashion rules we discuss in the episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/opinion/fashion-what-to-wear.html

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Noah, Rachel, and Sam are back and diving into the Instagram DM mailbag once again to answer your burning questions such as: How do you dress for super cold winter days? Are there any counterculture brands left? What are the best loafers at every price point? Is it inconsiderate to wear a killer fit to a funeral? And many more.

This week we're joined by GQ's NBA correspondent, Michael Pina, to discuss the NBA boycott and how players are protesting via their pregame tunnel fits. Plus, we talk GQ's merch launch, the rise of vintage Armani, and the explosion of the Telfar bag.

This week, Tremaine Emory joins us to discuss his decision, in the wake of the George Floyd protests, to postpone an upcoming Converse collaboration until Nike commits to explaining its internal diversity and aiding the movement to defund the police. We also dive into the origins of his Denim Tears moniker, the responsibility of his creative cohort to fire up the younger generation, meeting David Hammons, and our relationship to brands.

This week we're discussing footwear-obsessed beavers, Servis Cheetah sneakers, and the best things we saw out of the Fall-Winter 2021 collections.

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This week, we compare and contrast two figures who loom large in the Corporate Lunch landscape: the mysterious Zack Bia, and the influencer OG Bryanboy. Read Sam's profile of Bia here, and read Rachel on Bryanboy here.

This week we're joined by Aaron Lee Tasjan to discuss his absolute slapper of a new album (Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!), sweater vests, the vibe in Nashville, dressing like Dennis Rodman, the most stylish musicians of all time, and, most importantly, what it's like to be Rachel's brother.

This week, Noah, Rachel, and Sam review the fits, hangs, and destinations that defined summer 2019, and post-mortem our preseason trend predictions. Rachel also visits the rock of prophecy to receive a fall fashion preview from a higher power.

This week, we talk about #quarcore and our increasing appetite for Hèrmes scarves and the New York Times story What’s the Point of a Fashion Magazine Now? Then one of our favorite young designers, the London-based phenom Nicholas Daley, Zoom bombs us with jazz recs and an update on running a brand in the covid era. 

Following the biggest week in American fashion history, we're running down the best shows, parties, and fits from NYFW and the Met Gala. We also discuss the other fashion capitol of the world—Paris—and update each other on our haircuts. Finally, Noah unpacks his must-read story on IRAK and Kunle Martins.

This week we're joined by New York designer Emily Adams Bode, who tells us why she moved Bode HQ to a greenhouse in British Columbia. We also discuss her fresh new website, what it's like to design collections based on your friends, the joy of tiny kitchens, and how to get your crib smelling like the Bode store.

This week we’re discussing Diet Prada’s transition from feared truth-tellers to washed meme account, the return of irl Paris Fashion Week, and all things GAP: Yeezy Gap, Mowalola Ogunlesi, and Gap x Telfar. Plus, we explain how you can help us celebrate episode 100. 

Read Rachel’s Diet Prada story here.

Read Mowalola Ogunlesi’s SSENSE interview here.

Check out Josh Hartnett’s enormous fit from the 1999 MTV Awards here. 

This week we ask: is sales season a disgusting way to look at clothes, or is it righteous fashion socialism? And: are we living in the Balenciaga video game? We also explain why boots are the most important form of footwear, and break down the official Corporate Lunch FW20 boots power rankings. (Links below.)

10: Our Legacy Camion Boots

9: Gucci Beige Brogue Ankle Boots

8: Bottega Veneta Puddle Boots

7: Adyar Tanker Boots

6: Prada Mid-Calf Boots

5: Raf Simons Runner Cylon Ankle Boots

4: Engineered Garments Danner Mountain Trail

3: Salomon Snowcross Advanced Mesh Boots

2: ???

1: Prada Re-Nylon Gabardine Booties

Gucci! Kiko! Loewe! We're running down our favorite menswear collections and phygital experiences from the Spring-Summer 2021 fashion shows.

Phoebe Bridgers is a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, a spooky style godhead, and now the CEO of her own record label, Saddest Factory. She joins us this week to discuss corporate aesthetics, Halloween costumes, her suit collection, getting "rockognized" at Erewhon, what she's looking for in Saddest Factory artists, and letting it rip on Twitter.

This week Will joins us to unpack the October issue (shoutout Jonathan Majors!) and the first-ever GQ Quality List: our guide to the 50 fashion brands that transcend hype and deserve your attention. We discuss how and why we decided to compile the list, how the project has evolved as the year has unfolded, and why quality can save your personal style, your wallet, and maybe the world itself.

This week, Noah, Rachel and Sam talk address the walk that changed everything: Leon Dame's earth-shaking stomp on the Margiela runway. We explain why everyone is freaking out about Dame's walk, discuss the movement director who invented it, and talk about the history and importance of walking in fashion.

The walk: https://www.instagram.com/p/B23XDwRg--G/

Rachel on Pat Boguslawski: https://www.gq.com/story/maison-margiela-walk

The OTHER walk: https://www.instagram.com/p/z5Te1PKc5N/

To celebrate our 100th episode, the Corporate Lunch crew is running down 100 vibes with some help from friends of the pod like Jason Isbell, Acyde, Andrew Kuo, Zack Bia, Naomi Fry, and more.

This week we're diving into Rachel's mega story on the brands that are charting the future of fashion from outside the traditional system: The New American Sportswear. But first we discuss the significance of Virgil Abloh's new post at LVMH, and the near-simultaneous return of Kanye's Bottega Veneta-heavy fit pics.

Welcome to Corporate Lunch, GQ Style’s new weekly podcast, hosted by editor-in-chief Will Welch and senior editor Noah Johnson. In episode one they discuss our Aziz Ansari cover story, going to Africa with Diplo, and visiting skate legend Tony Hawk and his son Riley at home in Southern California. You’ll also hear their thoughts on Vogue’s September cover painted by friend of the pod John Currin. Plus a special closing segment called “13 Vibes” highlighting all the best fashions, art, and pieces of cultural ephemera they’re feeling right now.

GQ Style senior editor Noah Johnson is joined by Garage Mag fashion editor Rachel Tashjian (AKA @theprophetpizza). They discuss Leonardo DiCaprio’s style squad, Princess Diana, the low-key cult of A.P.C., and the developing cowboy-boot trend.

In this episode of Corporate Lunch, GQ Style senior editor Noah Johnson and digital editor Lili Göksenin debate V-neck T-shirts, gold jewelry for men, comfort shoes, G-Wagens, and other controversial matters of taste.

GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch joins senior editor Noah Johnson to discuss German magazine-turned-streetwear brand 032c; the insiders, outsiders, and Rihannas of fashion week; and Raf Simons’ spooky, brilliant second collection for Calvin Klein.

GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch and senior editor Noah Johnson discuss fashion nostalgia, their personal style histories, and why they love regular-ass restaurants.

It's the ERA OF LOUD BRANDING. GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch and senior editor Noah Johnson break it down and discuss how it relates to your personal brand. Noah also gives away some high-level fashion recs for free, and Will introduces a tasty new country-rock jam.

Today GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch and senior editor Noah Johnson talk shopping. How you buy clothes, why you buy clothes, and what it says about you as a person. Will also shares intel from his Corporate Lunch shopping recon mission, and Noah reveals his Japanese proxy connect.

What drives men’s fashion culture? Is it magazines? Is it advertising? Is it social media? Is it celebrities? Is it fashion shows? Is it… #influencers? GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch and senior editor Noah Johnson talk all things influence on this episode of Corporate Lunch.

GQ Style senior editor Noah Johnson interviews editor-in-chief Will Welch about what goes into making a magazine in the digital era. Will explains how our A$AP Rocky cover story went down, from why Rocky landed the cover to what happened at the shoot and interview.

André 3000. Kurt Cobain. Sinead O'Connor & Winona Ryder. This week GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch and senior editor Noah Johnson discuss enduring style icons, starting with 3 Stacks, whose GQ Style interview lit up the internet this week. They also discuss who will be considered style icons from our era, and why contemporary artists don't stack up to their fly predecessors.

Pants tell you everything you need to know about a dude’s style. GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch and senior editor Noah Johnson tell you everything you need to know about pants. Welcome to the #pantresistance.

It’s nearly Thanksgiving. And if you’re going home for the holidays, you’re probably asking yourself what you should wear around your family and high school friends. GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch and senior editor Noah Johnson have a few answers and one challenge to all Corporate Lunch listeners: get fitted for Thanksgiving dinner.

"The thing about a great-looking suit is there's a reason not everyone has one." In this week's episode, GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch and senior editor Noah Johnson discuss the most essential—and pitfall-ridden—part of your wardrobe: the suit. They discuss the ways tailoring has changed from the aughts to now, name the suit brands they're feeling, and discuss Noah's Adam Kimmel profile.

This week, Will Welch and Noah Johnson examine what’s been going down in the fashion world recently. Topics include: Yeezy Season 6, sole units, whether anyone cares about fashion award shows, Diet Prada, fashion brand hashtags, graphic T-shirts at Art Basel, and more. Plus, in “13 Vibes,” Noah explains why you should embrace totally reckless social media habits.

GQ Style fashion director and living legend Mobolaji Dawodu finally joins Corporate Lunch on this special episode, where he talks to Will Welch and Noah Johnson about how he got into fashion, styling Brad Pitt, and Shazam-ing in the club.

Welcome to the first annual Corporate Lunch Awards. In this year-ending episode, Will Welch and Noah Johnson hand out hardware in the following categories: Best Fashion House of 2017, Best Brand, Best Show, Best Purchase, and Best Issue of GQ Style. They also discuss who’s going to take 2018, and name the 13 Vibes of the year.

It’s a new year, which means it’s time to buy less (but buy better), assess how jawnz are affecting your sex life, figure out how to judge the sincerity of outfit compliments, and shake up your Instagram feed. That’s right: it’s time to make some style resolutions with Will Welch and Noah Johnson. Do you have a question for Corporate Lunch? Email Corporate_Lunch@condenast.com and we’ll respond on a future episode.

Friend of GQ Style Chris Black—AKA Twitterati member @donetodeath—joins Noah Johnson to talk corduroy, boutique fitness, Pitti Uomo, Dansko clogs, and going to see The Killers solo. Do you have a question for Corporate Lunch? Email Corporate_Lunch@condenast.com and we’ll respond on a future episode.

Will Welch is back from Paris, where the fashion rumor mill was working overtime. He and Noah Johnson get into the juiciest bits: Hedi Slimane's move to Céline, Kim Jones’s departure from Louis Vuitton, and Virgil Abloh's jump to ??.

How do you get dressed in 2018, a time when every style is fair game, fashion is a leisure activity, and everything is cool all at once? Will Welch and Noah Johnson discuss what to wear now. They also preview the spring issue of GQ Style, and Erehwon Don Jonah Hill gets shouted out in 13 Vibes.

Certified friend of the pod and Vogue fashion editor Steff Yotka joins Noah Johnson this week to talk New York Fashion Week. Which NY-based designers are actually cool? How can fashion shows remain relevant in 2018? Who ate popcorn off the ground at the Calvin Klein show? Plus, Noah fesses up to a legendary shopping brick.

It was a hot day in Kansas City when 16 year-old Mark Anthony Green parked his Volvo station wagon outside Harold Pener to cop the Defining Moments Air Jordans… This week, Will and Noah are joined by GQ style editor Mark Anthony Green to talk sneakers. Mark Anthony walks us through what it’s like to own every good sneaker ever made, Noah reveals his main beef with the sneaker world, and we discover that MAG might have been the first person to ever get beat up at a sneaker drop.

When is the last time you had a dignity breakthrough? This week, Will and Noah offer critical life advice for the season to come, including the emotional benefits of a Big Spring Closet Clean and how to recalibrate your wardrobe (with the help of Noah’s ultra rare brand recs). Will also shares how he discovered the Grateful Dead, and Noah explains why “Colorful New Clothes” is his new style mantra.

Julian Casablancas, Riccardo Tisci, Donald Glover, Dapper Dan: This week Will and Noah chomp their way through this week’s news and culture insanity and discuss the profiles and Q+As you need to read right now. Plus Noah discusses the world’s most democratic boots and Will explains his love of memes. Julian Casablancas In Conversation: http://www.vulture.com/2018/03/julian-casablancas-in-conversation.html? Donald Glover Can’t Save You: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/donald-glover-cant-save-you The Return of the Dap: https://www.gq.com/story/dapper-dan-gucci-harlem-atelier-exclusive-interview

This week, we let Noah Johnson monologue about rare Japanese T-shirt packs for 12 hours. Unfortunately, Sam Hine Productions forgot to press record, so we had to do another take in which Noah and Will Welch break down the finer details of the T-shirt landscape—dropping knowledge on the best blanks in the universe, which graphic tees they can’t stop collecting, and the theory of “apparel compatibility.” Plus, Will announces a crucial Corporate Lunch Call To Action during 13 Vibes.

New York fashion legend Mordechai Rubinstein—AKA Mister Mort—makes his podcast debut this week on Corporate Lunch. He and Noah Johnson discuss the origins of Mordechai's clothing obsession, dad style, why being a hater is too easy, whether Sam Hine Productions is wearing women's pants, and much more.

Welcome to the most contentious episode of Corporate Lunch yet: the travel episode. International fashion superstars Will Welch and Noah Johnson talk packing, flying, hotel entry and management, and how to not play yourself when assembling a luggage kit. Plus Will talks about why he's so into the new Sies Marjan menswear. Grab your Supreme Rimowa and let’s go.

Are you ready to have a grooming and self love breakthrough? This week Will and Noah talk expensive haircuts, rare scents, body balms, and how deodorant is ruining lives. Will also discusses the time he dyed his hair silver, and Noah introduces the night shower challenge.

This week, Will Welch comes in hot with a high level rant about how much random clothing he’s accumulated over the years, which he's discovered as he prepares to move. So he and Noah Johnson have an honest reckoning about what should be in your closet, and name drop the core brands they believe in. They also discuss why all the free stuff fashion editors get sent is a double-edged sword, and how Will is dismantling his all-black uniform. Plus Noah declares that there is a correct inseam for shorts.

This week we’re joined by Austin Brown, who plays guitar for Parquet Courts, one of the great rock ’n’ roll bands. Will and Noah talk to Austin about PQ’s blazing new album, how to survive on tour with minimal laundry services, how four dudes in a rock band dress themselves in 2018, and what it’s like being Parquet Courts famous. Plus, Austin brings a few unimpeachable summer style recommendations to 13 Vibes. Wide Awake! is out May 18. Watch Austin catch the Mardi Gras bead fever at in the videos for their two new singles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXS8Jpkiac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iir8HyAKqQM And read their recent GQ feature: https://www.gq.com/story/parquet-courts-are-here-to-thrash

This week we plug in with the cultural energy source that is Acyde. The DJ, co-founder of creative collective No Vacancy Inn, and fashion world party instigator talks to Will and Noah about his many job titles. He also talks about the shifting energies of London, NYC, and LA, the danger of nostalgia, and why disco is the ultimate dance music. And he weighs in on what his friends Virgil Abloh and Kim Jones might be debuting this June at Dior Homme and Louis Vuitton.

Will and Noah have been to hundreds of fashion shows over the years. At its best, the runway experience is a mind-blowing showcase of a designer’s singular universe. But the times they are a-changin’. In this episode, they discuss whether there’s still value in the runway show, swap stories from the heady golden age of fashion week, debate whether you should take your phone out at a show, and preview the juiced menswear season coming up. Revisit our story on the most influential runway shows of all time: https://www.gq.com/story/most-influential-runway-shows