US GQ December 2025 : The ‘Men of the Year’ Issue

[Marc10]

 

[Kimy Jo]

Same old s#it

 

[Squizree]

Oh man this is cringe. They want us to believe these people are important so bad.

 

[jeje10]

Trump's enemy vs. Maga's muse.

 

[ReneSanchez]

GQ really took the phrase "my only competition is myself" to heart in the category of worst magazine covers of the year.

 

[Lola701]

I like whatever Cortina does but the layout is an issue…

 

[thenewclassic]

Sydney's shoot is so lazy

 

[jeremydante]

With quality this low, why is GQ even still in print.
It's so rare that we get something even remotely appealing from GQ, and have you seen the issues on the newsstands? The LL Bean catalogs have more pages than current issues of GQ, ad numbers are down. Relinquish this title already, if nothing meaningful or noteworthy is being promoted or produced.

 

[ivano]

The covers are kinda okay, but there must be (aside George Cortina) zero effort in fashion, as always. CN needs to keep GQ alive because it's the only menswear publication they have in America, and they need to fill that gap as well. But the TIK/TOK aesthetic and celebs featured inside and out makes me dislike this every time.

 

[MModa]

The covers are kinda okay, but there must be (aside George Cortina) zero effort in fashion, as always. CN needs to keep GQ alive because it's the only menswear publication they have in America, and they need to fill that gap as well. But the TIK/TOK aesthetic and celebs featured inside and out makes me dislike this every time.

There is also US Esquire. What I like about US Esquire is that they occasionally publish men's fashion editorials featuring models.

 

[MModa]

With quality this low, why is GQ even still in print.
It's so rare that we get something even remotely appealing from GQ, and have you seen the issues on the newsstands? The LL Bean catalogs have more pages than current issues of GQ, ad numbers are down. Relinquish this title already, if nothing meaningful or noteworthy is being promoted or produced.

Have you seen the paper stock? It cannot get any thinner than what they use to print their content on.

 

[NYLA22]

The covers are kinda okay, but there must be (aside George Cortina) zero effort in fashion, as always. CN needs to keep GQ alive because it's the only menswear publication they have in America, and they need to fill that gap as well. But the TIK/TOK aesthetic and celebs featured inside and out makes me dislike this every time.

Whenever I see GQ in print, I just think that they are making a product for teenagers (who obviously are not reading this). Or "menswear guys" who are a tiny, tiny subculture in NYC. Who on earth pays to get this magazine? It's like the GQ editors are just making the magazine for themselves, forgetting they actually are making a consumer product.

 

[jeremydante]

Have you seen the paper stock? It cannot get any thinner than what they use to print their content on.

Yessssss, soooo soooo thin. It's as though the publisher cares absolutely nothing about the magazine.
Which is why I am like, why even keep it in print at this point?

 

[jeremydante]

Whenever I see GQ in print, I just think that they are making a product for teenagers...Or "menswear guys" who are a tiny, tiny subculture in NYC.

Oh, for sure those "menswear guys" that all just copy each others outfits on IG and then dish out style advice as though they aren't all copy+pastes of each other. Y'all know what I am talking about.