Summer style can be tough. It’s hot out there, so you can’t pile on the layers. What you can do, though, is make every item you wear do as much work as possible to make you look your best. If you ask us, this exercise in resource management starts with the right foundation—otherwise known as a great pair of shoes. So we rounded up the five essential styles you need for the warmer months. Check ‘em out. —Jonathan Evans, style director
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From classic canvas kicks to sandals you can dress up, these are the styles you need in your warm-weather rotation.
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Summer style is an interesting thing. You want to celebrate the best parts of the season—the abundant sunshine, the casual vibes, the license to take it easy. But you can’t ignore the fact that getting dressed when it’s sweltering outside demands a different sort of menswear math than, say, piling on the layers during a cold snap.
Call it style by subtraction. First, you figure out how you want to present yourself. Then you start stripping away the unnecessary elements until you’re left with only the essential components of your warm-weather outfit. Sometimes that’ll mean swapping this shirt for that one, losing a layer, or bringing an accessory or two into the mix. Depends on the day.
There is one constant, though: footwear. Because, yeah, you’ve gotta wear shoes. And in the summertime, when you’re wearing less, every item you do wear carries a little more aesthetic weight. So, to ensure you’ve got the right foundation, we’ve rounded up the five shoe styles to wear all through the dog days.
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It must be summer, because Steven Spielberg has a blockbuster in theaters. Arguably our greatest living director—the now-79-year-old behind Jaws, Jurassic Park, and Saving Private Ryan—is back with Disclosure Day, a mysterious sci-fi epic. Now, while it doesn’t land among our ranking of the best movies in Spielberg’s storied career, rest assured: It’s a damn good time. (Especially if you want to see Emily Blunt speak fluently in all matter of languages.)
But yes, reader, we took on the epic task of ranking all of Spielberg’s films, from worst to best. Of course, there’s not really a wrong answer when it comes to naming your favorite Spielberg film, but it’s nearly impossible to put Saving Private Ryan against Schindler’s List, or even The Post versus Bridge of Spies.
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They didn’t have Instagram and Substack back in 1776, so how did that whole revolution thing get rolling? Where did the rebels of the American colonies manage to meet up and murmur to each other about their radical strategies for, well, overthrowing a king and kick-starting a new country? Kiddos, we have bars to thank for all that. The very concept of the United States of America had its genesis some 250 years ago in the taverns of the Atlantic seaboard. You’ve heard about Thomas Paine and Common Sense, his revolutionary pamphlet, but did you know that Common Sense gathered momentum as it was passed around in pubs and recited aloud by drinkers swept up in the froth of pints and the spirit of the moment? (And have you read Common Sense lately? It’s still ... pretty relevant.)
We’d like to think that here at Esquire we’re carrying on that tradition with our annual tribute to the Best Bars in America. This year we’ve gathered some of our favorite writers to proclaim their loyalty to bars—in Alabama and Arizona, in Tennessee and Louisiana, in California and Texas—where that deep sense of American comradeship is alive and well. Another round for our friends? That’s just common sense.
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