Yesterday wasn’t just Star Wars Day (“May the Fourth be with you” and all that). It was also the first Monday in May—AKA fashion’s big night out for the annual Met Gala. This year, the theme was “Costume Art,” a way of drawing a connection between nearly 400 items in the spring exhibition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and the way people actually get dressed today. Some attendees stayed faithful to the theme. Others…not so much. Either way, the guys who hit the red carpet last night did not disappoint. They were fully rigged-out in an array of sharp-as-hell tuxes, unexpected accessories, and a lot more leather than we ever could have anticipated. Should you emulate them when you’re throwing on clothes for your next coffee run? Probably not. But you should absolutely take a look at our gallery of the best-dressed men of the evening for a glimpse at how the A-list shows up and shows off.
—Jonathan Evans, style director
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From wild looks to outfits a little more subtle and refined, fashion’s big night never disappoints.
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The Met Gala is technically a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. But it’s so, so much more than that. It’s fashion’s big night out. It’s a chance for the megawatt stars of the moment to show up and show off in a barrage of out-there outfits that’ll make your head spin. And it is, arguably, one of the hardest invites even an A-list star could hope to secure.
So, you can rest assured that everyone who managed to gain entry to tonight’s soiree got dressed to impress. For some of those attendees, that meant getting fully gussied up in clothes that seemed destined for a spot in a future exhibit. For others, it was all about telegraphing a degree of restraint that isn’t exactly the norm for the Met. But no matter how the guests approached the puzzle of covering their bodies in clothes tonight—the theme, by the way, is “Fashion is Art,” so you can expect a few references in that vein—we’ve been keeping tabs and taking notes. Here are the guys that rose above the rest.
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Whenever a new version of Cape Fear arises, it brings with it the buried terrors of a new generation. Today, Esquire presents an exclusive look into the upcoming Apple TV series, debuting June 5, which expands the classic stalker story in disturbing ways that befit a disturbing time.
In our first story, Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson delve into the all-American family that is mercilessly targeted by a twisted psychopath, although no one around them believes it is really happening. Showrunner Nick Antosca explains how the ten-episode story taps into the worst of contemporary anxieties, breaks down the differences from the two previous films—and reveals what executive producers Martin Scorsese, who directed the 1991 version, and Steven Spielberg contributed to the series.
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Max Cady will kill you with kindness. Or try to, anyway. That’s the M.O. of Javier Bardem’s vengeance-seeking ex-con in the upcoming Cape Fear series, and although the show expands the villainous role in unusual and unexpected ways, this one trait is something he shares with those who’ve played the role before.
As part of Esquire’s multi-story package exploring the creation of the new Cape Fear, debuting on Apple TV on June 5, Amy Adams says the point of the villain is not to do direct harm, but to make his targets hurt each other. “He's just a catalyst, but they're the ones that are actually going to do the work for him,” she says in our other deep-dive piece.
In the interview below, Bardem explained how he brought this new version of Cady to lurid, vivid life—and even discusses how this madman might measure up to Anton Chighur, the other lethal and relentless figure who won him an Oscar for No Country For Old Men.
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