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The 'Dirty John' star tells us the story of the weekend he met his wife—and performed an impromptu song with Billy Joel. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Christian Slater Took a Walk in the Florida Keys, and His Life Changed   Ten years ago, Christian Slater took the most significant vacation of his life. He was just past 40, with a canceled ABC series and two direct-to-video releases in his immediate wake. At Little Palm Island, an out-of-the-way resort in the Florida Keys, he met a woman. Her name was Brittany Lopez, and she worked at a large auction house in Miami. "I was smitten, gobsmacked," Slater says. They'd marry three years later. Quite a trip. But that's only half of it. Esquire Editor-in-Chief Michael Sebastian spoke with Slater about that fateful trip, his new role in the Dirty John series, and embracing all that is #DadLife. Read More           The Western Denim Shirt Is the Style Swerve Your Summer Deserves   There's little left to say about denim, that most American of fabrics, that hasn't already been discussed ad nauseam on some dusty forum in the early days of the Internet. For about as long as it's been around, denim has been championed as an almost mythical material. Its durability is the stuff of legend. But if you're reading this (hey!) you probably knew all that. What in the hell, you're likely wondering, does this have to do with how I should dress now? Glad you asked, friend. So crank up the AC, pour yourself a cool glass of water, and listen up, because this is one hot take you definitely shouldn't be sweating. A denim shirt is a true all-season staple, and if you don't yet have one you consider a go-to, summer is the ideal time to invest in a style you'll still be wearing when the temperatures drop this fall. If you never bought one because you weren't sure where to find the right version, Madewell's lightweight, western-inspired shirt is here to solve all your problems. Esquire's Avidan Grossman explains why it's our latest Esquire Endorsement. Read More           Margo Price Doesn't Care if Country Music Likes Her. She's Leaving it Behind.   The Illinois-native first broke through to the public consciousness in 2016 when her solo debut, Midwest Farmer's Daughter—a bleak, poetic, and surprisingly lovely testimony to hard times—catapulted her to the top of the marquee, and plenty critics' Best Of lists. In the years since, she's toured with the likes of Chris Stapleton and Willie Nelson, collaborated with greats like John Prine, and released a massively lauded follow-up, 2017's All American Made. Her most raucous, and rocking, work yet debuts Friday in the form of the punchy That's How Rumors Get Started. The frenzy hasn't phased her: "The idea of success and money will poison your creative process," she says. "I still look at myself like this outcast and an underdog." Esquire's Madison Vain chatted with Price about navigating a sexist industry, giving birth, dealing with family illness, and putting out one of the best albums of 2020 so far. Read More           15 Pairs of White Sneakers You Can Wear With Anything (Yes, Even That)   There's a reason the white sneaker's become the go-to hero product for so many sneaker stalwarts and DTC upstarts alike: It's a hero product, in the most literal sense of the word. As in, it's here to save your sorry ass after your swore off sneakers for all of, like, a month, before you realized there's no loafer on earth as comfortable as your favorite pair of workout shoes. (Or literally any other sneaker ever.) Easy to style, endlessly versatile, and somehow always elegant, the white sneaker is a warm-weather staple, and it's here to stay. From high-tops to lows, canvas to leather, we've rounded up some of the best versions available so you can cop now. Read More           These Veterans Were Given the President*'s Magic Elixir Whether They Needed It or Not   There is absolutely nothing this country has done right in response to the pandemic, and that certainly includes electing a vulgar talking yam in 2016. Even the best things we've done, we did too late. But some horror stories are more horrible than others. (News Judgment 101 in the 2020s.) The Washington Post provides one of those in its account of the nightmarish situation at the Southeastern Veterans Center outside of Philadelphia. It combines the worst aspects of our current mindless approach to public health with the lives of staff who are just trying to stay afloat in a sea of contagious chaos, with distant echoes of the Tuskegee experiments. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Here's Charles P. Pierce on how medicine and science were overrun by what amounts to a pharmaceutical roulette wheel. Read More           Brooks Brothers Is Declaring Bankruptcy. That Doesn't Mean It's Dead.   Early Wednesday morning, Brooks Brothers, the oldest menswear retailer in the country and the company responsible in large part for introducing the concept of ready-to-wear to the American masses, officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Brooks Brothers' fate reflects that of so many once-mighty brands, severely hobbled by dwindling foot traffic even before the onset of a global pandemic and now suffering from exacerbated economic uncertainty and fading consumer interest. There's little doubt that Brooks Brothers' bankruptcy represents the end of an era, but this has been a long time in the making. Esquire's Avidan Grossman explains why Chapter 11 isn't the end of the line—so don't start panic-buying repp ties yet. 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