You know what’s even better than a great swimsuit? A great swimsuit that also doubles as a great pair of shorts. Todd Snyder’s Montauk swim trunks in a classic seersucker stripe manage to play both roles with ease. Wear ‘em in the water, let ‘em dry (it won’t take long), and keep ‘em on when you’re grabbing a beer at the poolside bar. Easy. —Jonathan Evans, style director
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Todd Snyder’s Montauk Seersucker trunks are a summer essential.
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Like a lot of men who were once teenage boys, I grew up wearing baggy board shorts that went to my knees as my default swim trunks. The idea of something with a shorter inseam and a pattern that was mature—instead of low-key embarrassing—was a foreign concept until I was well into my 20s. But I eventually evolved, as did my choice of trunks. Because a big part of being comfortable is picking the right clothing, and that’s never been more true than when it’s the only thing I’m wearing.
I have only a few nonnegotiables for a swimsuit. I need a mesh lining (who wants to wear underwear underwater?), and a back pocket is always useful. In terms of material, I need something that’s breathable the second I hit the surface. And of course, the preference for a more casual board-short style remains—albeit one that’s not too baggy. It took a while, but at last I’ve found the swim trunks that check all the boxes and do so in style. This summer at the beach, you’ll find me in my Seersucker Montauk swim trunks.
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Sometimes you just can’t get a song out of your head. You hear it everywhere you go, like a haunt. For Stephen Root, it’s the sea-hag song from episode 3 of Widow’s Bay. The 74-year-old actor stars on the Apple TV horror-comedy series about a cursed New England town as the island’s crazed believer, a fisherman named Wyck. Opposite him is the skeptic town mayor (played by Matthew Rhys), who tries his best to ignore Wyck’s warnings until he comes face-to-face with one of the island’s wacky monsters: a sea hag. She’s one of Root’s favorites.
“The first scene Matthew and I did was that scene in episode 3, me telling him about the hag,” Root tells me. The gag was always that she kills you by crawling onto your bed and sitting on your face (“I laughed so hard when I read that,” the actor says), but the shanty song didn’t include Root’s raspy refrain until he gave it a try on set. “Every sailor knows the story of the hag,” he begins, then he takes a beat and whisper-sings, “Aawoo... Aawoo.”
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Jacob Elordi is thinking about running—and high-wire stunts, and action choreography—because he’s the new face of Bleu de Chanel, which Esquire announced exclusively last month. Now we get to see the official rollout of the Australian actor’s campaign for Bleu de Chanel l’Exclusif, a deeper, woodier take on the classic men’s fragrance.
The campaign includes a short film directed by four-time Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Roma, many others), in which Elordi gets into full action-star mode. He is a man-of-mystery type intent on securing a bottle of fragrance while an unnamed female interloper tries to nab it for herself. It’s exciting stuff, with no shortage of acrobatics and intrigue.
But earlier this year, well before this long-anticipated reveal, Elordi was a much mellower version of himself, telling me how the campaign came together, singing the praises of his next big film project, and getting just a touch sentimental when he started thinking about watching movies with his future children. Read on for a few (edited and condensed) highlights from our conversation.
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