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SUMMER 2020
“That’s when it hit
me: ‘Okay, if I mess
this up, my career is
basically over.’
The pressure hit for
a moment, for
those two hours,
and then I was back.
I was okay after.”
T H E
—JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON,
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08 EDITOR’S LETTER S W E R V E
11 T H E S H O R T S T O R I E S
An easygoing shoe that
Now’s the time
works hard all summer; for a style switch-
entering the golden
up. From a suit
age of the TV rewatch
and the YouTube con- like peak Richard
Gere’s to a Tyler,
cert; bags that can carry
it all; an interview with the Creator–
approved sweater
Marisa Tomei, master
of playing the carefree vest (yes, even
COURTESY ALTEA (TIE-DYE SWEATER). COURTESY LORO PIANA (KNIT POLO). EVERETT (GERE). GETTY IMAGES (TYLER, THE CREATOR).
yet complex sidekick; in the warmer
can a mustache make months), we’ll
you feel better?; show you how to
Esquire’s 2020 Dubious keep things
Achievement Awards; interesting.
what the pandemic
has taught us about why
we love restaurants.
31 THE BEST BARS IN
AMERICA, 2020
Twenty-seven drinking QQ群: 970508760
experiences for when F E AT U R E S
we’ll really need them.
44 MASTER OF THE 72 FULL SPEED AHEAD world health crisis,
42 STATE OF UNREALITY MOMENT by Bruce Schoenfeld 45 artists gathered for
by Charles P. Pierce by Kate Storey Justin Gatlin won Olym- one of the most extraor-
In this year of plague He’s Spike Lee’s leading pic gold in the 100-meter dinary recording ses-
and monumental man. He’s the star dash—16 years ago. sions in music history.
disruption, a collective of Christopher Nolan’s Despite setbacks caused
sense of dissociation Tenet. John David Wash- by the pandemic, 88 HOW ESSENTIAL
is settling in. Just ington is here to stay. he’s still a contender. IS MY FACIAL
in time for the election. FEMINIZATION
54 WHAT WE’RE LEARN- 76 A STILL LIFE SURGERY?
ING FROM THE VIRUS Skip the logos. These by Harron Walker
O N T H E C O V E R
JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON 20 lives, 20 perspec- simply luxurious acces- I had one procedure
PHOTOGRAPHED BY DOMINIC tives. (Turn the page for sories are the last words left before my transition
MILLER. STYLING BY NICK a preview.) in your summer look. would be complete.
SULLIVAN. STYLING ASSISTANCE Then COVID-19
BY SAMANTHA MCMILLEN. JACKET, 66 ESCAPOLOGY 82 THE SONG happened.
SHIRT, AND BOOTS BY LOUIS Fashion’s best summer by Ryan D’Agostino
VUITTON MEN’S. TROUSERS AND offerings are a ticket to On a night 35 years 96 ESQUIRE ENDORSES
JEWELRY, WASHINGTON’S OWN. everywhere. ago, during another Older sisters.
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