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Today’s hype-fueled fashion landscape yields a mountain of fresh menswear every month. Which is why every issue of GQ now includes The Drops, a guide to the best of the best new gear as it hits stores. This month, we’ve rounded up all the most outrageous and desirable fashion gifts worth asking for this holiday season—from Frank Ocean-approved jewelry to the buttery leather jeans of your dreams.
VIBEY HANDBAG
Introducing 2023’s first It bag: this swooping canvas-and-leather holdall from 27-year-old Maximilian Davis’s debut collection for Ferragamo ($2,200).
BOLD BUCKET
New York artist Emily Dawn Long’s red-hot crochet hats—sported by everyone from Kendrick Lamar to Adam Driver—are back in a handful of fresh palettes and patterns like this peppermint stripe ($198).
FLEECY COAT
There’ll be no risk of you ever fading into the background when wearing this Art Deco–print sheepskin Lanvin peacoat ($13,500).
SUPERSIZED RING
This swollen, sculptural brass band from Florence-via-Paris jeweler Panconesi—punctuated by cherry pink and a blue opal—is your ticket to grail-level adornment ($400).
TIMELESS TICKER
Fifteen years after its launch, Cartier’s Ballon Bleu timepiece has established itself as a modern classic, thanks to showstopping editions like this rose-gold one splashed with diamonds ($14,500).
SHRED-READY SPECS
Dior Men designer Kim Jones’s love of retro winter sportswear roars through loud and clear on these high-voltage ski goggles, engineered by the performance-eyewear experts at Sweden’s POC Sports ($880).
DAZZLING DERBIES
Prada designed costumes for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis earlier this year, and judging by these intricately bejeweled lace-ups, the King’s influence hasn’t yet worn off ($2,400).
SEARING STRAP
The tufted flames give this otherwise austere Hermès calfskin belt an offbeat jolt of personality (belt, $630; belt buckle, $415).
ICY BRACELET
Studded with diamonds and tsavorites, this white-gold bangle from Tiffany & Co.’s latest collection with Daniel Arsham comes in an eroded lock-shaped box also designed by the artist ($59,000).
CHOCOLATE TROUSERS
Yes, you can pull off leather pants. And this cocoa-toned calf version by Factor’s—fitted at the hips and straight through the legs, like a great pair of jeans—is the best place to start ($1,850).
CRIMSON BOOTS
Revved up in raucous red, Burberry’s buckled take on the hard-wearing biker boot feels tailor-made for the holidays ($1,550).
NEON SHADES
Guys like Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani are making baseball fun again, and Fendi Men’s just made every baseball player’s favorite wraparound sunglasses sick again ($520).
FLASHY FIGURINE
Standing less than an inch tall, Frank Ocean’s Homer still managed to pack a whopping 23 brilliant-cut diamonds into this doll-shaped 18-karat gold pendant ($7,318).
TOP-OF-THE-LINE TOY
Two eternally cool icons—Giorgio Armani and the yo-yo—together at last, courtesy of Armani/Casa’s bright acrylic spin on the schoolyard classic ($375).
COUTURE CAP
How do you make a ball cap high fashion? If you’re Chanel designer Virginie Viard, you gussy it up in all of your house’s most recognizable motifs: windowpane tweed; ornate camellias; and a big, bedazzled number 5 ($3,535).
MASH-UP JACKET
Sacai’s latest Frankensteined grail stitches together all the flattering utility of your trusty denim trucker jacket with the candy-colored insulation of a throwback ski puffer ($1,640).
STATELY SHEARLING
Brunello Cucinelli is best known for his cashmere knits and soft suiting, but the Italian magnate’s suede shearling bombers might be the purest expression of his quiet, opulent genius ($9,995).
HYPE-HOUSE SHOES
Leave it to the curatorial minds at MoMA to dream up a pair of Subu’s cozy quilted slippers doused in homeware maven Dusen Dusen’s signature playful patterns ($75 for pair).
HEAVYWEIGHT LIGHTER
When you’ve got a lighter as righteous as this hefty brass one from Saint Laurent Rive Droite—fashioned in Japan by Tsubota Pearl—you’ll find any excuse to spark it up: celebratory cigars, living room incense, or even just your mom’s birthday candles ($180).
RITZY RIDE
Can’t get enough Drive to Survive? Announce your newfound racing fandom from your desk with this cast-aluminum Formula 1 concept-car sculpture from Amalgam Collection ($230).
FLOWERY VASE
Crafted by master glassblowers in Brooklyn, the exaggerated curves and strong hues on this oversized Sophie Lou Jacobsen vase are meant to evoke a field of poppies ($650).
MOUNTAIN KICKS
Courtesy of newly installed Moncler footwear designer Nathan VanHook—the mastermind behind Nike’s Air Yeezy 2 and ACG Mountain Fly—the Milanese brand’s sneakers now demand a spot in your rotation ($750).
TWINNING HOODIE
Atlanta’s Bstroy has built a reputation for chaotic, over-the-top streetwear, and it brings plenty of that energy to this new Givenchy collab. Case in point: this wild double-hooded sweatshirt ($1,325).
REFRESHED ROLLIE
The latest version of Rolex’s famed Air-King is also the most definitive: Its distinctive dial and bracelet have been beefed up a smidge, an all-new movement sits in a streamlined case, and the freshly added crown guard establishes it as a serious, practical tool watch ($7,400).
ALL-AMERICAN JEANS
NYC upstart Lorod specializes in updated workwear staples, like these wide-leg, LA-made carpenter jeans cut from stiff raw denim ($395).
DISTORTED DISHES
Diesel Living x Seletti’s trippy, twisted porcelain plates will send your dinner parties into a whole new dimension ($99 each).
FERAL FOOTWEAR
Bottega Veneta’s latest madcap shoes—with their hairy tiger-stripe uppers, pointed toes, and generous heels—take several striking strides forward for the oft-viral luxury label (price upon request).
ORANGE OUTERWEAR
Noah’s flip on the beloved Barbour Bedale updates the exterior color and not much else—which is good, because the hardy, decades-old waxed-cotton design has been flawless from the start ($760).
GAUDY GOBLETS
Don’t let wine snobbery ruin your next bottle of red. Dolce & Gabbana Casa glasses will keep things light and fun and less focused on tannins (Champagne glass, $465; wine glass, $495).
TEAM-UP TOME
This new volume from Rizzoli documents the monumental creative partnership between the designer Mike Amiri and the painter Wes Lang ($135).
JUMBLED LEATHER
After years of serving as designer Alessandro Michele’s muse, Harry Styles joined Michele at the sketching table to produce a full collaborative line for Gucci—headlined by this vintage-inspired patchwork calf-hide jacket ($8,500).
PAINTERLY PERFUME
The scents from Dries Van Noten’s first fragrance collection smell incredible, of course—this one marries punchy notes of pepper and cypress with a rich base of myrrh and smoked wood—but it’s the epic, hand-painted porcelain bottles that make ’em truly worth copping ($305).
TEXTURED TRAVEL BAG
This Louis Vuitton Men’s keepall blends the pebbled texture of basketball leather with the techno-futurist cool of a Matrix film ($4,600).
Yang-Yi Goh is GQ's Style Editor.
A version of this story originally appeared in the December/January 2022 issue with the title “The Holiday Wish List for Taste Gods”
PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Photographs by Alex Hodor-Lee
Prop styling by Sharon Ryan at Halley Resources
