I am such a fan of menswear and my peers. So I went out and interviewed a ton of people that I look up to; to learn more about their interests and reflect on the year's past. There are a bunch of funny stories and memories. This piece is so rewarding because these people make my job so easy. They are the real influencers of the industry. Grungy Gentleman answers are at the end, along with a special 1 Year Anniversary Photo Shoot with Chiun-Kai Shih, shot in his exclusive "Chunky Lens" for Hipstamatic. Thanks for making year 1 SUPER-FUN y'all!!!
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: I don't follow twitter but our handle is @simonspurrhq
Favorite Athlete: Frank lampard
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Hedi Slimane's last show at YSL.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: NYFW coverage
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: John T. Edge - my good friend and executive director of the Southern Foodways Alliance. If it is to be eaten, John T. will know!
Favorite Athlete: Pistol Pete Maravich, Growing up an LSU fan, I even wore the floppy hunting socks on the basketball court against my coaches wishes.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Marc Jacobs going grunge, I forget the year, but the moment in time was memorable and set him apart. I always respected Marc for doing things his way.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: An Evening with Billy Reid
A rainy evening with a small group of friends, turned into a late and eventful night. We always wanted our shop on Bond to feel like our home, and the only thing missing from it that night was a guest bedroom.
JEFF HALMOS and SAM SHIPLEY of SHIPLEY & HALMOS
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: SS - The Onion. Never gets old, and the Onion Sports section has taken the publication to the next level.
Favorite Athlete: JH - Dwayne Wade
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: SS - That one Chanel show where they brought in an actual iceberg. Sorry, but that's just f-in stupid. Guess that means it was my least favorite?
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: JH - Has to be this picture! Boom goes the dynamite!
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: I don't think I can answer objectively. There might be 289 upset people.
Favorite Athlete: Really? Have you met me? I guess I will have to go with David Beckham for obvious reasons.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: There are too many to answer...John Bartlett's AFTER DARK collection. Thom Browne's Space Odyssey last summer.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: MEETING YOU.
ERIC JENNINGS of SAKS FIFTH AVENUE
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: I'm loving @NickSullivanESQ right now in Italy for fashion week.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: I'm loving @NickSullivanESQ right now in Italy for fashion week.
Favorite Athlete: Michael Phelps since I grew up swimming.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Hands down last season's Moncler's flash mob presentation in Grand Central Station. Once in a lifetime show.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: The shower video for SCOOP!
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @askmrmickey @hanukhanuk for their smart comic relief. @detailsmatt for his industry 101, @detailseugene for sartorial realness and @mredelstein for everything else.
Favorite Athlete: The chick from Love & Basketball.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: My first--and his last--John Galliano Show. If only because it was an experience I was able to check off the top of my bucket list and something I may never get to see again.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: THE blue hat. That season (spring 2011), New York Fashion Week was all about your blue hat.
NIC SCREWS of ESQUIRE
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @TOMFORDISMYDAD or @carlscrush. I like my style with a sense of humor.
Favorite Athlete: Dwayne Wade of the Miami Heat. Had the luck of styling him for Esquire. Man loves dress up and looks good dressed up (see his recent Letterman appearance - the hotness.) Tied would be Tom Brady -- who was my first shoot at Esquire. Called me "babe" while I nervously put on his cufflinks & complimented my tangerine shoes. But he did show up to set with a metal wallet chain. So skip him, go back to Dwyane.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Always enjoy Burberry. Christopher Bailey always nails it (favorite in recent: fall 2010). But I have to say that I enjoy menswear best through presentations. I want to get up-close and feel the clothes in a setting directed by the designer. Band of Outsiders, Billy Reid, Bespoken, GANT by Michael Bastian have perfected the memorable presentation.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: I will never forget how I met you -- literally hanging out of a taxi to offer Josh Peskowitz and I a ride to Gilded Age across town before even being properly introduced. That was your first show season and you killed the entrance. Plus I really loved all your backstage coverage that season. It showed in your photos & words how inspired you were by the designers you met & how happy you were to be a part of fashion’s inner circle.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: My dog @wafflesays - one of my Confederacy employee's Mike started a twitter page for him just to be weird/funny. It's the randomest Twitter feed ever. And of course @confederacybtq - it's how I spy on what my staff is up to haha.
Favorite Athlete: Oh you are so asking the wrong person. I can literally only think of Tom Brady and how Gisele won't let him cut his hair. My husband is going to disown me when he reads this.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: My first Balenciaga show in Paris. It was fall 2001, I was so young sitting front row, and I was so excited. Nicolas Ghesquiere was being touted as like the next huge thing come to save fashion, the new Yves Saint Laurent, so everyone was buzzing about the show, and what he was going be sending down the runway. Every single look was epic. It felt like witnessing a really special moment in fashion. And it was! They were right; there hasnt really been any other designers quite like him.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: When you featured Confederacy!! Am i allowed to say that? Haha.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: I recently started following Alessandra Codinha (@ATCodinha), who writes for WWD. She's hilarious in person and somehow even funnier on Twitter. Also, Hanuk Hanuk, FentonFallon (Dana Lorenz), and Peter Davis (@PeterDavisNYC.)
Favorite Athlete: David Beckham. You know, because I love soccer.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: I love everything that one of my best friends, Timo Weiland, does.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Your piece for Refinery29, duh.
SEAN HOTCHKISS of GQ
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Golfer Ian Poulter. Guy is a walking controversy. Get's into Twitter battles with everyone.
Favorite Athlete: Tom Brady - the man can do no wrong in my eyes.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: I like everything Band of Outsiders has ever done. And Michael Bastian - the color and texture he uses is absolutely phenomenal.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Is it possible to pick just one? Looking forward to year # 2!
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @ochocinco
Favorite Athlete: Arnold Palmer
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: 2009 Victoria's Secret Runway @ the Armory
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Riviera Club fall 2011 Presentation Coverage
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Anthony Weiner (I Don't Follow Him BUT I Heard I Missed Out on A Lot)
Favorite Athlete: Michael Phelps
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: The one with that girl, you know......?
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: That time you featured that guy, Michael Saiger dude is really dope.
EUNICE LEE of UNIS
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Twitter......I’m not on top of my account...as I should be. Can’t do it all!
Favorite Athlete: Kelly Slater H. O. T.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Dries Van Noten’s shows are all amazing...I really loved his fall 2011 show.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: I love reading all your designer Q&A’s...!
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @thesulk (Alec Sulkin)
Favorite Athlete: Johnny Weir
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Our spring 2008 presentation at the New York Yacht Club
STEVEN ROJAS of GRANDLIFE
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Me.
Favorite Athlete: Me.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Me walking in my room.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: When I met Jace.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Kanye West
Favorite Athlete: George St. Pierre
ARI GOLDBERG of STYLECASTER
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: ESPN
Favorite Athlete: Too many to name but right now I am really liking Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Porter Grey spring 2011
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Sitting with the Grungy Gentleman himself 1st row at Yigal Azrouel's spring 2011 Men's Show…and every time he swings by our office
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: I have to be honest, I don't use twitter yet.
Favorite Athlete: Lionel Messi
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Alexander McQueen spring 2010
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: This one... you asking me to be a part of your anniversary!! I am so proud of you!!!
MATTHEW CHEVALLARD of DEL TORO
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Wiz Khalifa
Favorite Athlete: Dwyane Wade
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Rag & Bone fall 2011
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Del Toro spring 2011 lookbook
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: I follow Lord Voldemort pretty closely waiting for instructions on what to do next to all you muggles. Expelliarmus!!
Favorite Athlete: Andre the Giant. I applaud his athleticism as an Athlete as much as I applaud his actorism as an actor. And now for a memorable quote from the Princess bride:
Inigo: Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?
Fezzik (Andre the Giant): If there are, we all be dead.
Vizzini: No more rhymes now, I mean it!
Fezzik (Andre the Giant): Anybody want a peanut?
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: D-Squared woman's show in Milan this past fall was out of this world! The fusion of classic American prep meets European high-end fashion left me astounded and my wheels turning to take my designs to new directions.Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Miami Beach vacation for Del Toro spring 2011 lookbook when you and Skinny Jimmy were fighting over the crocodile lady at Soho House... ; ) bet ya won't put this up on your blog, ya Grungy Gentleman crocodile skin luvin Bastard!
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Not a follower
Favorite Athlete: Steve Nash - cool white dude in the land of the giants.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Alexander McQueen chess board
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Reshooting our backstage interview of our fashion show with your first day with your new iPhone.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Honestly I don’t Twitter myself so I’ll have to defer to our Marketing/PR guy….. he says Pitchfork.
Favorite Athlete: My daughter she’s a junior high swimmer-she inspires me.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: I like what Balmain has been doing and Ann Demeulemeester fall 2011 show was incredible.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: My favorite moment was having you with us for our fall 2011 Campaign shoot a couple months back.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Kanye West & Karl Lagerfeld
Favorite Athlete: Payne Stewart & Kelly Slater
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Adam Kimmel fall 2009 in Paris.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Making of Timo Weiland Volume 1: Spring 2011
LUIS FERNANDEZ of NUMBER LAB
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: 3-way tie. Robert Duffy tweeting for @marcjacobsinternational , @stevenkolb and @hanukhanuk
Favorite Athlete: Rafael Nadal. (The style + the power of that forehand and backhand...WOW.)
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: I had recently moved to NYC, my first show ever, and I remember it clearly. John Bartlett fall 2001. The grid of guys and army cots; the power of the presentation was moving and out-of-the-box setting the collection brilliantly.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: For sure, meeting Jace for the first time at my first show, spring 2011 and having him interview and snap photos backstage before the show.
MEGAN MAGUIRE STEELE of MAGUIRE STEELE (Owner)
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @grievance - Matthew Schneier is able to maintain his high standard of wit and expert writing in 140 characters or less. Impressive.
Favorite Athlete: Mia Hamm. I played soccer from first grade through my senior year of high school.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Billy Reid fall 2011 Presentation at Milk Studios. Billy Reid is the first designer to win the GQ Best New Menswear Designer Award and the CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund Award in the same year. The energy at that show, following those wins, really expressed the brand's forward momentum.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: There are so many Le Grungy moments to consider but if I had to choose one, I will concur with Billy Reid and name the following:
Billy and I had spent the day shooting clay pigeons for a video feature on Gilt MANual (Billy Reid: Locked and Loaded) and concluded with an evening celebration at the Billy Reid store, which always feel like home. A perfect day all in all.
I will also go one step further and predict the future by naming my favorite moment in the 2nd Year of the Grungy Gentleman. It will be the forthcoming launch of Le Grungy's style tome "Gettin' Grungy". See you at the launch party, folks.
WHITNEY SAFFEL of MAGUIRE STEELE (Publicist)
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: The one and only Nic Screws from Esquire at @nixcruz. She speaks a language you feel special to understand.
Favorite Athlete: I wanted to be Pete Sampras in elementary school. Sadly, those dreams were never realized.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: All of our clients like Billy Reid, Timo Weiland, and Bespoken put on interesting shows and presentations every season. I don't think there was a runway presentation for it, but I really liked Marni spring 2010. I also think Todd Synder's fall 2011 presentation showed promise.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Billy Reid fall 2011 - Getting Grungy with the fashion cognoscenti.
JESS HARO-RODRIGUEZ of WILLIAMSON PR
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @GQFashion
Favorite Athlete: Spanish soccer player, Iker Casillas
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: I always love the Burberry Prorsum menswear shows. Always strong and consistent.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Grungy Gentleman trying on that General Idea spring 2011 jacket in our showroom right before fashion week. Loved that red windbreaker! I can actually recall a couple evening dress-up moments myself.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: That Central Park snake who escaped. He was one funny MoFo.
Favorite Athlete: John Starks - I still have the poster of him dunking over Michael Jordan somewhere in my parents house.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: The Moncler show in Grand Central was very cool.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Obviously when RumbaTime was featured in one of your very first posts!!!
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @missinfo
Favorite Athlete: John Starks - PK Subban
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Givenchy
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Our interview at Project Trade Show.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @Hodinkee
Favorite Athlete: Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Band of Outsiders spring 2012 at this year's Pitti Uomo (I'm a huge fan of West Side Story.)
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Grungy Gentleman at GANT by Michael Bastian fall 2011, hugging it out with Michael Bastian himself.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Kiel James Patrick. Some of his tweets are utterly ridiculous.
Favorite Athlete: Clint Dempsey
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: GANT by Michael Bastian
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Del Toro spring 2011 lookbook shoot in Miami.
DOMINICK VOLINI of BARON WELLS
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: I don't tweet or follow, sorry.
Favorite Athlete: Anyone with pure talent, style, and endurance. This guy for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-iP1jSMlI
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Any Maison Martin Margiela show is inspirational.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Yet to come... Baron Wells post?
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: 3-way tie between @IntoTheGloss, @KitchyKitchen & @astrologyzone
Favorite Athlete: Shannon Brown
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Gucci fall 2008...also Alexander Wang and Burberry. Everything from that season stands out in my mind because I had been working in fashion at that point for about a year at WhoWhatWear.com and really started to appreciate everything.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @fatjew - all the funniest people I know are Jewish...hands down. This guy marches to his own beat and I respect that.
Favorite Athlete: Mark Messier and Derek Jeter. New York icons and they symbolize everything that is great about NYC.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Junya Watanabe's Spring 2010 Show. The outerwear and the suiting is just amazing.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: I think the Q&A's with the designers are my favorite part of Grungy Gentleman. It's nice to hear their thought process.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @notgarybusey
Favorite Athlete: Michael Jordan
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: G-Star
GREG MINASIAN of SPREADHOUSE
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Adult Actress, Miko Lee
Favorite Athlete: Peyton Hillis
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Victoria's Secret, from my couch.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Drinking a case of wine we got from the Billy Reid party and passing out at The Meatball Shop!
PETER RICHARDSON of SPREADHOUSE
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Stephen Colbert
Favorite Athlete: DeSean Jackson
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Victoria's Secret, from the photo pit.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Filming the Grunger run around SoHo in his underwear for the SCOOP Campaign.
Favorite Athlete: Don Mattingly and Deion Sanders
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Closing the Gianfranco Ferre show in Bratislava, Slovakia. I was flown in from Milano, a dope experience to say the least. From a fashion aesthetic, Michael Bastian spring 2010 defines how men should dress.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: (Anytime the Grungy Gentleman is blazed or getting laid is a victory in my book) - Web Appropriate Version: Seeing the Grungy Gentlemen be interviewed by GQ. A tremendous honor.
CJ RICHARDS - MODEL
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: The person I like the most on twitter would be the most interesting man alive, TheDosEquisMan. His tweets kill me.
Favorite Athlete: My favorite athlete right now is Tom Brady. I mean, just look at his resume! World champion, incredible skills, and poise on and off the field and my personal favorite, super friggin hot Brazilian wife. #AmericanDream
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: I'm a secret fan of haute couture. The clothes, the production, the women, the atmosphere...it all leaves me awe stuck. Chanel puts on a fantastic show.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: My favorite moment with Grungy Gentleman would be the release party for GANT by Michael Bastian hosted by GQ at Saks Fifth Avenue when we met. History in the making!
REMINGTON GUEST - MODEL
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Hmm...this is a tough one, but I'd have to go with @seriouseats, @newyorkology, and @zagat. Gotta know what's going on in NYC!
Favorite Athlete: Black Mamba aka Kobe Bryant
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Impossible to decide so both Band of Outsiders fall 2011 and Michael Bastian spring 2011, both número UNO!
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: The energy you bring to shows and presentations!! You running around with your photographer killin' it and doing what you do. Love hanging with you.
HEATHER LONG of ATRIUM
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: You baby
Favorite Athlete: Dwayne Wade
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Alexander Wang
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: Are you kidding me...this is tough...going with @refinery29, they keep it interesting.
Favorite Athlete: Eh not a big sports dude, I like playing not watching...Steve Nash or LeBron James...hope no one hates me for it.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: I'm young in the game. Toss up between Riviera Club and Bespoken fall 2011.
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: They're all pretty ridiculous...but filming the SCOOP Campaign at 1am in the freezing cold was epic!
KATE DELLON of BREEZE by KD
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @theawkwardmoment
Favorite Athlete: Wilt Chamberlain
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel show with the wrap around lucite stair case.
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @jargan
Favorite Athlete: Mark Sanchez
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Alexander McQueen spring 1999
KEINO BENJAMIN - STYLIST
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @GrungyGentleman
Favorite Athlete: Carmelo Anthony
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Tommy Hilfiger, Buckler, & GANT by Michael Bastian
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: When you told me that you are the new designer of all-American workwear label Dickies. That's a brilliant jump start from a blogger to a desinger!
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @SanjayGuptaCNN
Favorite Athlete: Cristiano Ronaldo
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Chanel Cruise Show 2007; it was in an airplane hanger in Santa Monica
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: DJ Tanner & Grungy Gentleman Mixtape; nothing beats 58 minutes of musical bliss... and our very first collaboration, way back when!
CHIUN-KAI SHIH - PHOTOGRAPHER & CREATOR of 'CHUNKY LENS' on HIPSTAMATIC
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: I don't tweet man, but now after talking to Jace I might just start soon.
Favorite Athlete: Nic Roldan
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: Robert Geller
Favorite Grungy Gentleman Moment: Shooting Jace with 'Chunky Lens' for the J Shoes Campaign. And had a great time shooting you for your 1 year anniversary! (see below Jace's answers)
JACE LIPSTEIN of GRUNGY GENTLEMAN
Favorite Person to Follow on Twitter: @DetailsPaul actually makes me laugh out loud sometimes. He is amazing. @GQFashion and @GiltMan are my go-to for content. @bandofoutsiders is very subtle and cool. @refinery29 keeps things interesting.
Favorite Athlete: AND at CENTER, 7’0 from GEORGETOWN, co-captian PAT-RICK EWING. John Starks, Charles Oakley, and Anthony Mason.
Favorite Runway Show/Presentation Ever: I was so excited in spring 2011. It was all new to me. Rolling up to Rag & Bone with Brad Goreski was one of the biggest thrills of my life. I sat front row and got an exclusive backstage after the show. I was floating. It was like a dream. Band of Outsiders spring 2011 was the super bowl of fashion week to me. Interviewing Simon Spurr before his fall 2011 runway show and realizing that Anna Wintour was waiting for us to wrap up so she can say hi to him was a “woah” moment. Billy Reid fall 2011 at Milk Studios was the bomb diggity. And I will wrap it up with my favorite line, “Nobody does fashion week like Michael Bastian.”
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