Being a Best-Dressed Man in 2020 means a whole lot more than it did five years before. Men are not only better dressed today than they have ever been, but more and more of them – including you – are dressing up in public. Men no longer cover their faces behind bushels, and while it would be an exaggeration to say we now live in a world of peacocks, men nowadays dress to stand out.
As a result, the GQ Best-Dressed list – the only one of its kind in the world – has never been more critical, significant, or timely. And, while we've been reasonably prescriptive in compiling this list, we've relied on the input of experts we respect and whose perspectives on these topics we find convincing. The GQ list is limited and judgmental, but if you're a boldface guy and you're not on it, you're doing yourself a disservice.
Of course, there's always next year, but I predict the rivalry to be much more extreme in 2021. If you're not on the list (and if you aren't, please don't come in until you've cleaned up a bit), you'll have to settle for reading about what the genuinely trendy have been up to this year, how they've stormed the red carpet, taken care of social media, and generally taken control of the sartorial world.