The 50 Most Stylish People Alive
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In 2025, real-deal personal style feels more special—and rarer—than ever. After all, so much taste is governed by algorithms and fleeting TikTok microtrends, while stylists have a choke hold on the rich and famous. But in the hellscape of bad fits, the true originals shine brighter. Take, for instance, our November cover star,Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who proves that the NBA’s best player is also its most stylish. All 50 of the individuals, couples, families, and more on this list are maverickswho get dressed for nobody but themselves. We hope that their consistency and experimentation, their subtlety and boldness, and above all their creativity andgenuine love of clothing inspire, challenge, and delight you as they do us.
Zoë Kravitz
Kravitz’s wardrobe leans minimal, slinky, and a bit off-kilter; think sheer slip dresses, Saint Laurent striped suiting, Manolo mules, and ratty tees with hot pants. Or, just imagine if the cast of the 1996 movieThe Craft shopped at The Row.
Justin Bieber
Bieber dresses exactly like one imagines an Ontario-born former teen idol would: louche house slippers, baggy jeans, and taffy-hued hoodies from his own street style brand, Skylrk. And in doing so, Bieber has become the foremost avatar of post-streetwear swag—which is, not coincidentally, the name of his latest studio album.
Stefon Diggs
It’s become cliché to call the pregame tunnel the “new runway,” but few NFLers take that designation as literally as Diggs. A staple on the Fashion Week circuit, the Patriots wide receiver balances galaxy-brain swerves (kooky Loewe knits and Rick Owens moto pants) with time-tested grails (Gucci bit loafers and Bottega totes).
Marc Jacobs
When Jacobs burst onto the high-fashion scene as the young creative director of Louis Vuitton, he dressed in understated blue jeans and nerdy crewneck sweaters. Today, he’s blossomed into one of the industry’s most advanced peacocks with his campy platform boots and colossal Labubu-adorned Birkins.
Matty Matheson
Shirt and pants by Harold by Harry Rosen. All clothing and accessories, subject’s own.
Photograph by Mark SommerfeldWhen Matheson likes something, he wears it into the ground. “We went and shot for a week in Copenhagen forThe Bear, and I brought literally one outfit in a tote bag,” he says. “Everyone was like,You’re insane.” That’s, in part, what made the Canadian chef’s recent run of awards-show fits so inspiring: Matheson rotated through a tight edit of bespoke suits and kept ’em fresh by switching up the underpinnings—not unlike the way he repeats his hardcore tees, eBay flannels, and Carhartt pants in his regular life. —Yang-Yi Goh
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
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With The Row, the former Hollywood child stars (and prototypical entrepreneurial whiz kids) have built a quiet-luxury empire made in their own enigmatic draped-and-swaddled image.
Jim Jarmusch
He’s been an extremely recognizable face of the relaxed NYC indie scene since the ’80s, with a personal style that’s as minimalist yet memorable as his films. More recently, he’s grown into a YSL-clad icon—one that the downtown kids still want to emulate.
Paul Mescal
Mescal’s got lads the world over emulating his daily uniform of short shorts and a mini mullet. But he cleans up nice, too, his formalwear infused with an inherent shaggy charm. (That one little earring does a lot of lifting.)
Paloma Elsesser
Elsesser’s style is eclectic, sensual, and a bit of a potpourri. The model collects Chanel ballet flats and archival Comme des Garçons, plus shredded men’s jeans and rare Supreme grails. And every cool girl wants to dress just like her: When she cohosted a size-inclusive closet sale, the line wrapped around multiple Manhattan city blocks.
King Charles III
There’s fittingly no greater ambassador for British tailoring thanthe UK’s head of state, whose reliable rotation of well-worn Anderson & Sheppard suits, Turnbull & Asser shirts, and John Lobb shoes have endured—physically and aesthetically—for decades on end.
Nick Cave
Cave was born to wear a suit. The Australian rocker has transformed the staid corporate standby into a totem of righteous swagger, imbued with the feline elegance of a French playboy and the raffish cool of a Carnaby Street mod.
Steve Harvey
Name the elements ofSteve Harvey’s style. Survey says: bold, fearless, loud, astonishingly bright colors, leather, big prints. The comedian ditched his baggy suits a few years back and has become one of the best-dressed people in the world ever since.
Adam Sandler
A legion of TikTok teens has anointed the Sandman as itsone true style god, co-opting his beguiling fondness for Shaq-size basketball shorts, torso-swallowing floral polos, and sneakers only a Midwestern postal worker could love. But none of ’em can match the sauce of the genuine article.
Law Roach
Coat by Chanel. Skirt, vintage boots by Celine. Bag by Hermès. All clothing and accessories, subject’s own.
Photographs by Myles Hendrik“I’m a ‘I don’t give a fuck’ dresser,” says Roach, the self-described image architect who revolutionized the business of Hollywood styling. “I just wear the clothes that make me happy, no matter what that is.” As collaborators for over a decade, Roach and his muse, Zendaya, brought Hollywood out of its post-pandemic slump by using the red carpet as a star-making launchpad. He’s dressed other greats too (Céline Dion, Ariana Grande, andTravis Kelce forGQ, to name a few), but Roach—he of magnificent Birkin bags, bald-facedProject Runway critiques, and sleek, middle-parted, hip-length hair—is also a fashion icon in his own right. —Eileen Cartter
Nicolas Gabard
All clothing by Husbands. Sunglasses by Jacques Marie Mage. All clothing and accessories, subject’s own.
Photograph by Cian MayHusbands founder Gabard has spent the past decade making the classic suitlook sexy again, one ’70s-style peak-lapel blazer at a time. The regal lawyer turned designer epitomizes his cult-favorite brand’s aspirational effortlessness with his Yves Saint Laurent–esque uniform of elegant double-breasted suit jacket and wide-leg trousers in “super-boring fabrics,” which he mixes with silk or denim shirts and glossy leather Chelsea boots. “Once you have your uniform,” he says, “you can be more radical.” —Samuel Hine
Colman Domingo
The undisputed red-carpet king of our time, Domingo shows up and shows out at any possible occasion—whether at an awards show or while cohosting the Met Gala—thanks to a keen mix of precise tailoring and joyful personal flair. Then again, he applies those principles wherever he goes.
Steve Lacy
Audrey Hepburn and Hubert de Givenchy. Madonna and Jean Paul Gaultier. Steve Lacy and Kiko Kostadinov? They’re the most exciting muse-designer duo of our moment, fueled by Lacy’s unbridled enthusiasm for Kostadinov’s experimental, futuristic workwear. He even wrote a song, “Nice Shoes,” about his favorite Kiko kicks.
Damon Albarn
The mod-ish Blur frontman has never gone wrong contrasting big pants with a tailored blazer and casual tee, and topping it off with a cheeky hat. Albarn always looks like he’s just stepped out of a time machine from the Glasto main stage in the ’90s. Legend for a reason.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Aside from being one of the greatest actors of our time, the three-time Oscar winner is also a hallowed figure among menswear aficionados, who are forever in DDL’s debt for giving his inadvertent blessing to wear Carhartt double-knees to their creative-director jobs.
The Mayers-Fenty Family
A$AP Rocky and Rihanna are two of fashion’s foremost storytellers, and they’ve clearly passed down their stylish genes to young Riot and RZA, who seemed to revel in upstaging their own mother at a recent movie premiere in tyke-size Dior looks from Jonathan Anderson’s debut collection.
Austin Butler
The secret to the James Dean look-alike’s day-to-day outfits? He’s a vintage clothing fiend known to spend hours digging through racks of midcentury French and American workwear. (Dean, presumably, would be proud.)
Clairo
The singer-songwriter born Claire Cottrill throws together decades of influences with the haphazard ease of a skilled vintage alchemist—spinning her magpie blend of ’50s and ’60s glam, ’90s grunge, and aughts sleaze into pure Zoomer gold.
Walton Goggins
If you are a man over 50 who has recently considered (A) wearing a sheer button-up or (B) excavating that dusty pair of A.P.C. Petit Standard selvedge denim from your closet, it’s probably thanks in some part toMr. Goggins, whose turn as the curmudgeonly sexy Rick Hatchett inThe White Lotus turned him into a bona fide hotshot—and unapologetic Gen X style icon.
Mona Tougaard & Marc Kalman
She’s one of the most in-demand supermodels walking today, he’s the founder and designer of emerging street-fashion label Still Kelly, and together they are the stuff of street-style gallery legend.
Yohji Yamamoto
Themaster tailor was a major force in ushering in Japanese avant-garde fashion—and invented a thousand new ways to shroud yourself in black along the way. Five decades in, he’s still his vaunted label’s own best model.
Emma Chamberlain
Vintage shirt by Celine. Shirt (worn underneath) by Aritzia. Vintage skirt by Comme des Garçons. Shoes by Maison Margiela. Vintage sunglasses by Chanel. All clothing and accessories, subject’s own.
Photograph by Lucky TennysonIn her earliest YouTube vlogging days, Chamberlain discovered her personal style by mixing and matching vivid thrift-store finds. Her Gen Z followers, in turn, became equally vintage-obsessed. Now, even as one of YouTube’s most influential auteurs, she’s still filming herself getting dressed in her closet, but with more designer duds to play with—say, an archival Jean Paul Gaultier corset or a Coperni horned balaclava. And her approach to getting dressed is as delightfully vernacular as ever. For example, she imparted us with this wisdom: “Does my stomach hurt? If my stomach hurts, I’m choosing a completely different pair of pants.” —E.C.
Jeremy Irons
The man lives in a remote 15th-century Irish castle—of course he’s going to nail eccentric septuagenarian thespian-with-a-capital-T style. This means jaunty hats, jauntier scarfs, and artisanal layering like his life depends on it.
Lauren Halsey
This rising star artist’s wardrobe is essentially an extension of her craft, her oversized, hand-painted garments and bold headwear (she wore a camo “LA” hat to the Met Gala) epitomizing the vibrancy of the South Central LA neighborhood where she lives and works.
Richard Stark
Nearly four decades on from cofoundingChrome Hearts, Stark is an unlikely fashion mogul atop a clout-drenched empire of sterling and leather. And the biker (and onetime Comme des Garçons runway model) dresses in the same thick silver-studded leather jackets and pants he always has.
Mel Ottenberg & Dara Allen
He (editor in chief) wears tees, butt-hugging blue jeans, and his snowy hair slicked back. She (fashion director and model) wears crimson lipstick, a pop-art-yellow pixie cut, and fun-loving high fashion. Together (as colleagues atInterview magazine) and separately (as stylists), they’ve dressed some of the world’s most fashionable: Rihanna, Hunter Schafer, and Addison Rae.
Paige Bueckers
The electric Dallas Wings rookie is highly adept at absorbing the trends of the day—old-money prep, voluminous sportswear, power tailoring—and spinning ’em back out with entirely her own flair.
Cher
No need to turn back time: The OG Chrome Hearts influencer, she’s been flaunting showstopping hardware going on six decades now, and she still hasn’t lost her penchant for drama (or leather).
Sean Pablo
The LA-raised pro skater didn’t become the Leo DiCaprio–circa 1997–caliber heartthrob of Supreme’s skate team solely based on his good looks; Pablo’s thrift-heavy personal style of high-water pants and Hunter S. Thompson-esque tropical shirts also transformed the fashionscape of the Tompkins Square Park blacktop.
Bill Nighy
The polite elder statesman of classic British style has long rocked strong-shouldered suits, point-collar dress shirts, and dimpled silk ties. He looks as fly today as he did 50 years ago, but in the era of viral trend dressing, his meticulous uniform is all the more convincing.
Emma Corrin
It doesn’t take much to look cool in head-to-toe Miu Miu, butCorrin might be the only person on the planet who can make it all look preternaturallychill. The actor’s ability to lend a white tee and blue jeans as much idiosyncrasy as a kooky, fresh-off-the-runway ensemble might be the truest litmus test of their virtuosity.
Danny Fox
On Danny Fox: Vintage jacket by Avirex. Pants by Nike. Sneakers by Reebok. Bag by The North Face. All clothing and accessories, subjects’ own.
Photograph by Elliot James KennedyFox, prince of paint-splattered style, doesn’t own many nice clothes. “Within 30 seconds, they’re absolutely ruined,” the UK artist, pictured here with Sterling and Tiger, says. Looked at another way, what he does acquire—like track pants and Avirex leather jackets from car boot sales; a favorite £2 Adidas hoodie he copped from a charity shop 20 years ago—almost instantly becomehis, inseparable from his moody, edgy canvases. Fox’s aesthetic is instinctual, never overthought. As he puts it, paraphrasing Bruce Lee, the best style is “no style.” —S.H.
Gauthier Borsarello
Sweater and pants, vintage. Vintage t-shirt by Fruit of the Loom. Shoes by Paraboot. Hat by Ebbets Field Flannels. Watch by Rolex. Vintage bracelet by Hermès. All clothing and accessories, subject’s own.
Photograph by Aliocha WallonL’Étiquette magazine cofounder Borsarello’s vintage collection is legendary among the creative friends who flock to his Paris archive for sun-bleached work jackets and Levi’s that smell like Woodstock. But when the former Fursac creative director finds a grail he really loves, he wears it. Which has turned him into a one-man mood board of rarefied Gallic-prep style. “I want to create my own patina on very old garments,” Borsarello says. “That’s my luxury.” —S.H.
Playboi Carti
If you’ve ever wondered why some members of Generations Z and Alpha, who were born with smartphones in hand, decided to dress like 2001 Ozzfest attendees, it’s highly likely they also listen to Playboi Carti. The musician’s prickly steez lands right in the sweet spot between high-fashion streetwear and Hot Topic mall goth.
Mobolaji Dawodu
The globe-trotting stylist,GQ fashion director at large, and maestro of print, color, texture, and pattern makes a compelling argument that caftans and Nehru collar jackets should be standard-issue menswear staples.
Wes Anderson
As with his movies, the director continues to find new modes of expression within the scrupulously curated bounds of his trad wardrobe. You’ll see him in seersucker and madras when it’s warm, corduroy and tweed when it’s cold. But it’s the tones and details that allow him to tell fresh stories every time.
Sofia Coppola
Our foremost auteur of girlhood hasa fashion sense that’s all grown up. The filmmaker effortlessly alternates between a pink frilly dress, serious all-black director uniforms, and a strong rotation of elegant Chanel sets.
Lucky Blue & Nara Smith
Whether the pair are nesting (and enjoying a head-spinningly elaborate ultra-homemade meal) or out on the town,the internet’s favorite model-influencer married couple always manage to look picture perfect—and gloriously in sync.
Tyler, the Creator
Tyler still throws himself into a wholly new aesthetic identity for nearly every album-release cycle with Bowie-esque fervor. For this year’sDon’t Tap the Glass, that meant filtering ’80s hip-hop iconography like Cazal glasses and heavy rope chains through his signature candy-colored, twisted-prep lens. No wonder his legion of sartorial acolytes waits with bated breath for his every next move.
Michèle Lamy
The 81-year-old French artist—who whirls through life cloaked in cigarette smoke, inky makeup, primeval jewelry, and glam-goth getups designed by her husband, Rick Owens—is an icon of freaky creative freedom unlike any other.
Julianne Moore
Moore has been blitzing press junkets in outfits that cement her style-god status for anyone who worships at the altar of Bottega Veneta. Her immaculate everyday garb—pavement-skimming trousers, sweaters that hint at designer origins—elevates the lost art of dressing like a movie star to hyper-tasteful new heights.
Devin Booker
Booker was born in Michigan, went to school in Kentucky, and now lives in Arizona, but the four-time All-Star’s style is pure East LA: stiff work pants, boxy plaid flannels, polished leather boots, and a garage full of old-school Chevys. It’s an easy, understated breath of fresh air in the logo-splashed NBA.
Greta Lee
She can dominate the red carpet with the best of them, wringing glamour out of simple high-sheen dresses. However, Lee runs laps around the competition off duty too, when she artfully transforms loose sweaters into makeshift scarves, embraces dad sneakers, and burrows into floor-length leather coats.
Ralph Lauren
The Polo brand is rooted in classicism, but Mr. Lauren himself has always been a complete radical whose singular blend of Hamptons sportswear, Wall Street suiting, Western flair, and Old Hollywood glamour formed the very foundation of contemporary American style. Salute!
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
It’s as impossible to categorizethe reigning NBA MVP’s fits as it is to guard him: One day he’ll shimmy through the lane in slouchy Chrome Hearts jeans and a flowing leather trench, the next he’s juking you in the low post in a preppy Louis Vuitton cardigan and soft pink necktie. What can we say, the kid’s got great versatility and range.
George Cortina
Swim briefs by CDLP. Sunglasses by Jacques Marie Mage. All clothing and accessories, subject’s own.
Photograph by Celine van HeelFor decades, the stylist andGQ fashion editor at large has been the enfant terrible customer of Savile Row, even instructing his cutter at the royal-warrant-holding haberdashery Anderson & Sheppard to throw his fabric in the wash before making a suit. Cortina, who also prefers his bespoke Charvet shirts to look worn-in, is after passion and taste rather than correctness. “ ‘Chic’ is a word that I don’t like, but I like things that are elegant,” he says. “Even if it’s a Speedo, it should look elegant on you.” —S.H.
Additional reporting byAvidan Grossman,Gabriella Paiella, andCam Wolf.
A version of this story originally appeared in the November 2025 issue of GQ with the title “The 50 Most Stylish People Alive”
PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Photographs byMyles Hendrik,Mark Sommerfeld,Cian May,Lucky Tennyson,Elliot James Kennedy,Aliocha Wallon, andCeline van Heel
For Law Roach: Hair byTai Simon for The Only Agency
Makeup byAmber Amos for The Only Agency
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