So I'm taking a break from my Chaucer paper to eat some shitty sushi from Burgess and give the ol' brain a rest (if only for a second) so I can tell you all about GQ's Top 50 list of the most fashionable men in history. Trust me, I like nothing more than a guy who can rock a slick pair of slacks and a nice, well-fitted shirt. The list, which includes some of my favorite male fashion icons, is truly inspiring. Behold, Michael Caine rocking those square-framed glasses that I'm now seeing on every boy on campus who considers himself fashionable; and a young John Travolta whose nest of chest hair and dimpled chin used to make me go crazy when I watched Grease ; and Jean-Paul Belmondo, whose casual smile and sweet, high waist slacks "[embody] the iconoclastic French New Wave spirit" according to GQ. Even Robert Pattinson made the list, though I'm not sure a beard and a brutish sneer should be considered iconic as far as fashion is concerned (I mean it's been done before!) My personal fav (betchya never knew this about me) has got to be Elvis Presely, whose juicy kissers are a fashion statement in-and-of themselves. Trust me, if I were ever to meet his ghost (of course, it'd be in the form of his youthful, thinner self) I'd make sure to kiss his blue-suede shoes before I fainted.
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