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Features
90 / GQ Girl: ANA SOFIA MARTINS
The Portuguese actress has her way
with the camera
96 / GQ Man: MICHAEL B JORDAN

Hollywoods breakout star of 2015
is just getting started
103 / Feature: SUMMER OF COOL

Our insiders guide to hosting the
perfect summer party and chilling out
in style over the holidays
114 / Gift Guide: STUFF WE LIKE

GQ brings you the best of the good
stuff to give and get this festive season
120 / Report: MAN ON THE MOON

Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on
the moon, wants you to go to Mars
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in the candy oss exposing so much.
machine that is I actually prefer
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class and, close me, its just my
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ESSENTIALS MAN
Boardwalk
empire
World-ranked SA surfer
Michael February is
headed for the top
Words by Nick Corbett
N
ot everyone has the
tenacity to turn a hobby
into a career, but for
Cape Towns Michael February,
the transition from weekend
surfer to international
competitor was as natural
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as the seaside hes grown up
with. This year alone, February,
at 22 years old, competed in
some of the worlds top surfing
competitions, including
Hawaiis Martinique Surf Pro,
landing a second-place finish.
His performance has seen
him ride the wave to reach the
43rd spot in World Surf League
ratings, putting him hot on the
heels of SA world champions
Grant Baker and Jordy Smith.
Martinique has helped me
a lot, says February. Before,
I was unable to compete in
events higher than a QS6000,
but now, because of the points
I gained in the competition, Im
able to compete in the highest-
rated World Qualifying Series
events called a QS10000. Its
also helped my confidence.
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have to spend time overseas waistcoat R750.
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signature airs and spins. Being sneakers,
a surfer is like being any other Februarys own
athlete. I have a trainer who Ive
been working with for nearly
eight years now. And he still
lets me cancel training to go
surfing instead [laughs].

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GQs guide to being fashionably a white shirt, a black
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Words by Jason Alexander Basson a satin band on the
leg. This just makes
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T H E S TAT E M E N T P I E C E
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The secret to style is one item, but dont
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If one person says more exotic, the
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rather dress up your watches, of course).
look. When in doubt, However, your ofce
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shirts, ties and Swap your specs for
cardigans. If youre those fashion-forward
really worried, look versions, but make sure
at pictures of last your other accessories
years ofce party still blend into your outt
to get a better idea. rather than doing a gold
Pay special attention chain and an open collar,
to what your boss go for a gold collar chain
and the ofce over your tie. Then, as far
asshole wore, then as ties go, bring out the
go for something bold colours.
in the middle.
Spectacles, models own.
Topman chain R189.

ESSENTIALS MANUAL
3
GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN
Traditionally your
tux would go with a
white dress shirt,
either with a frilled,
RED ribbed or pleated
breast. The world is
CARPET less ornate in 2016,
Classic doesnt so step out of the
mean traditional, cofn and into a shirt
but respect for with a different
tradition is essential character perhaps
for mastering the black contrasting
look. You dont buttons. Leave out
want your black-tie the cummerbund
ensemble to make entirely and don
you look like the a red bow tie in lieu
waiter that tried of a black one.
too hard, but you
Topman shirt R429.
also dont want to Rosi & Ghezzi
your expensive at Spaghetti Maa
outfit to be stuffy bow tie R780
and predictable.
LUX TUX
This is where we
P O CKET S Q UARE
stick to our guns.
A classic tux is a Most mens ears
must have. Tuxedos start bleeding at the
are becoming more sound of the term
readily available here, pocket square. Do
so now you can get you match it to your
really exceptional shirt? Do you match
ones at affordable it to your tie? Do you
prices every man match it to anything?
should own one. You Essentially, there are
dont need to go no rules. However,
tricksy with the fancy we would advise you
contrasting lapels against matching
and white accents. your pocket square
Keep it modern to your bow tie. It is,
and sophisticated however, absolutely
in all-black with essential to wear one
a satin lapel. with a tux. So, for the
sake of preserving
Trenery tuxedo jacket tradition, make sure
R3 299, tuxedo trousers
its crisp white in
R1 799. Emporio Armani
at Watch Republic
either linen or cotton.
watch R4 299. Country
Road brogues R975

ESSENTIALS MANUAL
U N C O N V E N T I O NA L LY C H I C
4
Think way out of
the box and pair
pieces together that
wouldnt normally
BLOCK match to create a

more jarring look, but
PARTY bring the harmony in

by pairing colours.
Were taking the Swop conventional
party to the streets. items, like a shirt,
You want to be with uncharacteristic
dapper, but with ones instead, like
a difference. So get a windbreaker.
your street style on
G-Star Raw
in small measures
blazer R3 999, shirt
to make sure you R1 699. Topman
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bow tie R780
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party like a reective
surface covered
in white speckles,
by which we mean
a sporty reective
material like this one.
Its a great way to
bring some street
luxe into your look
without making
it seem like you
stumbled off the set
of a music video.
G-Star Raw
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BE THE LIFE
Its crucial that your
wardrobe has a
personality because
people will be
interested enough to
approach you.
Combine pieces that
are more playful, like
a whimsical print or
a statement bow
tie. Aim for light
humour instead
of comedy.

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powerful, with 4GB of RAM and a
performance test that would please even the
most demanding of users. The powerhouse
is pricey, but an incredible piece of tech.
WIN:
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very powerful hardware; wireless and wired
quick charging; speedy camera.
FAIL:
We havent found true function in the curved
screen yet; no expandable memory.

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ESSENTIALS TASTE
A drink best
served cold(er)
Why you should be keeping your
red wine on ice this season
Words by Paul Sephton 1
If you think white wine is all you

should be drinking this summer,
think again. Red wine should always 2
be slightly chilled, but some lighter-
style reds make for great summer
drinking straight out the fridge. South
Africa is producing more of these type
of wines than ever before. Its as much
about how the wine is made, and how
early it is harvested, as it is about the
varietal used, says Publiks David Cope.
But before you ice-bucket the wrong
red, heres a shopping list.
1. Leeuwenkuil
Cinsault
2015 R80
2. Radford 4
Dale Thirst
Gamay R120
3. Arendsig
Inspirational
Batch 2
Grenache R125
4. Vriesenhof
Paradyskloof
Grenache R70
5. Herold Pinot
Noir R140
3
6. Waterkloof
Seriously Cool
Cinsault R120

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COLLECTORS
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EDITION
insignicant wine prices are only going R195
one way and thats up, so when you look A blend of 88 per cent Cabern
back in 2020 at what you spent now, youll Sauvignon, ve per cent Merlo
be amazed at what a bargain you got. ve per cent Cabernet Franc,
Christian Eedes on the right Ultimately, however, its an investment and two per cent Petit Verdot.
time to start a cellar in enjoyment there are some wines Matured for 19 months in Fren
If youre a 20-something and just that need time in bottle to become more oak. Red and black fruit, an
starting out your career, putting part complex and interesting. attractive herbal note plus som
of your hard-earned salary into wine for If theres one variety thats built to last, subtle oak character. Medium
consumption ve or ten years down the then its Cabernet Sauvignon in its youth, bodied with fresh acidity and
line seems an impossible ask when youre it has particularly rm tannins but these ne tannins, the nish long an
still trying to pay off the student loan, make mellow over time and make for something savoury. Great purity and focu
the repayments on your car and date the particularly ne to drink. Drink from now until 2022.
Glass half full Its time to short

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Deate the associations of red wine more at home by the pool, they scream
belonging on the dinner table by using casual sophistication. Riedels offerings need
stemless wine glasses this summer. Easier no second glance, but there are plenty of
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CHARANGO
BREE STREETS LATEST GO-TO SPOT
Charango, the Nikkei (Peruvian-Japanese)

restaurant that opened its doors a few months
ago has risen to the challenge of Bree Street
diner scrutiny with a menu previously
unexplored in this food galaxy. The decor
greets you with an edginess thats at home
in the area, thanks to Faith47 murals and
muted tones. Following a Pisco sour (Pisco
is a Peruvian brandy), youd do well to try
the prawn and tuna tacos. Chef Kieran Whyte
manages to pack so much avour into his
menu, from the star-of-the-show ceviche,
to the barbecue and coal-red mains (Black
Kod is a favourite). The toasted quinoa creme
dessert should not be missed. If you only
try one new restaurant in Cape Town this
summer, make sure its this.
114 Bree Street, Cape Town. 021-422-0757
Head chef Kieran Whyte

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FLOATING
ISLANDS
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Photographer Jeffrey
Milstein leaned out of
helicopters and scaled
bridges to capture
cruiseliners, speedboats,
and skiffs
SHEER SIZE
Multiple tiers of swimming pools, mini-golf courses, and twisting
waterslides cruise ships like the Carnival Sensation (right) and Royal
Caribbean Freedom of the Seas are decked out in amusement park
attractions. And the thrills keep getting bigger and zanier.

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GQ PROMOTION
ONE
LIFE
WELL
LIVED
The most inspiring people
are never just one thing.
South African actor Oros
Mampofu brings together
every aspect of his life
allow my mind to come to grips with the who we can become. Choose to live full of
in his recipe for success, unseen mysteries of the world, and music happiness, love and all the experiences you
earning him a salute from to connect my essence. All these activities, can muster; you have one life live them.
Rmy Martin Cognac as separate as they are, unite me.
GQ: What does the phrase one life,
GQ: Talk us through your journey as GQ: Any other hidden talents? live them mean to you?
an actor so far. How did it all begin? OM: I enjoy singing; I can dance; Im able OM: Its an opportunity to look at your
Oros Mampofu: My journey began at to paint; I was once good at table tennis. life and ask how you can better yourself.
AFDA where I studied for my Bachelor The phrase stands behind what it
of Arts degree in live performance, after GQ: What would you say are you means to live as a man of many facets.
which I landed my first role in a series most passionate about? Exploring all possibilities of whom one
called Kowethu on SABC1. Next was my OM: Im most passionate about self can become and taking up the courage
first feature film titled Rise, my first lead expression, self understanding and the to fearlessly living to the fullest of our
role in the industry. I then made it into human potential. I wake in the pursuit to potential. We have the time we have
a reality show called Top Actor, that was find out what it means to be the best me the world as our playground and its
searching for SAs best actor. A month in how I walk, talk, carry myself and up to us to plunge towards all the
after shooting in the reality show I was how I feel at the top of my game. We have experiences of our deepest desires.
cast on Skeem Saam, on SABC1, as Jama a divine period in time from when we
Kekana. In between I have done are born until we die. Its up to us to take Calling people to live richer, larger lives,
commercials and documentaries. that and do all that we want with it. That Rmy Martin Cognac recognises that
understanding excites me on all levels. no one is defined by just one talent
GQ: Apart from acting, you have each of them brings a different world
quite a diverse range of interests GQ: What advice would you give to of experience and passions, and each
from music and martial arts to even someone your age? exemplify the Rmy Martin philosophy
quantum mechanics. How do these OM: Live a life that serves you. We are not that leading a fulfilling life comes from
inform who you are and how you certain about many things in this world. unleashing the many talents inside you.
approach what you do? All that we have is the moment and what It is this depth of history and skilful
OM: Im wired towards the aspiration we can best do with it. The time is now to mastery that goes into every bottle of
of becoming the most fully fledged plunge into our lives. Theres no limit to Rmy Martin Cognac.
individual that I can be. To look into
my strengths, explore my fears and
weaknesses and make myself as
Th e time is now to plunge into our lives. Th eres no limit to who
versatile and as mentally liberated as
possible. For me, martial arts is an we can become. Choose to live full of happiness, love and all the
adventure exploring my body and experiences you can muster; you have one life live them
my connection to it. Quantum theories
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ESSENTIALS MOVIES
their religion were all the same. We all
kind of basically look the same. And to
put the sameness together as imagery,
we thought was very important.
The full frontal didnt make the scene,
but the effect is there, he says. I like to
think that it would have been too
distracting, he chuckles. No, but there
was still the sense of humiliation and
that worked. I go to humour as a defence
mechanism to be able to ward off the
embarrassment of it, but as long as it
worked for the story, its good.
The actor is trying his hand at writing
a screenplay for an upcoming film called
Home Again, which hell direct next year.
Inspiration for me comes from a lot of
different places, he says. Ill be reading
something or seeing something any
number of things. But I do find, as I get
older, Im far less interested in things, and
more interested in experiences. I want
[more] opportunities to have experiences.
Each script he reads, he says, is the chance
to have a new experience and he wants
the films he stars in to stir something in
their audiences. If we put you in a state of
I dont care, that just wont do. Id rather
have you angry than apathetic, stimulated
rather than bored.
Thats the worst, he says. A career
full of those kinds of roles? A priceless
achievement for him.
MOVIES
Cold War kid

Bryan Cranstons back as a blacklisted screenwriter
Breaking tradition
Cranstons surprise on-screen
roles, ranked from worst to best
Words by Nadia Neophytou
F
or many Breaking Bad fans, playing It could be that hes channelling his latest
one of the most indelible characters role for the film Trumbo, in which he plays
Snizard, War Department
on TV may be Bryan Cranstons Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, Power Rangers Colonel, Saving
biggest achievement, but for the 60-year- who was blacklisted during the Cold War Hollywoods version Private Ryan
old actor, Walter White is secondary to for being a communist. of an unpaid Disciplined and
something far more simple. Ive been Cranston describes the process for internship. We all had ready, setting the
to start somewhere. tone for his career.
a working actor since I was 26. Thats all getting into the part of his latest film as fun,
I ever wanted to be an actor who could learning Trumbos boisterous ways even as
make a living off of acting, he says, the the writer becomes ostracised from show
pride beaming through his voice. Ive business and even put in jail for speaking
never had to do anything else. his views. The scene where he gets
With a Golden Globe and a couple of checked into prison and is stripped nude
Emmys and SAGs under his belt, its safe to was hard to film, but it was important for
say the actor who debuted on the soap One us to do, says Cranston.
Life to Live in 1968 would be beyond happy And he wanted to do it properly. They Patrick Crump, Jack ODonnell,
with himself. Cranston comes across as an shot it full frontal and full back. We wanted The X-Files Argo
amiable guy who, when introduced to to show the inhumanity he went through, The uncomfortable The mentor to
a bunch of journalists, insists on shaking and also the sense that, stripped down of cameo that led to Tony Mendez loses
Cranstons casting his cool and gets
the hands of each and every one a rare all that you present a person to be their in Breaking Bad. his way. NC
occurrence in movie-star interviews. political views, their sexual orientation,

MOVIES ESSENTIALS
HOLIDAY
VIEWING STAR WARS EPISODE
Take a vacation VII: THE FORCE
with these AWAKENS
blockbuster lms Directed by
JJ Abrams; with John
Edited by Evert Lombaert Boyega, Daisy Ridley
and Oscar Isaac
THE NIGHT BEFORE When it was rst announced
Directed by Jonathan Levine; that Abrams would direct this
with Seth Rogen, Joseph instalment, geeks around the
Gordon-Levitt and world sighed in collective
Anthony Mackie relief. Abrams was the
Three friends, Isaac, Ethan and director who not only helped
Chris (Rogen, Gordon-Levitt and the true pleasure comes with breathe life into the Mission:
Mackie) take part in their annual the characterisation and dialogue Impossible lms, but had
New Years Eve reunion. While and trying to gure out the evil nearly single-handedly
this is a pretty light plot strand, octets motives. Russell, Leigh made a Star Trek lm cool to
its enough for Rogen and co and Jackson shine, but are Star Wars fans; easily one of
to weave a lthy tapestry of excellently supported by THE DANISH GIRL the biggest cine-diplomatic
Christmassy chaos. Nothing is Tim Roth and The Shields Directed by Tom Hooper; pop culture achievements of
sacred here; Christians Jews, underrated Walton Goggins. with Eddie Redmayne and our lifetime.
drugs you name it. A guys If youre a fan of spaghetti Alicia Vikander This, the seventh lm in the
lm for a guys night out. Westerns, it doesnt get much Based on David Ebershoffs franchise, is set 30 years after
+++++ saucier than this, amigos. 2000 novel of the same name, the end of the events of The
Released +++++ The Danish Girl tells the tale Return of The Jedi. While the
11 December 2015 Released of one of the rst known original cast members (most
8 January 2016 gender reassignment patients. notably but not limited to
Redmaynes portrayal of Danish Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
THE HATEFUL EIGHT gentleman Einar Wegeners and Harrison Ford) reprise
Directed by Quentin transition to the titular Danish their roles, the impeccable
Tarantino; with Samuel L girl Lili Ilse Elvenes is truly triple charisma dosage of
Jackson, Kurt Russell and remarkable. A great piece of Boyega, Ridley and the
Jennifer Jason Leigh lmmaking that will have you never-disappointing Isaac
Tarantino takes us to post-Civil talking long after youve borders on genius. May the
War Wyoming, where a blizzard left the cinema. force be with you, always.
forces eight unsavoury
Samuel L Jackson
+++++ +++++
characters to take shelter in a gets hateful Released Released 18 December 2015
stagecoach station. As always, 29 January 2016
ESSENTIALS BOOKS
BOOKS
PRINTING
THE PICTURE
Andy Warhols secret Polaroids are the
intimate works you never knew about
Andy Warhol with his
Edited by Cayleigh Bright iconic Polaroid sidekick
I
t can seem like theres pictures. The pictures, the moment again, its useful
little thats left to be said incidentally, tend to make to remember Warhol saying,
about Andy Warhol. His it back to Instagram when A picture means I know
widely reproduced art the printed Polaroid is where I was every minute.
and mythologised life have photographed and added to Thats why I take pictures. Its
ensured him significantly its takers newsfeed while a visual diary. Warhol was
longer than fifteen minutes locally, slick startup Nifty250. not precious with his
of fame. Its surprising, then co.za offers a service that Polaroids simply put, he
and welcome when a book prints photos from Instagram took a lot of them. We know
highlights some aspect of feeds into Polaroid-style from Warhols work that he
Warhol that feels fresh, and photos and delivers them to had a preoccupation with the
Andy Warhol. Polaroids does your door. idea of celebrity. Always
just that. Created in With parents and authors carrying his Polaroid camera,
collaboration with the Andy of think pieces questioning he captured candid snaps of
Warhol Foundation, its 500 how well ever learn to live in Jack Nicholson, Yves Saint
pages reveal around 700 of Laurent, Jean-Michel
the his previously unseen Basquiat, Dolly Parton and
images, taken over a more. But theres a significant
period of almost 30 years. difference, of course,
The worlds current between the artists pictures
obsession with Polaroids and an image snapped for
is attributed to a tech-savvy sharing on social media. Who
generations new love for knows what a modern-day
the novelty of anything real, Warhol would have done
tactile, and altogether with social media and how
old-school. The Instagram it would have altered his
generation, used to being views on art and culture
able to apply any one of but as it happens, his
myriad filters with the swipe Polaroids are appealing
of a finger, is exhilarated by partly because they werent
the 10-minute wait for an made to be shared: theyre
image to develop, so Instax Andy Warhol. Polaroids by intimate moments with
cameras are as much part Richard B Woodward, Reuel people whose public lives
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you would know you have to gauge your
own optimism and potential for your
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check yourself?
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Words by Paul Sephton actually not be. Its the same with a small
business. Being able to look at it through
those lenses without getting that kid
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eaving a corporate job to move into entrepreneurial waters is never an easy leap, but fuzziness is key in making decisions.
its one that SAFlorist.net founder Nicholas Wallander took a year ago, after securing GQ: What advice would you give to
one of the largest investments ever made on reality TV show Dragons Den. Here are your 18-year-old self?
his lessons, from bootstrapping a beginning, to keeping a clear head and scaling. NW: One thing I wish I could do is code.
Right now, if you can code, and you have
GQ: What led to start SAFlorist and GQ: Whats the best way to scale any sort of entrepreneurial flair, you can
whats the concept behind it? a startup and stay lean? pretty much get something off the ground
Nicholas Wallander: Independent florists are NW: Build a system that focuses on without risk.
under serious pressure, even though it was USPs that competitors cant match. Were GQ: You had a major investment last
one of the first industries to venture into building a decentralised model that is year through Dragons Den. What have
e-commerce. We want to provide the scalable in volume and geography. You you learnt since?
customer with a world-class shopping should design a system that allows you NW: Weve given the site numerous
experience, make them feel good about to scale without being resource intensive. face lifts and worked really hard on the
their purchase and decentralise the Since the investment last November weve checkout. By our estimations we probably
online model. When you buy from us, grown by almost 500 per cent, without have the fastest checkout in SA at the
we connect you with a florist in the area. having to employ more admin staff. moment. Checkout is so important; >>
Its quite an engaging purchase, and a
feel good one, because youre supporting
small local business. And it allows us to There are some fundamental questions that you have to ask. Is
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Theoretically, you can order at 5pm for a
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prove scalability and concept as soon as
possible, and prove the idea that theyve
bought into. If you were scaling already,
you wouldnt need the investment. They
bought into a belief that what youve got
can reach certain heights, so its key to
deliver on those.
GQ: Is there a good way to raise funding
in South Africa?
NW: Ive been amazed by the amount of
potential venture capitalists there are in
South Africa. There are people in the city
looking to make interesting investments,
having exited successful businesses and
turning to help other people grow theirs. Nicholas Wallander, who started SAFlorist.net in 2012
GQ: Is the state of investment in SA
tech optimistic overall?
NW: Things are favourable right now in Ive been amazed by the amount of potential venture capitalists
terms of investing. The horrible memory there are in South Africa. There are people in the city looking to
of the bubble bursting and the downturn help other people grow their businesses
around 2010 are gone. If I just look at
FNB, Standard Bank and Investec and
the initiatives that theyre involved in, GQ: Do you see SAFlorist as a tech focused so much on revenue, because
Standard Bank is involved with SW7, in company or a oral service? they are usually tied, but for a startup
association with the British Government. NW: We jostle with this question, are we in transactions is a better metric because they
They have built an incubator in their new the florist industry or are we offering a prove youre acquiring customers. Revenue
Rosebank offices in Joburg where you platform for a decentralised industry to will follow once you have a customer base.
can just go and use their Wi-Fi and work. compete with a monopoly. Weve come to GQ: How do you expand a customer
Look at Michael Jordaan from FNB; the conclusion that were a tech company, base or go about marketing?
the fact that hes investing so heavily in his and that our technology just happens to be NW: I think as a startup with no brand
personal capacity now that hes left FNB proving itself in the florist industry. equity, a solid and well run Google Ad
gives you an idea of the culture he must GQ: Do you have to be in a given Words campaign is absolutely critical, but
have instilled in the bank while he was industry to be aware of new we often call it a crack habit. You put more
there. And when you look at Investec opportunity that lies in it? money in and get a buzz because you see
investing in WiGroup, these are very NW: Its very difficult to identify your sales up, but you get the card debit
positive signs from big institutions that opportunities in an industry that youre not and suddenly youve hit a downer. You
there might be an appetite for tech familiar with. But essentially all of the tech must have a metered approach to Ad
investments again. start-ups succeeding now are solving very Words because it can run away with you.
GQ: Wheres the low hanging fruit for simple problems. They might be in a highly Weve focused heavily on our content
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want is on-demand. If youre in an industry measure its success by? theoretically costs you nothing but it takes
with a solid market, and you can do it NW: Our measures are transactions, a lot of work to develop. And its critical for
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2015 was a year of economic turmoil
Here are 10 events that had the
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Words by Bruce Cameron
1 China
The Chinese economy slowed (but is still 5 Lower
growing strongly), as demand for imports of commodit
raw materials dropped and China devalued prices
its currency to help stimulate exports. This These have 7 The Arab winter
knocked countries that are commodity hit producer The long-term economic effects of an estimated 16 million refugees
producers, with emerging countries being countries like from Syria, Libya, Iraq and Yemen seeking safety in other countries
hardest hit. Chinas devalued yuan, with SA and Brazil, is still being debated. But its not all bad news as the population of
investor and consumer unease related to resulting in lower the world, and particular that of the northern hemisphere, is aging,
the domestic stock market, cut demand exchange rates. leaving countries with an ever increasing number of pensioners, with
for Chinese commodity imports, which are The main reason fewer and fewer in-job people paying taxes to meet the pensioner bill.
making it harder for exporters to turn a prot. has been lower Its estimated that Germany could absorb up to one million refugees a
Chinese demand year to improve the balance between pensioners and non-pensioners.
3 Currency for commodities,
2 Greece shakedown and a global 8 Growth revival
The country The year has been glut of aluminium The US started to show signs 9 Quantitative
unsettled marked by currency- in China, of rmer growth revival following easing
investment market volatility exacerbated by the 2008 economic meltdown. Articially low interest rates
markets at rst, brought about by its exporting at In Europe the recovery is more and pumping cash into the
but its economy three main factors low prices. fragile and varies from country worlds nancial systems
($246 trillion) quantitative easing, to country. Unemployment created a glut of money. With
makes up only the reduced rates were tending downwards, banks loath to lend, this ood
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1.53 per cent of commodity prices production levels upwards and of cheap money did not have
the European (particularly crude
6 Brics the housing market has stabilised much choice of destination
Union GDP oil), and the slow on shaky with renewed consumer except equity markets,
($18 240 trillion) down in the Chinese foundations condence. This is good news pushing up share prices
and is about one economy. The Brazils economy is as these two regions dominate around the world.
third smaller than US dollar has down by almost two the world economy.
that of South strengthened percent on 2014 and
Africa. Even against all the major Russia is shrinking 10 The tottering bull
a Grexit from currencies and by almost ve per This year has seen record low interest rates in the developed world
the Euro would particularly against cent. China has impacting on bond and equity markets. The brave have looked to
not bring about most developing slowed down and places like Russian bond and equity markets, and the very brave to
a disaster. or emerging South Africa has places like Greece. The S&P Index for the top 500 United States
countries as well. an invest grade of companies hit a 13-year low of 676.53 on 9 March, 2009, climbing to
BBB- on their debt. a high of 2 135 in May. The bad economic hit on 8 August this year
4 Oil at $20 a barrel India has a positive saw the S&P lost almost four per cent in value. This was nothing
This is a possible price being predicted by ve per cent growth compared with the almost nine per cent hit in September 2008 and the
2017. Its due to overproduction and crude oil rate. Brics economic subsequent losses reached almost 40 percent in 2008 and 2009.
stockpiles at an all time high; the refusal of growth has cooled,
Opec countries to cut production and the and low commodity
economic slow down in China, among others. prices could worsen SAs economy THE WORLDS BIG 3 (IN SIZE OF GDP)
ranked 33
Economies of oil exporters will slow down economic concerns out of 194 1. The United States $17 419 trillion in GDP.
and they will import less from other countries. for raw material countries 2. China $10 360 trillion.
Non-oil producers will benet from the lower exporters like with a GDP 3. Japan $4 601 trillion.
of $350 trillion
prices. It will however, initially result in slower Brazil, Russia and in 2014 33. South Africa $350 trillion.
global economic growth. South Africa.

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THE MCLAREN 650S SPIDER

Driving this barely street-legal racer is an education in physics
and all kinds of fast and fuzzy feelings
M
y hands are shaking slightly; least ten people around you taking pictures. going more than 200km/h in just over eight
maybe its the brief siren, but its The car looks so outlandishly different, and seconds. In fact, every number associated
probably just the car. The whining is so rare that theres little competition. with this machine is just silly, from the
sound of that first thing was my favourite You see, when youre driving what Im 484kW and 678Nm, to the fact that such
worst nightmare, and its coming from right driving, no one is exempt from noticing, power comes from a mere 3.8l of V8 engine,
next to me. Looking over, a broad-toothed from admiring and how could it be any mounted with two tiny turbos. These
grin and a thumbs up is all I see coming different? Before 2012, its not like you could figures might make your eyeballs bulge, but
from the cop in his car on my right. And even find a McLaren that was street legal. feeling them in practice will have a different
while Ive barely been in this McLaren 650s The only thing is, Im not sure how this one effect; pushing them to the side of your
Spider for fifteen minutes, it is a magnet for is. Gurgling like a baby dragon behind me is head as G-forces take effect and you tunnel
turning heads and taking snapshots were an engine so powerful that, if I put my foot vision every inch of focus you have on
earning a sighting a second. The attention is down when this light goes green, Ill be survival. The staggeringly quick >>
omnipresent, whether you want it or not
everybody looks, making me feel the closest If I put my foot down, Ill be going more
to celebrityville that Ill ever be. Spend a few
minutes in a parking lot and there will be at than 200km/h in just over eight seconds
DRIVE
MCLAREN
650S
POWER
3.8l twin-turbo V8,
484kW, 678Nm
PERFORMANCE
0-100km/h in 3.0
seconds; top
speed 329km/h
CLAIMED FUEL
11.7l/100km
BASE PRICE
R4 900 000
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The seven-speed dual clutch gearbox is capable

of automatic shifts so fast that you have to listen
for the blips and prepare for further propulsion
nanoseconds for the freak to come out. In four corners, so that when your settings
a hurricane of glorious noise, youre shot are dialled in at normal even pushing to
forward like a road-ready roller coaster, as sport the ride is plush enough not to be
all those numbers play out in search of tar haemorrhaging kidneys with every bump
to chew up ahead via the four Pirelli on the highway. Accompanying the power
The tactile steering wheel
P-Zeros that are so frantically fighting for is a seven-speed dual clutch Seamless
echoes that of an F1 cockpit
control. Just like that, youve added a Shift Gearbox (SSG), capable of automatic
memory so stung by heightened senses upshifts so lightning fast that you have to
that it cant be forgotten. The beauty of this listen for them, while downshifting is a
nature of this car is enough to scare the car is that its experiential on a level that satisfying sting of rev blips and prep for
living daylights out of anyone who gets defies belief until its felt. Crushing the further propulsion.
behind the wheel. Moreover, most of my gargantuan brakes (carbon ceramic All of the tech in this car makes it so
passengers would often leave visibly standard) and with the help of the air foils futuristically clever that even an amateur
shaking. It looks and feels thrilling, and extra down force (forty per cent more than driver like myself can throttle it into hyper
getting out of it, you cant help feeling on the 12C), you could more often than not speed. Combining all the technology and
more alive than when you got in it. throw a stone further than this cars performance tricks learnt from F1, and
The McLaren 650s is the follow-up to stopping point. then using the findings that were banned
2012s MP4-12C (later, just 12C), and can But, when it looks and performs like in the sport, McLaren has bred something
be positioned as the update that adopted this, you kind of expect that all the things truly astounding, and probably the best
all the freakishness learnt from the motor that make it work so well on a track, leave car GQ has ever driven. Which is why we
companys P1 experiment, while listening it verging on unusable as a daily drive. had to share the fun...
to all of the little tweaks 12C drivers and Not so with the 650s, thanks in part to
critics were looking for. Putting your foot McLarens ProActive Chassis Control See the McLaren 650S Spider in action
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down in a game of chicken, it takes (PCC), essentially a dual-wishbone on all
Ride share We helped launch the Uber McLaren

THAT BROUGHT US TO OUR countless background checks
NEXT IDEA. What if we could to make sure we werent going
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car as possible? We called our it was as simple as picking up
friends at Uber and asked them strangers and playing a virtual
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Soul
fuel
GQ heads to Bavaria
for an adventure with
BMWs new S 1000 XR
Words by Dieter Losskarn
BMW is well-known for creating a niche

within a niche with their cars. Just look
at their Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV), the
mighty X6. Now there is a bike equivalent:
Adventure Sport, and the bike flying
this flag is theS 1000 XR. It is the fourth
high-power BMW motorcycle, after the
S1000 RR, the HP4 and the S1000 R
roadster with a straight four-cylinder
engine. And it is one of the best BMWs
I have ever ridden.
Two colleagues and I were handed three
new BMW bikes on our arrival in Munich
and all three of us jumped on the new
S1000 XR. But the other two bikes werent
bad either: the retro classic RnineT
(81kW/119Nm), and the classic flat-twin
boxer R1200RS (92kW and 125Nm),
a sports tourer.
We decided to swop as often as possible
on our way through the Alps to the
mountainous Berchtesgaden region.
Leading the way was Peter, our guide/
photographer/paraglider on his F800GS
with panniers, beating us all in the bends
he knows so well.
The striking S1000 XR (119kW/112Nm)
combines GS, Touring and Sport models
in one bike, or as BMW says The best
of three worlds. The power delivery is
explosive, allowing brisk touring with
sporty performance, combined with
a very comfortable ride in an upright
sitting position.
It handles well on the autobahn with
speeds up to 240km/h, but on twisty
country and narrow mountain passes,
it is king, perfect for holiday trips with
luggage and a passenger.
BMW riding gear also benefits from
the new lifestyle approach. The protective
clothing range is rad. I wore a BMW 6
helmet, a stylish and functional
trendsetter with integrated sun shades
and a front end that opens up.
Due to an unprecedented heat wave in
Bavaria, with temperatures soaring up
well into the 40s, I Africa-tested the new
GREAT DRIVE
PRECIOUS
METAL ON
DISPLAY
It is a very distinct sound. A Bavarian sound, one

that triggers memories, particularly for someone
like me, who was born in the area and is
revisiting the countryside after many years away.
On leaving the large Oktoberfest-style beer
tent at the fairgrounds under the Hausberg
mountain in Garmisch-Partenkirchen where
the 15th BMW Motorrad Days is taking place,
I hear other characteristic Bavarian sounds
coming from the endpipes of a number of boxer
engines. In an upmarket village setting, dozens
of custom bike builders present their creations.
Its a breathtaking display of precious metal.
One of the weekends highlights is the
Classic Boxer Sprint. Two and four-valve
classic boxer bikes race each other dragster
style on a 200m stretch of Main Street an
amazing sight with even better sound effects.
You can test-drive every

bike in the BMW model
range and whoever is
keen can test their skills
on an obstacle course
All the major aftermarket equipment suppliers

are here and exhibiting, from Touratech to
Wunderlich. One large tent displays organised
BMW trips around the world, with South Africa
as a trending destination.
You can test-drive every bike in the very
comprehensive BMW model range on a ride
through the picture-perfect Bavarian
countryside and whoever is keen to take part
in the annual GS trophy can test their skills on
an obstacle course, including balancing the
bike on a tree trunk.
The biker jacket looks like denim but is made The BMW Motorrad Days are a perfect
of high-strength materials with great abrasion showcase for the brand and their new Make
resistance and has body armour inserts life a ride approach. The location couldnt be
better Bavaria is the ancestoral home of the
legendary bikes. The beer tent in Garmisch
BMW Venting suit. And it works. First Lightweight stretch panels are sewn into is the perfect alternative to the overcrowded
of all, it doesnt resemble a bikers suit. the knee and elbow areas, as well as into Oktoberfest in Munich.
The jacket looks like denim, but is in the seat of the trousers the perfect Since the agreement was extended to 2018,
fact made of high-strength materials summer suit for South African bikers. the BMW Motorrad Days will continue to be
with great abrasion resistance. Despite If you own an RnineT, or a one-off held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. See you in
the body armour inserts, the jacket and boxer custom bike, an old-style leather July 2016.
trousers are very comfortable to wear. jacket aptly named Soulfuel is for you.
NEW CARS
POWER PLAYERS
One big and two small new models hit the road
Words by Dieter Losskarn
THE NEW Q IS KING

It took Audi some time to revamp the Q7.
The outside changes are subtle; more
evolutionary than revolutionary. It looks leaner,
more muscular and squarer, but not radically
different from its predecessor. Its lost some
serious weight though up to a staggering
325kg, depending on the model. Its still big,
but not fat anymore, and its more luxurious,
roomy and ecomomical. Equipped with
four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering,
its surprisingly agile. For me its the new
secret king of Quattro, with more technology,
prestige and space.
POWER 3.0-litre V6 TDI, 183kW and 600Nm

PERFORMANCE 0-100km/h in 6.3 seconds;
top speed 234km/h
CLAIMED FUEL 6.1 litres/100km
BASE PRICE R924 000
STILL COOL mirrors were refreshed. There are newly

You dont change much in a successful designed larger wheels, a new roof-mounted
recipe thats Nissans attitude with the aerial and redesigned rear lights. My Juke
Juke, the most famous love-it-or-hate-it car choice would be the top model with four-wheel
of them all. Even the Jukes designer wasnt drive, as it is so much more fun. And it has
sure whether this quirky style would work. to be in San Diego yellow.
He shouldnt have worried in the three and
a half years since its introduction, its sold POWER 1.2-litre six-speed manual, 85kW and 190Nm
half a million units. In the second generation PERFORMANCE 0-100km/h in 10.8 seconds;
of the Juke we see subtle changes. First top speed 178km/h
POWERPACK of all, the heart was replaced with the new
The new Mini John Cooper Works is the most 1.2-l. DIG-T engine (85kW/190Nm, six-speed
powerful one ever produced. Its a completely manual gearbox). Bumpers, lights and side BASE PRICE R254 900
redeveloped car, and you can feel it. The rear
spoiler and side sills are not as in-your-face
as in the previous model, but it does have
the characteristic red Brembo brake calipers.
The JCW version offers extremely addictive
driving fun its a hard ride, but never
uncomfortable. Its no wonder, with this kind
of power in a small car, the lower seating
position, swift handling, perfectly balanced
chassis and solid body shell. And the new
gorgeous LED face enhances its Mini-ness.
POWER 2.0-litre turbo, 170kW and 320Nm
PERFORMANCE 0-100 km/h in 6.1 seconds;
top speed 246km/h
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THIS MONTH
BEHAVIOUR BY PETROS
AUGOUSTI; HUMOUR BY
BRENDAN JACK; SEX BY
JULIEANNE SMOLINSKI
BEHAVIOUR
Get to work, man

Petros Augousti puts the man into manual labour and joins the workforce hall of fame
I DITCHED A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF Its common knowledge, to well-read

LAST MONTH, starting with board people anyway, that Albert Einstein the
meetings where the agenda is the next cuddly, frizzy-headed genius who gave us
board meeting, where the clash is between the theory of relativity used to regularly
egos and the contest is over who can give stop theorising and take up menial labour
the most boring summary, or come up with instead. He rightly believed that by doing
the most tedious ideas. Oh and dont forget, Petros Augousti isnt afraid to get tasks that used minimal thought, he was
thosekeydecisionsonlunch(Bantingornot) his creative hands dirty free to let his mind roam and get inspiration
water (still or sparkling) and tea (rooibos or at unlikely times. I have been a creative
green). Dont even get me started on coffees. writer for many years now and as much
Enough already. Time to get back to work. as my body yearned for muscle-busting
My one-man marketing company secured work, the synapses in my brain were close
a contract with a large international to exploding. They needed some relief from
company to write their corporate brochures the friction of thinking.
and while discussing this, I picked up from Man Friday and I arrived at the factory,
the MD that one of their factories required were introduced to the staff and then had
a logistics adjustment: in other words, it to put on our new work clothes blue
needed a good clean-up, which involved overalls, mask for fumes, a safety-net hat
painting, welding and manual labour. and disposable gloves that career criminals,
That is just what my business offers, doctors and fetish lovers get to wear. Any job
I told him: a diversified service that that needs all this must be freaking hectic.
covers every aspect. In my black Soviet I pulled on three latex pairs at once.
work boots and arm cast as a result of The job was due to be a three-week one,
a recent accident on the soccer field but the contract was extended for another
I must have looked capable of pulling off three. And now I knew why. Lying in wait
tough jobs. Perhaps it was the pheromones was 30 tons of material that had to be
or testosterones or whatever rones it is graded, moved and thrown out. Then the
we give off in a work encounter. Whatever, whole storage facility had to be painted,
I duly got the contract. all steel cages were to be unwelded and
I hired a guy Ill call Man Friday, someone then rewelded. I didnt even know the right
who would share my pain and glory in the terminology for what I was about to embark
ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS SLABBER/CS DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION
weeks to come. Bear in mind I have never on but who cares? Not when you have to
painted, welded or carried heavy goods leave the water-cooler life behind to move
for eight hours straight. Sure, I have been heavy-duty steel around.
training at the local gym for many years I prefer to get my torture over and done
and I pay them for the pleasure of picking up with, so at 6am every morning I got stuck
heavy equipment. Now I was the one to get in. Man Friday was a great companion but I
paid a sizeable fee. I was sure I could learn was also in competition with him to see who
to paint, weld and handle electric cable-like would break first in the face of a mountain
stuff. I am man after all. of unyielding steel. For eight hours of every
day I switched off my brain completely. We
I was in competition took no lunch hour just a single coffee
with him to see who break and carried, painted and welded
our way into the Workman Hall of Fame.
would break rst. I have no abiding memory of the job; only
For eight hours of every the feeling of satisfaction at the end of each
day, I switched off my work day. And the sleep. Such sweet sleep.
brain completely You could do it too, you know.

HUMOUR
How to go on holiday and annoy people

After trawling through your Instagram, B
I WANTED TO GO ON HOLIDAY, BUT despise the Biebs
THE CAMERA FUNCTION ON MY the paparazzi to p
PHONE WAS PLAYING UP. Should I online less adm
postpone? I wondered. After all, Im going to As far as I
the trouble of a taking a scenic holiday. Why Hemingway neve
jeopardise the trip by not being able to show to upload a Vine o
photographic evidence to everyone with an with a marlin.
internet connection? Could I get away with he documented
using an iPhone 4S? Would it still hold up existential crisis
to modern standards of iPhoneography? short book. Wer
Is a camera even necessary? Could I go on the social med
holiday without documenting it? yesteryear? A litt
Sharing personal photos online has and better thoug
replaced inviting the neighbours over to see updates, but still u
your holiday photos. Except the neighbours Hunter S Thom
are now strangers who youve met once, and grab a panoramic
who dont know where you live despite you in Panama. Not
being the best of Facebook friends. hallucinogenics a
Travelling and relaxing on holiday has autocorrect, whic
become hard work. It now takes a lot of effort you enjoy any of t
to look like youre having fun. Have you looked like you s
selected the coolest wardrobe? Will you working on your i
complete that hike to the top of the waterfall the bands on you
by sunset for a Miley Cyrus tongue pose? explorers such as
(Whats the point of a photo if the sun isnt got by without
right?) And when packing, how many selfie- morning breakfa
sticks is too much? Cant find a cable to sketch or woodca
charge your GoPro? Might as well stay in wilted spinach egg
your Airbnb and weep. the threat of death
Theres an ever-growing social scale to Over-enhanced
rate yourself, to compare ourselves to the (OLF) has become
imagined lives of others. It looks like is beset with lies an
everyones having an epic time biking across know thats actu
Lord of the Rings country or drinking from India and not a
Remy bottles at Kanyes Wests Grammy Didnt I just see th
party all while youre babysitting your Geographics feed
nephew at a kids party, who just threw up there at the same t
on you. your own? No on
Thing is, people posting their amazeballs social media.
view from a Greek isle after picking olives Which brings ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS SLABBER/CS DESIGN & ILLUSTRA
for lunch in an orchard, where a famous which Ill hopefully be making a profit from landmarks. Youll be able to make duck
person once had a nap, probably had to faces with affordable models and throw
mop up chav urine in a pub and wash pint Over-enhanced lifestyle gang signs from a sports car on a beach. For
glasses to make the cash required for their fabulousness (OLF) is a small fee, you can share amazing travel
bohemian chic lifestyle (not judging.) After
their youth-hostel tour of eastern Europe
a problem. The internet photos to make friends and family sick with
jealousy and impress your strangers.
theyll head home to poor work prospects
is beset with falsehoods. But at the end of the perfect day, lets
because, while they were arsing around No one likes being lied enjoy social media while its still fun and
Prague, you were doing a free internship or to on social media your posts arent being used to monitor
busting your hump schmoozing and your whereabouts and behaviour by your
emailing out your LinkedIn profile. boss and the government. Unless thats
The only person probably living a more already happening, which it is. And dont
epic life than you right now is Justin Bieber, worry, Ill still follow your scooter road
whos currently shagging, snorting and Brendan Jack might like trip across Asia. How else am I going to
tattooing himself through early retirement. your pictures online, but in see what a picnic looks like next to a
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SEX
How to go in through the back door

Julieanne Smolinski gives you the gentlemens guide to anal sex
WHETHER YOU READ ABOUT IT, people have never been to Nelspruit. But not. Its 2015; most women arent going to
HEARD IT WHISPERED AROUND A might you not, hypothetically, enjoy having clutch their bonnets and run screaming if
CAMPFIRE, or experienced it firsthand, your penis enveloped by the tight grip of you ask for something (politely!) in bed. If
surely youve gotten the news that butt stuff a beautiful womans ass? Or having your she doesnt want to do crack with you, shell
is in. If youre behind (sorry), lets catch male G-spot situated just inside your say No thanks, and the world will continue
you up. A lot can fall under the umbrella of sphincter given a gentle nudge, pushing to spin on its majestic axis.
butt stuff: fingers, penises, tongues, toys your orgasm into I SEE GOD! territory? Alternatively, you can nonverbally imply
in your place or hers. All of this was once If youre in a relationship, it can be an that youd like to explore the general area,
reserved for birthday sex, but now its barely exciting new thing to trot out. If youre and see how she responds. Maybe drift
taboo. Which is great, because butt play is single, though, it can seem like an extreme south while going down on her, or move
lots of fun and one of the few kinks you can request. Its not. Women who enjoy butt play her hands toward your ass-end and see
try without using Craigslist. during casual sex will probably tell you, if she responds positively. Were talking
You know youve wondered what its like loudly, over the roar of Immigrant Song. enthusiastic Yes, yes, yes! levels of consent.
on the dark side of the moon. But you have Kidding! Slightly. Women who like anal are Thats a green light to see if shed like to go
concerns. Lets work through those. normal, and they are everywhere. You just further, via sacking up and telling her what
have to ask. youd like to do to her or that you think itd
CONCERN NUMBER 1: YOURE be pretty grand if shed reciprocate in kind.
FEELING INTIMIDATED CONCERN NUMBER 2: YOU DONT Just promise that you will never try to
Maybe youre peachy with just good ol KNOW HOW TO ASK sneak in the back door. Promise.
traditional-style sex. Thats fine! Some If your problem is one of propriety, worry
CONCERN NUMBER 3: YOU THINK
THE ASS IS DIRTY
It can be. Its an ass, and you know its
primary directive. But lets be real: all sex
is a little disgusting. This is why a bit of
thoughtful preparation is key. Or to put it
in sports terms you can more readily digest,
your best ass defence is a good ass offense.
Shower well. Also, dont take out a girl for a
veal parm dinner, then later on go for the
bronze. You and a plate of bread cannot
comfortably fit inside someone else.
CONCERN NUMBER 4: YOU THINK

ITS GAY
There are gay men who dont like anything
put inside them. There are straight men
who do. These are cold, hard-ass facts.
The only thing that makes you gay is being
attracted to men. The male asshole is a
biological source of sensation regardless of
your sexual preference. If a woman thinks
youre gay for indulging in that pleasure,
dump her and move on. Bigots are generally
terrible in bed.
ILLUSTRATION BY ZOHAR LAZAR
Julieanne Smolinski
says Bums the word! when
talking tushy taboos

COVER GIRL
Words by Marta Talho. Photographs by Branislav Simoncik
Portuguese actress Ana Sofia Martins

tells GQ about making it big in the media and how
she manages her relationship with her fans
F
or almost an hour, I get home and I have to study
Ana Sofia speaks at scripts for the following day,
will, like someone and the number of scenes can
who is used to the be anything between two and
being in the thirty! The work never ends,
spotlight, who feels completely but its just as well; otherwise
at home in front of a camera, Id get bored.
and who knows her way around
her boyfriend. GQ: Does it get complicated?
AS: There was this one time
GQ: Is being on television when I was told, Just do it right
more intense than you the first time; that way you
expected? dont have to repeat. And
Ana Soa: I knew it was going to I follow that, word for word.
be intense, but its only when The most complicated scenes,
you actually experience it that or the most intimate ones
you realise just how much. I always get them right the first
I spend 12 hours in the studio. time around. >>

COVER GIRL
GQ: How does the world of fashion compare to being in a soapy?

How have you found dealing with the public?
AS: I think Im still learning to deal with the public that follows me now. The
fashion public is different, and more sophisticated, more specialised. Now it
is a broader public, and a public that expresses itself in a harsher way. There is
nothing gentle about it, they either love you or they hate you. Im trying to deal
with it the best way I can and not take things personally, because this public
sees my character and Ana Sofia as one and the same. The younger people
are better at differentiating but every now and then they also surprise me.
GQ: You had to give up a lot to get to where you are now. Does sacrice
pay off?
AS: I think everything thats happened was for a reason. Even so, there were
moments when I thought to myself, Why is this happening to me? But now
I understand: it was to get to this point Im at today, and here, talking to you.
GQ: Did you experience any prejudice when you entered the world
of fashion?
AS: On the contrary. I was very well received, especially by people I was used to
seeing. For example, Ana Bola, Ana Zanatti, Catarina Avelar, Nicolau Breyner
theyre all people who I saw grow in that industry and they would compliment
me, and send me text messages with words of encouragement. Even today Im
still stunned. The reactions were much more positive than negative. >>
I was very w
received. Peo
who I saw gro
in that indus
would compl
me, and send
text messages
with words of
encourageme
Even today I
still stunned.
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COVER GIRL
GQ: You have a very

healthy relationship with
social media. How much
of yourself do you reveal?
AS: If you give the news
yourself and inform people,
you leave no space for certain
magazines to make things
up, even though I have
a great relationship with
the press. Of course you
dont reveal what you dont
want to be revealed. I see
social media as the future.
GQ: Youve had to start

your career from scratch.
What have you taken from
that experience?
AS: Ive already had to start
from scratch so many times,
in so many things. The
advantage is the baggage we
bring from before. A baggage
I make a point of not erasing,
so I can remember the
mistakes that I dont want to
make again. Ive already had
to start again from scratch
professionally, financially,
emotionally, and, every time
Ive done so, Ive never had
any certainty of anything.
You dont know whats going
to come out of it, what life
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ARRIVING
I N ST Y L E
Words by Chris Heath
Photographs by Peggy Sirota
Breakout Hollywood star of 2015 Michael B Jordan

tells GQ what success means to him
Stay cool (mostly) I arrive first, and when I ask for the table-for-two
for Jordan, I am instantly led there. Jordan arrives
N
early everything Michael B Jordan about 15 minutes later, and I can see him talking to
does in public, in the media is the greeter. And standing there. And standing there
done pretty smoothly, as though some more, a kind of fixed expression on his face.
there are few things he prioritises He has to wait for a couple of minutes before,
more than presenting an unruffled eventually, they lead him over. Thats a whole other
sheen and a dignified poise. But sometimes thing, he says to me when I ask him what just
its hard. We have arranged to meet for dinner happened, as if hes trying not to look as annoyed
at a well-regarded restaurant on Manhattans as he clearly is. As though he thinks whatever just
Lower East Side, a place recommended to him took place fits all too neatly into a pattern that a
by his manager. Im a foodie, hell tell me, successful black man has to endure as he traverses
so wherever the good food is this world. >>

(The kind of world, for
instance, whose internet
bubbles with thinly veiled
racist indignation when
a fine young actor is cast as
a make-believe comic-book
superhero Fantastic Fours
Johnny Storm who has
previously been drawn as white.)
And as though he didnt get to
where he is now without learning
a lesson or two about restraint.
Up to a point, anyway. Hes only
human. Just how annoyed Jordan
actually is becomes clear a little later on,
after he is brought his first tequila-and-
cucumber cocktail, when he takes a
sideways kind of retribution. He has a first
sip, then realises that this was not a fair taste
test he still has his chewing gum in his
mouth. Removing it, he makes a swift decision,
one that I only half-see. Right under the table,
he declares. A wide grin. Classy. Im classy, okay?
A little surprised and not wanting to get the facts
wrong I ask him whether he really did just stick his
gum under there.

GQ MAN
Fuck, yeah, goddamn right I did, to keep us warm during winter, someone he identifies as a girl from
he says. They made me wait outside you know? When you come from Milan. Just friends, he says. Getting
for no reason. Im from north New that background, all this extra to know each other.
Jersey, bro. I come from nothing. stuff is just extra stuff, you know? Jordan was recently photographed
I come from sleeping in the kitchen If somebodys not real with you, leaving a Met Gala afterparty in New
with my family with the oven open you can tell. York at the same time as Kendall Jenner,
and there was a brief ripple of stories
wondering whether the two of them
were dating, speculation which was
dampened by sources insisting that
Its like, stereotypes of black-guys-always- the photo was simply two people by
die-in-movies and all that shit. That didnt help chance leaving a party at the same
any. My friends gave me a lot of shit about that. time. Nevertheless, it stirred up a little
online squall, with those who presented
Its like the running joke with horror movies themselves as Jordans fans almost
if the black guys there, you know hes the rst universally hostile to the idea.
one gone Its the world we live in, says Jordan.
They see white and black. I dont.
Kendalls a friend of mine, you know.
Stay single (mostly) So youve never had serious... I dont know her, like, that well, but
He interrupts me. No. No. I know her enough. Peoples perspective
L
ast week, Jordan bought his Is that a good thing? on that is what it is. I dont fucking know.
first house. Hell be living I dont know the answer to that. Im I dont live my life to make other people
alone for the first time, apart pretty sure the women wont say thats happy. Its so weird, though, right? A lot
from a few months solo good, but for me its like I cant have any of black fans were feeling like, Oh, my
when he first arrived in Los regrets and I have to know that I gave God, he should have been with a black
Angeles as a teenager. You know, you everything I had to making my family woman and that whole thing. I get it,
cant have a roommate forever, Jordan okay. At the end of the day thats all that but on the other hand its, like, relax. You
says. Im 28. You know, just coming matters to me is my family, bro. Theyre know its 2015. Its okay! People can like
into my own. not good, Im not good. My mid-thirties, one another, not necessarily from the
If all goes to plan, Creed a new I can live a little. And Im so okay with same history or culture or whatever the
resurrection of the Rocky franchise one that. Im cool with that. fuck it is. Its just the new world, you
generation on, with Jordan as Apollo Im guessing you might have come know what I mean?
Creeds son and Sylvester Stallone as across a girl or two who didnt agree
his trainer will only increase Jordans with this agenda.
public profile. This is something that A lot of females that didnt agree
he insists, for all his ambition, hes very with this agenda.
uncomfortable with. I hate it, he says. How does that go? At the end of the day
Im a quiet guy. Im very to myself. It goes like it goes. They want what
Dont like attention. Im getting a lot they want, I tell them what I want. It
thats all that matters
more now. Im extremely quiet, bro. doesnt quite work out that well. Thats to me is my family, bro
He echoes what he said earlier. All the why Im by myself.
extra shit is extra shit, you know. And Are you lonely?
then, unbidden, he clarifies what he Im not. I understand what females Stay alive (mostly)
considers part of the extra shit. The want and need, you know. Im good at
A
females, he says, theyll always be that. I dont know if Im the guy to give s Jordan graduated from
there. Like, honestly, bro, oh my God. it to them right now. Until I find teenage roles in the best of
Female-wise now? I aint got to do too something thats so undeniable that modern episodic TV The
much work. And its weird, because I cant help myself. Wire, Friday Night Lights
Im the same guy. I havent fucking Do you think youve ever been and began to get bigger
changed, right? I havent done anything in love? and bigger movie roles, they all had one
different. He pauses, reconsiders this. He pauses, then says, Ive probably increasingly uncomfortable thing in
Okay, maybe a blockbuster film. been in infatuation. common: Jordan always ended up dying.
I think that makes a difference. Thats kind of a no. His principal film roles between 2007
So crazy, isnt it? He nods. Kind of a no. and 2013 were as follows: Blackout, Red
So how do girls, or women, fit into Thats not to say that his life is free of Tails, Chronicle, and Fruitvale Station.
your life right now? temporary distractions. The week before He survives in none of them. During
Um, I try and be focused. I told we meet he posted a picture of himself the press tour for the film that followed,
myself at a young age that I would on vacation in Capri. He shows me more the semi-comedy That Awkward Moment,
sacrifice all my twenties to my work. photos on his phone: living on a boat, he would explain that one reason he
Im 28. Ive got a year and a half. shimmering blue sea, offshore rocks took the role was that he didnt want
And have you pretty much stuck with holes in them that remind him of to put his mother through another
to that? The Goonies. Hes not the only person on-screen death. Hed joke about it,
Yes. in some of the photos. Theres also but it bothered him. >>

GQ MAN
ABOUT
THESE
CLOTHES
The rising big shots guide
to dressing all casual
First, get a good tailor

You cant be a big shot
without a go-to suit guy
(and a jeweller). But a shirt
and tie in Cape Town?
Nah. A sporty pullover
packs all the spifness,
none of the stiffness.
Leave your sneakerhead

days behind
Gaudy limited-edition kicks
might be cool for stunting
on your friends, but theyre
also a sign of delayed
adolescence. Maturity
calls for minimalism.
Flex like a grown-up

Its not who made your
clothes. Or how much
they cost. Its how
perfectly they t.
Learn this trick to the

high-low mix
To instantly bump your
tailored sweats up to
the big leagues, just pair
them with dress shoes.
Give your jeans a vacation

Youve got your casual
pants (denim, cargos,
sweats) and youve got
your dress pants (the kind
that come with your suit).
New idea: try wearing the
latter as effortlessly and
as often as the former.
Its like, stereotypes of black-guys-always-die- he says. I dont want people to get
in-movies and all that shit. That didnt help comfortable with seeing me die all the time. Tip your hat to big
any. My friends gave me a lot of shit about He knows perfectly well that its a rule shots past
that. It was one of those things: Stop dying hell have to break, sooner or later. A felt fedora and a knit
in those movies, man. Its like the running Of course. But I had to establish polo? Thats straight from
joke with horror movies if the black guys a run of films that I win, and I am on top. the Sinatra-takes-Palm
there, you know hes the first one gone. I aint dying in Creed. Ill tell you that right Springs playbook. (Make
That became a line drawn in the now spoiler alert! Adonis does not die, okay? sure youve read that thing
sand. I told [my agents] after Fruitvale [that] Then, yeah, later on, down the line you cover to cover.)
Im not dying anymore its not happening, know, I want to play Sam Cooke one day.
100 GQ.CO.ZA DECEMBER2015/JANUARY 2016

The years finally over youve earned some chill time.
But in the event youre too mentally exhausted to think
about how to enjoy your time out-of-office, fret not
weve done it for you. Heres your insiders guide to
a sophisticated, stress-free party season
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THROWING A
REAL-DEAL RAGER
104 GQ.CO.ZA DECEMBER 2015 /JANUARY 2016
SUMMER OF COOL
HOW TO BE
THE HOST
WITH THE MOST
1 GET FIRED UP
We need to take back the word party.
A party isnt demanding that people dress
up in black tie to watch the Emmys while
guzzling cocktails with cutesy names like
the Mad Men-hattan. No, a party is loud
and overflowing, just on the right side of
drunken, and heres the key part fun.
But before you go blasting out e-vites (ugh)
or focus-grouping the right hashtag
(ugh-er), we need to get a few things
straight. This wont be a quaint get-together
or four-course soire. If you follow our
advice, booze will flow. Meaty meat will
be devoured. Strangers will make out.
Booties will quake. And everybody in
your place will have one hell of a good
time yourself included. And do not worry
if some details escape you.
2 GET THE WORD

OUT LIKE A MAN
No Facebook events. No group text that
will make everyone hate you. Definitely
none of those I noticed you opened the
email but did not RSVP paperless post
e-vites. You are a man, not the social
chair of a sorority, and you will send
out an email a few weeks in advance.
3. Prep like a party god

MAKE EM WALK
Set your bar on the opposite side of the room
from the front door to get people in, so they
dont create a bottleneck.
TURN DOWN THE LIGHTING

WORDS BY JONATHAN WILDE, MARK BYRNE, SARAH BALL, MICHAEL
If you cant dim the overhead lights, dim a oor

lamp and aim it at the ceiling. Then light candles.
SACKS, VINITH MISRA PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTIN SCHOELLER
Everyone looks ten years younger.
ADIOS, EAMES LOUNGE

Stow big chairs with arms which seat only
one and keep benches, ottomans, or even
coffee tables for seating.
CLEAN LIKE YOURE NINE

Youd be amazed what can t in a bathtub.
Guests nd it and laugh their asses off its
not a negative.
ONE CLASSY JOINT

Light a candle, put out some mints, buy
hotel-quality paper hand towels. People really
notice the effort.

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4
5 PLAYLIST mixes done by pros for free, ranging from
BACKGROUND TV? Diplo-type dudes to a classic Kool DJ Red
TRY SOME OF THESE*
POINTERS Alert old-school hip-hop mix to the four
GOOD VIBES
rCMBDLBOEXIJUFNPWJF volumes I have with Nirvana and shit like that.

rTNVTJDWJEFPT 1: BE A DJ DESPOT You can at least grab an hour-long mix or two
rSeinfeld reruns Its important that the playlist is created by one to get your playlist started.
rWJOUBHFQPSOP person with a vision. This is your party. If Bryan
rGVSSZQPSOP wants to play his favourite Red Hot Chili Peppers 5: DONT BE AFRAID TO CALL
rTQPSUTIJHIMJHIUT record, he can do it at his own house party. FOR BACKUP
rThe Wire, season 5 A New York club is open from ten to four in
rThe Miracle of Birth 2: THINK FRESH the morning. So thats your playlist-length
rUIFOFXT Take some risks with your playlist. In this benchmark. If you run short, pull from classic
BAD VIBES
rSPBSJOHSFQMBDFWJEFPMPPQ single-track-download world that we live in albums. You can put on Dr. Dres Chronic 2001,
rQIPUPTMJEFTIPXPGZPVS today, people are way more familiar with new start to nish. And everyone has a favourite
sisters new baby
stuff than you think. A$AP Rocky drops a new disc in the three-CD Prince greatest-hits
*It goes without saying, but: always mute video and by the next day most people have collection, you know?
probably already checked it out.
3: MAKE IT MOVE
THE WARM-UP ZONE
BRING A good playlist is a bell curve. You have the

Everyones getting here and its chill part, you
Biggies Hypnotize, which transcends all
demographics. Its just a feel-good track.
THE NOISE have the Lets turn it up a notch portion in the

middle, and then the Were going to take this The hype moment
Dont rent a pro sound system, but
out to the roof at three in the morning vibe. Something like Travis Porters Bring It Back,
a dinky iPhone dock isnt going to cut it.
You start with the oldies to get loose, you peak which turns a living room into a strip club.
No, you need a Sonos system speakers
with the new stuff in the middle, and then, when
in every room that you can control
its winding down, Ginuwines Pony is on. The cool-down
wirelessly (and easily) from your phone.
SBTRKTs Wildre is kind of a curveball,
Sonos PLAY:1 R2 800, sonos.com 4: WHEN IN DOUBT, FARM IT OUT chill but not sleepy. Because once it hits
If you go to SoundCloud, you can download 3am, everything needs to be sexy.

SUMMER OF COOL
6. G0 BIG! GUY WHOS WAITING FOR A CALL

FROM HIS BOSS BEFORE HE CAN REALLY
8. Know how to
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Resist the urge to tidy up. Dont go all Yes! Shots! Totally! Just give him one sec. Some people dont get the hint. Heres
Martha Stewart and ask anyone if they need what you do: you take that ice bucket from
a rell. Do roll a joint and pull a few people THOSE TWO the cocktail bar and dump it into the sink.
into the backyard. Trust that if you mingle, You can tell they care deeply for each other Loudly. Its a jarring, unmistakable noise,
others will mingle; dance and theyll dance; because theyre currently making a baby and the leftovers stumbling around your
drink and theyll get torn up. on your sofa. place should take notice. And if theyre still
oblivious, announce that the afterparty is
7 ASSESS THE TV-OBSESSED GUY WHO KEEPS SAYING now starting at your local bar, then walk
SPOILER ALERT everyone over and Irish goodbye the
SITUATION: He doesnt know if you saw last weeks
episode, but spoiler alert youll want
moment they aim their blurry vision at
the bartender.
THE SIX PARTY to punch his throat.
GUESTS YOULL GUY WHO ALWAYS GOES THERE Lead by

NEED TO DEAL Hes not saying what AKA did was right, but
example.
If you
WITH FIRMLY GUY WHO WAS BORN WITHOUT
A PERSONALITY OF mingle,
GUY WHOS WAY TOO WORRIED Yeah, so this is Jeff from work. Hes just moved
ABOUT EBOLA to the city and HES LOOKING SOMEWHERE others will
Have you read that book The Hot Zone? He has. ELSE! RUN! mingle

SUMMER OF COOL
SO YOUD
RATHER
BE DOWN
TOWN
Not committed to the
morning-after clean up?
Book a spot at some of
the freshest diners in SA
Cape Town
RUA
Wembley Squares hottest new eatery is
a fusion of Spanish and Moroccan decor
that hosts a menu that lends itself to sharing
and multiple orders. Tapas and at breads
complement their tapped beer selection in
a way that ags the restaurant as a perfect
after-work drinks venue or meeting point for
the sports game. Go for the crispy calamari
or rib-eye steak strips to truly experience chef
and co-founder Zain Mullers avour chops.
Wembley Square, Roodehoek Street. JUNIOR BURGER
021-461-4590 Serial restaurateur siblings Hugo and
Sascha Berolsky (of El Burro and Royale
Eatery) have opened Junior Burger on Kloof
Nek corner, Cape Towns fastest-growing
food hotspot. With fast casual burger
options seriously lacking in the Mother City,
Junior offers a clean-cut menu of fast fare
that might not be a weight watchers dream,
but is tasty as hell, fresh and free from all
the rubbish that goes into making your
2am MacDonalds run seem so good.
12 Kloof Nek Road, Tamboerskloof.
LUCKY BAO 021-422-2968
The new eight-seater Asian street-food bar
in Hout Bay is too cool for summer. Lucky GIULIOS CAF
Bao, at the foot of Chapmans Peak Drive, is Giulio Loreggian, who spent time working
Cheyne Morrisbys latest, and, like Cheynes under Jamie Oliver, has opened up a new
next door, it is a bridge between Japanese bistro set to catch the attention of long-
and Chinese avours. Diners get a front-row established bakeries and restaurants in
seat to the chef and kitchen, with speedy the CBD. With cooler-than-your-pad decor
over-the-bar counter service. The primary courtesy of Chandler House, Giulios
offerings are bao, yakitori, sides and shakes. Mediterranean menu will have you frothing
WORDS BY PAUL SEPHTON
Ramen is the latest introduction to the menu. for the freshly baked croissants, American
Order the roasted sticky duck bao with pancakes and Deluxe coffee from 7am
sesame jam, and nish with a coconut cream, onwards, while lunchtime burger and
banana and matcha shake. For something Panino lovers can get their taste buds
more exclusive you can book the entire space thoroughly basted by any one of the
for a six-course, wine-pairing dinner. avour-pumped dishes.
1 Pam Arlene Place, Hout Bay. 079-067-4919 16 Loop Street, Cape Town. 021-418-6304

SUMMER OF COOL
THE GOOD LUCK BAR

Newtown is going through an explosion of
new restaurants and bars, but a solid menu
and impressive drinks are seldom seen
together, here or anywhere in the city for that
matter, until The Good Luck Bar opened.
With four co-founders bringing various
background together, the resulting space
Joburg has been a honey pot for hipsters, set in a
WORDS BY PAUL SEPHTON AND EVA SHUMAN. FASHION PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE MARAIS/ONE LEAGUE. FASHION DIRECTOR: MICHAEL BEAUMONT COOPER. GROOMER:
DAKOTA LEE THE COUNTESS historic warehouse and serving up insanely
Dakota Lee is one of the newer and edgier Steampunk-themed The Countess is a good food and drinks. Youre going to want
DALE TITUS AT ONE LEAGUE. FASHION ASSISTANT: LAY-LAH SALIE. MODELS: EDEN, ROELOF, BONGANI, ANJAI,YEMI AT BOSS MODELS AND MIKYLA AT VISION
establishments to open up in the more visually stunning space, with its triple-volume, to bring big groups and clear your schedule.
conservative enclave of Kramerville, Sandton. double-story area coated in Prussian blue 14 Alexander Street, Ferreirastown.
But despite the kooky institution known as tones and accented by copper piping and 084-683-4413
Katys Palace situated just down the road, accents. The food includes items such as
Dakota Lee is nothing of a rival. Its a tattoo trufe mac and cheese or pot de crme ACE +PEARL
parlour/rockabilly bar with a completely with maple syrup and black lava salt. When Craighall Parks new addition is saving
different feel and aesthetic. But dont be it comes to drinks, the sky is the limit with Joburg from its wine-bar drought.
so quick to judge; it bares no comparison next-level creativity and customisation from Neighbouring Warm & Glad, and under
to your stereotypical ink sink. Located on barman Julian Short. the same ownership, the raw material and
the second oor of a newly refurbished 27 Boxes, 75 3rd Avenue, Melville. industrial design of the space is warmed
warehouse, it is bright and light with an 011-482-7361 by good music and the rumble of every
elegant and well-stocked bar along the back interesting conversation around you.
wall. Overseen by an impressive bull-skull Stocking boutique and small-batch wines
(and owners pride and joy), the slogan lets that youve likely never heard of, the staff will
be different together is painted on the shiny give you and your date plenty to talk about
brass oor and makes one question whether with their knowledge. The Ace Grilled Cheese
theyve just walked into a tattoo shop. and kudu terrine are but two of the delicious
Having travelled extensively around the menu items you cant leave without trying.
world, founder Ryan Lee saw a niche in Shop 8, Albans Square, 357 Jan Smuts
the South African market to create a more Avenue. 011-781-0455
welcoming tattoo parlour come bar,
Whenever I get tattooed I always end up
drinking to get through it so I thought to
myself, why dont any of the tattoo shops
have bars? Not only catering to those with
a lower pain threshold, it is an inviting and
contemporary space designed by Tristan Du
Plessis at Studio A. As Ryan notes, Tattoos
are expensive and permanent. If youre going
get one, it is much nicer to get one done in THE NATIONAL
a welcoming environment. You cant step into the city, let alone the
Despite the owners comparing it to a province without hearing tales of Coobs,
speakeasy, theres nothing dark and dingy the evergreen Parkhurst bistro that is almost
about the joint. Its overground and theres as loved as Joburgs jacarandas in bloom.
no lingering smell of stale booze. The buzz of The National is chef James Diacks second
the needle is surpassed by the ow of rock institution after Coobs, serving up slightly
anthems. Friends hangout on the terrace and more rustic food, sourced from his family
bands play on the weekend, bringing an edge farm and other suppliers with a passion for
to the neighbourhood. Kramerville is on the provenance, with the end results including
cusp of becoming a Parkhurst; its getting paella, pulled-pork buns and other tasty-as-
a really cool vibe, Ryan says. ever dishes.
14 Appel Road, Kramerville. 011-056-9069 19 4th Avenue, Parktown North. 011-327-3030

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he holiday season. Its the time to leave the office behind, book a vacation and start wondering what to do with the rest of that
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that order), a cultural practice that comes with as much panic as it does reward.
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GABBANA
observations about Fergusons life are the
most arresting. Meaty holiday reading.
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it is such an iconic number, that
it should really be in any mans
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The man who
fell to Earth
For Buzz Aldrin, the dark side of the moon was getting
adjusted to life on Earth. Now the rocket scientist-inventor
is on another mission. Its called: Get your ass to Mars
Words by Jeanne-Marie Laskas
H e was a war-hero fighter pilot; he was an MIT rocket

scientist. And then Buzz Aldrin went to the moon,
which is perhaps all you know about one of the most
famous men on earth a guy whos been frozen, like
a footprint in lunar dust, for 45 years now. No matter their age,
gender, politics or nationality, every person has the same reaction
to him: Holy crap, Buzz Aldrin, you went to the moon! How was
the moon?
Magnificent desolation were his words when he climbed
down that ladder and first stood on the moon. But the thing
about Aldrin is that he still wants much more than that.
So how was it? The moon! That lunar glow hanging right there,
night after night. I have no further questions.

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Women like to reach out and

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natural human reaction to the man
who walked on the moon.
Far left: Buzz Aldrins status as the second did it feel like to go to the moon? He honourably testifying before US
man on the moon has both dened and came back burdened, by what he did, Congress about space exploration, and
haunted him. Left: Liftoff of the Apollo 11
and what he didnt do. Significantly so. turning down just about every media
mission and the start of a three-day trip
to reach the moon Suicidal. His grandfather put a bullet request coming his way, and biography
through the brain. His mom swallowed offers. He sued Hallmark for using his
pills. Moon or no moon, its in his blood. name and a recording of his one small
There was some genetic association, he step quote for a Christmas ornament.
says. My grandfather had committed Aldrin was the second man to walk
Aldrin is sitting at my table in a dark suicide, and then my mother did right on the moon. He made a rap video,
and crowded restaurant. Hes wearing before we went to the moon. Rocket Experience, with Snoop Dogg.
a lapel pin of his famous moon footprint Abruptly he switches subjects, talks He was eliminated in the second round
in miniature, cast in pewter, and a tie rockets and boosters. His comfort zone. of Season 10 of Dancing with the Stars.
with pictures of planets all over it. Hes Now Obama says he wants to send He has appeared on WWE Monday
wearing bracelets with beads; turquoise a human to an asteroid. Why would he Night Raw, The Price is Right, 30 Rock,
on one wrist and a string of translucent say that? Ill tell you why. To satisfy the The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons,
alien faces on the other. Hes 85 now. public. To show progress. But thats not Futurama, Top Chef and many more
He went to the moon when he was 39. going to the moon. Thats not going to shows and movies as himself. He
And all of a sudden heres a rocket, Mars. Thats playing around with has written eight books, mostly about
hes saying, his voice low, as he tries to a Mickey Mouse rock. Im his own exploits in
make plain what landing on the moon the creator of a way to get space, including four
can do to a mans life. And youre gonna to Mars. memoirs, two science
get on top of it and go somewhere. He takes a sip of his fiction and a childrens
People are interested. People want to be soda. He hasnt had a book. He sells Get
able to put down in writing something drink in 36 years. His your ass to Mars
about how you were feeling. He shoulders are open and T-shirts on his website,
gesticulates when he talks, the bracelets relaxed, his round, blue along with $600 Buzz
clattering. Look, we didnt know what eyes are busy and alert. Aldrin First Step
we were feeling. We werent feeling. My mind might wander autographed
The distance between you and him is a little bit, he says, lithographs.
a chasm. Imagine how he feels about surveying the room. When Armstrong
that. He doesnt know how he feels. Hes Im on the scout for died in 2012, the
been feeling this way ever since he fell cute-looking ladies, White House issued
IMAGES COURTESY OF THE BUZZ ALDRIN COLLECTION; NASA
out of the sky in July 1969, splashed into being divorced a couple a statement saying
the Pacific in an airtight capsule with of years now. he was among the
his Apollo 11 crewmates Neil Armstrong The melancholy of all greatest of American
and Michael Collins. Hes a museum things done is the way heroes not just of his
piece, a mascot for Team Universe. Aldrin described his time, but of all time.
Aldrin talks in long paragraphs about complete mental Aldrin had a hard time
rocket science. Orbits and going to Mars breakdown after getting anyone at the
and the Aldrin Mars Cycler. He holds returning from the moon. White House to answer
three patents for things like a modular Booze. A couple of divorces. A psych his calls about organising an event to
space station; he started a foundation ward. Broke. At one point he was commemorate the 45th anniversary of
devoted to advancing space education. selling cars. Neither Armstrong nor his moon walk.
Hes a relic of the 20th century, a Collins had a mental breakdown after
H
snapshot of human achievement, living returning from the moon. e drives a zippy red BMW M3
in my life span. Hes a picture in every Armstrong was the first man to walk with the roof open to the
history book in every country, and every on the moon. He would go on to retire California sun. He wears a blue
single human being who even thinks from space with dignity. He became NASA cap with red flames on the sides.
about him has the same question: what an academic, and then a businessman, He speeds down LAs 405, zigzagging >>

like a fighter pilot, which he once was, but that lasted a year. He drank a lot Well, dont rearrange my slides,
in the cockpit of an F-86 Sabre in Korea. more, fell in love a lot more. His Air he says.
At the end of the exit ramp, he exhales. Force pension wasnt much. That was We had to rearrange the slides,
Pretty good instrumentation. It says when he started working at a Cadillac Buzz, she says.
50 miles until I run out of gas. That dealership, but he wasnt much of a Upstairs in the apartment, Rob,
would have been handy to have in an salesman. Rehab was the first time he his personal assistant, is rearranging
airplane, he says. He demonstrates ever really talked about feelings. It the slides. Its a modest home with a
the paddle shift. I could recommend turned out he had so many feelings. An sprawling view of West LA, decorated
some modifications. emptiness so deep. He discovered the with Aldrin memorabilia. A coffee
He is a man who studies and invents. melancholy of all things done. He was table book, Marketing the Moon, lies
He got the nickname Buzz when he was in his forties, a conqueror with nothing on top of a glass case displaying some
a kid, from his sister who called him left to conquer but his own demons. of Aldrins medals and a signed
Buzzer because she couldnt say His father never accepted that Aldrin photograph of him, Armstrong and
brother. There was already one Edwin was not number one, and waged an Collins. Aldrin had a much fancier
in the family, and that was his dad. The unsuccessful one-man campaign to get apartment when he was married to
family lived in Montclair, New Jersey, the US Postal Service to change its Lois but now she has that one and she
and his mothers maiden name was Armstrong First Man on the Moon also has a lot of Aldrins moon stuff.
Moon, and yes, he knows how crazy stamp to one that said First Men on the Lois was supposed to be the one.
that is. The melancholy ran in the Moon Moon so it could include Aldrin. As for She propped Aldrin up after rehab in
side of the family. His dad, a career Aldrins breakdown, his the late 1980s. The fuel
military man and early aviation man, depression and of love was pretty much
cast a long shadow. His dad knew one alcoholism, his father sending Lois and me
of the Wright brothers and Amelia never accepted those into the stratosphere,
Earhart, and took a transatlantic flight either. Or if he did, he he writes in Every
on the Hindenburg before it blew up. blamed the moon, the Superman Needs His
Aldrin was the youngest, the only boy, absence of gravity, the Lois, one of many
small, shy, awkward and sensitive. His unknown properties of chapters devoted to his
father wanted him to be brave and space. The moon must ex-wife in one of his
brilliant. So Aldrin drove himself to be have ruined Aldrin. books. Lois took me
a West Point military academy, fighter Aldrin turns the car on as her challenge to
pilot, decorated war hero. into the parking lot of his rebuild my sense of self.
After Korea, Aldrin came home and apartment building, Whenever I got down
got a doctorate in rocket science from coming to a stop. on myself, she wrote
MIT. He was invited to join NASA, to Christina Korp, his more notes to me, page
go up in a rocket ship the first time manager and mission after page, telling me
in 1966 in Gemini 12 when he went control director, comes how brilliant, attractive
out of the ship, and floated out in space out to meet him. She used and innovative I was
to find out how long a human could to work for musician John Tesh and she sat close to me and read her
survive the longest space walk ever before that was a backup singer for notes aloud.
attempted. Aldrin calculated ways to Ringo Starr. Aldrin has had three wives, The couple married in 1988. Aldrin
avoid wasted muscle energy by and after the last one, Lois, things were had his three grown children from
applying his scuba-diving training. He a mess. Korp now acts as his first marriage, and Lois had two.
beat the record handily, staying outside a bouncer for all the gold diggers trying She was a bankers daughter, worth
the capsule for two hours and 29 to pry themselves into chez Aldrin. millions. Aldrin was never a big-money
minutes and he went out twice more. Korp accompanies Aldrin on his guy. He was a pay-the-bills-on-time
Then came Apollo 11, and his walk appearances and stands in the back guy. With Lois money they were living
on the moon. waving her arms, telling him to stay the high life, but all of that disappeared
The second man to walk on the on topic or wrap it up. Okay, Buzz, in 1989 with the collapse of the savings
moon? his father said. Number two? come on up, Korp says. Rob figured out and loan industry. For the first time in
After his trip to the moon, Aldrin a way to shorten the presentation. her life she had to figure out how to
cracked up. There was nothing left to I dont want it shorter, he says. make money, and the most obvious
do. The media frenzy was worldwide: 24 Theyre only giving you 30 minutes, thing to sell was Aldrin himself. My
countries in 45 days and that was just Buzz, she replies. petite little platinum-blonde beauty
the beginning. NASA had no further
use for him in space; now he was
supposed to be some kind of NASA PR
flack. He resigned from NASA in 1971
and returned to the Air Force. But the
Air Force didnt know what to do with
someone who had been to the moon.
He drank a lot. His marriage to the
mother of his three children fell apart,
and he retired from the Air Force. He
went to rehab. He got married again,

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of a wife suddenly turned into a
public-relations dynamo, Aldrin
would later write proudly of his wife.
The business is Buzz! she proclaimed,
and indeed so it became.
He went on every talk show
imaginable all over the world. She
turned down virtually nothing. He
made none of the choices. He imagined
himself promoting space, doing
something good for the world. He did
what Lois told him to do, and now they
were raking in millions: endorsement
deals with Louis Vuitton, Tommy
Hilfiger, Apple, Grundig, Nike.
A
ldrin emerges from the kitchen
with a bowl of berries and a
protein shake in his Dancing
with the Stars souvenir mug. He sits
with Rob and Korp and tries to
persuade them to undo the way
theyve rearranged the slides for this
afternoons keynote speech, Buzz
Aldrins Unified Space Vision, at the
International Space Development The New York City ticker-tape parade celebrating Buzz (centre) and his crewmates after their
Conference in LA. return to Earth
Aldrin: Okay, now look. This is
wrong. And this, which is wrong. It
shows too much of the solar dynamic. Perhaps its like touching the moon mostly science-fiction types, a
It doesnt make the point. And we want itself. And hes a cute old man, kind of smattering of elderly engineers, kids
the node to clearly show. And the two wacky, thoroughly accessible it seems with school projects. All weekend long,
halves. So it will cement in their minds. okay to walk up and hug him. And when speakers extol the promise of building
Korp: I know thats logical in your pretty women do that, well, Aldrin takes a spacefaring civilisation, and the crowd
mind, but Buzz, you wont have time for it personally. He takes it seriously. He cheers, revival-meeting style. Its an
all of this. Its a 30-minute speech. falls in love easily. aching for a day when space was cool;
When Korp came along, it was to help
with the business. Shed answered an ad
in the Hollywood Reporter, and it was
just a job. One day Aldrin asked Korp
to look into his bank accounts because
Lois was bragging about all the money
they were making, but he wasnt seeing
it. Aldrin wanted to help his son Mike.
He didnt understand the problem, but
he never turned his back on Mike and
neither did his other children, Andy and
Janice. Aldrin wanted money to help Korp is his shield. She wants him to when people wanted to go there not
Mike, and Lois kept saying they didnt slow down, to stop with the ladies, to a couple of billionaires on a joy ride.
have any. Yet somehow Im paying her stop feeling like he has to fly to friggin Its hard to even remember when
kids salary? Aldrin groused to Korp, Dubai to give a speech, but she knows human spaceflight was part of pop
who suggested he ask his accountants hes incapable of stopping either. culture. If theres an appetite to return
for a look at his bank accounts. Lois Forward momentum is the antidote to to the moon, or push on to Mars, its not
fired Korp in 2011, kicked Aldrin out madness. He learnt that a long time ago. in the 21st century vernacular. NASA
and changed all the locks on the doors. retired the Space Shuttle programme in
A
Aldrin rehired Korp, and together t the conference, fans are 2011. The Constellation Program to get
with his kids hes been rebuilding his circling. A middle-aged man in back to the moon by 2020 a Bush-
life. Women keep swooping in, telling a tight Star Trek shirt waits for administration plan was cancelled. In
Aldrin how handsome he is, and he gets Aldrin. A former girlfriend of Aldrins 2010, Obama called for missions that go
enamoured, but Korp keeps her head. brazenly goes in for a hug. Two girls in beyond low Earth orbit, including the
Like everyone else in the world, women sexy space suits have given up waiting asteroid mission by 2025 and a manned
like to reach out and touch Aldrin. Its for him; they position themselves with mission to Mars before 2040. Our goal
some kind of natural human reaction Aldrin in the background and snap is no longer just a destination to reach,
to the man who walked on the moon. selfies. The crowd in the ballroom is Obama said. Our goal is the capacity >>

REPORT
Neil Armstrong (left) and Buzz Aldrin (right) in Houston, weeks before their lunar journey in July 1969
for people to work and learn, and But not for long. He shows the slides, go, he says to the crowd. Um,
operate and live safely beyond the earth and theyre not helping much. About remember to follow me on Twitter
for extended periods of time. But an 20 minutes in, Korp starts her hand @TheRealBuzz. The applause is all
entire presidential term and a half has motions to wrap it up. It would be easier generosity and relief. And then people
gone by with virtually no further if he just had a canned presentation, a little rush to him for autographs, selfies
mention of putting a man on Mars.
The inaction, the lack of motivation,
is what bothers Aldrin. Lets go to Mars!
To him its as primal as scuba diving, his
only hobby besides space and women.
The Unified Space Vision is Aldrins plan
to get human beings to Mars by 2032.
And hes at the conference to tell the
crowd all about it, sitting at the fold-up
table with his PowerPoint, still arguing
with Korp about the slides.
The guy at the podium says Aldrin motivational speaking for the people, or just to reach out and touch him. So
needs no introduction. The crowd dream the impossible dream, reach for the why, anyway, was Aldrin second? Why
cheers stadium-loud as he takes the stars normal hero stuff. But that is not didnt he get to be the first man to walk
stage. He waves. He beams. Hes Aldrin. He is a man of science. He has on the moon? A likely explanation is
charming and quirky. They present important space concepts to share, that Aldrin was supposed to be the first
him with a thank-you gift, a pewter beseeching mankind to understand. to walk on the moon. Thats how they
moon trophy, and when he takes it he Hes delivering the speech he would to practised it, because thats how NASA
looks out into the audience and calls: serious space-minded politicians 30 did things: the commander drove and
Christina, dont I already have one of years ago, but now the audience is the pilot did the space walk. Armstrong
these? (Yes, Lois has it.) Trekkies and Star Wars hobbyists. was the commander and so naturally
He tells the crowd why we should go Forty-five minutes in, Korp is up at he would stay in the drivers seat while
to Mars, and for a while you can follow. the stage. Christina tells me I have to Aldrin, the pilot, opened the >>

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hatch and got out. But there was a I understood the construction
hitch in the plan: the hatch itself. It of it, he says. Its got landing gear.
When it was in front of the astronauts, on the
floor. It hinged inward, so you had to
Its got struts that compress. Its got
probes that hang down. It was a
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Aldrins side, so it swung towards him,
marvel of engineering.
What were your emotions as you
blocking him. Armstrong had the clear walked on the surface of the moon?
Aldrin knows path out. And no, they couldnt trade
positions; the lunar module was about
Fighter pilots dont have emotions.
But youre human!
what hes the size of a pup tent. Once Armstrong
was out, Aldrin had to close the hatch,
We had ice in our veins.
Was there a feeling of awe
talking about move over to Armstrongs side, and
then reopen it to get out.
and majesty?
There wasnt any time to do
A half-billion people watched the that, really.
two walk on the moon, the worlds The producer has her head in
largest television audience in history. her hands. The on-air talent looks
Orbital mechanics the beautiful science Aldrin always figured that the frenzied at his notes.
of how articial objects move through space media attention which started long Do you look upon the moon at
was his thing at MIT. Think about hitting before blastoff sent his mom over night? What do you think about
a golf ball off the rim of a hole. The ball the edge. She had long been suffering when you gaze upon the moon?
zooms around the rim, then quickly glances from depression, and lived in Not a whole lot.
off in another direction. Theres an equation seclusion. She had tried with pills The producer stands up. Why
that explains that. Similarly, when a before. This time the pills worked. dont we stop here...
spacecraft approaches a planet, it can zip What did it feel like to go to the I am trying! says the on-air talent.
around the planet and ing off in another moon? It felt like my mom just Aldrin is so tired of nearly a half
direction. There are equations to explain killed herself. century of the same questions about
that gravitational slingshot, too. Its how feelings that leave him feeling
K
weve sent probes to Saturn, Venus and orp has determined that Judy, inadequate. He is a man of science.
Mars, and Aldrin had a lot to do with it. His Aldrins current girlfriend, is Next time NASA should send up a
MIT doctoral thesis was an orbital mechanics a winner Aldrin is an old poet, he wrote in one of his books, a
love fest that NASA incorporated into its man and needs someone to take care philosopher, an artist, a journalist. He
standard operating procedures. of him. Like any old man, he has his wasnt being flip. He thought mankind
Then, in 1985, Aldrin proposed a beautiful good days and his bad. The day an clearly needed to send up people who
equation to the scientic community that Al Jazeera film crew comes to do know how to translate feelings.
showed how we could slingshot our way to an interview, hes on his game. The Returning to Earth, that was the
Mars, as if on a highway, except you dont interviewer talks about the Eagle, challenging part, he says. That was
need much fuel because youre inging in a replica of which is on display at the and remains the insane part. He
and out of orbits. Scientists calculated and Smithsonian National Air and Space fulfilled a goal for humanity and then
conrmed it. Aldrin called it the Aldrin Museum in Washington DC. Do you humanity required only that he
Cycler. He has equations and slides to ever look at it now, do you ever stand remain its proud symbol. Adored,
explain all this. Hes an equation man who back and say: This is such a fragile obsolete, stuck in time. Hes old. His
feels an obligation to be a man of the thing, it looks like a little box covered mind is slipping. He has so little time.
people, too. A translator. A space science in tinfoil? He looks at them, and they He has ideas for watches and BMW
ambassador who will get people excited lean in, all anticipation. instrument panels, optical lens
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the coolest colour
Words by Jason Alexander Basson
Photographs by Billy Kidd

ADVICE tyle
Mad style
Another way to add life
to your suited-look is
by bringing in a few
details to knock a couple
of years off the look.
A slimmer lapel is more
modern and offers a
cleaner appearance with
a more youthful edge.
A 50s-inspired shirt
print can take the look
in an edgier direction
without skimping on
sophistication. Its also
a great way to bring
a bit of a retro-vibe into
the equation without
looking too dated.
Prada suit, shirt
GET
THE LOOK
Markham shirt R360,

trousers R499

Thin air
Factor textile and fabric
weighting into your
style considerations
in the warmer months,
particularly when it
comes to suiting. If
youre conned to a very
formal environment,
think about nding suits
in light, natural materials
(linen or bamboo) that
have anti-bacterial
and odour-combating
qualities, but are also
incredibly breathable.
Mix it up with airy knits
with lightweight texture.
GET
THE LOOK
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Hello, sailor
A really easy way to GET
THE LOOK
achieve a crisp summer
suited look is through
the combination of blue
and white your basic
seafaring colours that
instantly evokes a sense
of the great blue yonder.
In place of a shirt, opt
for a more casual
lightweight knit in pure
white. This gives you a
more laid-back look, but
is also more modern and
can work in semi-formal
ofce environments, as
well as in social ones. To
jazz it up, take another
cue from marine life and
accessorise with a small
silk scarf as a neck tie.
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Label suit, sweater.
Paul Stuart scarf
Markham blazer
R999. Relay Jeans at
Markham T-shirt R180.
Country Road pocket
square R299

tyle ADVICE
Be spotted
Youre out for an informal GET
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team-building trip
sometimes you cant
only rely on your bubbly
personality to work
a room. To build a look
that really pops, and
commands attention for
all the right reasons, start
thinking about strong
colours in the electric,
cobalt or primary range.
You can also bring in a
little print to add some
life, like a polka dot that
is a bit more playful than
the conventional prints
that youre used to
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seeing in the ofce.
A look like this can
easily work in social
environments. Simply
unbutton the collar
a few notches and youre
ready to party.
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Prorsum shirt.
Markham blazer R1 200, trousers
Herms shoes
R550. Ted Baker shirt R1 599

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shoe R1 199
3. M-Hilten
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slip-on R899
4. Risit tan
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5. Gionni black
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ACE
SERVE
Rafael Nadal joins the Tommy Hilger
family, and talks about his new role
with the brand and his love of Bolds
masculine fragrance
GQ: How did your ambassadorship with Tommy
Hilger Bold come about?
Rafael Nadal: Ive known Tommy and his family for
years. When he approached me for the collaboration,
I was very excited to work with my friend and one of
the worlds most renowned fashion designers.
GQ: Was this a memorable experience?
RN: Working with Tommy was a fantastic experience
hes always got a smile on his face and a positive Tommy Hilger Bold
attitude. Hes so passionate about his job and his 100ml R870
inspiration touches on so many aspects of pop culture,
from fashion and art to music and sports.
GQ: What was the atmosphere like on the shoot?
To me,
RN: We shot the campaign imagery in Mallorca, Spain, victory
so I felt right at home.
GQ: What do you like about the fragrance?
is about
RN: Its very fresh and masculine. I also appreciate its recognising
versatility for any time of day its perfect to spray on in all the
the morning, after sporting or before a black-tie dinner.
GQ: What makes a great victory?
work that
RN: To me, victory is about recognising all the work that went into
went into achieving your dream. Winning a trophy is
always nice, but my personal satisfaction comes from
achieving
reflecting on the passion, motivation and determination your
that went into getting me there. dream
Other summer fragrances to try
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ingredients on
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BODY CREAMS
Weve all bared witness to that guy at gym taking so much pride in his post-shower
moisturising, and while we might not like to watch him do it, we cant hate the man
Say it right hes looking after himself. In the spirit of slathering on some body lotion and making
endless sexual references in the process, heres our roundup for you to pick from.
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Va
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WHERE CAN
A MAN GET
AN ACID PEEL
AROUND HERE?
Words by Sam Schube and Matthew Schnipper
Its 2015, and men have embraced

moisturiser, indulged in beard oil and
hijacked our girlfriends eye serums.
What we havent wrapped our faces
around yet is the peel, despite promises
of looking younger and shinier in ten
minutes or less.
I
t turns out that when a skin gunk with medical- Until now I thought I knew violence of it all: the loud
cosmetic laser is aimed at grade weaponry. And Im the rules: I wash my face sounds; the man-on-fire
dirty pores, the ensuing keeping it together, until I every night. I (sometimes) scent. Verdict: effective, but
micro-immolation makes a catch a whiff of my own flesh wear sunscreen. I dont even too face-melting for this guy.
popping noise: not quite a sizzling. Thats when I ask blink at moisturising. But I set out the next week for
gunshot, but definitely louder myself: could a slightly facials? Lasers? Grandmas a peel. A peel is an acidic
than a bowl of milky Rice prettier me be worth this? chemical peel, the one that formula that eats away at
Krispies. A woman named Lasers are the newest left her looking like a your dead skin cells, ideally
Candice is vaporising my frontier in mens skin care. red-faced demon? yielding a less zombified
Im not sure anymore. you. I leaned back, and an
A new set of spa-esque attendant slathered it on
FACE OFF treatments are tailor-made using gloves; two minutes
for guys looking for a quick of mild itchiness later, she
Sunscreen is to facial pick-me-up. Thats how washed it off. And you know
dermatologists what ossing I found myself booked for a what? I looked great. I was
is to dentists: the thing they session of laser resurfacing, smoother-skinned and less
wont shut up about because my eyes covered by a pair harried-looking.
its truly, annoyingly important. of American Psycho-style Both shops suggest that
tanning goggles. This is this should be a monthly
a YAG laser, Candice said, ritual, maybe even weekly,
WHERE TO GO hefting the foot-long but Im looking at these
implement. (Whats YAG facials the same way I do a
FOR YOUR stand for, anyway? I have no splurge haircut: not strictly
MAN PEEL: idea, actually, she admitted.) necessary, but worth the
These lasers clean your skin confidence boost before
Kiehls Clarins Cape Town by vaporising whatevers a big moment a fi rst date,
Ultimate Man Milk-Lotion Legs11, 65 Main Road, Green stuck in your pores, and maybe, or a job interview.
Facial Fuel Spray
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SPF15 UVA/UVB minutes later with a brighter willingly coat my face with
Johannesburg
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Skin iD Clinic, Cnr Peter
150ml R365
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Michael Jacksons Man in the wearing skinny jeans
083-250-5111 Mirror played me out. But sounded crazy, too. Soon
I hadnt anticipated the itll just be common sense.

I burn through person depending
the car window? upon their skin
IW: Yes, you can type. In other
burn through words, if a person
SUNNY the glass of a car

window. Its the
longer UVA
wavelengths of
light that penetrate
has a very fair skin
their MED (or the
length of time it
takes for them
to go red in the
SIDE UP
With our climate throwing out as
through plain glass.
UVB is absorbed
by the glass. In
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wouldnt get
Australian Gold
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Sheer Coverage Face Lotion
88ml R180
sun without a
sunblock) would
be 10 minutes. If
they use an SPF50
sunblock, that
much summer as it does, affordable sunburnt through person would be
glass, but UVA ages able to stay in the
protection product is a must the skin and can sun for 50 times
cause skin cancer. 10 minutes 500
GQ: From what GQ: Quick tip to minutes or just
time do the tell the difference over 8 hours. This
suns rays between how is assuming that
usually become UVA and UVB the sunblock is
less harmful? affect the skin? applied evenly,
IW: This will IW: UVA ages and in sufficient
depend on many causes skin cancer. Clinique quantities over
factors, but quite UVB burns and Sun Broad Spectrum the whole area
SUN SCHOOL a handy little tip to causes skin cancer. SPF 50 Sunscreen and not washed or
see if you should be GQ: What do Face Cream 50ml R325 towelled off.
Dr Ian Webster, in the sun or not is I look for on dermastore.co.za
dermatologist this: if your shadow the packaging

and founder of is shorter than you, when Im buying
stay out the sun. suncream to make
Dermastore, helps
If your shadow is sure its got the
us out with the
longer than you, right protection?
seasons most
you can go into IW: I would tend
important sun tips the sun with to err on the side
sun protection. of higher SPF factor
GQ: If Im in the such as SPF50
sun all day but and it should be Vichy
not swimming, a broad spectrum Ideal Soleil SPF50
how often should sunscreen; one 200ml R295
I reapply an that covers UVB
SPF50 lotion? as well as UVA.
IW: One may not GQ: Can you
be swimming, but talk us through
excessive sweating the differences
can also result in between SPF
loss of efficacy of strengths?
the sunscreen. IW: The SPF (Sun
Nivea Sun Protect & Refresh Its generally Protection Factor)
Invisible Cooling Mist SPF50 recommended that refers to UVB
200ml R160 you reapply an protection. UVB Eucerin
SPF50 sunblock is the wavelength 150ml R190
every two hours. that causes
GQ: If I put on sunburn. The SPF
more layers of number is the
SPF all at once, multiple of what is
will the protection called your MED
last longer? minimal erythema
IW: No, putting dose. This is the
on more layers length of time it
doesnt mean takes for a person
Piz Buin itll last longer. to go red in the
Wet Skin Spray GQ: Im on a sun. This will vary
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