GQ Australia - February 2019

WHAT TO WEAR
AND HOW
TO WEAR IT
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8 8 LI FE AF TE R
TH RO N ES
Kit Harington
prepares to leave
behind the biggest
TV show on earth.
9 8 M I R AC LE AT
THAM LUAN G
The incredible true story
of how an entire soccer
team survived 18 days
trapped in a Thai cave.
1 0 4 BAC K I N
TH E SPOTLIG HT
Boy Erased actor Lucas
Hedges talks vulnerability
and masculinity on the eve
ON THE
of his next big project.
1 1 0 D I O R M E N TAKES
ITS N EX T STE PS
Leading the way is
Kim Jones, whose
COVER
finger is never too WHAT TO WEAR
AND HOW
far from the pulse. TO WEAR T
1 1 6 DON’T TOUCH MODEL

ENTREPRENEUR
ACTIVIST
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TH E WATC H
HOTTEST
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NEW ERA
Jarrod Scott goes full

psycho in our round up of Kit harington
the year’s best watches.
1 2 2 TH E SEAB I N Jacket and T-shirt,

both POA, both by
PROJ ECT Dolce & Gabbana.
How a surfer from Byron THIS PAGE
is cleaning up our oceans, Jacket and sweater,
one ‘bin’ at a time. both POA, both by
JAN•FEB
Dolce & Gabbana.
1 2 6 EYE CAN DY Photography
With accessories this Matthew Brookes.
Styling Dan May.
good-looking, the line Fragrance ‘The One
between fashion and Grey’ cologne by
art doesn’t exist. Dolce & Gabbana.
CONTENTS
2 3 THE COLUMNIST
Dan Rookwood road
tests the ‘perfect’
morning routine.
2 5 TH E B R I E F
The world’s biggest
hip-hop festival comes
P30
to Australia; the trauma
behind Robert Zemeckis
and Steve Carell’s true
toy story; everything
you need to know about
the Oscars; and more.
GQ&A
A conversation with
model, actress, activist
– and GQ’s International
Woman of the Year –
Emily Ratajkowski.
Jacket, P104
Eight of the country’s
turtleneck top chefs on Australia’s
and pants, all most exciting new
POA, all by
Calvin Klein restaurants.
205W39NYC;
shoes, $130,
by Adidas
Originals; Back-to-work outfit
watch, POA, ideas that’ll have you
by Seiko.
rushing to return to the
P68 office; the only shoes
P72 you’ll need to stand
tall in 2019.
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Omega and Bond

are a match made in
horological heaven; in
Beijing with Breitling
and Brad Pitt.
LUCAS HEDGES PHOTOGRAPHY: JAKE JONES.

7 2 CARS
The GQ Car Awards
presents the automotive
highlights of 2018,
featuring Rolls-Royce,
“maybe we should VW and Volvo.
1 3 5 GQ FIT
stop with this Dubbed the ‘next-

big-thing’ in tennis,
Alexander Zverev has
gender bullshit?”
G Q & A : E M I LY R A T A J K O W S K I P A G E 3 4
P44
one of the game’s biggest
serves – and some
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T H E
B idding to dodge
the annual ‘New Year,
New You’ spiel for this
letter, I thought I’d
begin with a series of
related questions: how often do you
think about the ancient Babylonians?
And did you consider consulting
them while setting any New Year’s
New eras are scary for everyone
but they arise out of necessity.
Change has been coming for a while;
mankind is finally starting to realise
the impact of climate change; the
fashion world is embracing better
ethics; modern slavery is being
addressed; even a Brexit outcome
is imminent.
resolutions? You know, seeing as they And speaking of new eras,
invented them 4000 or so years ago. something of a guilty pleasure
The original resolutions were compared to the above, we’ve prepped
conceived for the greater good of for the void to be left in our lives once
humanity. But somewhere along the the final season of Game of Thrones
way people started to gravitate to airs this year. Considering the anxiety
idealistic resolutions focusing on it’s caused, imagine how the cast feels
self-improvement like exercising – not least the man who will finally be
more, eating healthier or sleeping free from Jon Snow, Kit Harington.
longer. They were for the good Having spent close to a decade
of the individual, not the collective. ensconced in a ridiculously successful
This might seem a bit heavy for role fighting dragons and living in
the sunny month of January but fantasy, turn to p88 to see what is in
there’s an argument to be had that store for the heartthrob (apart from
society has long since been stifled a haircut and a shave). All I’ll say is,
by egotism. The world has suffered despite the uncertainty and imminent
because people have been too change on the horizon, he is excited
consumed in their own lives – about the future. We could all do
so much so we’ve taken for granted with following his lead here.
the world we live in, oblivious to the Also in this issue, get the lowdown
damage we’ve caused to our planet and ourselves. from our Men of the Year awards, presented by Audi. Head to p77
After the many truths that surfaced in 2018, it was encouraging to see how we celebrated 20 years of GQ Australia and read the
to see how many people stood up to be heard – be it for equal rights, many inspirational stories from our winners. One of them, Emily
political progress or climate change, there was no shortage of Ratajkowski, is adamant we are entering a new era for equality and
activism. Donald Trump may still be the leader of the free world, diversity. Our GQ&A with the model-turned-activist (p34) is both
but new hope surfaced last year that people were rising above the enlightening and thought-provoking.
PHOTOGRAPHY: GIUSEPPE SANTAMARIA.
crowd to enact meaningful change. For the first time in as long as In the style stakes, it’s no longer business as usual, either.
I can remember, there is a real sense of urgency running through
people’s veins. There is no time like the present.
2019 is destined to be the year we revert back to taking collective
responsibility for our actions. Fuelled by 2018’s momentum and
positive talk, 2019 is when society again walks the walk, so to speak.
A new era is dawning, and that’s why I’m saying it’s not too late to
reset your resolutions for the year. Instead of solo missions, decide
on them with your friends, family or colleagues. Or all of them.
Ask around, collaborate and find important common ground MIKE CHRISTENSEN FOLLOW MIKE
between a group, so your resolutions can make a difference. EDITOR @CHRISTENSENMIKE

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jillian Davison
GQ’S N EW C R EATIVE DI R ECTOR
There is such great energy

around men’s fashion right
now – barriers are being
broken in terms of diversity
and gender fluidity; ‘street
style’ is the new norm.
There’s been a lot of
movement at the big luxury
houses and it’s creating a
huge push for innovation.
Anna There’s never been a more

exciting time for a man to
get dressed.
Pogossova
SHOT OU R ‘EYE CAN DY’
What did you miss most
about Australia while
you were in NYC?
STO RY, P 1 26 So many things – but
overwhelmingly the
What’s the secret to shooting unique spirit and positivity
Still Life? of the people.
Patience and imagination. What do you miss about
Any tips for budding NYC now that you're back?
photographers (even if Insta I’ve been too consumed
is our only outlet!)? in my work and family life
Don’t feel disheartened to miss it. But I think about
if you don’t have all the friends and I know when
expensive gear. Instagram, I stop and reflect I will miss
and even iPhones, are all valid the diversity and cultural
in their own way and have some flow that happens
unique qualities. It’s really incessantly around you.
about you, your ideas, and
your unique standpoint.
What or who are some of your
inspirations?
Too many to mention but some
notable ones are: Dutch Masters,
sci-fi films, dazzle ships, Ron
Nagle and Ken Price, Louise Mercedes Rigby
Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama. AS S I S T E D T H E FAS H I O N T E A M T H I S I S S U E
Any resolutions for 2019?
Get my license. Make more art. Fave shoot you’ve worked on at GQ? Any tips on dressing for the heat
Lift from the knees. Definitely this issue’s new rules of this summer?
suiting story. I would love to get my Bring out the linen! It will keep you
hands on that Dries Van Noten suit! cool all summer long.
What fashion trends are set to take How would you describe your own
off this year? sense of style?
Colourful tailoring! Courtesy of Comfortable, with a statement
Louis Vuitton, Acne and Dior Men, earring! I think practicality is key
in particular. but I hate to be boring.
Tom Lamont
I N T E R V I E W E D K I T H A R I N G T O N F O R O U R C OV E R S T O RY, P 8 8
How was Kit in person? Are you a Thrones fan? Any favourite moments?
He seemed relieved to finally have finished I thought we all were? Can’t really top Kit’s
a long and difficult final-season Thrones shoot two big battle episodes – the defence of the
and newlywed-chuffed, having recently wall and then the Battle of the Bastards.
gotten married. Any top tips for who is going to win big this
You also interviewed him back in 2015 for Oscars season?
British GQ – has he changed much since then? I loved Roma and its cast of unknowns. But let’s go
It was like meeting a different person. When with my compatriot Clare Foy for some quietly
I last met Kit he was in a very different place. brillliant supporting-actress work in First Man.
He’d just filmed his infamous Jon Snow death One thing you’re looking forward to this year?
scene. He was charming, back then, but seemed Finding out which of the Avengers are
exhausted by the growing weight of the show. actually dead.

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In case you missed it... Few things match the
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In November we celebrated our incredible GQ Men of the Year journey. So we took it upon
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BACK AT IT
the past 12 months Welcome to summer, where
– ranking the films, nights never really end and
fashion faux pas everything is best enjoyed
Put the pudding down and check out and pivotal moments with a view. Australia’s best
all the crazy new fitness trends that that shaped another rooftop bars are where you
you’ll be hearing about in 2019. unforgettable year should be heading this month,
Aqua spinning, anyone? of our lives. and we have a definitive list.
THE DAN ROOKWOOD
H
aving you to appreciate
recently what you already have
moved jobs, rather than fixate
I now have on what you want.
a lengthy Next, Ferriss
commute to work. recommends some
I assumed I’d find it a high-intensity exercise
chore, but actually, I love – this is where I do
it. The drive affords me ‘The 40’, which I’ve
an hour of me-time each documented in this
day that I’ve never had column previously (40
before. I bookend my push-ups, 40 crunches,
working day with 40 lunges, 40 tricep dips,
podcasts. It started with a two-minute plank).
the learn-by-osmosis I’ve since discovered
chart-toppers like Stuff through podcasting that
You Should Know, TED The New York Times
Radio Hour and How sparked a craze (and an
I Built This. But those app) for The 7-Minute
were merely the gateway to my current fix, Workout. Such a burst of exercise is as much, if
The Tim Ferriss Show.
If you’re not familiar with Ferriss, he’s the KEEP AN not more, for mental health as physical. Ferriss
says even just doing 30 seconds of push-ups
author of self-improvement bestsellers such
as The 4-Hour Workweek and Tools of Titans.
OPEN MIND improves his mood dramatically.
To tick off the above and still get the
In each podcast, he interviews a high kids to preschool and myself to work on time,
achiever to tease out what can be learned a Transcendental Meditation course necessitates getting up earlier. Which means
from their routines and applied to daily life. a few years ago. (We were struggling to get going to bed earlier. Arianna Huffington –
I keep a notebook at the ready. pregnant at the time, and our fertility doctor founder of the Huff Post and another podcast
One of Ferriss’s favourite interview thought we might be over-stressed.) I gave regular – is the modern-day authority on sleep.
questions is, ‘What does your morning ‘TM’ a good go but I found that the After collapsing dramatically from exhaustion
routine look like?’ After asking so many of repetition of an inner mantra often sent some years back, she turned her life around
the world’s most productive people, he’s my mind pinballing with mental chatter and wrote The Sleep Revolution. Her advice
devised the ideal first 60 minutes of the day that I couldn’t quieten. After hearing Andy includes no caffeine after 2pm, installing black-
– a ritual I’m trying to make a daily habit. Puddicombe – founder of meditation app out blinds in the bedroom, having a nightly
Because, as Ferriss says, the first hour after Headspace – on the podcast circuit, I now bath, wearing proper pyjamas, and reading
you wake will make or break the next 12. start each day with his guided meditations. a book in bed (a real one not a Kindle). But
What is the red thread that connects the His easy-listening breathing exercises are her No.1 tip is: no electronics in the bedroom.
world’s most successful people? Ninety per like a “gym membership for the mind”. My phone now charges in the kitchen. And
cent of those Ferriss interviewed for his After 15 minutes of Headspace, it’s time to I’ve set Screen Time in Settings on my iPhone
book Tribe of Mentors do some type of daily journal (aka Morning Pages). I use ‘The Five to restrict access to and interruptions from
PHOTOGRAPHY: GIUSEPPE SANTAMARIA .
mindfulness practice. Minute Journal,’ filling in the blanks on a email and social media post-9pm.
Not so long ago I’d have dismissed new page each day: three things I’m grateful Of course, there are times when life
‘mindfulness’ as woo-woo nonsense. But, while for; three things that would make today great; intervenes to disrupt this ideal routine –
I retain a healthy scepticism – some podcasts and one daily affirmation, ie a statement of when the kids are up through the night, when
really needle my BS barometer – lately I’ve what I want to do in life. Then before bed I deadlines have to be hit, or when a hangover
become more open-minded about the write down three good things that happened has to be gently nursed. Do I achieve all of the
practical, positive and scientifically proven that day and one way that could have made above every day? Nope. But as Ferris says, you
aspects of wellness. To deny their benefits is the day even better. Sounds hokey, but it’s can always do at least one. And if you can do
to sound like Trump on climate change. a surprisingly simple way to reframe your more than one, you positively increase the
For many people, mindfulness mindset to think more positively, an upbeat likelihood of “winning the morning and
means meditation. My wife and I did way to start and end each day. It encourages winning the day”.
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out on some new
Balenciaga of late –
and we’re not talking
about the brand’s
coveted ‘Triple S’
sneakers. Haven’t
you heard? Demna
Gvasalia’s latest flex is
a coffee-table book.
Titled Balenciaga:
Winter 2018, the
300-page tome is as
dense as the heavily
layered outerwear
the brand’s AW18
show – which the
book is hinged on –
was feted for. Shot
by Pierre-Ange
Carlotti and Johnny
Dufort, two of the
only photographers
the notoriously
private Gvasalia has
given BTS access to,
it’s destined to be
the next big status
symbol among
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influence
Playboi Carti, who blew
up in 2017 with his hit
song ‘Magnolia’ is one
of the acts headlining
Australia’s first-ever
Rolling Loud festival.
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Syndey rhymer Manu Crook$ is putting Aussie hip-hop on the map: “Australia
doesn’t have its own distinctive sound. I feel like I can be one of the guys to do that.”
And he’s doing it in a big way with standout tune ‘Everyday’ earning praise from
Apple Music DJ Zane Lowe. In other words, if you don’t know him now, you soon will.
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content gameplan
Want
A Crowd
pleaser
Want
Something
political
(that’s not Trump)
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all the
feels
Want
a culture
hit
Want
to feel
inspired
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Sydney beaches
meets French Riviera
- don’t mind if we do.
Alexander Wang
and Gigi Hadid for Pirelli.
Pirelli
Calendar 2019
In recent years the Pirelli calendar
aesthetic has shifted from the bikini-
clad models of yesteryear to take on a
more fashion-focused approach, and for
the 46th edition titled ‘Dreaming’, lauded
photographer Albert Watson was tasked
with its creation.
With over 100 Vogue and Rolling
Stone covers to his name, Watson
invited models Gigi Hadid and Laetitia
Casta, designer Alexander Wang,
actor Julia Garner and dancers Misty
FASHION
Copeland, Calvin Royal III and Sergei
Polunin to take on starring roles.
A capsule
The photographs are inspired by
Watson’s passion for film. “I wanted
to create something that was more
than just a portrait of somebody
of Commas
– I wanted it to look like a film still,”
he says. “I wanted people looking at
the Calendar to see that my aim was
photography in its purest form…
creating a situation that would convey
a positive vision of women today.”
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T H I S M O N T H I S S E T T O B E A G O O D O N E F O R C I N E M A , W I T H M N I G H T S H YA M A L A N ’ S G L A S S T H E
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AWARD SEASON
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New ‘best popular
film’ category
announced
Academy Awards
ceremony in 2019
Oscars
28 days
Before it was
scrapped
25
FEBRUARY
by the The date the

ceremony will air
3.8kg
Oscars statuette
numbers
in Australia weighs (Sorry, Dwayne)
26,500,000 viewers watched the 2018 Oscars broadcast
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G R A B T H E P O P C O R N A N D P R E PA R E TO C R I N G E
20%
B E CAU S E H O L LY W O O D ’ S N I G H T O F N I G H T S I S
NEAR. WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE KEY
F I G U R E S S U R R O U N D I N G T H I S Y E A R ’ S C E R E M O N Y.
Unconvincing Down on
hairpiece previous year
4
Aussie actresses
to watch
3 Number of Oscar-contending films starring Steve Carell
303
0 Foreign language films
that have won Best Picture
254
For The Destroyer
52
Hours Kevin Hart Minutes of films starring
our fave young actors
For Mary
Queen of Scots
lasted as host
$45
$20K Jimmy Kimmel was reportedly paid to host last year
What you stand to win if you put
$10 on Roma being the first*
For Widows
$480m
A Star is Born made at the box office
10x what it cost to make
For Hereditary 56 Times Trump has tweeted @ the Oscars (and counting)
Earrings, POA,
by Supriya Lele,
worn throughout.
GQ: Your mother is a professor of English
and your father’s a painter. Have you
always been creative?
Emily Ratajkowski: Yeah it’s in my DNA
for sure. I know there are people who aren’t
that way, but I can’t even imagine what that
would be like. To me, I feel like everyone’s
trying to be creative all the time. Whether
it’s in their business or their job.
GQ: How did you channel your creativity?
ER: When I started out it was a struggle
EMILY
because I was going to school for visual art
at UCLA and then I left. It was 2009, the
market had crashed and all my friends were
moving home. I was just like, why would I be
going to school for art right now? So, I left
and was just really focused on making
RATAJKOWSKI
money. I always loved acting but modelling
was the thing that was paying the bills.
Things expanded really quickly and I was
lucky. In fashion, you have moments where
you work with people who are extremely
creative and it feels like a collaboration –
like you’re being a dancer in a lot of ways.
SHE’S ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST IN-DEMAND MODELS GQ: And can you still be yourself?
W I T H M I L L I O N S O F FO L LO W E R S A R O U N D T H E G LO B E . ER: You have to factor in the image you’re
B U T AT A T I M E W H E N T H E W O R D ‘ I N F LU E N C E R ’ I S T H R O W N
emoting but there was definitely a point
A R O U N D S O O F T E N , S H E H AS U S E D H E R P L AT FO R M TO
S P E A K O U T A N D AC T UA L LY C R E AT E R E A L C H A N G E . where I was like, OK I’m not completely
fulfilled by this. That’s when Instagram
came into my life. I loved collage when I was
W O R D S M I KE C H R I STE N SE N
at school and it felt like I was building a little
P H OTO G R A P H Y N ICO LE B E NTLEY book. That was like an online visual journal.
I’ve obviously grown up a lot since and
T
also realised how much being creative is
important to me as well as being in control.
here is a presumption that we power and fame to victimise others, GQ: What about acting?
already know everything about Kavanaugh’s rise to the highest court in ER: Acting’s amazing but you are a small
Emily Ratajkowski. Those cameo the United States of America, felt like piece in a much larger vision and you’re not
film roles, that lusted-after pout a rare setback. controlling it. So, I’ve started to really work
and figure, those bikini shots, that music And yet, so much of the subsequent coverage on developing my own projects and being
video. And, sure, it’s all true. of the group’s protest centred not on questions the director. And definitely, having my own
But if there is one thing we can thank of guilt or innocence or even on Kavanaugh at swimwear company has been an incredible
the current US president for, it’s the lesson all, but on whether or not Ratajkowski had way to do that. You’re designing but you’re
that it’s best not to believe everything you been wearing a bra at the time. Clearly, it also building a brand, which is super-
read – to instead seek out the full story. seems, there is still progress to be made. creative. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found
For Ratajkowski, the story took a turn on Today, the sun is setting on a spring day in more avenues to be creative.
October 4, last year, when the 27-year-old Sydney. The time has just passed seven in the GQ: Is it possible to be embody sexual
was arrested in Washington DC. She was evening and we’re in a precarious position power through creativity?
charged not with being too beautiful – illegally beneath a blossoming jacaranda tree. ER: The selfie and making images of yourself
attractive, as some news outlets might have “It’s my first time in Australia and we’re is a really interesting thing for a woman to
had you believe – but for making a stand. fully off-roading,” smiles Ratajkowski as the do because there haven’t been that many
Alongside Amy Schumer and thousands car reverses up a 45o angle, our driver’s mild opportunities to do that in our history.
more, Ratajkowski was protesting the panic reflected in her aviators. “I feel like That’s why there were incredible female
impending appointment of Supreme Court I have a connection here,” she says, reeling artists from the ’60s changing the way they
nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a man accused off a few close ties she has to the country, looked and taking portraits. That was a
of sexually assaulting a number of women, unphased by our predicament. part of the sexual revolution. Now it’s so
including Christine Blasey Ford while the Some of said ties will be present the easy to point taking self portraits towards
two were in high school. following night to see her announced as narcissism. But as women, it’s amazing to
At a time when it felt the tide was turning GQ’s International Woman of the Year. be able to control and dictate your own
against men who had abused their status, That is, if we make it there. image. It’s actually kind of liberating.

GQ: How does social media play into being relatively recently and there’s a lot of things ER: Yeah, that’s crazy. God, that makes me
a role model? that are happening behind closed doors. It’s feel old. It was my first election I voted in.
ER: Good question. There’s a weird thing good for the American people to be aware of GQ: How has the past 10 years shaped you?
where, if I started thinking about what that – that’s not part of the American dream, ER: I could go in so many directions with
anyone could interpret from anything but it’s the reality of our government. So, this question because there’s so many things
I post, what I share would stop being anger’s good and not trusting the system is I’ve seen change. But, thinking about it, I go
interesting. So instead, I just try to stay good. I’d like to see more of that. back to my grandfather because his life felt
true to who I am and lead by example. GQ: On that note, the march you were a insane. He was born before World War I in
It’s about trusting my own filter. part of and your arrest – was that anger? 1912. He lived through World War II and
GQ: On social media, we follow who we want ER: Yeah, I mean it was a weird one. then the Cold War and saw insane change
to follow, to the point there’s a danger we I’m figuring it all out. I don’t know what’s in his children’s culture from what he was
find ourselves in a bit of a bubble. radical and what’s anger. I got so much experiencing with his parents. Everyone acts
ER: Totally. I mean, yeah, all the people heat for posting about it. But what the fuck like things are so crazy right now and I’m
I follow are left or moderately left people. would have been the point of me being like, I don’t know man, he lived to be 103.
So, my political circle is small. But there’s there if I wasn’t going to share it with Things have been pretty crazy for a long
that saying of the people you spend time people? A lot of people that maybe didn’t time. Yes they’re accelerating, but maybe
with, you end up imitating. I don’t think it’s know about Brett Kavanaugh or would that’s not a bad thing.
necessarily bad to curate what your intake never think of showing up at a protest – GQ: Do you know much about your
is. That being said, I’d hate to throw my maybe they’ll consider it now. And that’s family heritage?
parents under the bus but my mum will ER: Yeah, it’s kind of an amazing story.
share an article on Facebook and I have to My mum’s finishing a book about it all.
call her and be like, that article’s not true.
And she’s like, really? It’s one of those things “like every My grandfather was never going to return to
Poland but then she decided to do her thesis
where I know it’s not but how do I even
prove that anymore? Because there’s 20
other offshoot articles about that article
revolution, there and learn the language. She taught there
for three years. And he actually came back to
see her. So it’s sort of like this weird memoir
that reference it and there’s no checking.
GQ: Hence how fake news spreads.
ER: True, but honestly, as much as fake news
there has but memoir isn’t the right word. It’s all these
pieces of his life and her time there, which was
really specific, right before the Wall fell.
is a scary thing, we used to have to rely on
very, very specific sources. The internet is so to be Teaching English literature and teaching the
US’s dark history there, kids reacted when
there were parallels drawn to Judaism and the
democratic in that way and I love that – what
an amazing tool for us. I’m really grateful to
live in an era where that kind of voting someone plight of Jews in Poland. It’s definitely a part of
who I am. My dad on the other hand, couldn’t
system is going on. When I think about how
my parents are getting information or how
I’m getting information, or how my kids will
who makes care less about his roots. I don’t really get
that but it’s funny to have those two sides.
GQ: How’s married life been the past year?
get information, I’m blown away. Power of
the people basically, is how I feel.
GQ: On that note, will 2018 go down as
it look cool.” ER: It’s great. I mean, I’m in love, but
I don’t think life really changes until you
have kids. Sebastian’s parents were never
a seminal year for the fight towards cool because like the ’60s revolution, they married. My parents got married when my
gender equality? were rock stars. There were activists who mom was pregnant with me. She wore a
ER: I mean, after Trump got elected, there were sexy. That’s the least important thing brown dress, in the backyard of a chapel.
were a lot of US people who just gave up. about them, but like every revolution, there Marriage, for us, was maybe not how the
And that was totally fair. I felt that way too. has to be someone who makes it look cool. general population thinks of marriage.
Now, there’s anger and in response to that, When I started going to these things way But, it’s fun, it’s a really amazing way
there’s organisation. And that is exciting, back when, it was like some punk kids and to commit yourself to someone.
we’re at the tip of what needs to happen. a lot of old people. There needs to be an GQ: Your husband is a film producer.
I’m happy to see my friends are not feeling invigoration, this stuff affects everyone ER: Yes, his mum is also a filmmaker and
as disenfranchised as they did when Trump so it’s cool to be engaged. writer and his dad is a painter. And he’s an
got elected. Or even, honestly, when Hilary GQ: Why is the younger generation so only child. So, clearly we’re a type.
was the nominee – no one was really much more engaged these days? GQ: Do you discuss the pros and cons of
engaged or excited. So, it’s really changed. ER: It’s when the internet came into being an only child?
GQ: Following the mid-term election, is their lives. I always think back to when ER: Yes, I mean the pros are forming
there a renewed belief in US politics? I got MySpace aged 14. I didn’t have amazing relationships with your parents.
ER: Yes, I think so. Beyond voting day, there’s it in elementary school but I had it in We started being friends from very young.
so much work that can be done. There’s this adolescence. That was a specific experience Cons, as you get older it’s all on you to be
thing about calling your senator and I really and I feel like these kids, they’ve mastered responsible for your parents, which is also
hate that. Why should I call a white man in those tools. why it’s helpful to be together in it.
an office who’s not going to listen to me. Even GQ: It’s been a decade since Obama came GQ: Western cultures are quite bad at
going down to DC, I’ve been a couple times into power. prioritising parents as they get old.
ER: They really are. Trust me, this
&A
conversation stresses me out because I really
don’t know the answer. Part of me is like, of
course all they’d want is for me to do the most.
And then the other part of me is like, what else
is life for if I’m not going to spend time with
them, all the time. It’s difficult, that balance.
GQ: You starred in Amy Schumer’s
film I Feel Pretty. It was about female
confidence and insecurities. Why aren’t
there films about men’s insecurities?
ER: I always say for all the things that
women have that confine them culturally
and with gender roles, men have just as many.
Historically, women have had a much harder
time. That being said, it’s important to
remember that this stuff is constricting for
everyone. And I would love to see more stuff
that talks about straight men being very unable
to share feelings. Toxic masculinity is a real
thing. Out of every guy I’ve ever been close to,
he has had issues with communication and
emotion. That seems pretty bad. So maybe
we should stop with this gender bullshit?
GQ: Who’s doing a good job at pushing
such agendas?
ER: I like people who defy stereotypes.
Frank Ocean’s obviously amazing, because
he’s so in his feelings and he’s openly queer.
That’s really important because he’s also
a sexy rapper, which is cool. As far as women
go, I wish there was even more of it. But
there are a good amount of actresses like
Amy [Schumer] who are working to really Dress, POA,
by Valentino.
show that they’re multifaceted and show
Styling
that they can also be a little punk. Jillian Davison.
GQ: Aside from your own label, are you Hair Koh.
Make-Up
interested in fashion? Kellie Stratton.
ER: I did Milan and Paris fashion week Nails Joselyn
Petroni.
[last September] for Paco Rabanne, which Fragrance
was amazing. On the flight home, I watched ‘Pure XS For
Her’ EDP, by
the Alexander McQueen documentary and Paco Rabanne.
I was so emotional – it made me think about
performance and clothes, and clothes for
women, and a designer’s relationship’s to it was dope to dress that way. But now in New much that he found the supermodel version of
women. One thing that I love about Paco York there’s Kitsuné and Supreme and I see him and that we’re the same exact person, in
Rabanne is they make clothes for women that those guys outside and I’m like, whoa man. different bodies. We are all really close friends
are cool and they always have. They’re smart This is a look. You guys have it rough. now and keep joking that we’re going to start
because they’re still doing their signature stuff. GQ: Can you see you and Sebastian a company together, so watch out.
They’re not afraid of that, but they’ve updated working together on a project? GQ: What’s on the horizon for 2019?
it. There’s a Neil Young quote about when you ER: We’re already collaborating because ER: 2018 was an amazing year and I hope
write a song, it’s like you’re a radio station every single thing that we’re going through, 2019 will be just as amazing. You can be a
picking up a signal. I felt like McQueen we’re talking about and working it out. multifaceted entertainer, businessperson,
did that. He was emulating something. Being able to trust each other’s opinions and creator and I’ve really started to capitalise on
There’s not enough of that in fashion. bounce off each other is so valuable. that in both my emotional and business senses.
GQ: What about in men’s fashion? GQ: Sense of humour – how can we live I have more entrepreneurial things coming up,
ER: I love a guy in a suit but now I feel like it’s without one? but also making my own projects, as far as
so street wear. I remember six years ago when ER: Oh my god. I mean, my sense of humour’s acting goes. You know, it’s so cool when I do
Rick Owens was everything for everyone. And very dark. I love a good laugh and it’s usually a shoot now, they want me to be me. That’s
you’d wear avant-garde interesting suiting like not a funny one. The joke is that my husband true of models that no one knows as well.
Issey Miyake. That kind of stuff was cool and loved [Instagram sensation] The Fat Jew so I love that and I hope that continues.

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TAB LE SNACKS
AT FRAN KLI N
TRAVEL
IN HOBART.
fresh crop
W E AS K E D E I G H T O F AU S T R A L I A’ S M O S T H I G H - P R O F I L E C H E F S TO S E L E C T
T H E I R P I C K O F T H E M E N , W O M E N A N D R E S TAU R A N T S S E T TO R E D E F I N E
T H E N AT I O N ’ S C U L I N A RY L A N D S CA P E I N T H E Y E A R S TO C O M E .
WO R DS DAVI D SM I E DT
W e’re a nation
good for
more than
just avocado
on toast,
with a
culinary landscape that rivals some
of the world’s best. And it’s no longer
just a handful of big names leading
the charge – there is also a new breed
of emerging culinary stars who are
adding depth to the country’s food
scene, and who are hungry to prove
themselves on the world stage.
These eight current luminaries share
their picks of the talent set to smoke the
competition in the coming years. In
other words, we have any upcoming
date nights well and truly covered.
Fred’s Recommended by
lankan
Guillaume
Brahimi
filling station
Recommended by
CHEF: Danielle Alvarez Neil
Perry
“The warm atmosphere at Fred’s is CHEF: O Tama Carey
like you’re dining at someone’s home.
Chef Danielle is renowned for her “I love that O Tama is following
work with sustainable produce, her Sri Lankan heritage, creating
working closely with the producers, wonderful curries, sambols and
farmers and suppliers to create her hoppers. It’s simply delicious food
menus. Her food is seasonal and honest and a really fun dining experience.”
– quite simply it is just delicious! WHY WE LOVE IT No, it’s not just like
It’s the food you leave home to eat Indian. Sri Lankan food, in its own
but still feel like you are at home.” light, zingy, playful way, nods as ADDITIONAL WORDS: CHRISTOPHER RILEY.
WHY WE LOVE IT All the eco-cred much to the subcontinent as it does

without a hint of sanctimony and across the Andaman sea to Malaysia,
traditional Tuscan grills to boot. You Thailand and Myanmar. After two
get the feeling that this is how your years of pop-up restaurants and
grandparents ate back in the day market stalls, chef Carey finally has a
when everything was fresh and what fixed address for her mix of endlessly
was on your plate reflected what complex and entertaining flavours.
was going on outside the window in Trust us when we say it was well
terms of seasonality. worth the wait.
DISH Clair de lune oysters, coriander DISH Mixed sambol plate - that way,
and white pepper mignonette. there’s no risk of missing out.
3 80 OXFOR D ST PADDI NGTON NSW; 58 RILEY ST, EAST SYDN EY NSW;
M E R IVALE .COM/VE N U ES/FR E DS LAN K AN FILLI NGSTATION.COM . AU
Amaru Recommended by
Matt
Moran
CHEF: Clinton McIver
“It’s a really innovative restaurant

in a beautiful setting and the menu
is very well crafted. One of the best
meals I’ve had this year.”
WHY WE LOVE IT To offer one
menu as stellar as McIver’s
‘Insight’ degustation would be an
achievement. To back it up with
the entirely separate, yet equally
alluring, ‘Sensory’ path is nothing
short of astounding. It’s a feast for
both the eyes and the mouth and
one you won’t forget in a hurry.
DISH Smoked duck ham
on fermented carrot
(pictured, top left).
1121 H IG H ST, ARMADALE VIC;
AMARUM E LBOU R N E .COM . AU
Yagiz Recommended by
Colin
Fassnidge
CHEF: Murat Ovaz
“After working and knowing

Murat for many years, it’s
heartwarming to see his progress and
the drive that’s taken him to not only
where he is but where he’s set to go.
Yagiz offers a stunning modicum of
Turkish food without the loss of any
traditions. Watch this space.”
WHY WE LOVE IT Street food with
a unique high-end twist - there’s
AMARU PHOTOGRAPHY : JOHN O’ROURKE.
not a doner in sight at this ode to

mod Turkish. Housed in a former
office and named after Chef
Ovaz’s grandfather, Yagiz offers
a six-course chef’s selection for
a smidge under $80 that will have
you reevaluating a cuisine you
probably thought you knew.
DISH Though the menu changes
daily, the pan-seared duck was
a recent favourite of ours.
22 TOORAK R D, SOUTH YAR RA
VIC; YAG IZ .COM . AU

fleet Recommended by
Shannon
Bennett
CHEF: Josh Lewis
“Josh Lewis has a way with produce

that makes him nature’s narrator.
I don’t know any other chef in the
country that has a better knowledge of
the ocean and connection to the land than
Josh. If you haven’t eaten at Fleet then
this is a must especially when it’s only
Josh in the kitchen cooking his arse off
four days a week. He lives every minute
of it; this is not his job but his life.”
WHY WE LOVE IT At $85 for a staggering
eight dishes, Lewis’ degustation
marries some of the country’s best
dining value with a reverence of
produce that is unmatched on the east
coast. For those not willing to take the
risk, there’s also an a la carte option at
lunch. But really, that’s no way to live.
DISH The menu changes too regularly
to have a standout but rest assured,
in Lewis’ hands the journey is always
guaranteed.
2/1 6 TH E TCE, B RU NSWICK H EADS NSW;
FLE ET-R ESTAU RANT.COM . AU
arthur Recommended by
Josh
Niland
CHEF: Tristan Rosier
“I worked with Tristan at Est. years ago

and was so impressed with him. He has
a sound business acumen, which has now
put him in good stead to pursue his own
venue with his partner. Tristan’s style
is to nourish and give a true sense of
generosity to those who are dining;
the food is simple and considered.”
WHY WE LOVE IT Nothing against wait
staff – we’ve all been one – but there’s
something special about a chef bringing
what they just created to the diners. It’s
standard procedure at this bistro which
is everything a neighbourhood eatery
should be: warm, cosy and banging out
plates the locals would prefer to keep
to themselves.
DISH Another menu that’s ever-
changing but the Swordfish, brown
butter, asparagus and cavolo nero
deserves special mention.
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cuisine and isn’t paying any attention around a few years, but Analiese has
to trends or what other people are doing. made it a new restaurant. Focused
I really enjoy watching a young chef take on local produce and coupled with a
the harder path and create something stomping wine list, it’s hard to look past
for themselves. And the food is Franklin for quality and dedication to
absolutely delicious!” deliciousness. Plus, Analiese is a bad-ass
RAMBLR PHOTOGRAPHY: JANA LANGHORST.
WHY WE LOVE IT Imagine you had a who dives every day for abalone, and
mate who was born a demon on the somehow manages to make a wet-suit
barbecue; a conjurer of smoke and coals. look like fashion.”
Then imagine that mate disappeared WHY WE LOVE IT Six words: 10-tonne,
to Asia, steeped himself in its flavours wood-fired Scotch oven. From this
and techniques then announced his beast Gregory cajoles everything
homecoming by opening a restaurant. from the most gentle steam to the
This is that restaurant. The ambience may crispest chars at a location that is
be relaxed but Stanton’s dedication to fast becoming Tassie’s second most
creating truly delicious flavours borders appealing attraction after the Mona.
on the obsessive. Not to be missed. DISH Whey-brined Lamb belly
DISH Marron loaded fries (left; with salted turnips and rhubarb
available when produce allows). barbecue sauce.
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A NIGHT AT ... THE MIDDLE HOUSE, SHANGHAI
A
sea of connected red-brick rooftops,
Dazhongli is one of the oldest and
best-preserved clusters of Shikumen,
or lane houses, in Shanghai. A maze
of narrow alleys and courtyards murmuring with
neighbourhood gossip, it’s a throwback to a time
when this residential quarter was still an enigma,
closed off from the world.
The Chinese communist leader Deng Xiaoping’s
decision to re-open China’s doors to the influence
of the West in the late-’70s led to a period of rapid
modernisation in Shanghai. Economic growth was
followed by the development of the Jing’an financial
district (Dazhongli’s immediate neighbour),
introducing the towering skyscrapers that now
surround what’s left of the historic quarter.
ABOVE
From this rich history arrives one of the area’s
Upon entering the
Middle House, guests are newest highrisers, the recently opened Middle House
wowed by a chandelier Shanghai. A seductive addition to Swire Hotels’
which took Italian glass
master Fabiano Zanchi House Collective family, The Middle House draws
six months to create .
on the philosophy of its Beijing, Chengdu and Hong
OPPOSITE Kong counterparts, while adding touches of Italian
Designed by Italian
architect Piero Lissoni, influence courtesy of architect Piero Lissoni.
the sleek Middle House Best known for his work with brands Illy, Audi
exterior stands out
among the surrounding and Kartell, Lissoni brought together classical
highrisers in Dazhongli. Shanghainese architecture with his signature style
of clean minimalist details. The experience begins
with a dramatic entrance: a stunning six-metre-high
chandelier consisting of 3760 pieces of glass sits above
dark floors, with rugged pieces of furniture and walls
filled with art by Caroline Cheng and Lindy Lee.
Donned with custom reinterpretations of
traditional furnishings, the rooms are sheathed in a
palette of bronze mesh brightened by floor-to-ceiling
windows that highlight Shanghai’s Blade Runner-like
landscape. Chinese design elements abound in the form of slender pendant lights and
hand-made ceramic tiles that float off those same dark-stained floors, while subtle notes
like mismatched lamps and pull-down light cords offer a sense of unique charm.
Like the interior, the food on offer is a thoughtful balance of old and new. HOW TO
New York-based chef Gray Kunz has brought his renowned Café Gray Deluxe to GET THERE
FLY VIA HONG
the third floor of the hotel with dishes inspired by the hotel’s Hong Kong location. KONG WITH CATHAY
In addition to Café Gray, the hotel has two other restaurants located in the residential PACIFIC AND ITS
AWARD-WINNING
tower: Frasca, a modern Italian eatery where passionate Australian-born chef Stefano BUSINESS-CLASS
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mixture and 20g soft
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flour in from the sides.
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bowl and knead by
HEART
hand for about
5 minutes until
smooth and elastic.
Place dough in a
BAKER
greased bowl, cover
and leave to rise in
a warm place until
doubled in volume
(about 1 hour).
Preheat oven to
Move aside, pepperoni and mozzarella, 220°C conventional/
this dessert pizza is a slice of fruity heaven. 200°C fan-forced.
Line a baking tray with
When it comes to pizza, the dessert variety doesn’t baking paper.
get nearly enough love. But present this bad boy on
Lighthouse Bread & Roll out dough on a
a platter to someone special this Valentine’s Day lightly floured surface,
(even if it’s just yourself) and eyes will pop, moans Pizza Plain Flour is creating desired shape.
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Sam (on left) wears jacket,

$3990, knit, $1310, and
pants, $1310, all by Prada.
Nic wears jacket, $3420,

turtleneck, $660, and
pants, $1880, all by Prada;
glasses, POA, by Moscot,
worn throughout.
Back to work B U T FO R G E T B U S I N E S S A S U S UA L – C O R P O R AT E J U S T G OT C O O L .
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LEFT
Jacket, shirt, and shorts,
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RIGHT
Jacket, $1757, pants,
$859, and sandals, POA,
all by Dries Van Noten;
necklace, $303, by Tom
Wood at Matches Fashion,
worn throughout;
suitcase, vintage Prada.

F I N A L C OAT
Tartan has received a second wind in the
way of this season’s coolest outerwear.
Sam (left) wears
coat, $2430, and
pants, $995, both by
Bally; shirt, POA, by
Ex Infinitas; shoes,
$1105, by Gucci.
Nic wears coat,

POA, by Hermès;
pants, and sandals,
both POA, both by
Ermenegildo Zegna.
T H E N E W P R I N T- O N - P R I N T
Instead of clashing, aim for different crops of the same
print. It’s a great way to create intrigue – without
looking like you couldn’t decide which one to wear.
CHECK PLEASE
Further proof that patterns and prints are
back, and a case for wearing it head-to-toe.
Add variation to the parallel lines via a tie with
stripes travelling in alternate directions.
OPPOSITE
Jacket, shirt, and
pants, all POA, all
by Ermenegildo Zegna;
shoes, POA, by Hermès.
THIS PAGE
Jacket, shirt, tie,
pants, and shoes, all
POA, all by Tom Ford
at Harrolds.
D E L I CAT E CYC L E
Laundry day is now a vibe; a bare chest
was, after all, the styling trick of the season.
Only you need to know it’s because
everything else is in the wash, right?
Nic (on left) wears

shirt, $670, shorts,
$730, and bag,
$930, all by Gucci;
socks, approx.
$18, by Viyella.
Sam wears
shirt, $1410, and
shorts, $800,
both by Gucci;
socks, approx.
$18, by Viyella.
BELOW
Jacket, $1495,
and pants, $870, both
by Paul Smith; shoes,
POA, by Saint Laurent.
RIGHT
Jacket, $4800, tank,
$1150, and pants, $1250,
all by Dior Men.
Hair Pete Lennon at
Company1 Agency using
David Mallett haircare.
Skin Kristen Brett at
Work Agency using
Go-To skincare.
Talent Nic Borrott at
IMG Models and Sam
Armstrong at Chic
Management.

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The fictional-human embodiment of IDGAF-style,
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It’s one of the great furphies that your scent
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there are the aldehydes which form
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everything from green herbs to clean
soapy skin – in fact the most famous
perfume of all time Chanel ‘No 5’ was
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B
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YOU R E S SE N T I A L GU I DE TO T H E BE ST W R IST W E A R
OMEGA
‘SEAMASTER
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MASTER
CHRONOMETER’
$13,050;
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Omega’s head
of product
management, GK: It’s always a balance.
Gregory Kissling. We produce many prototypes,
so for this collection we made
a minimum of three iterations to
A requited bond
get the perfect balance. After
that, every new technology must
pass certain tests, so we need
a minimum of two years before
T H E LOV E A F FA I R B E T W E E N O M E G A launching a new collection.
A N D JA M E S B O N D I S AS S T R O N G AS E V E R . GQ: Tell us about some of Bond’s
I
Q-esque processes behind these
t is among the country’s GQ: What sets the new new technologies?
best-known landmarks, but ‘Seamaster Diver 300m’ apart? GK: We had to use a 1200oC
a place perhaps more readily Gregory Kissling: In Australia, furnace in order to obtain the
associated with boardies and the ‘Seamaster’ is the most iconic mechanical properties of the
thongs than tuxedos. Yet Bondi model for us. In 2018, we’ve had ceramic, which is six times harder
Beach proved a fitting spot for an a full makeover of the collection. than steel. The only way to shape
exclusive black-tie watch launch. We’ve introduced a lot of new the ceramic is to use diamond
After all, the venue was the world- technologies and improvements tools. And for engraving the diving
famous Icebergs Dining Room not only for the case but also skin, we use a laser with five axes.
and Bar, overlooking the ocean for the inside with a new Caliber GQ: Why is 42mm the new 41mm?
below, and the watch was Omega’s 8800 movement that’s magnetic- GK: The new movement is a bit
new ‘Seamaster Diver 300m’ – a resistant to 15,000Gs. thicker so we wanted to respect
timepiece celebrating 25 years GQ: How important has the the proportion of the watch.
made for the waves. It’s also a relationship with Bond been Another reason is the Chinese
watch that’s been synonymous for Omega? market is asking for bigger
with Bond ever since 1995’s GK: We’re very lucky because watches. Thanks to the ceramic
Goldeneye – trust Omega Daniel Craig is the face of this new dial, it’s a sporty watch that, at the
to put the Bond in Bondi Beach. collection. The ‘Divers 300m’ was same time, is a very classic piece.
Given the next instalment chosen by the artistic director of GQ: How do you ensure people use
of the world’s favourite secret costume design for Goldeneye. their watch to its full potential?
agent is set for 2019, we felt it apt She wanted to find a diver’s watch GK: Well, it’s funny – only 0.01 per
to speak with Omega’s real life with a blue face because of Bond’s cent of customers use the helium
‘Q’, Gregory Kissling, the head navy suit. The challenge has been valve gauge on the ‘Seamaster
of product management about to maintain the identity of the piece Diver 300m’. It’s a special chamber
the ‘Seamaster Diver 300m’ and while still giving it a facelift. designed for divers, so it’s not
what’s in store for Bond, as well GQ: There are 14 new pieces here. really a useful function for
as Omega fans. How hard is it to evolve while everyday life but still it’s
keeping with tradition? a cool design feature.

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT
Breitling CEO Georges
Kern and Brad Pitt;
Breitling’s Gala Night in
the Beijing Pheonix
Center saw the brand’s
entry into China.
STA R P O W E R
T
ridiculously good looking. It all helps, of
course, but for Breitling CEO Georges Kern,
Cinema Squad, starring Charlize Theron,
Adam Driver, Daniel Wu and Brad Pitt.
“You have many actors out there in
Hollywood with huge followings, but with
zero credibility,” Kern tells GQ, on the topic
of his most famous campaign star. “I prefer
having the credibility to the following
there was just one quality he had in mind because we generate the following – and
when it came to picking the stars of his latest trust me, there will be enough people
Breitling
campaign. “They are all No.1 in their field,” talking about Brad Pitt.”
he said simply, when we met in Beijing for a It’s true, of course. For all the discussions
star-studded black-tie dinner to celebrate the of influencers, reality TV stars and Next Big
brand’s entry into the Chinese market. Things, it might be easy enough to buy
Takes As well as marking Breitling’s arrival

in the country, the gala dinner was also
an opportunity to see the brand’s latest
campaign in the flesh: the Breitling Squad
yourself a few Instagram followers, but there
is no amount of money that can buy someone
that most valuable of traits: authenticity.
“In any of these squads, all their members
Beijing
T H E S W I S S WATC H M A K E R H AS
concept, which was first introduced in
March. In actual fact, it’s based not on
a single squad but four different ones
covering key pillars of the brand’s focus.
are the best in their field,” Kern reaffirmed.
“For us, what was important was that all of
these people are high profile, but they’re not
models – these are real people. This is what
TAC K L E D T H E I D E A O F C E L E B R I T Y There is the Jet Squad, drawing on makes it so interesting – and so authentic.”
A M B AS SA D O R S I N T H E O N LY WAY Breitling’s aviation roots and featuring some With that, it was time for Breitilng’s
I T K N O W S H O W: BY G O I N G N OT of the most accomplished pilots on the Gala Night to kick off in the city’s
JUST BIGGER AND BETTER, planet. There is the Explorer Squad, with incredible Phoenix Center. While dinner
B U T M O R E AU T H E N T I C . the trio of Bertrand Piccard, the first person was served to the sound of a live orchestra,
to fly non-stop around the world in a Kern was joined on stage by Pitt, Wu and
balloon; Inge Solheim, who has guided photographer Peter Lindbergh, who shot
wounded veterans to the North and South the campaign – and, of course, then joined
Poles; and David de Rothschild, the youngest Kern, Pitt and his fellow Cinema Squad
Briton to reach both poles. stars on stage for a requisite selfie. Because,
There is the Surfer Squad, featuring Breitling might be one of the world’s most
American champ and environmentalist Kelly celebrated watchmakers, dating back over
Slater, as well as Aussies Stephanie Gilmore 130 years, but it’s still 2018. And Brad Pitt
and Sally Fitzgibbons. And then there is the is Brad Pitt. breitling.com

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R O L L S - R OYC E WAS N E V E R G O I N G TO M A K E A N S U V.
I T’ S TO O B R I T I S H . TO O R E V E R E D. T H E N I T W E N T A N D
M A D E T H E ‘C U L LI N A N ’ – A N D G U E S S W H AT ?
I F YO U C O U L D, YO U R E A L LY S H O U L D.
W O R D S BY STE PH E N CO R BY
CAR AWARDS
WINNER
I
t seems a strange question to ask
about something which has been
widely photographed and intensely
Instagrammed over the past many
months. And yet all anyone wants to know To say it feels strange to engage in some
about the new Rolls-Royce ‘Cullinan’ is, serious off-roading in a car as luxurious,
‘What the actual fuck does it look like?’ and heavy (it comes in at at 2.6 tonnes) as
No doubt this is because no photo can the ‘Cullinan’ is an understatement of
truly do justice to just how hulkingly huge almost Rolls-Royce proportions. Watching
the brand’s first-ever SUV is in the (shiny a crystal-cut Spirt of Ecstasy floating out
and lustrously painted) metal flesh. over the bonnet as you tackle a scree-strewn
You might think of a Lamborghini descent is beyond bizarre, and yet somehow
‘Aventador’ as wide – but the ‘Cullinan’ the car just makes it all feel natural.
trumps it at 2164mm, and almost In typical, low-stress Roller style,
Hemsworth tall – Chris, that is – at 1835mm. you simply press one ‘Off-road’ button
From end to shining end it measures if you want to do something silly in your
a staggering 5341mm, which is what gives ‘Cullinan’, and the car, with its hugely
it so much interior lounging room. capable four-wheel-drive system, does the
Granted, all Rollers are large compared rest, while you sit in cocooned silence.
to normal cars, so when the time came to Having enough power to not just climb
make a giant four-wheel-drive it was always mountains but shove them out of the way
destined to be epic, and the challenge for helps, of course, thanks to a 6.75-litre
the designers was to make something so big twin-turbocharged engine that produces
somehow look sleek and – unexpectedly to 420kW and 850Nm of torque.
our trained eyes – rather attractive. When you’re not scrabbling on gravel or
The good news is they’ve just about fording rivers, all that grunt makes driving
pulled it off – with a grand front end on smooth roads an enormous hoot,
that looks like a stately home that’s because you really do feel as eminently
sprouted wheels, sci-fi headlights, and a powerful as you look, every time you
side and three-quarter view with plenty even poke the throttle.
of presence, particularly when the world’s It’s also on real roads that you get to
only SUV suicide doors (which are so big properly enjoy the unique Rolls-Royce
you operate them hydraulically, at the ‘magic-carpet ride’, which wafts you
press of a button) are open. across the surface of the Earth the way
The only real let-down is the rear, a stiff breeze carries a feather. At times
which ends up looking like a London it feels as if you’re not actually touching
black cab crossed with a block of ’50s the road at all, particularly if you’re
East End flats. luxuriating in the rear seats and letting
The interior is, of course, almost someone else do the driving. Well,
life-changingly lovely – fantastic materials, there is that ‘bar’ to attend to?
lush carpets and beautiful details, plus a Throw in steering that feels so light and
drinks cabinet between the two rear seats, easy to use that you’d never believe you
if you opt for the individual, two-rear-seats were piloting something the size of a small
spec, which starts at $725,000. (A more church and it’s fair to say that Rolls-Royce
family-friendly three-seat rear option, has delivered on its marketing-phrase
with no bar, is a mere $685,000.) promise for the ‘Cullinan’ – that it really
And once you’re in there it really does is ‘Effortless, everywhere’.
feel as if you’ve been vacuum sealed away The fact RR has produced something they
from the outside world, even if you said they never would – and that we walked
happen to be climbing a steep and away unexpectedly enamoured with this
rock-strewn ski run in Jackson Hole, decent-looking truck of ludicrousness, well,
Wyoming, as GQ recently did at the grab that award-winning badge and plant it
car’s international launch. anywhere along that ample body.

A Resurgent
Swedish Star
A D D I N G D E S I R A B I L I T Y TO I T S C O R E VA LU E S O F SA F E T Y A N D R E L I A B I L I T Y, VO LVO
H AS E N J OY E D A R E N A I S S A N C E L I K E N O OT H E R I N T H E AU TO M OT I V E I N D U S T RY. CAR AWARDS
WINNER
I
t must have been early 2012. One of – both records for the 91-year-old company – The key here is models such as the
those balmy South Australian nights with revenue of $32.1bn. ‘XC90’, ‘XC60’ and this year’s ‘XC40’ –
that Adelaide tends to stuff with Such Coopers-raising global stats point as well as the coolest wagon that’s not an
Coopers Red and menus highlighting to what is an incredible turnaround – one Audi ‘RS4’, the recently released ‘V90’.
the forgotten Australian city as the country’s largely driven by desire. Because desire As the man overseeing such designs,
most underappreciated culinary scene. remains the most coveted asset in the and as such, this impressive resurgence,
Over the course of dinner GQ listened as automotive industry – and where Volvo’s chief design officer Thomas Ingenlath has
a Scandinavian Volvo exec bemoaned his lot: tank was once empty, it now runs full, stated: “Our core brand values will always be
that despite various inroads and cars that with a product line that has quickly altered [focused on] safety and Scandinavian design.
rolled off international lines packed with opinion and which now sees it spoken about, But now Volvo has a stronger character.
promise, tech and Euro-badged bang for for the first time, in terms of allure. It was always on the edge of quirkiness, but
buck, they remained best-known as cars of Many still point to the injection of cash that we’re striving to create something desirable.”
an older set. And there was more – this was came in 2010 – when the Chinese Geely group For Ingenlath, good-looking cars needn’t
a brand associated with shitty drivers, bought the famed Swedish company (a national be fast-looking cars.
safety and reliability, and little else. brand that shares a heady domestic spotlight “We consciously decided to move away
It was true. And yet, that was then. alongside Acne and Hygge and Noma) for a from mainstream car design and not add any
Seven or so years is a long time – just ask any knocked down price from Ford. But money slashes or lines to the surfaces that make it
WORDS: RICHARD CLUNE.
federal frontbencher – because today Volvo has doesn’t always equate to aspiration and appeal look dynamic. We concentrated on creating
re-established itself as a force much-removed – just look at the ways of any Russian oligarch. something with substance.”
from what it was. Of late – the past few years, This is now a marque that orbits intangible It’s an approach we can only salute as Volvo
particularly – it has re-emerged from its notions of cool. It’s no Equus Bass 770 continues to turn heads in a way it hasn’t since
Gothenburg chrysalis as a major player, one (seriously, look that thing up and try not to Roger Moore’s The Saint was burning about
that’s grown to reporting 2017 sales of 571,577 not to feel loins stir), but Volvo has mounted the ’60s in a ‘P1800’. And it’s why this Swedish
vehicles and an operating profit of $2.4bn a unparalleled revival journey of late. marque is GQ’s Comeback of the Year.

Test drive
VOLKSWAGEN
‘MY19 GOLF GTI’
CITY CAR AWARDS
WINNER
THE ‘GTI’ IS A HOT-HATCH HERO FOR GOOD REASON. THIS RECENT

UPDATE – WITH MORE POWER AND PREVIOUSLY OPTIONAL BITS OF KIT NOW
STANDARDISED – SCORES OUR VOTE FOR ‘CITY’ DRIVING (AND THEN SOME).
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WHERE TO
DRIVE IT?
Anywhere. From
giving it some
stonk through
country corners
on a sunny Tuesday
afternoon, to
ferrying shopping
and ambling on a
freeway for a
weekend away
– there really is
little this ingenious
German go-kart STYLING ENGINE DRIVING INTERIOR
can’t manage. It’s a bit like eyeing the It’s all about that To have a ‘GTi’ is to do as you This is a class-leading
ONE THING former footy jock at the elevated engine – the please: sit at the lights content in cabin. The driver’s Active Info
WE’D CHANGE? 10-year high-school reunion ‘MY19 Golf GTi’ gifted the knowledge you can engage dashboard is an instrument
– a form that’s instantly a heftier 2.0-litre turbo ‘Sport’ and disappear at any cluster of engaging tech
A bit more
familiar and still in muscularly four-cylinder that’s a match given moment. Because this wizardry, aided by the simple
grunt from the
good nick. ‘GTi’ badging on for the recent limited-build thing can really move when accessibility of an 8.0-inch
exhaust, please.
the front announces the three-door GTi ‘Performance asked – with a claimed navigation system with Apple
sportier sentiment here Edition 1’, producing 180kW 0-100km/h time of 6.2 seconds, CarPlay and Android Auto
PRICE/ (even as a five-door-only and 370Nm to the front- it really is some of the most fun (the Sound and Style package
DELIVERY option), bolstered by a squat wheels through a 7-speed you can have in a hatch (even if boasts a larger, 9.2-inch
Available now, appeal that’s driven by that DSG transmission and some of the aural engagement, display you can swipe).
starting from lower bumper venting that electro-mechanical especially on upshift, felt Our loan featured the $3900
$45,490. That’s glides the eye smoothly back limited-slip differential. more muted this time around). Luxury package of leather
WORDS: RICHARD CLUNE.
a bit of a climb on along the car. Eighteen-inch The fact there’s no manual Updated disc brakes are now seats (heated in front; driver’s
what’s gone before, alloys come as standard box will certainly raise some a match for the ‘Golf R’, with powered) in favour of GTi
though if you (upped to 19-inch on the shaking fists, though sales the Driver Assistance Pack tartan, as well as panoramic
fancy the most $2300 Sound and Style for such were minimal and (adaptive cruise control, electric glass sunroof. Three
accomplished hot package) and twin-pipes, Volkswagen can hardly lane assist with adaptive lane in the back (on short runs)
hatch in the field, as always, round out be questioned on the guidance, blind-spot monitor can work as faultless design
then that’s the what’s an appealingly abandonment of the with rear traffic alert, rear-view feeds an overall feeling of
necessary biscuit. taut little derriere. third pedal. camera park assist and much space – something not often
more) now standard. said in this segment.
B O R N O N T H E T R ACK.
B U I LT F O R T H E R O A D .
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Our 20th anniversary meant our biggest Men of the Year, ever
– a celebration of 20 men and women whose work has
been so good it deserved a party. The party of the year, no less.
Don’t believe us? Turn the page.
SUPPORTING PARTNERS
BEST ENSEMBLE
The Rubens, wearing
Emporio Armani,
demonstrated the many
L
ways to rock a tux.
ast year’s GQ Men of the Year Joining Lucky in the agenda-setting stakes
awards presented by Audi was was our International Woman of the Year
always destined to be our best presented by Paco Rabanne, Emily
yet. We aim to outdo our Ratajkowski. Arriving in Australia for the first
previous efforts each year, but time a few days before the awards, Ratajkowksi
with 2018 marking GQ had the country in a spin after she revealed her
th
Australia’s 20 anniversary, there was extra string bikini on Bondi Beach. But, as the
pressure to up the ante. Gathering at American model said on the night, being a role
Sydney’s iconic The Star, we brought model is “about wearing a string bikini on the
together the biggest names from Australia beach, and at a protest”.
and around the world to raise a glass to the With Andrew O’Keefe hosting, guests
individuals whose work not only sets the included Naomi Watts, Adam Goodes and
standard for others to follow, but pushes us UFC president Dana White who was
all to do, and be, better. in vintage form as he introduced GQ’s
Admittedly, 2018 was another year in Sportsman of the Year, Robert Whittaker.
which us blokes didn’t exactly cover ourselves Closing out the evening was our Man of the
in glory. The MeToo campaign continues to Year, Joel Edgerton, whose film Boy Erased,
gather momentum, rightfully outing those a powerful critique of gay-conversion therapy,
who still choose to perpetuate sexual violence; is prominent in the conversation regarding
the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Oscar contenders.
US Supreme Court a stark reminder that the The night wouldn’t have been the success
fight is far from over. But if the GQ Men of it was without our sponsors: presenting
the Year awards are proof of anything, it’s partner, Audi, and supporting parners,
that there are still men and women out there David Jones, Grey Goose, Paco Rabanne,
doing amazing and inspiring things; that Qantas and The Star. With Grey Goose
there is hope in adversity. espresso martinis on hand, and special
WORDS: CHRISTOPHER RILEY.
For proof, we need look no further than performances from Australia’s own The
our International Man of Style, Lucky Blue Rubens, guests needed little excuse to
Smith. In accepting his award, the inimitable continue the party into the early hours.
model from Utah spoke of the recent birth of And that was a wrap – 20 deserved award
his daughter and his desire to be “the example winners to bring in 20 years of GQ. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT
GQ Editor Mike Christensen; American hip-hop
of how a man should treat a woman”. And If anything was as certain as the following artist Eve, with her back-up dancers in tow, at
with that jawline and blond mane, what an day’s sore head, it was that the next 20 should the GQ after-party; guests were welcomed to
The Star event centre by Qantas hosts; our
example he is. be even better. presenter for the evening, Andrew O’Keefe.

MAN OF THE YEAR
I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H AU D I
Joel Edgerton
"Thank you so much... I'm actually
going to accept this honour with
grace considering I feel we stand
a chance to affect people's lives,
and open people's eyes to something
that's not just going on in the US,
but in Australia too: conversion
therapy, and the constant walking
back of the rights and freedoms
of LGBTQI people. I want to thank
GQ and everybody here."
INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF THE YEAR

I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H PAC O R A B A N N E
Emily
Ratajkowski
“I think Woman of the Year is a pretty crazy title.
But when I think about what’s important in 2018
for both men and women, it’s about defying
FROM TOP stereotypes. It’s about being multifaceted. It’s
Gina Sansom and Audi about wearing a string bikini on the beach, and
Australia MD Paul Sansom, at a protest. I don’t think that any of us have to
dressed by David Jones; limit ourselves into a box, or the perception that
Rodger Corser; Vogue’s
Edwina McCann and anyone tries to force on you. Hopefully men and
Christine Centenera; women across Australia will take that to heart.”
Jonathan LaPaglia.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN JOURNALISM
Hedley Thomas
“This time last year I saw Lyn Dawson’s family
and told them I wanted to re-investigate
what I believed was a clear case of murder,”
said the creator of the Gold Walkley-winning
podcast The Teacher’s Pet, which, this past
December, resulted in the arrest of Dawson’s
ex-husband Chris. “Thank you to everyone in
Australia who listened.”
INTERNATIONAL MAN OF STYLE
Lucky Blue Smith

“I never would have imagined being in the position I am in today. This
RIGHT
year’s been really crazy, I had a daughter which is awesome. I would
Julie Simmons like to thank her for inspiring me every single day and pushing me to
accepting her son
Ben’s award for
set up a life for her and pushing her to be the best she can be. I can’t
Breakthrough wait to be the example to her of how a man should treat a woman.”
Sportsman of the Year.
GQ LEGEND
I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H D AV I D J O N E S
Michael
Clarke
“Every time I come to
events like tonight, I see
and meet new people,
and I just think about the
table I’m lucky enough to
sit on tonight - so many
inspiring men and women
and it’s an honour to be
here once again.”
TEAM OF THE YEAR
Australian
Invictus Team
“It’s thanks to events such as these – and the incredible efforts of
everyone involved – that I do feel we are starting to move in a more
positive way around disability,” said para-canoeist and Afghanistan
vet Curtis McGrath of the Invictus Games.
BEST TUX?
Guillaume Brahimi and Josh
Niland whose burgundy tux,
courtesy of David Jones,
was one of the night’s
sartorial highlights.
BREAKTHROUGH CHEF OF THE YEAR

I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H A U D I
Josh Niland
“We opened Saint Peter two years ago with the hope we’d
serve the best seafood in Australia. From the beginning,
I wanted to work out why the fillet has always been the
most desirable part of a fish – the fillet only yields 45 per
cent of the fish. So 55 per cent goes in the bin. We tried to
close that gap. And we can now say that 91 per cent of the
entire fish is used at Saint Peter.”
SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN AWARD
The Walk Free

Foundation
“There are more slaves in the world today than any other
time in human history and slavery only continues to exist ABOVE AND LEFT
because we allow it to. Ethical shouldn’t be a choice; it should On each table was a personalised
be a basic standard. It should be the rule, not the exception. bottle of Paco Rabanne fragrance for
[At Walk Free] we find ways to intercept the problem, liberate guests to take home; selection of
David Jones desserts; Grace Forrest,
the victims and ultimately stop this massive abuse of human and Shadow Minister for Transport &
rights from taking place in the first place.” Infrastructure, Anthony Albanese.

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Jamie Preisz
“Firstly, I wanna say
a big thank you. But
also, I wouldn’t feel REAL MEN HUG
right without using UFC president Dana
White embracing
this moment to talk
Sportsman of the Year,
to you a little more Robert Whittaker.
seriously. I want to
reach out to you
in this night full of
celebration, and
ask you to think
about something.
I lost my little SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
sister to suicide I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H T H E S TA R
in December last
year, and I want
her to have a
voice right now.
Robert
If she was here,
she would tell you
that supporting
your friend or a
Whittaker
“My father instilled within me the concept
family member, of integrity; that what happens on the field,
is a spectrum. stays on the field. I took that on face value
You don’t have just to make him happy. But I have kids now
to be there every and I’ve started to realise it’s more than
moment of every that. It’s about being someone you want
day. Just take your kids to be. It shows me that my actions
a little time out outside the octagon are just as important
of your busy life as my actions inside.”
to have a kind
conversation,
ask some hard
questions, and
really, really listen. MEDIA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Just a five-minute I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H G R E Y G O O S E
chat can save
someone’s life.”
Todd Sampson
“Thank you. I’d like to dedicate this award to a young 16-year-old girl
I met in Iraq. I was there to film an episode of Body Hack. When I arrived,
a young woman asked if she could meet with me. We met at a United
Nations displacement camp, just outside of Mosul. She told me her
mother had been stoned to death in front of her, and her father had been
decapitated. I started to cry, and she did something that I didn’t expect,
and I’ll never forget. She stood up. She hugged me, and said, ‘It’s okay.
WOMAN OF THE YEAR Even in darkness, there’s hope.’ This for her, and her strength.”
Elizabeth Debicki
“I am so honoured. I know we’re here to
celebrate men but I’d also like to celebrate the
amazing women in the room too. Thank you.”
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Audi Australia managing
director Paul Sansom
presenting the GQ Innovation
Award to The Seabin Project for
cleaning up our oceans.
For more on the incredible work
it’s doing, turn to p122.

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
P R E S E N T E D BY Q A N TA S
Keiynan Lonsdale
“Thank you so much. I’m pretty stoked to be here
with my boyfriend. I’m proud to be able to be open
about that. I’m really happy that my mum could
be here. She taught me strength, she taught
me vulnerability. She taught me how
to fight for your heart, and how to
fight for love. That’s the power
of a woman.”
Naomi Watts and

Cameron Bloom
CREATIVE FORCE
I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H G R E Y G O O S E
Cameron
Bloom
The creator the highly moving
Penguin Bloom book paid
tribute to his wife:“Finally, I
can recognise the incredible
bravery, resilience and humility
of my gorgeous wife, Sam.
I know most days are a struggle,
but I also know that your
determination has given people
perspective, and inspired
thousands around the world.”
SOCIAL FORCE
Andy
Ridley
“I’m so lucky to work in a
place that is so magnificent,
but it is battered and
bruised,” said the CEO of
Citizens of the Great Barrier
Reef. “But it is amazing,
and wonderful, and worth
fighting every minute of FROM TOP
the day for. I beseech you Georgie Saggers and
to help us do that.” Dylan Alcott; Michael
Klim; Jordan and Zac
Stenmark; Channel Tres.
SPORTING ICON
I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H D AV I D J O N E S
Kurt
Fearnley
“Tonight I want to say thank you to
GQ. I could never imagine as a kid from
the country being called anything
close to an icon. Have a good night
and I hope to share a Grey Goose with
every single one of you!”
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The Grey Goose bar;
from one icon to another,
Adam Goodes with Kurt
Fearnley; Audi’s activation
of its ‘R8 Performance
Parts First Edition’.
TV ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Dacre
Montgomery
“I have no words for
how flattering it is to be
acknowledged by this
community and this country.
This room is a testament that you
can make any dream a reality
and I am beyond moved to be
taking part in mine.”
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lead in one of the most successful shows in television history.
Nearly a decade later, the British actor is preparing for
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“Everyone was broken at the end.
I don’t know if we were crying
because we were sad it was ending
or if we were crying because
it was so fucking tiring.”
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both POA, both by
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ring, Harington’s own,
worn throughout.
Which brings us to the real reason Harington is excited about the coming
theatre job. The nine-to-five of it. The commute. He has spent the best part of
a decade inside the manic make-believe world of hit TV and for all the
pampering and all the opportunities, he says, “It doesn’t stop you imagining the
grass is greener, it doesn’t stop you desiring the security of the nine-to-five
lifestyle.” He paints a fascinating picture: the cast on the world’s hottest TV
show, all of them kitted out with crossbows and crowns and doing all the cool
shit that as kids they must’ve dreamed about... standing around on their smoke
breaks, sharing fantasties about more humdrum work. Making tea in the office
kitchenette. Podcasting home during rush hour.
“I think people who don’t work in film or TV don’t realise quite how
disorientating it is,” Harington says, “being away from home all the time. Coming
here today [to the hotel], and seeing all the people cycling in to work, it seemed in
my head a real luxury. Which must sound mad. But the process of going to work,
having a day with your colleagues, coming back to your family, cooking, having
stuff in the fridge... It sounds odd to say but it’s the thing I’m looking forward to
most. After nine years I’ll be at home. In one place. Static.”
Y
oung Kit, as described by the man he grew up to be, was “a right little
shit”. A back-chatter, a girl chaser, he once accumulated a neat half-
century of detentions in a single year at his genteel West Midlands school.
“I didn’t respond well to authority, because my parents were never
authoritarian.” Though the larger Harington clan was old and ennobled (it had
fed England with military leaders for generations) Kit’s corner of the family was
less conventional. His mother Deborah wrote poetry. His father David was an
entrepeneur. Harington caught the acting bug after he was cast in a Beckett play
at school, and after graduating he spent three years at London’s Royal Central
School of Speech and Drama. What vestiges of the little shit that survived this
got knocked out of him once and for all in his first professional job. He was cast
in War Horse, a West End show that was famous for featuring a brilliantly
puppeteered horse. More than one newspaper critic made the unkind point that
the human cast were continually overshadowed by Joey. Or, as Harington puts
it, “The horse always got the biggest cheer”.
Back then, Harington says, “If you’d asked me I probably would have said:
‘I’m in it for the art!’ But which young actor isn’t sat there thinking of the glory
of being in something that gives you notoriety?” He didn’t have long to wait.
Harington auditioned for HBO aged 22. Game of Thrones’ producers must have
been confident this project would take flight and go on for years, because they
had Harington read dialogue that would not be relevant until season three. In
the scene Harington read at audition, Jon Snow had to convince his warrior-
girlfriend Ygritte not to embark on a tricky military campaign... while also
concealing his secret plan to betray her... while also making it clear that he’d
fallen in love with her. Tense, twisted and sexy, the scene was quintessential
Thrones. Harington got the gig and began filming in late-’09. Whatever
confidence his producers had in the ultimate success of the show, Harington
himself was the resident on-set doommonger. “After the first season I would say
to people, ‘We definitely won’t get a second season.’ Then after the second
season I went, ‘Definitely not a third, no’. Everyone was, like, ‘Are you fucking
kidding me, Kit? Of course we’re gonna get a third.’”
Of course they were gonna get a third. By now several million people were
watching in some way or another, officially via subscriptions to HBO in the US
and Foxtel in Australia, with a substantial dark audience streaming episodes
pirated online. In its early years the show was an ensemble affair, Harington was
one of more than a dozen principle characters. As more and more members of
the original characters died and departed, however, there was a definite
narrowing of focus. Harington’s screentime ticked up. Occasionally, other plot
strands were paused outright so that whole episodes could be dedicated to him.
Jacket, $140, by
Levi’s; top, POA, by Ann He was starting to look like a superb leading man and once a year, in the down-
Demeulemeester; pants time between seasonal shoots, Harington tried helming movies. An action flick
and shoes, both POA,
both by Dolce & Gabbana. (Pompeii), a war drama (Testament of Youth), a spy thriller (MI-5). None of them

T-shirt and jeans,
both POA, both by
Dolce & Gabbana.
“Of course I want to be in
a film that gets a run at the Oscars.
I’d love that. But am I seeking the
red carpet-ness, and everything
that goes around it? No.”
M I R AC L E AT WO R DS SEAN FLYN N
T H A M LUA NG
THE STORY OF THE THAI CAVE RESCUE – IN WHICH A TEAM OF YOUNG SOCCER
PLAYERS AND THEIR COACH SURVIVED FOR 18 DAYS BEFORE BEING EXTRACTED
BY DIVERS – GOT EVEN MORE UNBELIEVABLE THE CLOSER WE LOOKED.
And so the people came early in the Even after they were found, rescuing
morning, trudging up the park road them was by no means certain. To
from the police checkpoint, and they extract exhausted and weakened boys
continued coming until the afternoon, through a black labyrinth of mud and
and they stayed until nightfall. The swirling water was technically daring,
S
dignitaries sat silently in their chairs, physically improbable, and logistically
and the monks chanted, monotone and overwhelming. Yet dozens of people
rhythmic, and the volunteers filled in with specialised, almost esoteric skills
the empty areas where the journalists travelled from around the world to do
and the food stalls and the electrical so, to try to save 13 strangers of no
feeds had been days before, all of them particular import other than being
facing the monks on the dais. They fellow humans. Those dozens were
stood for hours, only occasionally supported by many hundreds more,
kneeling, as if a field of enormous the volunteers in yellow and blue, the
yellow flowers with pale blue centres colours of the King and Queen
had risen from the mud and the gravel, Mother, who cooked and cleaned and
all of them together in the green of the kept order; and by holy men who
forest and the steamy heat of July, chanted and meditated and communed
SIX DAYS AFTER the miracle, when

the boys were cocooned in a sterile
hospital and the divers had flown home
and almost all of the journalists had
dispersed, people came to the cave
again. There were villagers from the
flatlands beneath the Doi Nang Non,
the mountains that rise between
Thailand and Myanmar, and there
were volunteers, hundreds of them in
their lemon-yellow shirts and sky-blue
caps, who had been there for most of
the 18 days the miracle had required.
There were monks, too, at a makeshift
dais on the footpath to the cave, and
there were dignitaries – local
authorities, the families of the boys
who’d been blessed by the miracle – in
rows of chairs under a long tent.
The people, many of them, brought
offerings. Below the mouth of the cave
and in front of the big sign that
announces the place as Tham Luang- under a sky heavy with clouds but with the spirit of the cave. And millions
Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, in leaking only a light and misty rain. upon millions watched, fed live updates
a clearing cut into the dirt at the side of They were making merit and by many hundreds of journalists staked
the road, they planted small white thanking the spirit of the cave for the out at the foot of the Doi Nang Non.
pennants and sticks of incense and miracle she had allowed and atoning for Until finally, 18 days after going in,
candles the colour of goldenrod. On the indignities inflicted upon her – the they were out, all of them, 12 boys
a table near the monks, they left fish miles of hose and cable run along the and one coach. The rescuers
and fruit and the severed heads of pigs. limestone, the endless boot prints in the succeeded, or the cave relented, or
These were gifts to the spirit of the mud, the lights and the noise and the maybe both happened at once.
cave. For almost three weeks, Tham chaos – in creating that miracle. No one can say for certain, and
Luang had held within her a dozen THIS PAGE The boys and their coach had been perhaps it doesn’t matter: it was a
young soccer players and their coach, A relay of Thai deep inside the cave, beyond kilometres miracle either way. Six days later, after
soldiers at the
who were trapped by flooding rains mouth of the cave of chambers and sumps and boulder most of the foreigners had gone home
without food or water or any possible during the rescue chokes. It is not unthinkable (though it and the garbage was being hauled
attempt. Soldiers,
way to remove themselves. For most of medics and is horrifying to dwell upon the away and the tents were being broken
that time, it also was assumed, if rarely civilians from thought) that they would not have down, it was possible to imagine this
the Doi Nang Non
spoken aloud, that some of those boys were on hand been found until November, after the place returning to what it always had
– perhaps all of those boys – could die. while the boys monsoons had passed and the water been, a quiet clearing next to a quiet
were trapped
The miracle was that they did not. in the cave. had receded and all of them were dead. cave. But it still quivered with a sense
COACH EK TAUGHT THE BOYS TO BREATHE
SLOWLY, TO CLEAR THEIR MINDS, TO
REMOVE THEMSELVES MENTALLY AND
EMOTIONALLY FROM A MUDDY SLOPE.
and a grove of fruit trees – and part of it

had been properly tamed for tourists. It
is, in fact, an official state park that
includes several other caves worn into
the Doi Nang Non. There is a sizable
parking lot 100m past the entrance and
proper toilets and a ranger station from
which park personnel, during the dry
season, give tours of the first kilometre
or so of the cave.
On the footpath from the parking
lot, as a matter of cultural habit, there
is a shrine to Jao Mae Nang Non, the
spirit of the cave. She is represented
by what appears to be a recycled
mannequin in a pink dress, but in the
traditional lore, she was the princess
of an ancient kingdom who fell in love
with a stable boy. Like most ancient
stories of royalty and commoners,
this one ended badly: her father’s
soldiers killed the stable boy, and, in
her grief, the princess stabbed herself
to death in the cave. The stream that
runs through the cave is believed to
be her blood, and the mountain is said
to have taken her shape; the full name
of the place, by one translation, is
‘cave of the lady who lies waiting,’ and
the mountain, from the right
perspective, does indeed resemble
CLOCKWISE of the extraordinary, and so it was lived as a caretaker of sorts at Wat Phra a woman in repose.
FROM TOP
School children proper to make merit in such a place. That Doi Wao, a temple at the top of a It is a majestic cavern, at least at the
from India pray steep mountain that, if you tottered opening, a high and wide pocket eroded
for the safe return QQQ
of the Wild Boars; over the side of the road, would dump through the limestone. There is a well-
a mud map of the THE TEAM WAS known as the Moo you into Myanmar. worn path from the mouth, poured
cave provided
by one of the Pa, a name that translates literally as The summer sky was still thick with with cement in parts, and beyond that,
Thai Navy Seals; ‘Forest Pigs’ but also, more reasonably, golden light when practice ended. It Tham Luang narrows before opening
volunteers from
around the world as ‘Wild Boars’, and they practised on was early and the boys had a little time again into a series of chambers. Even
join forces to before they had to be home. Twelve of two kilometres in, when the cave
help the rescue a rough field across the road from a
attempt. little church and a small sundries shop. them and Coach Ek decided to ride constricts to a mud-floored passage, it’s
There were at least 13 players at their bicycles to Tham Luang. Though still wide enough and high enough for a
practice that night, the youngest 11 some of the boys, maybe most of them, grown man to comfortably walk.
years old, the oldest nearly 17, one knew their parents might not approve, The Wild Boars had no difficulty
turning 16 that very day, which was this was not a reckless adventure. getting fairly far in, crawling through
Saturday, June 23. Practice was run by The cave was neither far nor isolated a couple of choke points to the open
their assistant coach, Ekapol – coming south from the scrappy spaces. And they expected no difficulty
Chanthawong. Coach Ek is an orphan border town of Mae Sai, you turn right getting back out. The heavy monsoon
who trained to be a Buddhist monk just before the Toyota dealership and rains weren’t expected for another
and even then, as a grown man of 25, follow the road through a cornfield week, and the year before, the cave

hadn’t begun to flood until the middle An hour south, near the city of
of July. The team brought no food or Chiang Rai, lived a man who knew the
serious spelunking gear because they innards of Tham Luang better than
were there on a lark, a brief field trip. anyone else on the planet. His name is
They planned to stay for perhaps an Vernon Unsworth, a 63-year-old
hour, then retreat, and pedal home to British hobbyist who’d learned to
their parents. spelunk long ago in the Yorkshire
But, as it can do in northern dales and who now lives part of the
Thailand in the middle of summer, it year in Thailand. That cave, he would
started to rain. later tell reporters, had been “my
The Wild Boars wouldn’t have second home” for more than half a
known that at first, with a thousand or decade: he had gone farther and
so metres of rock above them and deeper than anyone before him and
their being more than a mile from the had taken extensive measurements
open forest. But water fell on the and notes; his explorations, in fact, are
mountains and gathered into streams the basis for some of the section on
that disappeared into sinks, rushing Tham Luang in The Caves of Thailand,
down through the limestone into the Vol. 2, a book by Martin Ellis published
voids below. The water rose suddenly the previous year.
and quickly, a great volume forced As it happened, Unsworth had his
into a tight course. A low area behind gear ready to explore the cave the
the boys and their coach flooded, very next day, June 24, just to have a
filled a narrow spot in the tunnel the look around and check the water
same way water settles in the trap of a levels. One of the local authorities
sink. Coach Ek tried to swim out, to who knew Unsworth’s work called
see if there was a reasonable chance for him, and Unsworth hustled up to the
the boys to follow, but was forced to cave in the middle of the night.
turn back. More water came, and the Because of his expertise, he
Wild Boars retreated farther, understood two things immediately,
scrambling up – the interior of the both of critical importance. The first
cave is not level, but rather rises and was where to look for the Wild Boars,
falls as it burrows into the mountain – a crucial decision considering that
to a chamber with a sandy patch called the cave is enormous and time was
Pattaya Beach, then down again and precious. About two kilometres from
up again, eventually reaching an even the mouth of Tham Luang, there is a
higher spot beyond. They settled on a junction. To the right is a “passage
mud slope above muddy water. [that] soon becomes a crawl, which is
And then they waited, first for flat out in places and often remains
minutes. The water did not recede. flooded in the dry season,” according
And so they waited for hours, because to Ellis’s book. Instinct and necessity,
there was nothing else to do. then, would have sent the Boars left, Unsworth told the Thais to contact FROM TOP
Thai service
toward Pattaya Beach. the three through the British embassy. personnel begin
QQQ
The second important thing They were at the cave by 7:30pm on the nervous
descent into the
BOYS DIDN’T COME HOME, and Unsworth understood was that divers Wednesday. cave; some of the
parents began to worry. They made would be required, and that ordinary boys recover after
QQQ a torturous 18
phone calls and sent text messages – to divers weren’t sufficiently skilled. (Even days trapped
the head coach, to other parents – until, Thai SEALs couldn’t get far at first.) THE RAIN MOSTLY held off on in the cave.
according to the The Washington Post, Cave diving – swimming through Sunday, but then fell hard on Monday
the coach reached one boy who didn’t tight tunnels full of sharp rocks and and Tuesday, too – water pouring
go to Tham Luang after practice. The strong currents in near total darkness – from the sky and into the streams and
coach went to the cave and parents is extraordinarily specialised and wildly down through the sinks. Deep in
went to the cave, and they found dangerous, so much so that it isn’t even Tham Luang, the Moo Pa had no
bicycles at the mouth and impassable included in most naval dive training; the food, and the water below them was
water inside. The Wild Boars obviously risk simply isn’t worth the benefit. muddy, undrinkable, so Coach Ek
were trapped in the cave, but no one But Unsworth, being a spelunker pointed to the stalactites growing
knew where exactly or, more to the himself, knew of divers who were from the ceiling, relatively pure water
point, how to get them out. qualified, and he gave the authorities dripping off them. And the boys
But then the first little miracle three names: Rick Stanton, John decided to dig, using rocks to scrape at
transpired, which could probably be Volanthen, and Robert Harper, all of the walls. It was futile to think they
dismissed as coincidence if it weren’t whom work with the volunteer British could tunnel their way out, but even in
for everything else that happened. Cave Rescue Council. futility there could be hope.
THIRTEEN PEOPLE CONFINED IN
A SMALL SPACE WITH LIMITED AIRFLOW
WILL, AS A MATTER OF BIOLOGICAL
CERTAINTY, CREATE A STINK.
Outside it was still raining, great their destroyed livelihoods, the

torrents at times, a slow drizzle at villagers in Ban Nong O brought food
others, and always a threat of more, to the cave and washed clothes for the
even when the clouds broke over the rescuers and directed traffic to keep
Doi Nang Non. But rescuers and all the volunteers and more than a
volunteers continued to arrive, thousand journalists from tripping
hundreds of them – Thai military and over each other and gridlocking the
civil authorities, Americans and roads. He beamed when he said this.
Australians, expat divers from the “The people,” he said, “were able to
resort islands in the south – and they show their spirit.”
More important than the presence knew they had to get at least some of
QQQ
of hope, though, was the absence of the water out of the cave. Far above,
panic, and the conservation of energy. streams were diverted to slow the DIVERS BEGAN MAKING forays
Coach Ek had been a practising monk flood going in, and massive pumps into the cave, fighting hard currents,
for 10 years, during which, like most sucked out millions of liters, steered a laying ropes to mark the way. They all
monks, he’d learned how to meditate. deluge into rice paddies brilliant green turned left at the junction, as Unsworth
There is a difference, of course, with maturing plants. had suggested, moving deeper into the
between devout and dedicated “It was like two cups pouring into cave with each expedition.
religious mediation and staving off one,” said Setthavut Panyakham, the On July 2, the ninth full day of the
terror in the damp dark of a cave, but head of the village of Ban Nong O. operation, Stanton and Volanthen
the idea is the same. Coach Ek taught The rice farmers there knew the flood made it all the way to Pattaya Beach,
the boys to breathe slowly and was coming, knew it would drown the sandy rise more than two kilometres
purposefully, to clear their minds, to THIS PAGE their crop, knew they couldn’t re- in. They surfaced. No Wild Boars.
remove themselves mentally and Hero Dr Richard plant until next year. But they did not They still had some rope left to lay, so
‘Harry’ Harris in a
emotionally from a muddy slope. press conference; protest; of 19 farmers, only four even they continued on, through a sump –
Done properly – and the boys would the 12 members asked for the compensation that the a low spot that fills with water – that
of the Wild Boars
later say their coach was an excellent and their coach government offered. required them to swim through
teacher – the heart rate slows and hold up a photo of “It’s about giving,” Panyakham said. a narrow tunnel beneath low-hanging
the Navy SEAL who
metabolism downshifts and panic tragically lost his Making merit, he says, is also about rock before they surfaced again.
quells. That probably was more life laying oxygen not asking for money for doing the They sniffed.
tanks for the boys
effective than digging. along the exit route. right thing. Instead of fretting about Continued, p138
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BETWEEN OSCAR-HOPEFUL BOY ERASED AND

UPCOMING FEATURE BEN IS BACK, LUCAS HEDGES
THE
IS QUICKLY PROVING HIMSELF ONE OF
HOLLYWOOD’S MOST IMPRESSIVE TALENTS.
SPOTLIGHT
OPPOSITE
Jacket, $2900, by
Canali; turtleneck,
$1200, jeans, $1100,
and sneakers, $1350,
all by Dior Men.
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Jacket, $4315,
sweater, $1890, and
pants, $955, all by
Hermès; shoes, $675,
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H
edges is really that they put on us,” he says, “whether that’s
into his fingernails. something as small as putting nail polish on your
A friend painted those fingernails or the bigger freedom to express yourself
on his left hand a few sexually. It was a movie that taught me a lot about
days earlier: “It’s kind conviction and standing up for myself.”
of a small thing, The role is generating Oscars buzz for the actor,
but at the same who has already earned a nomination for his role in
time, it’s kind of Manchester by the Sea and went on to deliver equally
revolutionary.” For powerful performances in Lady Bird and Three
a long time (though not that long – he’s only 22), he Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. They’ve all been
OPPOSITE
Jacket, $512, T-shirt, wouldn’t have been the kind of person to experiment emotionally draining, and he admits “it feels a little
$73, and pants, $304, with gender norms, and he had noticed he was getting reckless, the way I’m jumping from thing to thing,”
all by Dries Van Noten;
shoes, $1500, by a lot of looks in the airport. But he’s learning that but he likes to think he gets something out of each
Ermenegildo Zegna; questioning the rules is the best part of growing up. role. “Every project comes to heal a part of myself,”
bolo tie, vintage,
worn throughout. Hedges has often trafficked in the traumatic side he says, in the way that any great personal revelation
THIS PAGE
of the adolescent experience. This year, you might comes from digging deep.
Jacket, POA, by have seen it on-stage (The Waverly Gallery) and With Boy Erased, the part of himself that healed was
Salvatore Ferragamo; on-screen – in Jonah Hill project Mid90s, as well the one that bought into traditional ideas of what a
tank top, $59.95 (sold
as a pack of two) by Calvin as in upcoming drama Ben is Back, in which he man has to be. He’s into “the idea that vulnerability
Klein at David Jones; stars as teenage drug addict Ben Burns, alongside can be at the centerpiece of what masculinity is in its
pants, $349, by BOSS;
belt, $78, by Michael Kors. Julia Roberts. And last November, there was his most beautiful moments. That is really exciting.”
Grooming Melissa understated but incredibly moving performance in And that vulnerability is already at the centre of his
DeZarate at The Boy Erased, in which he played Jared, a 19-year-old acting in each of his stunning performances – quiet,
Wall Group.
Production GE who endures gay-conversion therapy. “The reason measured, and entirely mesmerising to witness.
Projects, Miami. I wanted to do Boy Erased is because it’s about The good news is, there’s plenty more to come.
Location Holiday
Bowling Center. challenging the world around us and the boundaries Ben is Back is in cinemas January 31

After a hugely successful debut season, Kim Jones discusses how he’s taking
one of the world’s most revered fashion brands into the new era.
DIOR MEN TAKES ITS NE X T STEPS

WO R DS JAKE M I LL AR PH OTOG RAPHY W I NTE R VAN DE N B R I N K
hichever way you cut it, the

fashion industry has rarely
looked as healthy as it does
right now. Menswear, in
particular, is thriving.
It’s currently growing with
a rate that’s outpacing even womenswear and on
track to pour some $600bn into the global market by
2020. But what remains surprising is not the sheer
volume of fashion brands out there at the moment –
not to mention various diffusion lines, celebrity
labels, and countless collabs – but how few of them
remain truly consequential.
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY: SOPHIE CARRE AND JACKIE NICKERSON.

In the same way that you need not have watched
a single tennis match to have heard of Roger Federer
or have seen a single film in years to appreciate the
significance of The Godfather series, there are
a handful of brands whose reputations extend beyond
fashion alone. And it’s something Kim Jones knows
all about, since he’s worked at most of them.
After graduating from London’s famed star-
making fashion college, Central Saint Martins
(whose alumni include Alexander McQueen, John
Galliano, Riccardo Tisci and many others), Jones
launched an eponymous brand, before landing roles
at a series of the world’s best-known fashion houses.
There were stints at Hugo Boss, Mulberry, and then
Alfred Dunhill, at which he won the British Fashion
Council’s Menswear Designer of the Year, in 2009.
But it was with his arrival at Louis Vuitton some two
years later that Jones would make his name on the
international stage.
THIS PAGE, FROM LEFT There, he quickly established himself as a restless arriving, Dior Men’s new artistic director would
A selection of Dior Men
jewellery accessories; designer, someone who managed that almost send his debut spring/summer 2019 collection
Dior Men HQ on Avenue impossible task of having a finger on the pulse of down the runway at Paris Fashion Week. And as
Montaigne in Paris.
what’s cool, while staying attuned to what kept the anyone with a working internet connection will
OPPOSITE cash registers ringing. He demonstrated an now know only too well, it was a sensation.
Jones with Dior’s
CEO Pietro Beccari; the uncanny ability to take the very essence of a legacy A changing of the guard that won universally
famous Dior saddlebag. brand and translate it into something people would positive reviews for its lighter, brighter, more
want not just now, but in years to come. energetic take on the house.
Louis Vuitton, you might think, would be the “I had an idea of Dior and the pieces I thought
pinnacle of someone’s journey in the fashion would transfer into Dior’s new chapter. I’ve used the
world. Yet Jones wasn’t done climbing. Last house colours and patterns and taken pieces from his
January, it was announced he would be leaving interiors and family archive as a reference,” says
LV after presenting his final show – a collection Jones. “It’s all Dior pre-Dior really. I never take
of 52 intricate looks that were capped off by a things literally. I take them and I reinterpret them.
final lap alongside fellow fashion icons, Naomi For the first show, I wanted to surprise people.”
Campbell and Kate Moss. But those left To do it, Jones equipped himself with a trip to
wondering where Jones would end up did not the Dior archives, soaking up as much research as
have to wait long. possible about Dior’s life and interests – from his
His arrival at Dior Men was revealed in March, love of flowers, gardening and the arts, to his
but the designer made it official (in the way that all homes, and even his beloved dog, Bobby – as well as
good things are these days) with an Instagram references from the early years of the house.
post. Jones uploaded a shot looking out of a window “I looked at the amazing archive and at Mr
at Dior’s famed Paris headquarters, as he – and the Dior’s personal life before and during Dior couture.
fashion house – prepared to face a new era. It was all very, very fast – we had two months,” says
The caption read, simply: ‘Day 1’. Jones. “The atelier is truly amazing, so this
“I loved my time at Louis Vuitton,” Jones tells collection was really inspired by the conversations
GQ, amid preparations for his pre-fall show in that took place there, and seeing the archives and
Tokyo this past November, “but Christian Dior is looking at things like the designs of pockets helped
a couture house, with an atelier – it’s the dream. me come up with various design solutions. The
Dior represents the best of the best. Simple as that.” heritage at Dior is incredible and the respect for it
Not that there was much time for Jones to reflect is so great, it inspired me to keep building the
on the milestone. Just a couple of months after legacy,” he says.
“I loved my time at Louis Vuitton, but Christian Dior is a couture house,
with an atelier – it’s the dream. Dior represents the best of the best. Simple as that.”
Indeed, you didn’t need to look far to notice signs

of the old Dior in the new one. There was an
updated Dior logo on jewellery, based off a design
from the ’20s, the house’s signature cannage ‘woven’
pattern that Jones laser-cut into trench coats and
bags, and a version of the brand’s iconic saddlebag,
this time updated into super-cool cross-body,
backpack and belt-bag versions.
“Energetic, respectful to the house, and
referencing Mr Dior’s personal world and life –
but for 2019,” says Jones of his first Dior
Men collection.
“To me it’s all about playing with the house codes,
and using the savoir faire of the atelier and archive
pieces to make them modern and relevant. We have
used couture detailing and techniques, but with
modern fabric developments and craftsmanship,”
adding that because Dior collections are produced
in an atelier – an on-site studio in which the clothes

are made – there is even more scope to experiment a lot of work. And it makes sense to build a team of OPPOSITE
The French house’s
with different techniques and fabrications in people whose skills you admire. SS19 show featured
real time. “It’s nice to have an outside source,” says Jones, fresh interpretations
of summer suiting.
“The system is completely different from that of of his love of collaboration. “Whenever I work with
an artist, I give them an idea of what we need but ABOVE, FROM LEFT
brands where everything is based on
British rapper Skepta
a manufacturing process,” he explains. “Here, we then respect their vision to do what they want to (right) inspects Dior’s
follow a couture process; we have constant access to do, that’s the secret of a great collaboration. new necklaces; Dior
Men sneakers; pieces
the garments and we’re free to do everything we “Matthew Williams is a friend of mine, and from the SS19
collection.
imagine. It’s fantastic! At Louis Vuitton, the I love the buckles he does, so rather than use copies,
clothing was produced at the factory, so we only I had him make originals. He also has a great
saw the garments at the fittings. From a creative understanding of Dior, and is one of the artists that
point of view, Dior is much more fun. When you I want to work together with in the future.
see the clothes constantly, you have more time to “Yoon is part of the studio – I thought it was nice
rethink and process them. It’s a much more organic to have someone that was working on custom
way of working.” jewellery. Her interpretation of Dior is fantastic,
This, a mix of old and new, of reimagining the and she really gets the kind of things I like.”
past to create the future, is classic Jones. And none He may have a new team, but one thing from
of it should come as a surprise to anyone with even Jones’ Louis Vuitton days has not changed. Despite
“From a creative
a passing interest in his career. This is, after all, the the demands of his place at the helm one of the
man who brought street-wear label Supreme to world’s biggest fashion houses, he retains a travel point of view, Dior
Louis Vuitton. schedule likely to provoke feelings of envy or
Jones was keen to bring a similar experimental exhaustion – or a mixture of both; forever posting is much more fun.
and collaborative approach to his time at Dior. from South Africa, Japan, Utah and beyond (and
At his spring/summer collection, it was hard to that’s just in the last few weeks). When you see the
miss the giant teddy bear version of Christian “I still travel a lot because I want to see the whole
Dior at the centre of the runway, a piece courtesy world before I die. I want to visit every country and
of American artist KAWS. Designer Matthew see all the fabulous things there are,” he says. clothes constantly,
Williams, of streetwear label Alyx, created “We are very fortunate to live on this planet.”
chunky Dior buckles, which models wore on caps At a time when designers can be heavy handed – you have more time
and bags. Then there’s jewellery designer Yoon all too quick to simply wipe the slate clean upon
Ahn who created signature rings, ear studs, arrival, and transplant a brand’s legacy with an to rethink and
necklaces and more. aesthetic of their own – Jones’s strength has always
It’s a refreshing approach. After all, the fashion been his keen sense of how to keep one foot in the
industry is not what it used to be when Mr Dior past and the other in the present. His eye, though,
process them. It’s
was still around, and today, the demands on is always on what lies ahead.
designers include overseeing not just clothes, Following pop-up boutiques in Tokyo, London, a much more organic
shoes and bags, but fragrances, sunglasses, store LA and Dubai, Dior Men will open a pop-up
designs, even entire advertising campaigns. It’s space in Sydney later this month; dior.com way of working.”

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The Seabin Project CEO, Pete Ceglinski, “I used to work as a product designer
is a 40-year-old guy from Byron Bay with an creating injection-moulded products like
ear-to-ear smile, a broad chest forged from toasters and kettles,” he recalls. “I worked
surfing and an ocker accent to rival that of on racing yachts and I was travelling around
the late Steve Irwin. On this day he is seeing this pollution, this rubbish that was
wearing a white T-shirt, dark shorts, black clogging up and choking the ocean. It was
cap and “no feet” – a reference to his absence a light-bulb moment.”
of shoes – and is carefully sliding a circular That was in 2015, and all it took to
barrel-like object into the water of Jones Bay bring to life his scribble of an idea was a
Wharf, a stone’s throw from Sydney’s CBD. drive to succeed, impeccable timing, two
The black, grey and yellow tub slips in years of development and a few million
almost silently, its upper lip coming to rest just views on a video tethered to a crowd
beneath the surface. Ceglinski stands back to funding page. “It was the greatest
survey its positioning. The water is still, the marketing campaign we have ever been
morning light plays with a thin patch of oil a part of,” laughs Ceglinksi, who believes
Rubbish isn’t sexy. Bins aren’t floating on the surface and the plastic bottle shows like the BBC’s Blue Planet and
sexy. Conservation isn’t sexy and along with a wrapper from a cigarette packet outspoken Hollywood A-listers like Jude
environmentalism isn’t sexy – unless, of drifts slowly towards the rim of the object Law, Mark Ruffalo and Matt Damon have
course, Leonardo DiCaprio is getting all before disappearing into the mesh within. helped bring a louder voice to growing
broody in front of the dusty old folks at “See – it just works,” says Ceglinski, concerns like sea pollution. “The ocean
the United Nations. hands on his hips in acknowledgment. plastic issue was trending on social media
And perhaps because tackling big This installation of another Seabin at a and that helped generate some initial
environmental issues isn’t, on first glance, Sydney wharf is the latest demo by Ceglinski interest… Seemingly overnight we had
glossy, easy or, in some cases, even possible, to local marine managers and one that marks three million views on our video.”
they’re rarely solved in any direct, job done, a three-year journey. His floating-bin design, The Seabin Project raised $362,000
case-closed kind of way. Because a reusable installed in ports and marinas, helps solve thanks to support and interest from
shopping bag can only get humanity so far. the global issue of ocean pollution and is international publications, TV news
But on a Friday morning in Sydney, one streamlining the removal of waste from channels and viral websites such as Now
man demonstrated to GQ how a simple marinas across the world. By capturing plastic This, Bored Panda and the BBC. That kind
solution to a big problem can make drastic bags, cigarette butts, bottles and cups along of money-can’t-buy PR shot Ceglinski and
environmental impact. As the sun peaked over with oil, pollutants and micro-fibres, these his floating-bin concept straight into the
the horizon to throw morning light across a innocuous, low-maintenance devices are spotlight – a little too soon, he suggests.
murky stretch of water, a plastic bottle became capable of collecting around 1.5kg of marine “I was getting around 800 emails a day at
the metaphor for a gluttonous society that trash a day, which equates to nearly half one stage saying, ‘Where is it? We want it.’”
could fix an issue it is responsible for creating. a tonne per year. He vividly recollects just how overwhelmed
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY: JACK PHILLIPS.

“I did a
count at
the end
of 2017 on
the number
of views
our video
has got...
I lost count
after 800
million.”
he felt physically and mentally. “I’ve only just “Now our mission is to get bins in a Seabin cap during a TV appearance on
started drinking coffee again. I had so much the water,” states Ceglinksi. And it’s at least three occasions during the October
anxiety I quit the stuff for like two years.” happening. More than 350 units are media cycle, recognition of his part in this
That funding helped the team complete in the water in 50 marinas across 23 new, and all-important crusade. He became
some much-needed R&D while the press countries, and Ceglinksi is almost aware of Ceglinksi’s work through the
interest built a waitlist of future clients. “I did jubilant that those figures are set to jump Advance Global Australian Award.
a count at the end of last year on the number exponentially when they hit the North As a previous recipient himself, he’s keen
of views our video has generated so far, and to American market this coming May. to see the Seabin concept roll out globally.
be honest, I lost count after 800 million… Seabin has also been given the endorsement “It’s awesome to see practical Aussie
It is well over a billion now.” of software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, ingenuity, backed by solid engineering,
Accolades and renewed media interest has who along with Tesla founder and CEO Elon solving a global problem,” Cannon-Brookes
followed since the finished products began Musk, has enjoyed lambasting Australia’s tells GQ.
rolling off the production line in May 2018. government of late for their approach to But as Ceglinski turns his head to watch
Seabin has been rewarded with gongs at the environmental issues. Most recently Cannon- a frayed piece of blue twine dance around
Advance Global Australian Awards, The Good Brookes went toe-toe with Prime Minister the rim of his invention, he admits that
Design Australia Awards and the European Scott Morrison via a series of tweets one day he hopes his Seabins will be lifted
Product Design Awards. It even took out a challenging the government over its labelling from the water for good.
coveted industry award for innovation at the of ‘baseload’ and coal power as “fair dinkum”. “We made our mission statement clear
world’s biggest marine trade show as well as Morrison called for a Fair Dinkum – we want to be able to one day live in a world
the Innovation Award, presented by Audi, at Power ‘movement’ to embrace wind and where pollution devices are not needed.”
the GQ Men of the Year awards in November. solar. The Atlassian co-founder wore seabinproject.com

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name isn’t Roger, Novak, Rafa or Andy, Known to the other pros as Sascha, Know the competition
you may as well not bother. Zverev credits his older brother Mischa – THREE PLAYERS TO KEEP AN EYE
Until now. The past few years have seen also a tennis pro – as a big influence on why ON AT THIS MONTH’S AUSSIE OPEN.
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tall German Alexander Zverev beat both number of Grand Slams won. To achieve No.1 male tennis player, and second
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic on his this, he’s enlisted the help of eight-time youngest player in the top 100.
way to winning the prestigious end-of- Grand Slam-winner Ivan Lendl, a decision Splitting his time between Spain
and Australia, he’ll be well-placed
season ATP Finals in November last year, that Zverev explains is already paying to deal with the searing Melbourne
it was confirmed: a new star was born – dividends. “It’s been great to add Ivan to sun that is often too hot to handle
for the Tour’s younger players.
and it wasn’t Lady Gaga. my team and I’ve learned a lot from him
Talking to GQ days after his milestone already. He has great experience as a player OUTSIDE BET
win, the 21-year-old is quick to praise those and as a coach. Together with my father, Dominc Thiem is right up there
with Alexander Zverev as a
same players he’s vying to dethrone: “[The and the rest of my team, we have a great potential to lead the younger-
Big Four] have dominated tennis in a way working relationship.” generation’s charge in Melbourne.
that’s never happened in the past. They With Lendl in his corner, the odds of The hard-hitting 25-year-old
reached his first Grand Slam
raised the bar for the rest of us and made Zverev making the step up in 2019 look final in 2018 and will be pushing
us work harder in order to challenge and more like a matter of when, not if. Good to go one better this year.
try to beat them.” That hard work is paying news for tennis fans, bad news if your
off – with Zverev at world No.4 coming name is Roger, Rafa, Novak or Andy.
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Z ZEGNA RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ALEXANDER ZVEREV AS ITS NEWEST AMBASSADOR,
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HE’S NOT THE ONLY TENNIS PLAYER TO HAVE AN EYE FOR FASHION.
1 ENTER THE
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In ‘84 he founded his
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a shift in tennis clothing catsuit in 2018. 7 8
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from impractical to We all know about
functional. He would go THE RULES FEDERER’S Wimbledon’s strict dress
on to launch his namesake The brash American WHITE SUIT codes. The message to
brand Lacoste in ’33 – worn marched to the beat of his The Swiss master, often players is simple – keep it
today by current world own drum and tennis was seen as the GOAT of the classic and keep it white.
No.1, Novak Djokovic. better for it. His brightly men’s game, plays with Which is why heads were
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FRED PERRY JOINS inspired one of the early only natural he takes pride teamed up with cult
THE PARTY moments in sneaker in how he looks. Having London skate brand Palace
The second style pioneer history that is still seeing won four Wimbledon to create its collection for
to enter the game, Perry its effects on streetwear championships back to last year’s championship.
won three Wimbledon today. His desire to look back from 2003-06, he The first collab of its kind
titles from 1934-36 before fresh was so strong, in arrived on Centre Court in at Wimbles and if the
turning his attention to the fact, he refused to play ’07, wearing a crisp white members’ board has any
fashion game. Founding his Wimbledon from 1988-91 suit. A bold statement to say, it will likely be the last.
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label in 1952, Fred Perry and due to its strict dress code. make – luckily he won
its laurel sheath (borrowed Now, that’s commitment. again, securing his fifth ZVEREV THE 9
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BORG’S tennis remained a stuffy, If you were in need of any high demand. In 2016, the
HEADBAND predominately white sport, more evidence that tennis big-serving youngster was
The Swede became the governed by old, stale ideas is the official sport for the announced as a brand
first player in the modern of propriety. So, when two fashion savvy, Chanel sent ambassador for the luxury
era to win 11 Slams before black sisters from Compton a racket down the catwalk Swiss watch brand Richard
retiring suddenly at 26. turned up to the French in 2008, followed by Mille. Now add Z Zegna to
Though not before blessing Open in ‘99 sporting Hermès two years later. the list, officially making
the world with some iconic coloured braids and an Since then, Chanel’s him the leader of the new
style moments – his unapologetic will to win, the continued to fill its quirky gen – on and off the court.

MIRACLE AT THAM LUANG, CONT. FROM P103
the cave. In it, the woman wrote on Facebook Gunan, diving with a partner, had deposited
four days after the Wild Boars went missing, the spare tanks in the cave. His own ran out
the spirit of the cave visited her and said she before he could surface. SEALs got him out,
would not release the boys until Kruba but he never regained consciousness and was
Boonchum came to pray. So he came on pronounced dead at a hospital.
Friday, June 29, and mediated and prayed. And even if meals had been successfully
“Don’t worry,” he announced. “The boys are delivered, what about air? There’s only so
safe. They will come out in a few days.” He much of it in a chamber plugged with water,
prayed and meditated the next day, too, after and it was rapidly running out: when Gunan
which he said, “The SEAL divers are not far died, the oxygen concentration was beginning
from the boys.” to border on dangerous levels.
Thirteen people confined in a small space Which was true, except it was Brits and not A second possibility was to dig them out.
with limited airflow will, as a matter of SEALs. And that could all just be Drilling through a couple thousand feet of
biological certainty, create a stink. a coincidence, a gentle monk dispensing hope. rock, which would require extensive
Volanthen smelled people. Or it could be, as some people believe, that construction of infrastructure to even begin,
From the slope, the boys saw muted light Kruba Boonchum, in another life long ago, would take too long. So rangers and guides
through the murk of the water that brightened had been a stable boy who was killed because and volunteers crawled over the mountain,
when it broke the surface. Adul, 14 years old he loved a princess, and that princess, in her looking for natural shafts. Climbers from
and one of the couple who spoke English, grief, had stabbed herself and bled to death in Koh Libong Island, where for generations
edged to the water. what is now a cave called Tham Luang. It is men have scaled sheer cliffs hunting for
“How many of you?” Volanthen asked. possible, because anything is possible when edible nests made of solidified bird spit – an
“Thirteen,” Adul answered. miracles are involved, that the spirit of the expensive delicacy – roped up the faces of the
“Thirteen? Brilliant.” cave, the princess whose blood runs through mountain, searching for hidden openings.
The boys and their coach wanted to leave. it, was waiting for him to return. They found none.
“No, not today,” Volanthen said. “There’s That left the third option: swimming them
QQQ
two of us. You have to dive. We’re coming. out. It had the advantage of being quicker, but
Many people are coming. We are the first. THERE WERE, in the beginning, three main also the disadvantage of, well, swimming
Many people come.” thoughts about how to extricate the Wild them out. None of the boys nor Coach Ek
And many people did come. The next day Boars. One was deceptively simple: Wait until knew how to dive. Even if they could learn
Thai SEALs ferried food and water and the monsoons passed and the waters drained to the basics, cave diving isn’t the same as a
blankets to the Wild Boars, and three of the point where they could walk out, which practice run in a resort swimming pool.
them, along with a military medic, stayed probably would have been November or maybe A weakened child submerged in disorienting
with the team. even December. But the logistics – the deceptive darkness and breathing unnaturally through
But the Wild boars still had to be brought part – made that option almost certainly fatal. a regulator is more likely than not to panic.
out, and no one was quite sure how that would Even if no trained personnel stayed with them, Yet through long stretches of the cave, he
happen. Or even if it could happen. the boys and Coach Ek would need to be fed: wouldn’t be able to simply surface and regain
13 boys eating three times a day for, generously, his composure – he would be in a flooded
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40 days is more than 1,500 meals, all of which tunnel, entombed in rock.
THE FAMILIES OF the Wild Boars never would need to be ferried in by divers flirting Perhaps one boy might make it through.
left the park. They were secure in their own with death themselves each time they Maybe half of them, or even most. But pull
area, separate from the legion of journalists went under. that off 13 times in a row, even with experts
who filled the parking lot, and they napped This was not an academic concern. On July guiding them? No one wanted to say it
on cots and in plastic chairs while they kept 6, after the boys had been found and a rescue publicly, but that plan could kill a few kids.
vigil. On occasion, monks would come to plan was being drafted, a retired Thai SEAL But the rain was still coming, and time
pray with them, including, at least twice, a named Saman Gunan was positioning spare wasn’t slowing.
forest monk by the name of Kruba Boonchum oxygen tanks inside the cave, backups for The Wild Boars had to come out the way
Yannasangwalo. He is 53 years old, revered in divers making their way to the boys and back, they came in.
parts of Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos, and a gruelling exercise that took, depending on If panic was the main concern – and it was
somewhat of a celebrity, as far as monks go: the skill of the diver and the conditions in the – that had to be neutralised. First, the rescuers
a souvenir stand at the temple where Coach cave, anywhere from five to twenty-three brought full-face respirators to the cave.
Ek lives sells bracelets purportedly woven by hours round-trip. Gunan was 37 years old, Rather than sticking a regulator in each boy’s
him. (It also sells consecrated Phra Ruang married, a triathlete in excellent physical mouth, they would give them masks that
Lamphun amulets, which are said to protect condition, and a highly trained diver. He was covered everything from their chins to their
the holder from harm, and one of which also a volunteer. “Loaded all my stuff onto foreheads. Those would allow them to breathe
Coach Ek wore around his neck. They have the plane. I’m ready to fly to Chiang Rai,” he normally while divers – assisted by about a
since become a very popular item.) said a few days earlier in a selfie video dozen others posted along the route – guided
Kruba Boonchum came to the cave after a obtained by the Associated Press. “See you at them toward the mouth of Tham Luang.
woman he did not know, and who did not Tham Luang in Chiang Rai. May good luck Second, they would be unconscious.
know him, claimed to have had a dream about be on our side to bring the boys back home.” Sedated, if you prefer the technical term, but
so heavily that the difference is immaterial. The next boy came about 45 minutes after They said the things everyone knew they
An Australian cave diver and anaesthesiologist the first, then the third and fourth in similar would say. At first, they were afraid their
named Richard Harris, who arrived at the intervals. And that was all that could be done parents would be angry with them for being
cave on July 6, had consulted colleagues and that day: Air tanks had to be restocked, divers so late. Then they were just afraid. They were
specialists on how to dose the boys. “I’ve had to rest. But rescue efforts continued deep thirsty and hungry, so very, very hungry,
never done it in the back of a cave on in the cave, workers shovelling mud from the when they were in the cave, and they were
malnourished, skinny, dehydrated Thai kids passageways that weren’t flooded, clearing grateful now that they were out, grateful to
before,” he would say at a press conference and smoothing the path. the rescuers, grateful to the world. They
later. “So that, for me, was the most On July 9, four more boys were pulled and mourned Saman Gunan, whose portrait they
frightening part of the week.” (Frightening pushed and floated and carried from the cave. all had signed and in whose honour almost all
enough, in fact, that the Thai government The rescuers were practiced now, the cave of them would be ordained, briefly, as
granted him diplomatic immunity before the well prepared: it took less and less time to get Buddhist monks. They wanted to grow up to
kids were sedated.) a Wild Boar through four kilometres of be professional soccer players. Or Thai
On July 7, authorities pushed the press floodwater and rock and muck, a little quicker SEALs, like the ones who’d been with them
farther back from the cave. Harris hiked and each trip. in the darkness, the ones who were now and
swam to the Wild Boars and evaluated each The next day, the final day, the remaining would forever be family.
of them. The rescue – or the rescue attempt five came out. Coach Ek was the last to leave Mostly, they wanted to go home.
– was imminent. The next morning, a team of the mud slope. Six days after the miracle, Saman Gunan
divers, including Harris, Stanton, and And then the water started rising again, was at the cave – his memory, at least, but
Volanthen, made their way to the muddy quickly. One of the big pumps that had been quite possibly his spirit, too. He was
bank where the Wild Boars were stranded. draining the cave failed, almost as if on cue: represented by a large portrait set near the
There were many theories about which boy the boys had been freed, and it was time to table with the pigs’ heads and fruit, flanked
would go first – the youngest, the weakest, leave this place in peace. by urns of pink and white flowers and
the strongest – but in the end it came down to sheltered by a large parasol. He was wearing a
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a boy who volunteered. He was strapped into red beret in the portrait, and he had a slightly
an improvised harness, with which he could EIGHT DAYS AFTER the miracle, the cockeyed grin, the right side of his mouth
be tethered to a diver, then bundled into a Wild Boars were released from the hospital. pulled back, smile lines furrowed in his
buoyancy jacket to keep him neutral in the They’d been admitted in remarkably good cheek. He looked, in that rendering, less like
water. Too heavy, and he’d have to be held shape, all things considered, but kept in a SEAL than an extraordinarily gentle man.
above the rocks on the bottom; too light, and isolation as a precaution. The boys had He was grieved, of course, but the people
he would bump against the rocks above, become national symbols and as such were had come to honour him, too, in the way of
dislodge his mask, and drown. treated with a kind of collective martyrs and heroes. In him, in his face and
And then he was sedated. It was a fast- protectionism, as if the country itself had the emotion it conveyed, was a reflection of
acting medicine that put him in a near adopted them as its wards. Indeed, they left all the others, the divers and spelunkers, the
slumber, but it was also a short-acting drug. the hospital under the strict protection of people who pumped water and diverted
It would wear off after 45 minutes, give or the Thai government, which asked the streams, the villagers who cooked food and
take, so the divers were given a crash course swarming horde of journalists not to pester washed clothes, the multitudes who,
in re-administering it mid-journey. them or their families. collectively, saved 13 people for no other
They slipped beneath the water, the boy Instead, the Thai authorities staged a press reason than they needed saving.
essentially a package, still and quiet. There was conference after the boys and their coach It is no comfort to Gunan’s family, but
a handle on a his jacket that the diver could hold were released from the hospital. It was held in that the cave took only one of those multitudes
on to while keeping him clear of sharp rocks, a municipal building in Chiang Rai, where a who trespassed upon her was in its own way
steering him through the tightest tunnels. In meeting room had been outfitted with rows a miracle.
dry spots, or at least spots not completely of folding chairs and a riser for the Wild That those multitudes even came was
flooded, the other rescuers passed him from Boars and, between those two, a miniature a miracle.
one to the next, like a bucket brigade, and in one soccer pitch. And that 12 boys can hope still to grow up
long, muddy, rocky stretch, they strapped the The boys arrived, ran a short gauntlet of to be soccer players and SEALs is a miracle.
boy onto a stretcher, clipped it to a line anchored photographers, then dribbled a bit on the That it was delivered by people of uncommon
in place by volunteer rock climbers, and little pitch before they lined up on the riser. skill and exceptional courage and raw physical
manoeuvred him above the muck. One of Thailand’s best-known television strength makes it no less of a miracle.
In the late afternoon, more than four hours journalists interviewed them all, restricting And so the people came to make merit, to
after he’d left the ledge, the first Wild Boar himself to questions that had been pre- give thanks and to atone, and they stayed
was delivered to the mouth of the cave, alive screened by psychologists who feared there all day, in the shadow of the Doi Nang
and relatively healthy. He was packed into an traumatising the Wild Boars. He gently Nong and the damp of a coming rain,
ambulance, driven to a helicopter, and then extracted their story, from how they were together in gratitude for a miracle and in
flown to a hospital in Chiang Rai to be initially trapped and how they passed the faith that such things are still possible.
weaned back to a proper diet and monitored time to what they want to do now that they
for respiratory infection, which would not be can go home. Eating real food, primarily.
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