History
History
History
The magazine Apparel Arts was launched in 1931 in the United
States.[2] It was a men's fashion magazine for the clothing trade,
aimed primarily at wholesale buyers and retail sellers. Initially it
had a very limited print run and was aimed solely at industry
insiders to enable them to give advice to their customers. The
popularity of the magazine among retail customers, who often took
the magazine from the retailers, spurred the creation of Esquire
magazine in 1933.[3][4]
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con man Steve Comisar.[11] GQ has been called the "holy text of m)
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In 2016, GQ launched the spinoff quarterly GQ Style, headed by
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then-style editor Will Welch, who was later promoted to creative
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director of the magazine.[13]
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Shop lineup was designed by the editors and art directors behind
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Controversies
Glee controversy
In 2010, GQ magazine had three adult members of the television show Glee (Dianna Agron, Lea Michele
and Cory Monteith) partake in a photoshoot.[22] The sexualization of the actresses in the photos caused
controversy among parents of teens who watch the show Glee. The Parents Television Council was the first
to react to the photo spread when it was leaked prior to GQ's planned publishing date. Their President Tim
Winter stated, "By authorizing this kind of near-pornographic display, the creators of the program have
established their intentions on the show's directions. And it isn't good for families".[23] The photoshoot was
published as planned and Dianna Agron went on to state that the photos did push the envelope, that they
did not represent who she is, any more than other magazine photo shoots, but that she was a 24-year-old
adult in the photo shoot, and wondered why the concerned parents allowed their eight year old daughters to
read any racy issue of the adult magazine GQ.[22]
The story, including Trepashkin's own findings, contradicted the Russian Government's official explanation
of the bombings and criticized Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.[25]
Condé Nast's management tried to keep the story out of Russia. It ordered executives and editors not to
distribute that issue in Russia or show it to "Russian government officials, journalists or advertisers".[25]
Management decided not to publish the story on GQ 's website or in Condé Nast's foreign magazines, not to
publicize the story, and asked Anderson not to syndicate the story "to any publications that appear in
Russia".[25]
The day after the magazine's publication in the United States, bloggers published the original English text
and a translation into Russian on the internet.[26][27]
Circulation
The magazine reported an average worldwide paid circulation of 934,000 in the first half of 2019,[1] down
1.1% from 944,549 in 2016 and 2.6% from 958,926 in 2015.[33]
According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK), British GQ had an average circulation of 103,087
during the first half of 2019,[34] down 6.3% from 110,063 during the second half of 2018,[35] and down
10.3% from 114,867 during the second half of 2013.[36]
See also
List of men's magazines
Men's Vogue
List of people on the cover of GQ
List of people on the cover of GQ Russia
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