50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015
The following feature is GQ's archive best-dressed list for 2015. Our most recent style ranking is The 50 best-dressed men of 2020
Welcome to GQ's Best-Dressed Men 2015 list in association with Mercedes-Benz, a celebration of the breadth of Britain's sartorial culture, where our panel has chosen style icons that range from the trendiest of teenagers to suave screen legends in their eighties.
Welcome to GQ's Best-Dressed Men 2015
list in association with Mercedes-Benz, a celebration of the
breadth of Britain's sartorial culture, where our panel has chosen
style icons that range from the trendiest of teenagers to suave
screen legends in their eighties.This, after all, is what British men do best: mixing it up and
turning out some of the most original looks you can find anywhere
in the world - whether it's Hackney hipsters with beards and
tattoos or Royal personages sporting the very best of Savile Row
and everything in between. Of course, some of the men featured on this year's list have
proved hard to escape from in the media over the past 12 months,
perhaps explaining why they so readily spring to mind when the
phrase "best-dressed" is mentioned, but
the GQ panel never fails to honour those men
whose sartorial savvy is too often unsung. So here's to all these
great British men and their unbeatable sense of style (and a big
British boo to those ten worst-dressed men who have sadly let the side
down).Originally published in the February 2015 issue of
British GQ, available Thursday 8 January.
Rex Features1/50(Re-entry)
"Jay Jopling is synonymous with modern and innovative style in London. Like the artists that Jay has championed, his personal style stands out in a crowd but is also timeless. Jay is always immaculately dressed in contemporary-classic tailoring and his signature glasses."
Silvia Venturini Fendi, designer.
GQ says: Gallerist extraordinaire, the man behind White Cube makes an exhibition of himself in the best possible way.
Getty Images2/50(New entry)
"Already following in the footsteps of his great-great-great-uncle, Edward VIII, and his grandfather, the Prince of Wales, Prince George looks set to become the UK's best-dressed man."
Alber Elbaz, designer, Lanvin.
GQ says: Start them early - that's what we always say.
Rex Features3/50(New entry)
"Allen has a raw yet relaxed style. He's funny and charming, but also has an air of danger about him."
Oliver Spencer, designer.
GQ says: From playing Marcus Agrippa in Rome to chauffeur Tom Branson in Downton Abbey, Leech has shown his versatility and we expect great things from both him and his wardrobe.
Rex Features4/50(Re-entry)
"I've really liked Sam since he starred in Control. He doesn't try hard to be cool - he just is."
Jonathan Saunders, designer.
GQ says: Having modelled for both Burberry's Christopher Bailey and Zegna's Stefano Pilati, the Maleficent actor has a look that is in demand.
Rex Features5/50(Last year no 13)
"For us, David Beckham is the best-dressed man in the UK. Not only his general appearance, but more specifically the way he dresses himself. He manages to be athletic but always charming and elegant. He could be wearing a suit or a pair of jeans but he always looks appropriate for the occasion. He has a strong personality, a healthy body and a cool look. Never predictable, just amazing!"
Dean and Dan Caten, designers, DSquared2.
GQ says: The ex-footballer is one of the most famous men in the world and definitely looks the part.
6/50(Last year no 33)
"Tom Hardy is everything I love in a man - handsome, charismatic, dangerous. He wears suits in a way that makes you want to see what's underneath, which is how tailoring should be, right?"
Donatella Versace, designer.
GQ says: The actor is making a career playing the biggest villains on the big screen - and we all know the Devil has the best moves.
Rex Features7/50(Last year No 18)
"Aaron has always had a great ability to mix streetwear and classic tailoring - mine especially! - and make it look young and fresh. He also has a great body and wears clothes in a very natural and self-assured way, which is one of the most important factors in looking good."
Tom Ford, designer.
GQ says: After the Godzilla reboot, the actor's next role is as Quicksilver in Avengers: Age Of Ultron, making him the sassiest superhero we know.
Rex Features8/50(Re-entry)
"Paul Smith has a real knack of wearing a suit perfectly - every time I see him, I get the urge to suit up."
Nick Grimshaw, presenter.
GQ says: The fashion designer has helped thousands of men discover their inner style by always dressing the part.
Rex Features9/50(New entry)
"With a rock'n'roll mum and dad, Rafferty has his own style that embraces a 'don't give a toss' attitude."
James Long, designer.
GQ says: The model son of the actor Jude looks like he might be following in his father's footsteps as a fixture on the GQ Best-Dressed Men list.
Rex Features10/50(New entry)
"Always a gentleman of mystery, his trademark sharp suits match his intensity. He is a man who is made for dramatic outerwear. Born to play a villain."
Wouter Baartmans and Amber Siegel, designers.
GQ says: The British actor may often have been cast by Hollywood as the archetypal bad guy, but off screen he's all about looking good.
Rex Features11/50(New entry)
"The most polite young actor I have had the privilege to work with during his measuring sessions for Kingsman: The Secret Service wardrobe. Very new to the world of sartorial stalwarts, but now he has been exposed to the wonders of Savile Row and Jermyn Street I think he will be one to watch."
Dean Gomilsek-Cole, head of design, Turnbull & Asser.
GQ says: In early stills it seems the Testament Of Youth star can give the always immaculate Colin Firth a run for his sartorial money in Kingsman: The Secret Service.
Rex Features12/50(Last year no 9)
"Charlie's style is at the crossroads between punk spirit and Savile Row classicism. I love the way he breathes life into his designs and embraces change while respecting tradition. He has a distinguished, timeless, masculine elegance."
Michel Perry, artistic director JM Weston.
GQ says: The junior member of Britain's most famous father-and-son design duo is every inch a well-put-together guy - and, at 6ft 6in, that's saying something.
Rex Features13/50(Last year no 41)
"Sir Roger Moore is the sexiest octogenarian in the world. Those blazers, those slacks, that twinkle."
Lara Stone, model.
GQ says: The smoothest of the James Bonds has aged better than the finest wines - or perhaps more appropriately to his 007, as he may well admit, a fine cheddar.
Rex Features14/50(New entry)
"Bailey simply oozes style, charisma and experience. There's something about the way he dresses that's very British but very worldly; and practical yet always a little bohemian."
Sebastian Manes, buying and merchandising director, Selfridges.
GQ says: He might be the only man in his seventies ever to grace the cover of GQ Style, but the photographer has been an icon for the past five decades.
Rex Features15/50(New entry)
"He is the most confident-looking man around. His sense of style empowers him and it's very inspiring and equally interesting how the fashion industry is now catching up and understanding this specific look - which he has been confident in for more than a decade. Much respect."
Astrid Andersen, designer.
GQ says: The British grime artist epitomises what it is that the world really admires about the British street-music scene.
Rex Features16/50(Re-entry)
"Few men in history have possessed a more original style than Mr Fielding: gloriously unique."
Patrick Grant, designer.
GQ says: The Mighty Boosh frontman is an original in both style and comedy.
Rex Features17/50(New entry)
"In a time when everyone has slim trousers and short hair, Thomas is always in those big, wide trousers and has fantastic curls. From the bicycle he rides to the shoes he pedals in, he's got fantastic style."
Sir Paul Smith, designer.
GQ says: The architect and designer of the London Olympic Cauldron's personal style is, like his work, never dull.
Rex Features18/50(New entry)
"Max always appears effortless and masculine, wearing classic suits in a modern and fresh way."
Christopher Kane, designer.
GQ says: Sometimes it begins to seem as if a place on the Best-Dressed list is something handed down from father to son. But with Jeremy's boy there is no question of nepotism.
Rex Features19/50(New entry)
"No matter which area of combat he is in, he is always impeccable - the only reporter who consistently sports a well-pressed shirt under his flak jacket."
Christopher Raeburn, designer.
GQ says: The BBC's veteran foreign correspondent is like a modern-day Alec Guinness - The Man In The White Suit meets Our. Man In Havana.
Getty Images20/50(Re-entry)
"Miles embodies what British fashion is all about. Effortlessly cool and always put together flawlessly."
John Varvatos, designer.
GQ says: The musician and songwriter is the latest inheritor of the best of the Merseyside sound and style.
Rex Features21/50(New entry)
"The use of colour in his work is inspiring and is echoed in his dazzling wardrobe."
Anya Hindmarch, designer.
GQ says: He is one of the most famous architects in the world and he adds as much to the fabric of London personally as his buildings enhance the city's skyline.
Rex Features22/50(Re-entry)
"I read that Bill Nighy only went into acting because he could wear a lounge suit, something he has accomplished with elegance and understatement, his spectacles adding to his cinematic aura."
Jeremy Hackett, designer.
GQ says: If only we could all look as good as this great British actor.
