Man About Town

These are the menswear happenings you need on your radar this week, including a Callum Turner Citi Bike flex, Haider Ackermann’s latest Canada Goose Expedition, and Champion taking us off-grid. It’s been a big year for luxury retailer END. as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. And while not old enough to legally order a beer in America, it’s got enough skin in the game to pull in some of the biggest menswear brands to toast two decades in business.

Arriving at Chichester, it’s a short taxi ride into the rustic countryside towards Goodwood Manor, the dazzling estate that hosts the festival every July. Although it’s barely 10am, the site is already awash with happenings.

Pride hasn’t typically called for a trip to the orchestra, but the English conductor's celebration of the genre's queer legacy is becoming a staple of the season. Photography by Emilia Staugaard It might not have fully caught on in the public domain, but when it comes to genres – classical music is pretty much as queer as they come. So much so, anyone seeking LGBTQIA+ representation among its pantheon of greats could find it as quickly as a conductor’s baton strokes the air.

The visual mastermind behind Charli xcx and Haim, to name but a few – if you’ve scrolled through a social media feed once in the past year, you’ve almost definitely encountered his handiwork. Photography by Emilia Staugaard It might not have fully caught on in the public domain, but when it comes to genres – classical music is pretty much as queer as they come.

High temperatures, French opulence and a serpentine love story – the writer’s debut novel is the summer’s most addictive read. Photography by Tyler Kelly, Williams wears suit by ROUGH FABRICS (@roughfabrics) “I'm really interested in queer people being bad,” William Rayfet Hunter tells Man About Town.

As the creative engine behind Ferrari Style since 2019, he’s preserving the automotive institution’s cultural heritage as he designs its future. Photography by Mattia Guolo Words SCARLETT BAKER Think of the most famous automotive brand you can picture, and the rouge tones of an Italian manufacturer are the only thing that would permissibly spring to mind. It’s one of the few car names in the entire world that carries such recognition and prestige whether you’re into going full throttle or not.

Anna and Tom, the leads of the Milan-based author’s vastly anticipated picture of millennial digital existence, are so recognisable, you’ll probably see yourself in them. Photography by Marcus Lieder Words ANDREW WRIGHT “I think that the only sensible thing to do is to assume that this [success] is a one-off,” Vincenzo Latronico tells me. His fourth novel Perfection, his first translated into English, is, perhaps, the most coveted literary gem of the summer.

Having stepped into the Creative Director shoes of her late twin Khalid’s eponymous brand Qasimi, in 2020, the Sharjah curation luminary is fusing art, inclusion and political conscience into a fashion story built for the future. Photography by Chieska Fortune Smith For such a singular, progressive force in global art – and, more recently, fashion – Hoor Al Qasimi has a deceptively quiet demeanour.

From the Big Apple to Big Ben, the Brooklyn-hailing London transplant has embarked on a landmark new chapter with latest album, Warlord of the Weejuns. Here, he opens up on transatlantic influences and embracing the serpentine streets of life. Photography by Marcus Lieder Words DOUGLAS JARDIM “I’m in a beautiful museum,” Southeast London-based artist Goya Gumbani tells me over Zoom.

The newcomer is the indie lead on everyone’s lips this spring thanks to progressive study of sex work, Sebastian. Ruaridh wears trousers TOM FORD, shoes SIMONE ROCHA Words ANDREW WRIGHT Ruaridh Mollica really is a fan of recreational activities. It started in childhood. “The weirdest phase I had was gumball machines,” he tells me. “I’d build gumball machines out of Lego that would actually work.” Some interests he’s remained tethered to, but others, like the gumball epoch, were fleeting.