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12 | EDITOR’S LETTER
14 | FEEDBACK
Features
74 GQ MAN
Chance the Rapper
90 MS
REPORT
Ovation of the
Sea: The cruise to
end all cruises
80 How
GUIDE
to be vain
(but not look
like you’re
trying)
Essentials
84
21 GIRL ON OUR MIND
Songstress Cara Frew
24 MAN OF THE MOMENT

Pro surfer Jordy Smith
26 PREVIEW
PHOTOGRAPH BY BRYCE THOMPSON
Intimate apparel
COVER GIRL 28 GENTLEMAN’S CORNER

Jasmine Tookes What styles of trousers you
should be wearing this season
30 THE TALK
How to spot the
earliest adopter
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32 STATUS SYMBOL
The Tom Ford Aaron Aviator
34 TECHNOLOGY
Skullcandy’s Bluetooth
headphones marry style
and bass
36 TASTE
A feast for the grill
42 GROOMING
Summer-ready skin
44 SEX
The dos and don’ts of
blow-job etiquette
Style
97 FASHION
45 DESTINATION Swim with what’s current
Hot spots in the
32
Western Cape
108 STYLE
The wedding season manual
47 THE EDIT
Music, movies,
112 GROOMED
games, books 6 Summer scents
52 GQ&A 116 HEALTH

American author 22 Tips to Improve your
Paul Beatty mental health
STATUS
118 DIRECTORY
SYMBOL
Motor Where to get it
120 BACK PAGE

60 DRIVE Things no one can believe
28
Wealth
The holy Golf trinity actually happened but
did in 2017
PHOTOGRAPHS BY TERI ROBERTS, GLEN MONTGOMMERY
67 BUSINESS CLASS
We sit down with the trio
behind the ride-sharing
app UGoMyWay
69 PROFILE
Start-up wisdom from
Airbnb founder Brian Chesky
70 FINANCE
Year-end career review
71 ADVICE
Battling burnout
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | FEEDBACK | GQ ONLINE
IN SPITE So despite having been through the

most, there’s a lot to celebrate. It’s
been so encouraging for me to see so
OF IT ALL many examples of people changing up
the success formula: rather than being
defined by achievements, we’ve seen
people fully embrace who they are
I
don’t want to tempt the universe, – and as they do, the success follows.
but if you’re reading this, we’ve Few people embody that better than
made it through the loopiest 2017 Chance the Rapper (p74), who disrupted
that ever 2017ed. Which means the music industry, independent of any
we made it through Twitter turning label or distribution deals, and who’s
into an ‘I Can’t Believe He Said That’ putting an uplifting spin on hip-hop.
app, a movement that finally began to My hope is that he inspires you to
expose the ugly truth about Hollywood, do the same. Whether you’re planning
a slew of celeb autobiographies your next big career move (p70),
(for better or for worse), more finance thinking of changing up your look
ministers than actual finance, and (p80), or practising some mindful
a Lifetime movie about Oscar unwinding (p116), take a few moments
Pistorious which literally no one to kick back – you’ve earned it.
needed or asked for. And despite the headlines and the
But like Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s twins, truths they often reveal, remember this
sometimes for every one bad thing, important lesson from our favourite
there’s a host of better things in store. celeb autobiographers: each new day
Wayde van Niekerk’s been setting and new year brings another chance
world records, Thando Hopa dropped to rewrite them.
all kinds of greatness on Pirelli’s
annual calendar, and Cassper Nyovest Nkosiyati Khumalo
filled up yet another stadium. Editor
CONTRIBUTORS
Montgomery Luke Ruiters is Our film guy for the last
started on TV a Cape Town 11 years, Lombaert traded
and stills sets original. His love the Mother City for the
doing the ‘odd for fashion Big Smoke two years ago.
jobs’. Assisting started at five, Since then, he’s enjoyed
for years, he when he began one-on-one interviews
was privileged playing in his with the likes of Alicia
to work beside mother’s closet. Vikander, Eddie Redmayne,
Glen Luke Ruiters
some of the Years later, he Evert Lombaert Kate Winslet and Sir Ben
Montgomery Fashion
Film Editor
Photographer most respected Assistant graduated from Kingsley to name a few.
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Page 97 photographers. the Design When not holding a mic,
He fulfils his Academy of Lombaert spends his
dream every Fashion. On his spare time photographing
time he gets day off, you’ll the food, drink and
behind his find him at streets of Europe. The
camera. Yours Truly. adventure continues.

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GIRL ON OUR MIND
‘I T ’S A C OM PL E T E LY S U R R E A L
E X PE R I E N C E . . . WA T C H I N G 15 0 0 0
PEOPLE MOUTH THE WOR DS TO
A SONG YOU W ROTE’
Listen to Cara’s
top tracks at
GQ.co.za
C
ara Frew is our favourite kind of
overachiever. The kind you love to
love. The LA-based songstress counts
speaking Zulu and cartwheeling
on the back of a cantering horse as two of
her skills. She’s competed in both the World
Equestrian Games and Miss South Africa.
And then there’s that magnetic voice of hers.
It’s this last gift that she’s chosen to turn into
a career, and with great success, too. At 26, the
Sony-signed artist has several chart-dominating
singles to her name. She’s collaborated with the
likes of local house heavyweight Black Coffee (on
‘I’ll find you’) and American DJs SNBRN and BLU
J (on ‘You got me’), and she’s performed to mega
crowds at both the iconic Coachella and
Hollywood’s The Viper Room. Next up is the
release of her debut album, Flame, in early 2018
(available for preorder now), and then, who
knows, a Grammy?
She doesn’t put her achievements down to
talent alone, though. ‘I once read that dedication,
hard work and persistence outweigh talent as
predictors of success,’ she says, recalling the six
months she spent doggedly sending pitches to
Black Coffee before he called her up.
As a vegan and aspiring superstar, Frew finds
LA an ideal base, but she’s a South African at
heart. ‘Aside from my family, what I miss most
about home is the people. South Africans are so
genuine, warm and open. For now, I’m embracing
the opportunities coming my way in the US, but
I’ll be back one day.’ We say, embrace away. Home
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MAN OF THE MOMENT
e’s won countless contests,
King of clinched second place

in the World Surf League
Men’s Championship Tour
twice, is currently ranked third, and is
the Curl one event away from a potential World

Title win. Roughly rephrased: Jordy Smith
is one of the universe’s greatest gifts to the
world of wave riding. And happily for us,
Pro surfer Jordy Smith has been riding he’s made in South Africa.
the wave of success for decades But long before all the wins and fans,
he was just a kid from Durban who was
Words by Dayle Kavonic raised on salt and sand. ‘My dad is a
surfboard manufacturer, so I was out on
the ocean by the age of two or three,’ says
the pro surfer who currently lives between
South Africa and San Clemente, California.
Things took a turn when, at 15,
Smith won the under-16 World Junior
Championship. ‘One day I was just an
average school kid; the next, sponsors
were calling.’ And so began the climb to
stardom – a rise packed with astounding
highs and some fairly low lows, too.
Asked about the tougher times, the
surfer recalls the strain of watching his
family battle financially while trying to
support his dream. ‘I owe them the world,’
he says earnestly.
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‘SURFING
HELPS ME
BE IN THE
MOMENT’
A number of injuries also set him back

over the years, forcing him to sit out
important contests.
But in 2016 he came back strong, and
this past year has treated him especially
well. A series of brilliant performances,
including a historic perfect 20-point heat in
J-Bay, have earned him a spot as a serious
contender in the final tour event this
December, the Billabong Pipe Masters in
Hawaii. While his gaze is set on becoming
a world champion, Smith tells us that his
experiences have taught him the
importance of taking breaks and
treasuring time with family, friends
and his wife, model Lyndall Jarvis.
His drive to find balance has led him
down other avenues, and today, Smith
has fingers in a lot of pies – he co-owns
headphone company Muzik and sneaker
company BrandBlack Shoes, has made
two surfing movies, and in early 2017, he
launched the popular Cape Town trio of
bars, Harringtons, District, and SurfaRosa.
But his ultimate goal is a simple one.
‘I’d just like to be happy,’ he says. ‘Happy
and healthy.’ And fit enough to continue
surfing until he’s old and grey. Not just for
the thrill of competing or the rewards, but
for the sense of presence it gives him. ‘I’ve
always loved how surfing helps me be in
the moment,’ he explains. ‘When a wave
comes, it’s hard to be anywhere else
other than where your feet are.’
Read about
our experience
meeting Jordy
at GQ.co.za

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PREVIEW
Intimate apparel
Style starts and ends in the bedroom
Words by Jason Alexander Basson
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Remember the days when you, as a man, would walk into a retailer in search of undergarments or sleepwear where your options
were limited to maybe five colours, two prints and three silhouettes at most? Those days are long gone. Here’s everything you
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G E NTLE MAN ’ S CORNE R
The Real Chrystal

Birch hat R880
WHY WE LIKE IT
The pork is one of the
most timeless millinery
styles known to man.
BIRCH, In the 1920s, silent film

actor Buster Keaton
introduced it to popular
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then became popular
amongst jazz musicians
The Real Crystal Birch during the Great
is back and her hats Depression. The style
are better than ever was also a staple in
the zoot movement
Words by Jason Alexander Basson of the ’40s, and the
Jamaican rude boy
subculture of the ’60s.
We love the colour
and streamlined look
and feel of the Crystal
WHAT IT IS Birch version. And we
This is a beige biscuit also can’t ignore the
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in Cape Town by milliner this beauty for only
and stylist Crystal Birch, R880 at thereal-
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Not only is Birch the
protégé of NY-based
designer Albertus
Swanepoel, but she is
also counted among
SA’s top stylists. Her
unique beret design was
a major hit both locally
and abroad in 2017.
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Birch is ready to show
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KEY STYLES FOR
THE SEASON
Don’t panic! We’re still wearing
jeans, suits and joggers.
However, chinos are making
a comeback, just not the dreary
ones your father once wore.
The new chino is cropped,
possibly cuffed, with a boxier fit.
Jeans are also changing. We’re
moving out of our spray-on
phase and heading into a world
of more relaxed styles. The most
important component of your
denim is the artisanal look and
feel – how many dying, blasting,
shredding, and patching
processes did it go through?
Volume, proportion and
weighting are the most
significant components to
consider when choosing pants
for 2018, as are smaller details
like piping and pleating.
WEARING
THE PANTS
Everything you need to know about
what styles of trouser you should
be wearing this season
DEFYING ALL LOGIC, IT’S PANTS (not shorts) that are the key item of the
Spring/Summer cycle. Looking at the runways of late, you’ll notice a considerable
lack of shorts, but in their place is a new generation of trousers – each a breath
of fresh air that offers a more relaxed and free-flowing fit. This speaks to the
general mood in menswear, but also shows that men are opting for overall ease,
slight modesty and dramatic proportions over a full set of hairy chopsticks in the
sun. And while nobody is suggesting that you wear pants on the beach, perhaps
it’s not the worst style to arrive in before you drop down to your trunks? ABOVE:
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2. Cropped 3. Cuffed 4. Pin roll 5. Exaggerated
We live in an age with enough 1. Wide
diversity of taste for there to
be multiple ways to wear your
pants. Right now, it’s all
about the cropped or cuffed
trouser and the overhanging
front fold on extra long or
wide trouser legs.

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TH E TA LK
How to spot:
The earliest adopter
The earliest
adopter is the
ultimate lighthouse
consumer, first in
line for the latest
style or tech trend.
GQ explains how
to identify them
Words by Jonathan Heaf
ave you ever

walked past
an Apple store
on the day before
a splashy new product launch?
No? Well, put it this way, have
you ever seen any grainy Super
8 footage from the original
Woodstock festival? Images
that show thousands of
writhing bodies all queuing up
like space pilgrims awaiting
beatification from some
acid-dipped hippie? Yes? Well,
an Apple product launch is
pretty much like that, just Essentially, the earliest adopter Justin Timberlake and made
rather than grubby rock’n’roll wants to own the next big from the pulp of coffee fruit?
devotees dropping sugar thing before anyone else. Think of these Thought not. But you will.
cubes, these men and women And that applies to T-shirts, Next year.
are sworn to the cult of the Gucci suits, limited-edition shoppers as the Of course, it’s all about
new. Their religion, their soft drinks, one-off chocolate Captain Kirks showing off. There’s no point
music, is to be first in line. bars made with matcha green of consumerism, getting your hands on those
Welcome to the ‘stuff’– tea, computer games, VR Supreme x Wedgwood x
obsessed world of the earliest advances, drones you can
going where Cadbury x Vetements
adopter, people who don’t so fly in your sleep, wireless no man (with chocolate teapots unless you’re
much keep abreast of the earbuds, personalised emoji, a functioning going to make some noise
trends – new iPhones, for athleisurewear, underwear, Visa card) has about it. You can tell if
example – as attempt to keep malware... Pretty much someone is an earliest adopter
gone before
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Think of these shoppers exchanged for cold hard of their pontifications on how
as the Captain Kirks of cash or cryptocurrency. contained water. Want to know great some newfangled
consumerism, going where Case in point: see how what he’s drinking now? product is. Every day brings
no man (with a functioning everyone is gulping down Vita Watermelon water. Or, rather, with it a new gizmo to fall in
Visa card at least) has gone Coco as if it’s the elixir of life? WTRMLN WATR, to anyone love with and every day comes
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these try-hards about being adopter was drinking that Still, even that stuff is old news that there’s an awful lot of
ahead of the curve – through particular vitamin-flushed in comparison to what he’s ‘stuff’ in the world you simply
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S TAT U S SY M B O L
hen it comes to
W eyewear, there are

few brands quite
as sophisticated or as easily
recognisable as Tom Ford.
And when it comes to
eyewear styles, few are as
timeless or transitional as
the aviator. Any man wearing
them is a class act and
irrefutably masculine.
As such, the Tom Ford
Aaron Aviator sunglasses are
the perfect marriage of
modern and classic
masculinities. Crafted in Italy,
they boast a medium style
full-rimmed frame with
a 54mm lens diameter that,
paradoxically, makes them
bolder and sleeker than the
traditional style. The bridge
and legs retain that delicate
metallic look, which creates
a beautiful counterpoint to
the weightiness of the frame.
The blue lenses are a nod
to the ’70s (and Tom Ford’s
own Studio 54 days) when
colourful aviators first became
popular. Unlike those old-
school pieces though, these
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All about the bass

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TA S TE
LET’S
FEAST
Light the braai,
ice the beers and
treat this as your
summer guide
to having the
biggest, baddest,
most ripping
summer spread
Words by Paul Sephton
Photographs by Karl Rogers
Always make
sure your meat
is at room
temperature
when you
Le Lude
begin the
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THE CHEF
Giles
Edwards
MUSSELS ON
TH E B R A A I
• Mussels, whatever
you’ve picked that
day (or around 70g
per person)
• Juice of 3 lemons
• 4 garlic cloves,
ünely chopped
• 50ml olive oil
• Handful parsley,
chopped
• Mayonnaise
• Dijon mustard
Light the fire,

then wash and pick
the beards from the
mussels while you wait
for coals to form. In
a large bowl, place the
parsley, garlic, juice of
three lemons and olive
oil. For the dipping
sauce, mix equal parts
mayonnaise and Dijon
mustard. Stoke the
braai and throw the
mussels on to the grid,
directly over the coals.
Leave for about 4
minutes. As they start
to open, take them off
and straight into your
bowl of olive oil-and-
lemon dressing. Once
they are all done, give
it a good toss to ensure
that the garlic and
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essentials
TA S TE
• 50ml lemon juice
• Lemon, halved Drink it
• Glass of white wine all summer
• Bulb of garlic, cut in half long
• 25ml red-wine vinegar
• Salt and pepper
Clean the octopus

under cold running water,
remove its beak by cutting
just below the eyes. In
a hot pan, heat a decent
amount of olive oil. Once
the oil is almost smoking,
carefully drop the octopus
in the pan. It will sizzle and TH E BALLER
spit, but this is fine. Put Plaisir De Merle Charles
a lid on it and leave for Marais 2013
5 minutes. The octopus will R1 050
change colour to a vibrant
pink. Add a glass of white
wine, a few cloves of garlic,
two half lemons and cover
‘Trust me, with and cook slowly on 170˚C
a little bit of for 2.5 hours, or until the
patience this is octopus is tender. Once
a wonderful way
cooked, discard the liquor,
to cook octopus’
– Giles Edwards and cool the octopus.
For the dressing, use
50ml lemon juice to 150ml
DINNER: in a oven at 180˚C. In the and cooked through. olive oil. Whisk together
TH E B U B B LE S
L A M B R AC K , meantime, lightly coat the To plate, carve lamb on until it has emulsified and
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lengthways to turn the lamb every pots of green sauce. whole as they are delicate
• Handful each of parsley, 8 minutes. Before or while and are the best bits.
mint, dill and rocket, you are waiting, finely O C TO P U S , In a large bowl, shave the
chopped chop the herbs, cover F E N N E L & M I NT fennel using a mandolin
• 1 tablespoon small capers with just enough olive oil, • 1 medium octopus, or a very sharp knife.
• Olive oil capers and chopped about 3kg You want it as thin as
• Ƶnchovy üllets, chopped anchovy fillets. The lamb • 2 heads of fennel possible. Add the mint,
and carrots will take • Olive oil parsley, capers, rocket
Season the lamb well around 20 to 25min. • Handful of mint, roughly and octopus. Dress
with salt and pepper, and Let your meat rest, and chopped with lemon oil, and TH E G R E AT WH ITE
place in a hot oiled pan check the carrots. By now • 2 tablespoons capers a tiny splash of good Mullineux Kloof Street
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Franschhoek is to food what Germany is to cars – a location that

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THE
M AC A L L A N
The Macallan
Fine Oak 12
Matured in
a combination
of sherry and
bourbon casks
MASTERS
Over the last few years, The Macallan has
globally celebrated local mastery. This year,
the South African Macallan Master Series
celebrates some of our own home-grown
masters from various fields
M A S T E R O F F L AV O U R
Michael Stephenson
The Macallan
As a celebrated bartender and the owner of Edition 3
A limited edition
Durban’s Lucky Shaker, Michael Stephenson aroma-focused
maintains a great home party starts with having M ASTER OF ST Y LE single malt made
in partnership with
the right bar tools. His essentials? A sharp knife, Siya Beyile British perfumer
Roja Dove
a reliable measure and a decent cocktail shaker.
‘I also keep a long-handled spoon,’ he explains, Style influencer and founder of popular online
‘as it can be used for anything from stirring platform The Threaded Man, Siya Beyile wears
drinks to scooping olives from jars.’ every season well, but summer looks especially
With all the key equipment in place, great on him. His heat-ready grooming tips
Stephenson recommends picking a good include sunscreening up, drinking lots of water,
selection of clean glassware and laying exfoliating and using mud masks to prevent
out ingredients neatly before a party starts. skin damage, looking after your lips, hands and
‘Try to do most of the work ahead of time feet and keeping your hair short. In his words,
so you’re free to mingle with your guests.’ ‘Having too much hair can kill your vibe.’
As for the type of drinks that go down best, His summer wardrobe wouldn’t be complete
he suggests going for simple options that make without silk shirts from Swanker, shorts from
top-ups effortless. ‘A great punch is fantastic Sash and MaXhosa by Laduma, a Gear S3
for presentation and it makes it easy to refill smartwatch from Samsung, Calvin Klein
glasses.’ Of course, a complex single malt like underwear, and a Hugo Boss fragrance. But he
The Macallan is always a safe choice. ‘It has maintains that for a private summer party at
everything you need,’ he explains. ‘If you are home, ‘You can never go wrong with a smart
looking to mix, you want those unique flavours suit and loafers,’ especially a linen suit as they
to play off. If you’re sipping, it’s preferable are so much cooler. That, and a Macallan
to have something with a story to tell, which Old-Fashioned before you leave the house.
this whisky certainly does.’ Similarly, Beyile remarks that playing around
with jackets and shoes is an easy way to take
an outfit from day to night. ‘It’s all about
‘Try to do most of the work
understanding your pieces and how you can
ahead of time so you’re free swap them to give you that night or day look,’
to mingle with your guests’ says the fashion maven.
M ASTER OF HOSTING
Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane
‘It’s important to pick your company carefully.’ That’s

entrepreneur and entertainment expert Tibz Motsoane’s
advice when it comes to being a stress-free host. ‘You know The Macallan
Double Cask will
who’s going to behave and who isn’t. The rest is easy.’
be launching in
With a huge couch and a spacious balcony, his large, South Africa and
will be available
neatly kept living area is always ready for a social in stores from
gathering. And to make sure he’s ready too, Motsoane is February 2018
sure to prepare plates, cutlery, glasses, snack boards and

dishes in advance so that he can focus on making guests
feel welcome when they arrive. ‘Another element that is
very important and should never be overlooked is music,’
explains Motsoane, who’s a rather prominent figure in
the local hip-hop world. ‘I always have a playlist ready.’
As a self-professed gifted drinks mixer, he also always
has his mixology tools on standby, and The Macallan is
a favourite to serve. ‘Stories are key when entertaining,
and The Macallan has a beautiful story, which really
brings home the exceptional quality of the whisky.’
‘Not much can go wrong once you stop trying

to control everything and rather just let it be’
M A S T E R O F T R AV E L
The Macallan
Seth Shezi
Rare Cask
Rich and
complex with
A man on the move as much as lifestyle strategist,
notes of dark photographer and writer Seth Shezi has to be
honey and
dried fruit especially smart when packing a bag for a trip. His
ready-for-anything selection includes a few crisp
white shirts, a pair of Temple of Reason swimming
shorts, some sneakers, a wide-brimmed hat and
whatever scent he’s enjoying at the time. And he’s
just as skilled at socialising and navigating new
places. He recommends arriving at hosts with
a token of appreciation, be it big or small.
When it comes to making travel memories,
The Macallan Rare Cask is central to many of
Shezi’s – he finds it helps create a sense of occasion
when he arrives at a new destination. ‘I recently
did a Route 66 road trip across America – we took
a bottle along with us and toasted to every new city
or town to commemorate the experience.’
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GROOMING
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WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
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a whole new meaning when you consider next-
generation tech like the Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro, Staying in shape is a non-negotiable for Maps, but it’s only a fraction of his
Gear IconX, Gear VR and Gear 360. day. Working in media and having a huge social media presence mean that
his followers expect to see all the highlights of his day-to-day activities. The
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world around us. taking a red carpet wide-angle, the Bright Lens F2.0 gives him fantastic
high-resolution images, even in low light. It’s also small enough to slip into his
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Maps Maponyane, his hectic work and travel schedule
means that staying in shape The Gear 360 is also a great tool for those behind-
the-scenes shots Maps loves to share. He
can sync it with his Samsung Galaxy S8
is an absolute necessity and upload or share directly onto his
social media channels, as well as
in order to stay on top preview content in real time while he’s
recording. And of course, he can watch
of what needs to get accomplished in a ˵̈ϑͱи͝ʀͱ͝ϩʪ͝ϩϩ˵θͱЇ˝˵ϩ˵ʪʪɇθǤŵࣔ
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ideal tool for Maps as the embedded GPS
and heart rate monitor give him accurate another wearable that’s part of
feedback, whether he’s pounding the
treadmill or racking up the steps hustling around Hopetown or Helsinki. his cohesive Samsung universe.
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exception. However, pairing his Gear Fit2 Pro with the Gear IconX livens the his virtual reality content. Best of all, it’s light and comfortable.
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the earbuds to change tracks without needing to have his phone nearby. it’s no wonder that Maps not only manages to always look effortlessly good
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despite a heavy work and travel schedule, but he’s able to document it,
He gets instant feedback on whether he is meeting his daily goals, and all his one cityscape at a time.
accumulated data from the Gear Fit2 and IconX easily syncs with S Health.
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SEX
Do something with
your hands
There’s something unpleasant
and imperious about a guy lying
there with his hands behind his
head while getting a blow job.
Yeah, you feel like a king, but it’s
got an air of master vs servant
about it – and that’s not sexy for
everyone. The fellatio is the main
event, but that doesn’t mean you
can check out entirely. Find
something to do with your
hands – involve whoever’s
blowing you. Stroke their face,
interlock fingers. Show them
you’re there, with them, in the
moment, enjoying it. However...
Don’t style their hair

I saw on Reddit that some men
like to plait their girlfriends’
hair while they get head.
Are you serious? Don’t do
this. Unless you are actually
a hairdresser. Where’s your
inkling you’re about to get some salon? Let me know.
attention in that area, you need
to make sure the experience No staring
is going to be enjoyable for both. That awful moment when you
Think of all the horrible things catch each other’s eye and
about oral sex – stray hairs, realise it’s impossible to look
poor hygiene, really terrible anything other than creepy and
novelty underwear – and insane during oral sex. There’s
eliminate them. nothing like staring into
I know shaving off all your another person’s eyes for
pubic hair is quite popular, but unlocking the notion that they
it’s a bit porn star and nobody might well be a serial killer.
wants to feel like they’re the A glance down every now and
fiftieth person to give you head again is fine, but a continual
that day. A light trim, a good glare while they get on with it
wash and some well-fitting, clean might put them off. And they
underwear and you’re all set. have your dick in their mouth
You may think this is – if you throw them off course,
We deliver some handy tips. obvious, but ask anyone who they might end up biting it off.
So to speak ever gave a BJ whether they
have any horror stories and Know when to quit
Words by Justin Myers (The Guyliner) they’ll almost always start with I know a BJ is supposed to be
a guy who neglected one or ultimate, but it’s not easy for
more of these. You want your everyone to get off from one
ou can’t move on of England, or indeed anywhere. dick to be memorable for the alone. It can take a while.
the internet for tips There’s a right way and a wrong right reasons – not the kind A really long while. If you’re
on how to give the way to behave while you’re of tale someone tells round determined not to let your
perfect blow job – getting head, and here they are. a campfire at Halloween. partner come up for air until
I should know, I wrote some of
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Oh, and make sure your the job is done, it’s highly likely
them – but it works both ways. Prep your stage asshole’s cleaned to Nasa you could be experiencing your
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than lying back and thinking but if you’ve a pretty good their fingers get busy – or their Other ways to come do exist.
tongue. Oh, pretend you don’t Lockjaw, tired, unenthusiastic
‘You want your dick to be memorable for the like it if you want, nobody’s sucking and cries of, ‘For fuck’s
judging – but you will be sake, Dave, just come will you?’
right reasons – not the kind of tale someone kissing them afterward so are not exactly going to get
tells round a campfire at Halloween’ it’s worth remembering. you there.

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S I LV E R F O R E S T B O U T I Q U E
L O D G E A N D S PA
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If Stellenbosch is the Beyoncé of SA’s wine regions, then

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Morgenster, which dates back to 1711 and hosts
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THE EDIT
M
ark Hamill has
balanced the
pop-culture
scales perfectly
– his performance as
the good-natured Luke
Skywalker in Star Wars is
countered by his maniacal
vocal performances as The
Joker in DC Comics’ various
For more on
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wrapped in July 2016,
Hamill fondly discusses
the cult franchise, Ireland
and his love of Twitter.
M OV I E S
GQ: What is the one

question you’re sick
of answering?
LAST JEDI
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Mark Hamill: I’m never really

sick of anything, but the
most-often-asked question is,
‘Did you expect it to be as big
a success as it was?’ And of
STANDING
We sat down with Mark Hamill –
course the answer is ‘no’. The
humour appealed to me so Jedi, Joker and Twitter master
strongly and I thought, ‘Even
Words by Evert Lombaert
if it gets terrible reviews, this
is going to be a midnight cult
classic, like The Rocky Horror
Picture Show.’
I thought this thing would
easily make $30 million and it
was important, because if >>

movie made enough money, we realises what a couple of
were required to do the second boneheads we are. ‘Give me
and the third parts. I said to that gun! You call this a plan?’
George while we were filming, The girls loved that! She wasn’t
‘Can you put me on a comp list cowering, ‘Oh save me!’
for any merchandising?’ Carrie was a trailblazer in
because I thought there’d be terms of making us look like
a soundtrack, a T-shirt, a poster. chumps! It melts my heart to
But when you read the script see young girls come to your
you think, ‘This is like a toy door for trick or treat dressed
box’ – he’s got a floating car, as Rey.
a lightning sword, and robots
and all these things, but I had GQ: On Twitter, you
no idea when I asked him for don’t seem to be a big
that… But boxes started @RealDonaldTrump fan.
arriving at the house, and they MH: That’s fair to say. America
just didn’t stop coming. is such a divided country right
People said, ‘Did you keep now and I’m very forthcoming
them all in the box and did you on my social media. I feel like
keep them mint?’ And I said, it’s a combination of a diary,
‘Of course not! Toys are made a chat room and electronic fan
to be played with!’ My son mail in a way, and I just like
would rip them open and when to express myself in public.
his brother came along, and his ‘Carrie was a trailblazer in terms of I’m in the escapism business,
sister, ‘Yeah! Play with the toys!’ making us look like chumps’ and I want everyone to enjoy
And now they’ve grown up and the film, regardless of their
they go online and they say, came over, was film the desert GQ: Many fans are excited political persuasion and I’m
‘Why did you let me give the scenes in Tunisia. And we were that the new films are not trying to convince anybody;
Princess Leia doll a Sinéad on the salt flats, which is 360˚ more female-centred. if they think that’s someone
O’Connor haircut?’ And I say, of horizon, because nothing What was your response? who was right for the job, that’s
‘It’s because you wanted to!’ grows there. In between shots, I MH: I saw early production art their right. I disagree that’s all.
could look out at this unearthly that Ralph McQuarrie had done People say to me, ‘Oh, you
GQ: You spent a month terrain, with the robots by my where Obi-Wan and Han Solo think you’re so important?’
shooting on the coast side and the floating car on were combined; he was an And I say, ‘No, I’m just another
of Ireland. How did this a stand, and it was very easy ex-Jedi Knight who had become crank on the internet’. When
environment influence to feel like you were in a galaxy a smuggler, and in the I see a really brutal hate tweet,
your characterisation? far, far away. I got the chills. foreground is a teenage girl I ‘like’ it, just to bewilder them,
MH: I had this feeling that At Skellig, you’re up at the with a lightsabre. So that wasn’t because what they want is to
rushed over me when I was top, and I didn’t expect this to something new when The Force really hurt you. So I thought if
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at the top of Skellig Island, happen, but I was off by myself Awakens came around. And I ‘like’ it, at least it’ll befuddle
because the first thing we and it was sunset and I had also Leia, back in the seventies, them, and maybe annoy them
did on the original Star Wars, that same feeling – it’s like was fierce! I mean here we a little more. But I’m just
before Carrie and Harrison being in another world. come to rescue her and she having fun.
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MUSIC
PERFECT
HARMONY
DJ Brendan Fallis on why music
and fashion go together
Words by Bernd Fischer
I
f you’ve read anything on the internet about
Brendan Fallis, you’d expect an interview
with the international DJ over lunch to be
intimidating. The New York-based cool guy,
who happens to be recently married to the equally
good-looking DJ and entrepreneur Hannah
Bronfman, is in the country to perform at the
launch of a new Hugo Boss store. Fallis began
a partnership with the brand after attending their
Autumn/Winter 2017 show and the connection
between the two has been nothing but a natural
fit ever since.
‘Music and fashion have always gone together,’
says Fallis, noting that it’s the simplicity of
the brand that draws him to it. ‘It’s high-end,
functional, with good design elements, yet really
wearable. Hugo Boss will always move with the
time. The fit is classic.’
Of course it doesn’t hurt that Fallis looks good
in a suit, as his 83 000 Instagram followers can
attest. Mixed between posts of music gigs and
#fashiongoals, Fallis shares his fitness routine (it’s
all part of the influencer package now, after all).
But what we can respect is Fallis’ integrity
when it comes to what he shares, only working For Fallis’ top 10
with brands that actually represent his lifestyle. summer tracks
‘We’re all just micro-advertisers – instead of buying visit GQ.co.za
a billboard, you’re just buying a small piece of
dedicated content that you know is going to hit
a certain audience,’ he says. ‘With Instagram
Stories now, it’s become even better because
it’s grittier and kind of day-in-your-life raw.’
And for Fallis, it’s the work he does that matters
most. ‘A video of a thousand people with their
hands in the air still looks the coolest to me.’

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GAMES
Which racing game

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The summer’s two big hyper-realistic racing games are finally here –
find out which one gets you where you need to go
Words by Joshua Rivera
T
his week, Gran take beautifully reproduced It’s also much more eager to differently. Its single-player
Turismo Sport was and shockingly tunable cars walk you through its many campaign is more about
released, finally out for races on real-life features than Gran Turismo. teaching you how to drive
bringing its speedways and courses – However, if you’re less into so you can take those skills
gorgeous, hardcore, ultra- their approaches could not be how the game feels and just online, which is clearly where
realistic take on racing to more different. Aesthetically, want to know which has the the game wants you to spend
modern consoles. It comes the games aren’t even best stuff, there’s a few things most of your time. And while
two weeks after the release of speaking the same language. to know – the most important Gran Turismo does look like
the Xbox One’s premier racing Gran Turismo Sport is being that there is much more the slimmer package, its
simulator, Forza Motorsport 7, hyper-focused on teaching you game tucked away in Forza 7. approach to teaching and
which means that, if you love to love cars the way it does, to It has races where the time rewarding you for good clean
cars and racing them in as drive the way it wants you to, of day and weather can shift, driving is utterly absorbing.
realistic a way as possible, you and to instill a sense of pride which is both visually stunning It, ironically, made me realise
have a big choice to make. in being a sophisticated and also makes your races how shitty I had been driving
First, let’s mention the car-lover with the good taste dynamic and more in Forza, a game that’s liberal
obvious: Each of these games to play Gran Turismo. challenging. It also has many with assists for inexperienced
are exclusive to the console Forza 7 is, first and more cars than Gran Turismo, racers, but not so great at
they’re on, with no chance of foremost, a video game. and a single-player structure coaxing you out of them.
crossing over. PS4 owners get It’s full of video-gamey that’s easier to grasp, where There’s room for both of
Gran Turismo Sport, Xbox One accoutrements, like loot boxes you race through different these games to co-exist, but
and PC owners have Forza and constant reminders of all events designed for different not necessarily the time for
Motorsport 7. However, the stuff you’re earning. Some kinds of cars. Finish one you to invest in both – they’re
if you’re about to pick up of this is grating and other series, and you unlock the each pretty hardcore. Gran
a console, and racing games parts, like the fact that your next, until you land in the Turismo is niche, but it fills
are important to you, read on. actual car collection ‘levels up’ Forza Grand Prix at the end that niche incredibly well.
While both Gran Turismo is weirdly compelling and of your journey. For everyone else, there’s
and Forza are ostensibly out makes you want to collect Gran Turismo Sport Forza except, of course,
to do the same thing – let you cars like you would Pokémon. structures things a little Playstation owners.
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‘PA R T OF T H E
R EASON THAT
WE GO TO
T H E PA S T I S
BEC AUSE
THINGS ARE
STILL THE
SAME IN
M A N Y WAY S’
THE
he Sellout, Paul Beatty’s Man-Booker
winning, absurd and ironic ride
through the mind of modern America
is equally as provocative as it is
hilarious. At turns humorous and heartbreaking,
STORY
it casts a striking image of a supposedly post-racial
America. Set in the rural fictional town of Dickens,
it focuses on Bonbon, a young black man who just
wants to take care of his farm, reinstate segregation,
and experiment with slavery.
SELLER
American novelist Paul Beatty talks
James Nash: Do you think that The Sellout
could have as accurately depicted race relations
in America if it wasn’t a satire?
PAUL BEATTY: I don’t think of the book as satire,
really. For me, it’s just a story I wanted to tell.
I-feel-bad-for-laughing fiction that’s It’s just the way I write. It’s not that different from
anything else I’ve written. It’s interesting for me,
got something serious to say that the ‘satire’ word has really been stuck to
this book. I think it’s a way of not having to deal
Words by James Nash with the sadness and irony in the book... You can
just say, ‘Aw yeah, it’s satire.’ I was in Hackney in
London and this Ugandan woman stood up, and

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GQ & A
I’m paraphrasing here of course, but Everybody gets to write what the fuck
she was like, ‘This book isn’t satire, this they want. But at the same time there’s
is real life!’ going to be some blow-back. People
As absurd as the book is, it still feels have the right to criticise you. And
real. So for me, it’s interesting who uses I think that’s the part that people are
the word ‘satire’. For who is it satire, for dealing with – because they’re being
who is it something else? critiqued by populations they don’t
even necessarily see.
JN: In the past, racism has been largely
viewed and dealt with retrospectively, JN: The cursory manner in which the
but we’re being forced to confront father character’s death by police
contemporary racism in all its forms. shooting is handled near the beginning
Do you think that your book is an of the book – is that meant to mirror
instance of that? how the media represents these crimes?
PB: I’m not denying that the book’s about PB: No, it has nothing to do with the media,
race and racism. There’s a bunch of stuff man. It’s just a fucking book. These things
in there and it’s just this character’s just happen, they’re just a part of fucking The Sellout
perspective. Race is a part of who he is, life. It took me five years to write the book by Paul Beatty
so race manifests in the way that he thinks, and so whenever I wrote that, all the shit (Jonathan Ball,
the way that he sees the world. I was thinking that’s happening wasn’t there so it’s not R190)
about some of the visual art that’s popular in a response to this. It’s a ‘this is the lay of the
the States, it’s interesting how it’s always in land, it’s always been the lay of the land,
this deep historical context and rarely dealt I think it’s always going to be the lay of the
with in a contemporary setting. It’s like land.’ It’s kind of a contradiction to what we JN: There’s this reversal of comic relief
a buffer against culpability, on everyone’s were talking about earlier, because we were in the novel. Normally humour is used
part, as a nation, as a people. talking about how people can’t deal with as a counterpoint to serious topics,
the contemporary: part of the reason that but in your book the humour itself is
JN: You’ve said you don’t believe in we go to the past is because things are still uncomfortable. I often found myself
cultural appropriation. the fucking same in many ways. There’s so laughing at something then felt bad
PB: Yeah, I don’t know what it means – much reverberation that’s still there. It’s not about it afterwards. Was this important,
everyone throws that phrase around. about now so much as it’s about always. or even intentional, for you as you
I don’t use it because I have fucking no wrote it?
idea what it means. Really. I just watched PB: I love what you said about ‘the
this documentary about Asian-American opposite of comic relief’. The psychology
rappers on Netflix called Bad Rap. I think phrase for it is ‘cognitive dissonance’,
somebody will, and can, say that that’s so I think all the time about that notion
cultural appropriation, but they’re just of feeling two supposedly opposite
doing what they love. feelings at the same time. It’s hard to
Let me tell you a weird story: I was write that kind of stuff, because it’s hard
just walking around by myself in to verbalise and make it make sense,
Shibuya train station and I saw out so that’s an interesting challenge:
the corner of my eye, a Japanese kid to write about these two supposedly
dressed head-to-toe like a Blood opposite things happening at the
(a notorious African-American street same time, for me that’s fun.
gang). Full-on red, he’s got a bandanna I remember reading an interview
but he’s got like a whole ’nother style with Alicia Keys and they were saying,
on it. And he looks at me and gives me ‘What’s your favourite Biggie Smalls
a ‘what up’, I guess because I’m the only song?’ and she goes oh, ‘Me and my
black person within like a 100 yards of bitch’, but then she contextualises what
him. And I nod back to him, but it was it is about that song that spoke to her.
just different for me. And I think it was It’s more than, you know, this mean word
weird, weird, weird… – there’s a bunch of shit happening all
I think back to when I was in junior high at once – and it’s not like one cancels the
and kung fu movies were a hit. You’d see other out. I think that’s the other thing,
guys from my neighbourhood dressed we think of contradiction. We think of
from head-to-toe in Chinese gis with the hypocrisy as automatically cancelling
Bruce Lee cuffs and the shoes and it’s something out.
sort of the same thing: all these influences The fundamental thing is that I’m
and obsessions going back and forth. always uncomfortable and so that’s
I don’t think that’s cultural appropriation, where it starts formulating, that’s just
I don’t know what it is. how I write.

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I
Volkswagen recently remember my last chauffeured Mathew Hodges, who is blasting around
racetrack drive in the fi rst fast Kyalami race track. Hodges tackles
introduced a powerful left-hander. I was driven by a Ferrari driver, overtaking him on the
diesel in their Golf range. Sabine Schmitz in her screaming left, just to annihilate the Porsche GT3
GQ Motoring Editor V10 BMW M5, dubbed the ‘ring the 458 was battling with.
Dieter Losskarn tested taxi’, through the green hell of I forgot to mention that we are in a Golf.
all three performance Nürburgring. It was early in the Standard, except for a couple of modifications:
morning and I realised what BMW the body was stripped and a roll cage fitted.
hatchbacks – GTD, GTI actually means: Breakfast Must Wait. The shock absorbers and springs are
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power to 215kW, which is the maximum Golf 7 received, including the digital 169kW. In return, the GTD has 30Nm more
allowed in the class it competes. cockpit. Whereas the GTI features the torque, 380 to the GTI’s 350Nm. The oil
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R, Volkswagen’s fastest series Golf. But the GTD blings with chrome. Both have agile. On windy roads it stands its ground
let’s have a look at the two other the air intakes in the front spoiler, a big surprisingly well. >>

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So who should buy which?
The GTD is for the family man,
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The GTI is for the family man,
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T
he typical response to being stuck in traffic
resembles the five stages of grief. First there’s
denial, then anger, then bargaining, and then
depression. Finally, there’s acceptance, which is the
part where you resign yourself to making the corner
of Strand and Long streets your new home and take
a nap on your steering wheel.
Instead of continuing to cycle through these stages
after a soul-destroying commute, Chris Megan, Carl
Cronje and Sipho Ndimande are actually doing
something about the problem of traffic congestion in
South Africa’s urban centres. The three entrepreneurs
founded uGoMyWay, a free carpooling and ride-
sharing app that connects people who are travelling
the same regular routes so they can share the ride and
the costs involved. While currently Cape Town-
centric, the platform is growing fast enough to soon
start clearing roads in other major cities, too.
The trio sat down with us to chat about the traffic
crisis and the benefits of the old lift-club concept.
GQ: It’s no secret that traffic is an issue

in Cape Town, but what’s the actual scale
of the problem?
UGoMyWay: Honestly, we’re at crisis level. And
what happens after crisis? Disaster. Cape Town
and other urban centres like Jo’burg are seeing
great economic growth with high-rises going up
everywhere. And that’s fantastic, but we can’t
support the traffic. We can’t build any more roads
and the public transport system is so behind.
Capetonians are already spending three to four
WE’RE
hours on the road every day. We hear people saying
that it feels like their days are getting shorter. It’s not
their imagination. They actually are. And research
has proven that this all impacts very negatively on
ALL GOING wellbeing and productivity in the workplace.
GQ: Why do you believe that carpooling
NOWHERE or ride-sharing is the solution?

UgoMyWay: In Cape Town, the problem isn’t
that there are too many people for the size of the city.
SLOWLY
It’s that too many people are driving their own cars.
Around 80% of cars on the road have only one person
in them. There are around 700 000 four-seater cars in
Cape Town, so we already have the infrastructure to
Could this carpooling app transport everybody. Now it’s about making better
use of that infrastructure by putting more people into
be the solution to major traffic fewer cars. There are also plenty of people who drive
similar routes every day, so carpooling makes sense.
congestion in South Africa? The idea is for drivers and passengers to make
long-term carpooling arrangements. >>
Words by Dayle Kavonic

wealth
BUSINESS CLASS
GQ: Talk us through the journey GQ: What features did you need to GQ: Aside from helping with traffic
of creating the app. add to make the app competitive? congestion, what are some of the
UgoMyWay: We started working on UgoMyWay: One of the biggest things other benefits of carpooling?
the concept back in 2010, but the has been fine-tuning our algorithms to UgoMyWay: Splitting travel costs is
climate wasn’t right yet for app-based provide excellent matches, which maximise a big benefit. We worked out that if
solutions. So we waited a few years for the distance of the shared journey and you’re doing a daily journey of 21km,
the technology to catch up, and then minimise how far the driver has to deviate carpooling can save you R1 000 on fuel
in 2014, we self-financed our way into from their route to pick up or drop off every month, and that’s a conservative
development. By the end of that year, passengers. In our pilot, we found that estimate. It also reduces emissions,
we had a minimum viable product. 90% of users got a good match, and of which is great for the environment.
We showed it to a few people and these, 84% got what we call ‘high-quality’ And it’s good for social cohesion, too.
made the good decision to start over. matches with less than 5km deviation. Put another person in your car and
This time around, we focused on user To address safety concerns, we’ve given a commute becomes a social experience.
experience and Android functionality, users the option to affiliate themselves with But the biggest benefit has to be that
and finally in 2016 we had a product organisations and companies they belong it gives people time back – up to an
that we felt proud enough of to launch. to so there’s accountability. And then hour a day to do the things you actually
But the challenge with a model of this there’s also the option to give a star want to do like yoga.
nature is that you need to reach a critical rating to anyone you’ve carpooled with.
mass of users before anyone can find For convenience, we’ve integrated an GQ: What can we expect to
a good match. So we started marketing at in-app chat function, and there’s a see from you in the future?
schools, and then more recently partnered functionality to formalise how much UgoMyWay: The plan is to take the app
with Accelerate Cape Town to run a pilot passengers will contribute to the ride per to the rest of South Africa and the whole
project with eight top corporates in the km. Users can also easily make payments continent. Ultimately, we’d like to be part
CBD. We saw a huge increase in downloads within the app using SnapScan technology, of building a future where no one even
and 89% of users were able to find a match. and all trips are logged for record-keeping. needs to own a car.
PROFILE
T HE ENTREPRENEUR
BRIAN
CHESKY
The CEO and cofounder In 2015 Chesky was named a Presidential
of Airbnb – the R400bn Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship
home-sharing company that

operates across 191 different
countries with more than
150 million users – reveals
what he has learnt
Born New York

Age 35
Chesky with his Airbnb cofounders

Nathan Blecharczyk and Joe Gebbia
EDUCATION
Airbnb’s headquarters in 1999-2004 Rhode Island School
San Francisco in 2015 CHOOSE FAILURE OVER REGRET
of Design, BA Fine Arts
‘Jeff Bezos’ regret minimisation
DON’T SETTLE framework advises choosing fewer
‘At school, my teachers would say: “You’re regrets over fewer failures. Each year,
a designer. You could design the world you it’s harder to do something new – you
CAREER IN BRIEF
live in.” That was very inspiring. But, at have one less year of your life to do it.’
3DID I was designing products that would 2005-2007
end up in a landfill. I quit my job and left Industrial designer at 3DID,
Los Angeles
LA with $1 000 in my bank.’ LIVE WITH YOUR COFOUNDERS
‘The turning point for Airbnb was when
2007 my two cofounders and I lived and
Moves to San Francisco with school worked together seven days a week.
friend (and future Airbnb Bouncing ideas around late at night
cofounder) Joe Gebbia
formed some magical moments and that
close bond is what builds your company.’
October 2007
Launched airbedandbreakfast.com
Airbedandbreakfast.com
back in 2007 April 2009
Airbnb receives funding
STOP FRETTING worth R7 920 000
ABOUT COPYCATS
‘I remember when I started Airbnb,
May 2011
somebody told me, “Don’t worry Ashton Kutcher invests
about someone stealing your idea. in the company Chesky with Ashton
Kutcher, an early
They will only dismiss it.”’ investor in Airbnb
WORDS BY ELEANOR HALLS
October 2013
GO DIRECT TO SOURCE Airbnb receives its
‘By picking the right source, you can nine millionth booking GRIP ANY CRISES
fast-forward learning something new. ‘We had a PR nightmare after renters
I’m pretty shameless when asking for trashed a home in San Francisco. I was
January 2017
help, including from Mark Zuckerberg. advised to increase the guarantee for
Airbnb reports that it is in profit
The circumstances might be different, hosts ten-fold. In a crisis if you move
but you can learn the outlying principles.’ in one direction, you’re usually okay.’

ON
THE
RI
GH
K
YEAR-
C T
TR A
END
CAREER
REVIEW expands and you learn more about
future opportunities.
Being open to a new role when it’s
KEEP IN MIND YOU’RE
AT THE TILLER
To continue the directional theme,
Now’s the best time to presented is great, but that leaves the considering that we spend more time, on
execute a professional destiny of your career path in someone average, at our desks than asleep, you’ll be
else’s hands. And if you’re sitting by much happier if your career progress is in
health check and make an iPhone waiting for a recruiter to call, your control – and not the HR department’s.
sure you’re on course you’ll be left waiting a while. ‘Regular ‘If you are leaving your career plan in the
discussions with a specialist recruiter hands of HR or hiring managers from
Words by David Halliday
is a good idea,’ says Hammond. ‘As within your company, you’re beholden to
is giving real thought to your annual what’s best for the company,’ says Peel. ‘And
S
tick with us on this – it’s actor review and engaging in an honest that’s not necessarily what is best for you.’
(and one-time Calvin Klein dialogue with your current employer
bulge) Travis Fimmel’s maiden about where you want to go.’ KEEP GOALS VERSATILE
voyage on Vikings. His And as much as it’s a giant cliché, the Avoid the set-and-forget approach where
enterprising Norsemen suddenly decide question ‘where do you want to be in five you create goals and leave them to collect
to check their course with a floating years?’ is one you should have answers to. dust on your metaphorical vision board.
sundial contraption. Had they not made The key is in maintaining targets that are
that valuable course correction, Fimmel KEEP CHECKING IN QUICKLY active and adaptable. A career plan should
wouldn’t have put boots on the ground AND OFTEN be fluid and always evolving, and not
in sunny England and slaughtered all According to Warwick Peel, CEO of a distraction that gets in the way of kicking
those monks in episode two. Future Directors Institute and Startup goals in your current role.
And so, hedonistic TV pillaging aside, Boardroom, a career plan needs serious
even the most distant of goals need reflection at least twice a year. KEEP YOUR PORTFOLIO
constant reassessing – especially when Minimum. Ideally, once every quarter. UP TO DATE
eyeing off a corner suite with an actual And for this, there’s no better time than By updating your CV/ LinkedIn/ portfolio
door that actually closes. Steve year end, when companies are talking every 12 months – minimum – you can take
Hammond, executive search specialist performance reviews – and most stock of achievements. Look at the skills
and director of Kingfisher Recruitment, employees are planning their summer you’ve developed, both technical and soft,
believes that whatever your industry, vacations, and not their next career and make sure you’re moving in the right
what’s essential is not only some sort move. With the rest of the office set to direction. Does your organisation have a
of mud map of where you want your autopilot mode, it’s a good opportunity performance review every six to 12 months?
career to go, but also an ability to stay to spin the wheels of career Perfect. Instead of closing your eyes and
on course. Because a decent progression development. ‘You set aside monthly thinking of England, use the review time to
in your professional life will require commitments on your financial plans,’ document how your career is tracking and
frequent reviews as your skill set says Peel. ‘Career plans are no different.’ what you want to achieve next year.

ADVICE
THE HIGH-PRESSURE PROBLEM HOW ORGANISATIONS CAN

For those earning six-figure salaries, the BOOST WELLBEING…
BATTLING pressures and expectations to maintain

sky-high performance are exceptional. Managerial mental health training
BURNOUT We know it often requires things to get

toxic before any significant change is
triggered in the workplace. First it was
Courses for line managers are tailored at
improving awareness and understanding
of mental health at work, how work can
impact on staff and how to broach the
gender, then there was race, disability,
It’s time to religion and sexuality. It wouldn’t be the
first time something profoundly in need of
subject, making referrals where necessary.
abandon the an overhaul has been dismissed as shallow

and frivolous by a shortsighted economy.
Flexible working
Allow staff to balance their personal and
culture of Studies have shown those in competitive
and high-pressure roles will work hard
working life and be more flexible about
managing their health, whether it be
overworking regardless of exhaustion, stress, eating
disorders, or even clinical mental
controlling daily habits such as meditation
and fitness or even taking medication and
conditions, doing whatever is required in tucking the children in at night.
Investing in a structured order to get the work done. Job cuts in

corporate hubs and increasing expectations
wellbeing programme Make healthy options appealing
to do more with less means stress levels are
that can curb absenteeism, now past breaking point. It’s a question
A healthier body means a healthier mind.
Studies show that something as small as
boost productivity and of when and not if for most. even a better selection of tea at work can
prevent stress and create a culture that stimulates collaboration
THE WELLBEING SOLUTION and productivity.
depression in the office Yes, mental health has a silver lining:
Words by Christopher Harvey the individual, the employer, the team
and the entire business can benefit Engage with a coach
Executive coaching is a great way to
T
he facts speak for themselves: significantly from seemingly minor
improve confidence, communication
one in four employees blame interventions. New research reveals that
and create vitality in the workforce.
work as the primary cause of poor feelings of being supported at work can help The positive impacts will flow throughout
mental health. Half of all employees do prevent emotional exhaustion and create the organisation, while improvements
not feel their workplace is an emotionally happiness, building resilience, which in in key staff retention, productivity,
healthy environment, with 55 per cent of turn produces higher productivity rates. attendance, quality of work and morale
organisations having no formal strategy Everybody wins and there’s a resilience prove addressing mental wellbeing isn’t
for handling employee wellbeing. intervention to fit every company budget. so frivolous after all.
‘Feelings of being supported at work

can help prevent emotional exhaustion’

He’s more
spirit-lifting
t h a n J ay Z ,
more
co n g e n i a l
t h a n D ra ke ,
and more ‘of
the people’
t h a n Ka nye .
And with no
label backing
him, he’s
leading hip -
h o p t o a n ew
p l a ce , a n ew
e ra , a w h o l e
n ew s o u n d .
But can
C h a n ce
the Rapper
b e co m e
the best
we ’ ve g ot?
Words by
Mark Anthony Green
Photographs by
Eric Ray Davidson

GQ MAN
‘I’m a rapper! You should be able to

say that shit and, like, make someone
scared in a good way. Like, “Oh shit,
you might know the president!”
It should feel that way’
The room is packed, as recording studios tend to be at one in the
morning. Inside are engineers and beat tweakers and weed
deliverers and weed rollers and childhood friends now playing
the integral part of weed passers. And there’s Chance the
Rapper, the 24-year-old man-child – new favourite of Barack
Obama and Lin-Manuel Miranda, ‘nephew’ to Beyoncé and
heir apparent to Kanye West. The scene in the studio is Hip-hop
101: A small room with a rapper and people watching the
rapper. Beats blasting from rectangles. Standard business.
To the music industry, Chance the Rapper is anything but
standard business. He’s like nothing it’s seen since you-know-
who. But he’s different from Kanye, too. His raps are complex
and savvy – more like Eminem’s, but born-again – and packed
with winks and finger-gun shit talking. His voice, when he
sings, straddles a line between Rugrats and BB King. There’s
pain and hope, naïveté and wisdom. He’s an independent artist.
No label. No distribution deal. Nada. He’s given away every
album/mixtape/whatever-we’re-calling-songs-lumped-
together for free nowadays.
His rise wasn’t overnight – he just started young. First there
was 10 Day, the mixtape he recorded while serving a ten-day
suspension in high school. And then Acid Rap, the album that
turned the heads of every label exec in North America. Then
maybe his most overlooked project, Surf, with Donnie Trumpet,
a friend who (surprise) plays the trumpet. Last year, when
Kanye tapped Chance for the opening track of The Life of Pablo,
Chance stole the show. With the world suddenly watching, he
dropped his third mixtape, Coloring Book, and then he hung
out in the White House. How to explain it? There’s something
rare and powerful at play. Every verse, every video, every show
seems like you’re watching him on a quest. A sword in one hand
that’s almost too large for him to carry. A crown he has yet to
grow into, blocking part of his vision. World tour, Billboard
charts, Grammys… Chance conquers. And all with a smile.
Tonight it’s just his friends and me watching. He ashes
a cigarette and steps to the mic with his chest inflated and hat
low. As I watch him create melodies on the spot, it’s apparent
that Chance is a child of instinct. If it feels right, cue it up. And
if it feels wrong – good riddance. Making music that’s uplifting
and hopeful and ‘clean-cut’ feels right. Signing to a label and
someone else owning your music? Felt wrong. Wearing a cap
feels right – all of the time. It’s a child-like creation in an
industry of hyper-produced mega-songs. Even his name seems
to be the first thing to come into someone’s head when he
decides he’s going to rhyme words for a living. So that’s where
we begin, alone in a room above the crew and engineers. >>

GQ: Your name, Chance the Rapper, is funny. A generational joke, it stands for the third mixtape, the Holy Trinity, and the three-
in a way. But you were nominated for seven Grammys. People are pronged family of myself, my daughter, and my girl.
saying you’re going to be one of the greatest to ever do it.
Chance the Rapper: [laughs] I can super appreciate all that GQ: What’s the toughest thing about being Chance the Rapper
pressure. I’ll take that. in a relationship?
CTR: Just my time. My time and also my knack for, like, you
GQ: Your name seems more temporary than your talent, though. know, just… Fuck the second thing that I was going to say – let’s
Do you ever think about changing it or just going by Chance? just keep it at that... [laughs]
CTR: Yeah. My dad used to always say, ‘You need to change your
name to Chance the Artist. This song, this is different.’ I remember GQ: Wise! What’s the most romantic thing you’ve ever done
one day I was with Justin – my best friend, who has always been for a woman?
really good at school. My dad would introduce us to folks and they CTR: Oooh, that’s a good question. I’ve done some grandiose
would ask, ‘What’re you going to be when you grow up?’ Justin’s things... Oh! I got it. I had a girlfriend in high school and
fucking 7 years old talking about, ‘I’m going to be a biomedical I published a poem on Facebook about her, and I remember
engineer.’ You know, he’s just that guy. And I remember they everybody flaming my ass for it forever. I hope that shit is gone,
asked me, and I said a rapper. And my dad laughed it off, like, actually. I gotta check.
‘No, he doesn’t…’ You know?
And I remember that shit used to bother the fuck out of me, GQ: She’s probably sitting somewhere right now saying, ‘Yo,
because I thought Kanye West was the smartest man in the world. you know, Chance the Rapper used to write poetry about me.’
The best poet in the world. The freshest-dressed in the world. CTR: Bro! She is definitely on top, because I used to write poems
That’s what a rapper was to me, and I wanted everybody to feel about her and they all worked out. She was cool, though.
that way about the word ‘rapper’.
I hate that when you introduce GQ: What’s the downside of being
yourself, and you’re a rapper, a celebrity? The limitations that come
sometimes you gotta say, ‘I’m
a musician.’ Or, ‘I’m an artist.’
‘Kanye says with notoriety?
CTR: That’s the main thing. I don’t
‘I’m a recording artist.’ ‘I’m a vocalist.’ consider being a musician the same
crazier shit thing as being a celebrity. Celebrity is
GQ: You should be proud to say: strictly the fact that if I go somewhere,
I’m a rapper. in private than to a… frozen-yoghurt shop–
CTR: I’m a rapper! You should be
able to say that shit and, like, make he does in public, GQ: Do you like frozen yoghurt?
CTR: I love frozen yoghurt.
someone scared in a good way.
Like, ‘Oh shit, you might know the
president!’ It should feel that way.
which is hard GQ: Cool. Had to confirm.
GQ: Why the cap?

to believe... Journalism!
CTR: I’m glad that you could tell
CTR: I used to always rock a cap
when I was in high school and get
He has a filter’ when I said ‘frozen-yoghurt spot’ that
I was talking about something that
them taken away. Like, so often that actually happened to me in my life –
at the end of each school year, there this happens in a lot of places. If I go
would be a box of all the confiscated caps. After they gave back to a frozen-yoghurt spot, and I get my yoghurt, and I put on my
a few caps to other kids, they would just give me the box because toppings, and I go to the front, and the cashier freaks out, she’s
the rest were all my hats. So I think, in one part, it’s a rebellion. like, ‘Oh my God, oh my God, you’re Chance the Rapper.’ And
There are a few things that I have because I’m a man-child. then the other lady there, she says, ‘I don’t know who you are.’
Like I don’t eat vegetables at all. Never. I hate eating vegetables. It’s the difference in those two reactions. Like, this one girl might
The only vegetables I eat are lettuce on a burger. fan out, and this other girl might not care at all. But then in a few
seconds, this girl’s going to start making it very apparent that she
GQ: And now the ‘3’ hat is everywhere. doesn’t know who I am, making jokes about it and asking me who
CTR: Yeah, so I was like, ‘You know what? Let’s switch it.’ I am, what do I do. And then, in the end, she’s going to ask for
I wanted to switch from the White Sox hat. I wanted to put a picture, too. It’s like today was different in her life because she
saw a celebrity. And that sucks. And the pressure of being right
ADDITIONAL WORDS BY AMANDA PETRUSICH
something else on the hat. And so I decided to do ‘3’. I just thought

that it made the most sense because it was the third project. Also, and presentable as a celebrity kind of sucks.
I was having a lot of trouble figuring out what the title of the
project was going to be and what typography to put it in. The GQ: I find that interesting with you. Because you idolise Kanye.
original title for the project was, uh, ‘The Magnificent Coloring Nobody’s less–
Book’. But that’s just so many words and it looks so shitty, no CTR: Likable.
matter how I put it on the hat.
GQ: Right. And less presentable. Does that make it easier for you
GQ: Yeah, like ‘Make America Great Again’. to do or say the wrong thing?
CTR: Exactly. Exactly. That’s so many syllables, so many words. CTR: I don’t think I ever wanted to be like Kanye in personality,
So I was, like, we won’t put a title on it. Just put the ‘3’ on the hat. though. I think I definitely want to, have always wanted to, have
So it will be the third. Since then, I’ve rationalised it to myself that his boldness or assurance in myself. But I’ve definitely seen >>

GQ MAN

GQ MAN
CTR: I think the Grammys are super important to music.

As a musician, I think it’s the same thing as an actor receiving
an Oscar. Do I think that the Grammys are always fully
representative of a person’s talent? No. Just like Leonardo
DiCaprio didn’t get an Oscar until this past year. And he’s been
doing his fucking thing. But I think everybody wants validation,
everybody wants to feel like they did right. And I think its my
victory. You know?
GQ: I can’t imagine you in a rap beef. Do you think that’ll ever
happen? You going diss for diss with some rapper?
CTR: I don’t see it ever happening. You know, I take my fucking
raps so seriously that I don’t write raps without having a purpose
for them anymore. I can’t write raps without having a beat and
having an understanding of what I’m going to do with that song.
I have to know what I’m going to do with that track when I’m done.
I can’t see myself ever having somebody say something about me
on a song and me being like, ‘All right, now I’m about to say
something about them on a song.’
GQ: When was the last time you were broke?

CTR: I go broke a lot because I have this understanding that
whatever I put out there, if I really am doing what’s right, it’s going
to be rewarding, you know? If I’m working on it something will
come back. And that’s how every project has been since I was in
high school, since I was Instrumentality [Chance’s musical alter
ego in high school] and I was giving out CDs for free. Everything
has come back tenfold. I remember sitting on the back of the bus
on the first day of the Social Experiment tour, with my face in my
hands. I emptied out my bank account, and before I did that tour
that was the number one thing I said I’d never do. But I put all that
money up, and within two weeks, when everyone was getting paid,
I was like, okay, cool we’re good again.
GQ: What do your parents think of all of this? All of the attention?
CTR: My dad’s had a million jobs. Whether it was, like, working for
sanitation or working on somebody’s campaign, whatever he was
doing, people would always want to talk to him. About something
Kanye do things where I was like, ‘I’d never do that.’ I’ve always that they needed, or somebody that they were mad at and they
been able to defend Kanye. When everybody’s like, ‘Kanye’s a nut, wanted my dad to fix it. My mom hated it. She’d be like, ‘Be with
Kanye’s a nut,’ I’m one of those guys saying, ‘No, he’s saying some your fucking family! We’re at the movies.’
real shit.’ Like when he went on stage with Taylor, I was, like…
well… Beyoncé kind of deserved that. [laughs] I’m rationalising GQ: How does your mom feel about you now?
everything that he does, but I can’t say that in the same position CTR: I think my mom is very, very, very proud.
I would do the same things.
Being around Kanye, Kanye says crazier shit in private than he GQ: But how does she feel about the celebrity aspect of your life?
does in public, which is hard to believe because he says the craziest CTR: I think I’m the most apprehensive and private of all of us.
things in public. He does have a filter. He’s not a liar or somebody I remember when I was first getting into my career, my mom was
that is going to sugarcoat things when he does speak. But Kanye’s very, very hands-on and protective. She’s super smart. I’m
said some crazy shit to me where I respond, ‘No, I don’t feel you a young parent in a relationship, so there’s always relationship
at all.’ I always wanted to be more of a person that people enjoy. advice or parenting advice that I get from my parents. I do miss
Somebody that will make you laugh. I’m talking about just my the times when I was, you know, still living on 79th and could
personality, not necessarily how my music sounds. Because come home, but I don’t feel as sheltered by anybody anymore.
I believe I’m a disrupter like Kanye in a lot of ways. My dad has always just been a people person. I still look to my
dad for advice.
GQ: Yeah. Seven Grammy noms with no label is pretty disruptive. My dad’s the man. And I can’t say that enough. He has always
CTR: You know what I’m saying?! I get that from Ye. But I get stuck up for people. And he’s also always been a good dude. That’s
my personality and my character and my understanding of how who I want to be. I’m okay if the story seems boring to people
I respond to people and how I work with people and how I present because I’m a good guy. I’d be cool with people remembering me
my opinions – I get that from my dad. as a good, boring dude. As long as people say good. You know?
I want to be the good guy. And sometimes the good guy sounds
GQ: How important are the Grammys – to music, and to Chance like a lame thing. But the good guy, in what I’ve seen happen so far,
the Rapper? the good usually wins.

Ho to be a
In an era of
gratuitous, social-
media-stoked
vanity, how can
men make sure
they look their
best without
crossing the line
(But not look like
into self-obsessed
weenie-dom?
GQ’s crack style
you’re trying)
I HAVE PERFECT EYEBROWS. I really do. They’re identical, subtly arched,
and grooming and full without being bushy. Every follicle is in lockstep. It’s like there’s one really
team equips you strict boss lash who micro-manages the other lashes into picturesque roofs for my
with the rules, tips, eyes. I’m basically the black, male Cindy Crawford.
inside intel, and When my friends used to make fun of me for (allegedly) plucking or sculpting my eyebrows,
it bothered me. Though I never have and never will actually work on my eyebrows, the
critical lady advice accusation still got under my skin. Sure, I want perfect eyebrows. But I don’t want people to think
for navigating the I want perfect eyebrows – to mistake me for the sort of person who might expend even a little
(well-moisturised) time, money, or effort perfecting his eyebrows.
I just want to look good. I say it without shame, and you should, too. But that self-consuming
minefield of
quest for looking good has haunted me since sixth grade. Ever since I got an in-school
male upkeep suspension for brushing my hair during language arts. This was the first time in my life I was
accused of being vain. And it cut me to the core. I was raised to believe that vanity wasn’t just

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distasteful – it was borderline immoral. ALL-TIME VAINEST STATEMENTS WE KIND OF ENDORSE

A corrosive distraction. That being
consumed with your appearance would
‘Every man should have a magnifying mirror.
directly inhibit you from reaching your If you look good magnified, you are set to go’
full potential on other fronts, with other
– TOM FORD
parts of your body, like, say, your brain.
But there are ways to take care of yourself
better than you ever could’ve imagined,
without crossing the line.
How do I work on myself without tipping
the balance of self-improvement over into
self-obsession? How do I fix pimple scars
or my posture or my man-feet without
becoming like the very over-primped
people I kind of despise? How do I care
without over-caring? I’ve spent a lot of time
devising some well-worn ground rules.
Start here with the commandments. And
then let us help you navigate the treatments
and tactics that’ll help make you the best
version of you. – MARK ANTHONY GREEN
K N OW T H Y L I N E . . .
... between hygienic and vainglorious. Sort

everything you’re doing – or considering WHAT MORE CAN YOU DO FOR YOUR TEETH?
doing – into two categories: wellness and
polish. Going to the dentist? That’s wellness. WHITEN AWAY (JUST NOT AT HOME)
But getting your teeth whitened? That’s
polish. Seemingly harmless indulgences –
In order to get one of those blinding movie-star grins, you have to do
the vain man’s version of ‘I only smoke
when I drink’ – can rapidly proliferate into more than use a whitening toothpaste. Things like white strips or
pack-a-day narcissism. Minding the line brush-on gel are a fine next step. Some people opt to go the ‘natural’ route
between universally accepted upkeep
and use one of those new charcoal powders. If you have an Instagram
and soul-less self-absorption is critical.
account, you’ve probably seen someone #blessed to be #sponsored by an
VA N I T Y I S A B O U T T I M E at-home LED whitening system. It’s a milder version of the whitening
treatment you can get at the dentist’s office but tends to take longer and is
Vanity is not, contrary to popular belief,
less effective. Pony up and consult a pro. – Garrett Munce
a function of money but rather of time.
Recently I started getting laser facials
instead of spending three minutes a day
washing my face. While seemingly more toner and invisible means take three
involved, laser facials take up just ten face water, and I’m hours doing
still not vain – just whatever it is you
minutes per week. I spend less time
another fresh-faced do with beard wax.
worrying about my acne, thus freeing
victim of the I’ll watch. Buy that
up time to… not think about myself. patriarchy. Not so R6 500 industrial-
Almost anything that saves you net time, for men. Straight looking electric
no matter how indulgent, is justifiable. men who invest razor – you can
heavily in their plug it into my wall.
3 D O W H AT ’ S appearance are Slather yourself in
mostly regarded beard oil and
R I G H T F O R YO U
with suspicion please, please tell
BEARDVANITY: by women. me what you do
There’s no universal best nose or beard.
ILLUSTRATION: DANIEL WOODGER
THE ONLY VAIN THAT’S But your beard with a badger

My beautiful eyebrows would look insane is the one feature brush. Your
A- OK?
on Jonah Hill. Everything boils down to you you can obsess beard ritual is as
trying to look your best, for you. over freely without intriguing to me as
The fl ip side of accuses me of alienating women. my beauty regimen
NO PERMANENT living in a society vanity when It’s the man cave is to you. So be
that expects I spend hours of the face. I’d be beardvain. Just
MARKERS women to look doing my hair spooked if a guy don’t leave little
the way they do and putting on spent an hour clippings in my
Permanent is bad. Nothing that’s forever, through a Snapchat makeup. I can artfully dishevelling goddamn sink.
unless it’s, like, a pacemaker. – MAG fi lter is that nobody spend R800 on his hair, but by all – Lauren Larson

ALL-TIME VAINEST STATEMENTS WE KIND OF ENDORSE
‘My bathroom is filled with so many different

toiletries, so every night is a different experience’
– DIDDY
ANEW
F RO NTI E R :
SHEET
MASKS
Skin care is such a big deal in
South Korea that it’s endorsed
by the government. There’s an
unofficial national skin-care
routine that features a minimum
of ten steps. Over the past few
years, those complex daily
routines have trickled our way,
and though they sound only
slightly less involved than
studying for the bar, there are
elements worth highlighting.
This is where sheet masks
THE SPECTRUM OF FOOTCARE INDULGENCE
come in: They’re designed to
ARE YOU A ‘BABY FOOT’ KINDA GUY? get highly concentrated
ingredients into your skin and
only need to be used about
once a week for less than the
Clipping your time it takes to watch an
DRUGSTORE-BRAND VANITY
‘Baby foot’
toenails Leave this foot episode of Veep. The main
BLACK-MARKET VANITY
The bare mask on for one reason to use these masks is

minimum. Pumice stone
hour, and a week Fish pedicure hydration, something men
Length between Use this rock to
later the dead skin The holy grail of
‘nothing’ scrape the dead especially need in their skin.
will molt off. weird grooming
and ‘talons’. skin off your soles
treatments, in And if you can look past
and heels about
once a week. which your feet some of the crazier ingredients
are submerged (like snail slime), you’ll find real
Callus shaver in a tank of
Like a cheese knife for hundreds of tiny changes to your mug. Bonus:
Traditional pedicure
your feet and one of the hungry fish that You can scare the shit out of
Once you get over the awkwardness
most terrifying grooming nibble your
of having someone else work on your feet, your girlfriend when you open
tools ever invented. dead skin away.
you’ll be astounded at how clean they end up.
the bathroom door looking like
Increasingly unreasonable
Hannibal Lecter. – GM
I’m at
11 000 LOUIS
XIV PHARRELL
ZAYN
MALIK
NOTABLE consecutive
good-hair days
SELF-LOVER and counting.
ILLUSTRATION: DANIEL WOODGER
IN THE You don’t look

JON
HALL BON JOVI 19 forever
without a little
OF VAIN Where do effort.
you think your
If I’d
prez got Believe it or
patented
it from? not, this is a
‘preeningly
dishevelled,’ I’d scratch ‘n’ sniff.
DAVID
BECKHAM be richer than Go on,
I already am. smell me.

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VA I N , F IT ALL-TIME VAINEST STATEMENTS WE KIND OF ENDORSE

OR GENE-
B LE S S E D? ‘One should either be a work of art,
Ƶ/%!*0%ü.!' +3* or wear a work of art’
+"0$!)+/02%*#(+.%+1/ – OSCAR WILDE
)!*3!'*+3
48% hubris 18% clothes
34% vanity
50% the
ab gene
HOW DO I KNOW I’VE GONE TOO FAR?

50% vanity
THE SIX-PACK DILEMMA
99% vanity
Genetic factors notwithstanding, those guys you see with six-packs probably
work out constantly, eat highly restrictive diets, and possibly take a ton of
supplements. There are quasi-surgical options that claim to give you a shortcut.
I fell for CoolSculpting, and after a few hours with my love handles sucked into
1% tha
a giant ice-cold vacuum cleaner, the only thing that changed was that my fat was
weird thing numb for a few days. What it taught me is that you need to decide what’s too hard
where no
amount o
(or literally impossible) to fix and then focus on what you can, and make that
shitty food amazing. For all the times I wish I had a six-pack or better arms, I get told I have
affects his
health
great skin or great hair. And you know what? That’s all the validation I need. – GM
to social media and the of their faces. Post less.

Yo u ’ r e l o o k i n g b e t t e r t h a n proliferation of photos And be in fewer pictures.
eve r. B ef o r e yo u h ea d o u t , online. Projecting that A trick to pulling this off
ke e p i n m i n d t h i s wi s d o m image over and over again without looking like you’re
– your beautiful face likes turning Hollywood on your
f r o m t h e st yl e g uy to socialise, so what! – has friends: take a minute to
an inescapable correlation get good at using a camera
There’s your vanity, and thinking I’m perfecting my with the perception phone. If you’re the best
then there’s what you’re eyebrows. And it’s never of vanity. So do yourself picture taker in the group,
really worried about: the been tougher for the a favour and control what you’ll find yourself behind
perception of your vanity. good-looking folks of the you can control. the camera more often –
It’s the difference between world to fight the stigma When you head out into out of the frame, vanity in
me having perfect that they’re obsessed with the world, try to stay off check, less about you than
eyebrows and my friends the way they look, thanks people’s feeds and out everyone else. – MAG

Discovered
V
at just 16,
Jasmine
Tookes has
quickly
catapulted
to modelling
stardom. The
26-year-old
has walked
countless
runways, lent
her looks to
a host of
prestigious
campaigns,
and even had
the honour of
wearing the
iconic Fantasy
Bra at the
2016 Victoria’s
Secret
Fashion Show.
We decided to
get to know
her better

COVER GIRL
DON’T LET
THAT STRUT
MISLEAD
YOU – SHE’S
AC T UA L LY
RATHER
RESERVED
That’s if she doesn’t
know you. Tookes has
previously admitted that
she’s usually quite shy
and quiet, until she starts
to feel comfortable in
your company – ‘then you
can’t shut me up,’ she told
Victoria’s Secret. Believe
it or not, she’s really just
your average girl in many
ways. ‘Caring’ and
‘loving’ are two words
she uses to describe
her personality, but
she admits to having
an excitable side,
too – something that
might explain her
nickname, Jazzy. >>
Bryce
Thompson
Dayle
Kavonic

COVER GIRL
THAT career, and if you’ve been

ATHLETIC eyeing her Instagram
PHYSIQUE account (if not, where
HASN’T JUST have you been?), you’ll
SERVED HER have caught glimpses
WELL IN of her with her mini-me
MODELLING... little sister, Chloe
Before Tookes started Danielle, who, though 19
dominating catwalks years her junior, almost
and Instagram feeds, certainly already has
she was a gifted young a bigger social media
sportswoman. Not only following than you.
did she exercise her
agility in the world
of gymnastics for more HER HARD
than a decade, but she WORK IS
was also the number one R E A L LY
fast-pitch softball pitcher PAY ING OFF
in her county for some Tookes’s success has been
time. In fact, as she told met with very real
Victoria’s Secret in a video rewards – the sort that
interview, she was forced take the form of seven-
to give up on softball in figure paychecks. Her
her teen years because work as a Victoria’s Secret
it was making her ‘too fit’ Angel, and a number of
for modelling. Who knew luxury cosmetics and
that was a thing? fragrance contracts,
landed her on the Forbes
2016 list of the World’s
SHE’S BIG Highest-paid Models,
O N FA M I LY making her one pretty
TIME powerful woman. >>
When asked by Victoria’s
Secret about the five
things she can’t live
without, ‘my family’
was her fi rst answer (the
others are ‘my friends,
my pup, my love and my
cellphone’). Her mom,
a fashion stylist, has had
a big impact on her

STYLING NICK NELSON. MAKEUP BRYAN ZARAGOZA AT SEE MANAGEMENT. HAIR DANIELLE PRIANO AT THE WALL GROUP. MODEL JASMINE TOOKES AT IMG
Go to GQ.co.za
for our Q&A
with Jasmine
SHE’S A
VICTIM OF
WANDERLUST
The sultry beauty might
have been born in the
sun-soaked holiday hot
spot of Huntington Beach,
California, but she’s
hooked to the travel side
of her job. Her favourite
destination on earth is
the tiny South Pacific
island of Bora Bora,
but she’s been snapped
everywhere from Ecuador
to Paris. The only part
of jet-setting she doesn’t
enjoy? Leaving loved
ones behind.

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REPORT
WE’RE e’re somewhere between Singapore and

Bangkok when the dancerobics starts. The
main theatre, packed across both floors,
ON A
begins gyrating with the force of what must
be a couple of hundred retirees, as they step
to the side-and-back and side-and-back.
Soon, they’ll converge on the all-you-can-eat
buffet or the 11.30am lunch sitting in the
main dining room. But for now, that’ll have
to wait. Under the direction of Katherine,
a South African 20-something who will later
BOAT*
attempt to sell us souvenir tiki cups at the
bar, they’ve transformed into a technicolour
blur of casual polo shirts.
We’re on the first day of our voyage aboard
Ovation of the Seas, a vast cruise ship en
route to Thailand. Over the next five nights
we’ll see a live stage performance, starring
a panel of six dancing motorised TV screens.
We’ll hear a recording of mum-friendly
Canadian crooner Michael Bublé
performing a cover of Nirvana’s grunge
classic ‘Smells like teen spirit’. We’ll learn
how to skydive. We’ll drink many different
*OKAY, SO IT’S
kinds of cocktails in exotic colours. We’ll
fail to ever truly grasp which direction is aft,
REALLY A SHIP. forward, port or starboard. And we’ll spend

more time than is probably healthy either
A SUPERCRUISER eating or thinking about eating, or thinking

about all the things we’ve just eaten.
IN FACT. A FLOATING We’ll also begin to wonder if, perhaps,
there’s such a thing as too much fun.
APARTMENT BLOCK If having no fewer than 86 separate daily
OF 18 STOREYS,
events, including an ab boot camp,
a mid-morning trivia session, karaoke,
AND OUR HOME

a free treatment for under-eye bags,
a napkin-folding workshop and a Vegas-
FOR FIVE DAYS style show called Live Love Legs presents an
array of ways to enjoy oneself or a creeping
OF FOOD, FUN, anxiety about never truly being able to do
them all. We decided to find out.
AND MORE FOOD. MS Ovation of the Seas is owned by
cruise company Royal Caribbean and is
SO MUCH FOOD the second-largest passenger ship in its fleet.
Construction started in September 2014
and was completed some 19 months later,
Words by Jake Millar at a cost of just over $1.3bn. It is, as you’d
expect, enormous. The ship has capacity
for 4 905 guests and 1 500 crew, weighs >>

168 666 tons, is 41m wide and 347m long. The first group are Singaporeans well into
The sense of its scale is difficult to convey. their twilight years, and who take many
Despite the fact we keep accidentally shots of one another with what appears to
calling this a ‘boat’ – something that clearly be professional-grade photographic
irks the staff, but which they pretend not to equipment. They’re also serious cruisers,
have heard – Royal Caribbean is not even with many having between five and 10 trips
satisfied calling it a ship. To them, Ovation under their belts. One group is made up of
of the Seas is a ‘supercruiser’. It has around a dozen women who are clearly not
18 decks, of which numbers six to 10 are here to fuck around. They board the ship
devoted to guest rooms. It has 18 different dressed in matching camo outfits, like
places to eat, including a Jamie’s Italian, some kind of elite cruising squad.
pizza bar and steakhouse. There’s a casino, The other passengers are Australians,
dodgem car track, video arcade, library, day who are outnumbered at least 20 to one.
spa and gym, two indoor and two outdoor The men all look like Harvey Weinstein,
pools, a rock-climbing wall, theatre, if the former Hollywood bigwig dressed
medical centre, glamour photography exclusively in short-sleeved gingham
studio, retail stores including Cartier, Kate shirts tucked into what we imagine were
Spade and Michael Kors, a bar staffed by sold as ‘dress shorts’. The women, all
a pair of robots, a kind of wave pool called named Deb, look to have enjoyed their Inside, it has a sort of Alice in Wonderland
the FlowRider where you can pretend-surf, time in the sun and are so short and quality, where everything seems shrunken
and a vertical wind turbine called the iFly, wide as to appear almost spherical. yet perfectly proportioned. It’s slightly
where you can pretend-skydive. Arriving onboard gives a strong idea of smaller than a typical hotel room, but still
Before we boarded at Singapore’s cruise what it must feel like to be famous. The crew very neat and comfortable.
terminal, the first thing we noticed were the are all warm greetings and big smiles, as When we arrive in our Stateroom, the
ship’s lifeboats. Perfectly framed by the they ask you to sign a lot of things and then TV is on and playing an indie guitar number
gangway, they’re bright yellow and as big beg to take a photo with you, as if you’re about washing your hands (‘Wash your
as buses. From the outside, Ovation of the Kendall Jenner at the Met Gala. Except if you hands, it’s the right thing to do/ It’s easier,
Seas looks more like an apartment building were famous, they probably wouldn’t later when you only have two’). Washing your
than anything that could possibly float on offer to sell these photos back to you for a hands, it’s regularly pointed out, is very
water. Yet it does, sitting like a glistening package costing more than $300 (R4 140). important. At every stairwell and at the
trophy of human engineering. Once we A man also squirts our hands with sanitiser. entrance to every bar and restaurant on the
passed through the terminal – a gigantic We’re staying in a Stateroom on deck ship is a stand that dispenses automated
hangar of a building – it became clear the seven, which sounds very exclusive, but doses of Purell, a hand sanitiser. Given the
passengers fall roughly into two categories. in fact all the rooms are called Staterooms. horror stories of entire ships’ populations
falling victim to bouts of debilitating illness,
the crew is enthusiastic about keeping up at
least the pretence of extreme germophobia.
The ‘Wash your hands’ song suggests doing
it ‘like, 50 times a day’.
Here to tend to our every need is Yunus,
a short, bespectacled man from Indonesia,
who oversees guest services in our section of
the ship. Yunus is extremely friendly and is
presumably responsible for surreptitiously
entering our room when we’re out and
making small but thoughtful adjustments.
Tidying things, depositing small bottles of
shampoo and conditioner or, on one
occasion, skilfully arranging a pair of towels
on the bed in the shape of a pig and
adorning it with our sunglasses.
On our first evening, we head to
a place called the North Star bar on
the top deck. This is the most impressive
space on the ship, overlooking the
main pool area, the sea of empty blue
deckchairs around it, as well as the
actual sea beyond that. Two Australian

REPORT
overlooked by Royal
Caribbean, which took home
$11.4bn in revenue last year.
The starkest difference
between cruise routes seems
to be the passengers’ dietary
preferences, which is fitting,
since so much about cruising
revolves around eating. The
colossal mindfuck of ordering
the right amount of food for
everyone is mostly done by
computer, with a bunch of
complex algorithms that
decide how much of each
thing they need for a
particular voyage. This
depends greatly on which
WE IMAGINED THE
looking cocktails on a tray. ‘It’s called countries they’re travelling between,
a Caribbean Sun,’ she announces, before as some places are larger consumers
CAPTAIN WOULD explaining that while drinks are included in

our Deluxe Beverage Package, the souvenir
of particular ingredients.
The main buffet area is called the
BE A TOM HANKS glasses they are served in are not. These, we

later find out, are available to purchase for
Windjammer Marketplace, and this is here
the serious eating happens. But before
TYPE, BUT HE AUS$5 (R52) each, or three for AUS$13

(R135). This sense of gratitude about being
passengers can pile their plates high at
stations serving curry or pasta or carved
LOOKS MORE offered things, immediately followed by

a suspicion of their true cost, is a sensation
meats or 40 varieties of freshly baked bread,
they are herded through a series of
LIKE A SKINNY that will last the duration of our voyage. washbasins. This ritual does have a certain
jailhouse feel to it, but it’s reassuring to
CHRISTOPHER see people forced to comply with basic
standards of personal hygiene when faced
WALKEN. HE’S with the potential to spread illness through
the ship with wildfire proportions.
DANISH, AND We don’t actually eat at the Windjammer
LIVES IN THE
because our Deluxe Beverage Package gives
us access to the ship’s fancier restaurants.
LANDLOCKED US
These include Jamie’s Italian, a steakhouse
called Chops Grille (where we witness
STATE OF ARIZONA
a man eat a T-bone the size of a tennis
racquet) and Wonderland, a Heston
Blumenthal-inspired affair of small but
visually impressive dishes.
women remain at the North Star bar epending on how many times you’ve seen The menu in Wonderland is a framed
every night of our cruise. 1997’s Titanic, it might be easy to imagine blank sheet of paper that must be painted
As well as a bar, the top deck is home that cruising is an exclusive affair, all formal with brushes dipped in water to make the
to the iFly, the FlowRider and an wear and hatboxes. But someone could get invisible text appear. The food is divided
observation pod attached to a giant onboard this ship for under AUS$800 into five categories – sun, ice, fire, sea and
mechanical arm that lifts it 92m above (R8 400) – a steal for a five-day holiday. earth; the latter of which is described as
sea level for a view of, well, the sea. This would entitle them to access most ‘dishes grounded in whimsy’. Our first
There’s also a running track, which areas, the main buffets and some drinks. course consists of small spoons containing
takes us 5min 34sec to walk around, and Anything beyond that is paid for with spheres described as ‘liquid Manzanilla
which at the front of the ship becomes a SeaPass – a kind of onboard credit card – olives’. The olives deliver an initial note of
a virtual wind tunnel, channelling and which is settled before disembarking. sweetness, followed by a sudden explosion
concentrating air flow with ferocious, We imagine it’s easy to go hard on those of intensely salty liquid. Other dishes
toupee-threatening velocity. souvenir cocktails when you don’t need include a miniature ice-cream cone stuffed
At the North Star bar, a waitress to face the bill until your holiday is over. with avocado and crab meat, and
approaches with a collection of exotic- And it’s difficult to imagine this fact was something called Buffalo chicken eggs, >>

which look a lot like regular boiled eggs, but
are served in a glass dome filled with smoke. THIS SENSE OF GRATITUDE ABOUT
There’s also a main dining room called
Grande, which has an old-world elegance. BEING OFFERED THINGS, IMMEDIATELY
Diners have a choice of a starter, main and
dessert, but these arrive with such lightning FOLLOWED BY A SUSPICION OF THEIR
speed it’s clear they’re not actually made to
order. We later tour the kitchen and discover
TRUE COST, IS A SENSATION THAT WILL
that dishes are prepared fresh, but then kept
warm under heating panels, so they can be
LAST THE DURATION OF OUR VOYAGE
served quickly.
We’re not invited to the Captain’s Table,
which is reserved for VVIP cruisers. Still, we
meet him anyway, on touring the bridge –
the ship’s cockpit. We imagined the captain
would be a Tom Hanks type, but he looks
more like a skinny Christopher Walken.
He’s Danish, called Flemming, and lives
in the landlocked US state of Arizona.
Flemming is best described as
unflappable and softly spoken, except for
the times when he makes announcements

REPORT
IN CRUISING, AS ven at the top management levels, working

on a cruise ship does not seem like an easy
water. Our group of five can’t do any of these
things. As with most sports, the iFly is a lot
IN LIFE, THERE IS A gig. The ship’s cruise director, Mike, looks

after all entertainment and works from
harder than it looks, and even staying level
takes serious concentration. One man enters
NAGGING WORRY 8.30am until midnight, seven days a week.

This colossal shift finishes with him
the tube and immediately begins spinning
wildly, his technique approximating that of
THAT YOU’RE recording The Morning Show With Mike &

Raphael, about which the less said the better,
a stray plastic bag on a windy day.
It’s at this point, between the dancerobics
MISSING OUT except that it involves him detailing the day’s

onboard activities while dressed in a tuxedo
and the pretend-skydiving, that cruising
presents some uncomfortable existential
and bow tie. He is Australian and works questions. Namely: are you doing enough?
16 weeks on, eight weeks off. Are you having enough fun? Are you eating
over the ship’s PA, during which he adopts A Filipino waiter called Noriel describes enough? Have you been surfing or roller-
a kind of game-show-host- meets-Wizard spending months at sea and returning to skating? Have you played trivia today? Are
of Oz tone – drawing out certain words to find he’d been away so long, his young you hungry? Would you like a massage or
comic effect. ‘Gooooood moooorning, ladies children had taken to calling him kuya, the a set of glamour portraits? Would you like
and gentlemen,’ he drawls, clearly enjoying word for an older brother instead of tatay, to go for a run or eat a three-course lunch
himself. Flemming won’t be pushed into or dad. But he loves his job. He collects at 11.30am? Do you want more empanadas?
describing what his captain’s quarters are magnets from every port to display all the Are you sure? Wine? Would you like to buy
like, except that he only has a ‘five-step places he might not otherwise have seen. a souvenir T-shirt or key ring or hat?
commute’ to work. We’re told there’s a zero-tolerance policy In cruising, as in life, there is a nagging
The bridge is a real Star Trek affair – a pair towards fraternisation between crew and worry that you’re missing out, not fulfilling
of high-back chairs behind a raised bank of guests, which seems redundant. In the your true potential. This sense is magnified
screens. Flemming explains the functions nicest possible way, there are no good- when we discover it’s possible to board this
of the many screens and dials, which display looking passengers. The staff, however, are ship for a 52-day cruise from Southampton
everything from incoming rainfall to the young, tanned and attractive. The skydiving in the UK to Beijing. This epic voyage stops
ship’s location. It’s a little disappointing to and surfing staff are particularly smoking by Barcelona, Rome, Dubai and Vietnam.
find there’s no ship’s wheel. Instead, it’s hot. And while they’re unlikely to shack up We can only imagine that once passengers
mostly on autopilot, except when departing with guests, you can’t help but imagine reach their final destination, they have to
or docking at port, when the ship is inter-crew shenanigans being a certainty. disembark with the assistance of a forklift.
controlled by a joystick so small it seems We’ve been given a AUS$130 (R1 560) Still, after five days aboard Ovation of the
like it must be an actual joke. It’s about the voucher for the Vitality Spa, which offers Seas, it becomes clear there are two kinds
size of a matchstick. everything from facials and pedicures to of people in the world. There are those who
By far the most interesting thing to come Botox and fillers. Most of the treatments are find cruising to be an affordable way to
from our conversation with Flemming is that out of our budget, so we opt for a 50-minute take the family on holiday. Who enjoy
Chinese actress Fan Bingbing is this ship’s Swedish massage. We also sign up for pub having access to the full buffet of life’s joys,
godmother. This is apparently a thing that trivia, during which dancerobics instructor- from dancing and conga lines to cocktails
ships have. Other Royal Caribbean celebrity turned-quiz master Katherine causes and actual buffets. Whose ideas of travel
godmothers include Whoopi Goldberg and a riot by announcing Marilyn Monroe’s real are synonymous not with luxury but
Gloria Estefan, who we learn is an avid name was Norma and not Norma Jeane. convenience. Who think that travel is better
cruiser and occasionally performs But the highlight of our time on board not when you’re exposed to foreign cultures,
impromptu singalongs in the bar. Though would have to be the iFly, which replicates but when you can simply navigate the globe,
given the sort of people we’ve seen at this the effect of skydiving. Our instructor is an taking your own familiar comforts with you.
ship’s bar, it’s difficult to imagine Estefan attractive Brazilian man who is extremely And then, of course, there are other people.
– who’s sold more than 100 million albums good at iFlying. He can perform tricks and Those who do not. Royal Caribbean offers a
worldwide – spending much time among stunts, looping upwards and plummeting number of cruise options aboard Ovation
them, without money changing hands. down towards the base, like a dolphin in of the Seas. royalcaribbean.com

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with what’s
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with all the
112
latest resort-
wear trends
for a classier
poolside
affair this
6 Scents
summer to consider
this summer
Words, Creative
Direction and
Styling by Jason
Alexander Basson
Photographs by
Glen Montgomery
at Supernova
Vertical
stripes
Chunky stripes evoke
a feeling of vintage
style. Mix faded
and more vibrant
options in shades
of a single tone.
Markham shirt
R340. Cotton On
shorts R329

Sporty,
but resorty
There’s a lot of hybridity going on in athletic
wear. We love the wider, boxier cut of these
Emporio Armani shorts, and you can wear
them on the court, head to the bar for
a drink afterward, swim and then quick dry.
Emporio Armani shirt

R2 695, shorts R2 850.
Zara shoes R799
Opposite page from left: Zandre wears

Woolworths shorts R250. Vogue eyewear
at Luxottica R1 590
Adeole wears Woolworths costume R429.
Tom Ford Eyewear at SDM Eyewear R7 500.
Pichulik neckpiece R1 320. Call It Spring
heels R899

Style

Trousers
are in
Pants certainly
dominated poolside
looks presented
for this season’s
resort-wear
collections.
A practical night-
and-day option is
lightweight and
cropped, like these
Gucci khakis with
koi embroidery.
Gucci trousers
R16 800
Opposite page:
Zandre wears
Gucci blazer R50 900.
Speedo R375

Style

Style
Graphic
squares
& stripes
You can’t start a sentence
about resort wear without
touching on nautical print
at least once. We’re a little
bored of the traditional
styles, but we love the
palette. So why not think
laterally and mix it up by
combining squares with
a more modern minimalist
take on nautical print
and colour.
From left: Mason wears

Ben Sherman shirt R1 399,
sweater R1 999. Imprint
shorts R1 400. Sebago
at Tread+Miller shoes R1 899
Adeole wears Woolworths
bikini top R199. Pringle of
Scotland shirt dress R1 950.
Fila sliders R349
Zandre wears Topman
shirt R649. Zara pants
R899. Arthur Jack at
Tread+Miller shoes R850.
Aldo bag R999. Woolworths
towels R199 each

Style
Crisp white with

woven accessories
Fresh, clean and creamy, this look screams seaside
decadence and is a timeless and practical staple for
hot weather. We like to break it up with a very fine
print detail and subtle grey gradients. The woven
shoes and straw hat make for a modern update
on the classics.
From left: Adeole wears Topshop pants R929. Call It Spring heels R799
Zandre wears Billabong shorts R799
Opposite page from left: Adeole wears Topshop dress R1 099. Pringle of Scotland hat R999. Emporio
Armani at Luxottica sunglasses POA. Pichulik bracelet R380, bag limited edition. Call It Spring heels R799
Mason wears Zara blazer R1 799, sweater R1 799. Pringle of Scotland shorts R1 100. Ray-Ban at Luxottica
sunglasses R2 190. Pichulik hat R750. Zara shoes R699

Style
Photographer’s Assistants Jigga and Jana Banana

Fashion Assistant Luke Ruiters Fashion Intern Robyn Fischhoff
Grooming, Hair and Makeup Toni Greenberg assited by Sam
Ryman Models Zandre at Kult Models, Mason at Fusion
Models and Adeole at Boss Models Location Hoërskool Jan
van Riebeeck
Water
colours
The combination
of blue and white is
just so idyllic and
fresh. For another
take on nautical,
why not go down
the abstract route
using blue paint-
stroke prints or
unconventional
graphic details
to create a more
progressive look.
Just keep it simple
and let the details
do the talking.
From left: Mason wears Calvin Klein shirt R1 299.

Ben Sherman pants R1 599. Markham hat R199
Zandre wears Ben Sherman shirt R1 349, shorts
R1 299. Markham hat R199

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Canali suit. Michael Kors

shirt. Thomas Mason pocket
square. Ermenegildo Zegna
Couture loafers
I vow to honour
and cherish
the reception
The post-ceremony
party can have dull
The new moments and chaotic

surprises, so it’s your
mission to be an active
attendee. That doesn’t
rules of (necessarily) mean

shotgunning with the
officiant. But it does
mean partaking – on
aisle style
Be the most stylish wedding guest
the dance floor and off.
Starring The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj

Words by Jim Moore, Benjy Hansen-Bundy
Photographs by Tom Schirmacher
W
hen you’re a wedding guest, your only job is to make
sure the celebration is lit. And there’s nothing better
than partying till breakfast time in a well-tailored suit.
Just don’t fall into the boring-tux trap. Seize the opportunity to go
bolder with your colours or the patterns on your tie. The rules are
looser than ever, and the new message is: take a risk.
Markham blazer R1 200,

trousers R499, loafers,
R699. Longines at
Swatch Group Heritage
1818 watch R23 000

I vow to rethink
‘black tie’
Everyone should look
their best at a formal
wedding. But too often
it’s a sea of sad, ill-
fitting tuxes – most
of them rented. So get
a bold-but-still-classic
rig like the ones here.
Then make the most of
your shirt and bow tie.
Neil Barrett suit. Bally H&M shirt R429.

shirt. Reiss bow tie. IWC Zara blazer R1 799,
watch. Tod’s shoes trousers R899. Ulysse
Nardin at Bellagio
Jewellers Marine Torpilleur
watch POA. Ben Sherman
shoes R1 899

Style ADVICE
Go big with
the bow
With an oversize bow
tie, you’re committing
to the black-tie look as
much as the betrothed
to each other. If you
forgot how to tie it
– floppy ties can be
tricky – get a refresher
course at GQ.co.za.
Tom Ford jacket,

shirt, and bow tie.
Cufflinks vintage
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Grooming
SCENTS
6 Scents to consider
this summer
You can’t expect to get away with wearing a cold-season scent on the beach or at a sunny brunch, just like
you wouldn’t do the same activities in your winter coats and boots. If you still don’t get how fragrance
etiquette works (yes, it’s a thing), we recommend one of these colognes to get you cool for the summer
Words by Bernd Fischer
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see these days). ATL E’s
LANTIIQUE escape: top citrus they always designer’s Nuit bergamot,
The newer, (100ml R1 480) notes are well work for every d’Issey collection. mandarin and
fresher version specifically blended with occasion. Top notes of lime pink pepper.
WAVE isn’t only designed ‘sea a heart of LA NUIT DE and coriander Fragrances with
aptly titled for amber’ note, lavender and L’HO
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a beach vacay developed by violet leaf, ending ÉLEECTRIQUE
E leather, followed better suited for
this season, French master with a woody (100ml R1 100) by a woody base, sun and sweat-
its woody aquatic perfumer spicy accord, does that yet will have you soaked summer
accord ensures Jacques the mix of again: it plays showcasing days. Yet in true
that you’ll not Cavallier, which call to with the your unique Armani fashion,
only look as will have you mind a holiday freshness of style through the woody base
good as you feel, standing out that includes the fougère your scent, keeps things
but you’ll smell from the rest plenty of exotic accord against just as Miyake classic, making it
even better. of the crowd locations. the more sensual intended. ideal for evening
100ml R790 this summer. 75ml R990 vanilla base. 125ml R1 175 use, too.
You’ve got the right seasonal fragrance, now don’t stuff it up — and we mean this in more ways
than one. Don’t be that person that everyone hates in the elevator. Especially in the summer
Here are some tips for
applying cologne in the
warmer months:
1. Yes, because you’ll be sweating
a lot more, your scent will fade
a little sooner. Does that mean
you need to spray twice the
amount first thing in the
morning? Absolutely not.
2. Apply first thing after you 3. Yes, spritz once onto each 4. Never spray directly on your 5. Don’t spritz in a cloud and
shower. Your pores are most wrist. No, do not rub them chest, clothes and neck. walk through it – it’s probably
open then and your cologne together. Instead, dab your Unless you want to drive wasteful and you risk
will sit longer. neck with your wrists. away everyone around you. damaging your clothes.

Grooming
SKINCARE
Move over, moisturiser:

it’s time for face oil
Words by Adam Hurly
A
as a sweaty man, nothing
gets my pores streaming
like the summer heat.
I sweat gallons in the sun, especially
if it’s humid. Much of that percolation
occurs above the shoulders. I’ve
got all kinds of techniques for
combatting the summer sweats,
but I recently realised one grooming
habit of mine was exacerbating the
problem: moisturiser.
Moisturising is, in my opinion, one
of two essential daily skincare steps
that every human should take (in
addition to cleansing; do them both
twice daily). Moisturiser hydrates
your cells, promotes healthy turnover,
and creates a barrier over your skin
to protect it from environmental wear
(and UV rays, if it’s packing SPF).
However, it’s that barrier of dense
cream that gives me extra (like, three
times as much) sweat in the summer.
If I don’t apply moisturiser and step
outside in 30-degree heat, I adjust
and only sweat from the heat itself.
If I do apply moisturiser, I could stand sweating, they let the pores breathe
over the front lawn and water it with more than a moisturiser might. GQ Recommends
my brow sweat. The one downside is that creams
So, I stopped using moisturiser have more corrective, nourishing
in the summer. But because it’s still benefits than oil. But, since you’re
imperative to hydrate and protect still using a dense moisturiser or
the cells, I have to replace it with night cream at bedtime, you’ll get
something else. those healing benefits while your
Enter face oils. They’re cells regenerate overnight. (That’s
lightweight, and a couple drops when it’s more imperative, anyway.)
will soak evenly and seamlessly People with dry skin are who
into the face, leaving no oily residue. will benefit most from using
They work as expert hydrators, face oils, and those individuals
penetrating all three layers of the might consider replacing their Susanne Clarins La Mer
skin like a serum, instead of just moisturisers permanently, not just Kaufmann Lotus Face The Renewal
sitting atop the first layer like in warm months. Oils will hydrate Face Oil Treatment Oil 30ml
Line F Oil 30ml R2 750
a moisturiser. They protect you from much deeper than any moisturiser,
30ml R986 R550
the elements (aside from UV rays), and will of course add oil to
since they’re lipophilic (meaning, the dry skin, which is incapable
they trap in moisture and block out of producing enough itself.
the bad stuff that ages you and clogs Th is should help minimise
pores). And, as a solution to the acne and scaly skin, too.

Grooming
HAIR
Get tank-
top ready
Because sleeveless
shouldn’t mean
careless
Words by Stephen J Praetorius
W
hen done right,
tank tops can be the
ultimate summer flex.
Just the right amount of casual for,
say, a beer garden or the drive
to and from the beach, they’re the
next best thing to going Bieber–
style perma-shirtless, covering
barely enough skin to be called
clothing while still allowing the
wearer to catch those few precious
extra rays of sun. But be warned:
Before you go ahead and forsake
2. 4.
TAME YOUR CHEST HAIR TEND TO THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD
all sleeves for the next two
months, certain steps must be While chest-hair spill-over depends on An unkempt neckline can make an
followed to guarantee you look the exact tank top, most styles have some otherwise impeccably groomed man look
your best – and we’re not talking sort of a scoop neck, meaning you’re all sorts of messy. That goes double when
about simply upping your rep going to show off a lot more chest than you’re wearing a tank top. Which is why,
count at the gym. Here, the five you’re used to. It’s important that you even if you’re between haircuts, you should
PHOTOGRAPH BY GETTY IMAGES/GALLO IMAGES/BAUER-GRIFFIN/CONTRIBUTOR
vital grooming moves you need make sure your fur sweater is under stop by your barber to clean up the
to complete before sporting control. Now, depending on your southernmost border of your ’do before
a tank top this summer. preferences, that could mean anything even thinking about going sleeveless.
from giving your chest a trim to Trust us on this one.
shaving the whole damn thing off.
1. 3. 5.
RID YOUR SHOULDERS OF STRAYS BEAT BACK THE BUSH IN YOUR PITS ANNIHILATE THE NECKBEARD
In a perfect world, hair would be Chances are you don’t pay much attention Honestly, this is just good life advice,
restricted to certain spots on our bodies. to your pit hair. Which is A-okay, since you regardless of what you’ve got draped
Unfortunately, we live in an imperfect usually hide that stuff under fabric. across your torso.
world, and for whatever reason single However, now that you’re planning on
hairs have a tendency to pop up in places wearing a tank, it’s time to rethink your
they’re not wanted. Like your shoulders. policy, because the last thing you want is
Which is a problem, since they’re about for those locks to take the spotlight. So grab
to see the light of day for the first time in some sort of grooming device – we prefer For more summer
a sharp pair of scissors – and trim the grooming tips
a while. So before you don your favourite
visit GQ.co.za
tank, take a tweezer and rid your upper weeds just enough so that they don’t poke
arm of each and every goddamn strand. out when your arms are at your sides.

IDENTIFY YOUR
STRENGTHS
Tom Rath’s bestseller
StrengthsFinder 2.0
(Gallup Press, R409)
features assessments
to determine your
strengths. Watch
your productivity
climb as you capitalise
on your assets.
TAKE A RISK EVERY DAY

Structure and routine are important,
but can get you stuck in a repetitive
rut. Risks such as talking to TRY SOME AROMATHERAPY
someone new, asserting yourself
A study conducted by Rutgers
in a meeting or trusting a new
confidant can help stimulate
University found those in
Tackling poor mental health is personal growth. Assign yourself a floral-scented room displayed
a serious, life-changing task. one manageable ‘risk’ a week and greater wellbeing than those
reward yourself upon its completion. in a room filled with classic
Sometimes the smallest changes fragrances, such as Chanel No 5
can reap rewards, so try absorbing or unscented air. So put in a call
to a florist, now.
a few of these wellbeing tips into TARGET YOUR TROUBLES
The IntelliCare Hub app and its
your daily routine
12 mini apps target symptoms
of depression and anxiety. UNSUBSCRIBE
DISCONNECT FROM Download the core app which FROM YOUR INBOX
YOUR NEWSFEED will recommend the best mini E-mails can be addictive.
A survey from the US National Institute of app based on your symptoms, Constantly checking
Health linked social media to depression and such as ‘Worry Knot’ (for worry your inbox at work is
unproductive and an
anxiety. If you can’t quite face culling your management) and ‘Thought
escape from proper work.
Facebook friends list and deleting Instagram Challenger’ (to reduce negative Plus, checking e-mails when you’re
from your phone, set aside a maximum of thought patterns). Download out of offi ce can increase anxiety.
30 minutes a day for checking your social IntelliCare Hub from Google Play. Read Unsubscribe: How To Kill Email
accounts. Less is more. Anxiety, Avoid Distractions And Get
Real Work Done by Jocelyn K Glei
(Jonathan Ball, R159) for tips on
how to manage your inbox.
BREATHE PROPERLY
The Breathe2Relax stress
management app walks users
through breathing exercises that
help stabilise mood, control anger
and manage anxiety. It specialises in teaching
‘diaphragmatic breathing’ to encourage
relaxation. Download Breathe2Relax from
Google Play or the App Store.
RECEIVE HUG IT OUT

WORDS BY ELEANOR HALLS
Paul Zak, a pioneer of

ONLINE THERAPY neuroeconomics, has found that
Lantern combines cognitive behavioural eight hugs per day can make you
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Writing down negative explained that hugging a romantic
professionals trained in CBT. Sign up for R700 to
emotions and anxieties can be partner can spike oxytocin levels
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incredibly cathartic. Either and decrease blood pressure,
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life, and receive tailored daily exercises, plus one- you or keep a wellbeing diary
on-one coaching when needed. golantern.com as an emotional outlet.

HEALTH Body
KEEP A RESCUE BOX

Make a box of reassuring personal items
that relate to positive memories – such as
photographs, music or an inspiring letter
from yourself – and turn to it during
moments of distress, or make a loved
one remember to give it to you.
DRINK BANANA TEA
Banana peel contains
ingredients, such as
amino acids and
vitamin B6 that BRUSH YOUR TEETH KEEP
increase serotonin and MINDFULLY MEDICATION
relieve stress. Swap As advised in Mindfulness:
morning coffee A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic IN SIGHT
(a depressant) for World by Danny Penman and Mark Williams When you’re feeling desolate,
banana tea to start the (Jonathan Ball, R275), spending time to focus medication can be forgotten,
day off positively. on a mundane activity allows you to appreciate or it can be tempting to discard
the moment and clear your head. Try spending it as pointless, persuading yourself you are beyond
two minutes brushing your teeth, concentrating help. Keep medication in an obvious place, such
on the movement of your hand and the as with your morning toiletries, to remind you of its
sensation in your mouth. benefits and the danger of sudden discontinuation.
QUIT COMPLAINING
Not only does it
make you unpleasant
to be around, but
entertaining negative
thoughts takes a big toll on your
happiness and affects how you DO WHAT MAKES YOU ANXIOUS
approach problems. Next time
Set yourself a challenging
you’re about to complain about
environment, keeping track of your
trivialities, think, is it worth it?
thoughts, and you’ll find it easier
Then swap it for a positive or
to rationalise your anxiety.
amusing comment.
EAT AN OILY FISH A DAY

Not only do omega-3 fatty acids help
prevent cognitive decline, they boost
serotonin levels via their content of
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Low levels
of DHA are linked to depression, bipolar
disorder, schizophrenia, memory loss
BORROW A DOG
and Alzheimer’s, so include oily fish
In a new study, dog-owners
and Krill oil supplements in your diet
were found to be more
three times a week.
satisfied with life than
non-pet owners, and that
oxytocin (the cuddle
hormone) was released by
both human and dog when
ADD A 30-SECOND SPRINT KEEP A CRISIS CALENDAR
they interacted. If you can’t
TO YOUR WORKOUT Charting lows and highs can help
look after an animal full-time,
This doubles your endorphins and you spot behavioural patterns.
offer to walk a friend’s dogs
A meltdown might be linked to a certain
increases levels of noradrenaline, when you need some puppy
social activity, work duty or a specific day
boosting your mood for up to 90 minutes love – its a win-win situation.
of the week. Awareness of these particular
after exercise, say sports psychologists patterns will help you prepare accordingly,
at the University of Essex. so pin a calendar somewhere obvious, jot
down your schedule, then mark your highs
and lows with two separate colours.
ZEN YOUR HOME

A tidy home creates a tidy
BOOST YOUR INSTRUMENTAL HEALTH mind, so try adding ‘mindful’
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focuses solely on the instrumental. Download Choose a visually soothing
from Google Play or the App Store to design like a seascape to sit
receive one hour of complimentary music above your bed or desk.
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