Haute Concept

Style isn’t necessarily expensive clothing.  Its something more that is distinct and different for each person who has it.  High priced labels and luxury products does not instantly make one stylish.  In the words of Edna Woolman Chase, “Fashion can be bought.  Style one must possess.”

To that end GQ.com gives us their list of “The 50 Most Stylish Men of the Past 50 Years“.  This list perfectly sums that statement up.  Just as money doesn’t buy class, it can’t buy style either.

Each of these men are unique and come from different walks of life.   But they all have a defined sense of style that they project to the world.  We can all learn some pointers from this group of men.

Full list after the jump.

1. Marcello Mastroianni
2. Steve McQueen
3. David Bailey
4. George Best
5. David Bowie
6. Bob Dylan
7. Basquiat
8. Elvis Presley
9. George Clooney
10. Bryan Ferry
11. Richard Avedon
12. Beck
13. Muhammad Ali
14. Tom Brady
15. Björn Borg
16. Malcolm X
17. Yves Saint-Laurent
18. Paul Newman
19. Jack Kerouac
20. Johnny Depp
21. Samuel Beckett
22. David Hockney
23. Gianni Agnelli
24. Miles Davis
25. Kurt Cobain
26. Hubert de Givenchy
27. Jean-Paul Belmondo
28. Peter O’Toole
29. Arnold Palmer
30. The Kennedy Brothers
31. Sean Connery
32. Sam Shepard
33. Woody Allen
34. Willem de Kooning
35. Al Pacino
36. Marlon Brando
37. Andre 3000
38. Warren Beatty
39. The Ramones
40. Michael Jordan
41. Robert Redford
42. Jack Nicholson
43. Mick and Keith (of the Stones)
44. Jean-Claude Killy
45. François Truffaut
46. Michael Caine
47. Michael Caine
48. Pete Doherty
49. Hedi Slimane
50. Cary Grant

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