Men’s Fashion Trends: 11 Wild Menswear Moves to Make in 2020 – GQ

Welcome to the mother-forking future, people. Is it just us, or does 2020 not even sound like a real year? If things break just right, this will be the decade that we solve the climate crisis, end world hunger, close the wealth gap, and eradicate bad fits once and for all. To help you get a jumpstart on making that last goal a reality, we’ve outlined 11 major men’s fashion trends—a few returning favorites, a few calculated risks, and a few complete galaxy-brain swerves—that will define menswear in the early stages of the year ahead. If we all work together and stand firm in the face of adversity, we can and we will overcome swaglessness forever. Godspeed and good luck.

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A Little Side Action

The cure for your Chelsea fatigue is simpler than you’d think: a slightly higher rise and a zipper down the side is all it takes to make your trustiest boots feel brand new.

Puffed-Up Puffers

Bone-chilling temps are no excuse for a middling fit—especially not when there’s a glut of seriously warm, seriously wavy puffers at your fingertips right now.

Free the Collar

Your steady diet of open-necked camp shirts over the last few years has all led to this: the return of strong collars jutting out over jacket lapels, Saturday Night Fever-style.

All Knotted Up

The flip side of that last entry? After years of us pushing you to wear tees, turtlenecks, and camp collars with your suits (all of which are still great looks!), ties have made a triumphant return to relevancy. And we’re not talking the skinny, slinky ties of early-aughts rock videos; we mean big, brash, thick-knotted beauts like these.

A Compact SUV for Your Feet

When you’re sick to death of plodding around in your anvil-esque winter boots, these camping slip-ons will be the toasty, featherlight reprieve your weary dogs deserve.

The Higher the Waist, the Closer to Style God

It’s not enough for your pants just to be enormous anymore. Thanks to navel-veiling icons like Harry Styles, they also need to sit as high on—or above—your waist as possible.

Advanced Jewelry

That plain silver signet ring and thin gold chain were great for getting yourself acclimatized to wearing some flash, but now it’s time to shift into turbo. Whether that means an always-cool dangly earring, an A$AP Rocky-approved pearl necklace, or a punkish gold bracelet from Tiffany’s new men’s line (also works great as an anklet!) is entirely up to you.

Layer Your Leather

It’s always leather weather when you’ve got a smooth cowhide shirt on hand to shake up your fits with just the right amount of sophisticated sleaze.

More Chune for Your Headtop

Maybe it’s just because the hat god Melo is back in the league, but we’re really feeling all manner of headgear beyond your basic ballcaps and beanies.

Picks of the Patch

In case our anoinment of quilting visionary Emily Bode as GQ’s first-ever Breakthrough Designer of the Year didn’t hammer this home plainly enough, allow us to spell it out for you: patchwork deserves a spot (or several) in your closet—the wilder, the better.

Hairy Toes

Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: Hobbit feet, kinda in this year! Fuzzy, furry textures are sprouting up on all manner of footwear right now, ideal for liberating Middle-Earth or at least turning a few heads at a dinner party.

Looking for more men’s fashion trends? Head this way. Or, if you’re looking to stock up on the basics first, check out GQ’s list of 50 wardrobe staples every guy should own.

The 50 Wardrobe Essentials Every Guy Should Own in 2020

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