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Here Comes a Swarm of Fall's Buzziest Designer Gear

Glittery insectoid brooches! Shaggy leopard shorts! Intrepid leather trousers! All the flexes you need to make this your swaggiest autumn yet.
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PRECIOUS PESTS: There’s a buzzy new wave infesting jewelry cases across the country: bug-shaped brooches, an eccentric throwback to the Victorian era’s fascination with the natural world. If you’ve got a blazer or trench in need of a little extra oomph, a crystal-studded bee or ruby-riddled ladybug might be just the thing. Brooches: 1. Daniela Villegas, $12,000. 2. Cicada, $30,000. 3. Modern Moghul, $4,000. 4–5. Chopard, $71,500–$83,200. 6–11. Kenneth Jay Lane, $105–$400. 12. Van Cleef & Arpels, $382,000. 13–15. Goldbug Collection, $45–$65. 16. Bvlgari, $135,000. 17–18. Tiffany & Co., prices upon request. 19. Boucheron, $33,900. 20. Guita M., $2,800. Jacket and shirt by Louis Vuitton Men’s. Sunglasses, model's own by Burberry.Bowen Fernie

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Today’s hype-fueled fashion landscape yields a mountain of fresh menswear every month. Which is why every issue of GQ now includes The Drops, a guide to the best of the best new gear as it hits stores. This month, we've got a clutch of fresh flannel tailoring, natty grandpa knits, and heirloom-grade jewelry from age-old houses and on-the-rise labels alike.

PASTORAL POLO

Much like her designer mother, Rosetta, 21-year-old Violet Getty has a knack for crafting polished, very wearable staples—like this soft and shapely sweater polo from her sophomore collection ($680).

POWDER-READY PARKA

Leave it to ERL to dream up a puffer jacket so raucous and radical it looks straight out of a mid-aughts video snowboarding game ($1,140).

SOOTHING SWEATER

Nobody does the essentials better than Prada. Case in point: this über-versatile knit, crafted from buttery yellow wool, with a V-neck perfectly calibrated for layering (price upon request).

BURLY BOOTS

Everything about these mossy, fuzzy Dior Men chukkas is dialed up to 11 ($1,450).

TIE-DYE TIE

Thanks to The Elder Statesman’s vibey cashmere version, Deadheads and surfer types can now get in on the neckwear renaissance too (price upon request).

TANTALIZING TRACKIES

The full-length side zippers on these splashy Acne Studios leather trousers allow you to control precisely how much leg you show on the dance floor at any given moment ($1,900).

COCKPIT COAT

You might not have a pilot’s license, but this epic Dries Van Noten flight jacket will still send your fits soaring ($1,480).

SCULPTURAL SCENT

Suffused with notes of bergamot and violet, Bottega Veneta’s new fragrance Come With Me will smell fantastic on your skin—and its avant-garde bottle will look even better on your bathroom shelf ($450).

CLASSY CARRYALL

Jacquemus’s soft, curvaceous Turismo bag is the kind of duffel that makes you want to plan a getaway just to show it off ($1,485).

FAR-OUT FOOTWEAR

With their chaotic laces and hulking tire-tread outsoles, these Moncler x Rick Owens runners are expressly designed to help you turn heads on the sidewalk and outrun a zombie apocalypse ($855).

BUCKAROO BUTTON-UP

In Lemaire designer Christophe Lemaire’s tactful hands, a cowboyish embroidered collar suddenly feels sophisticated, graceful, and oh so Parisian ($1,395).

BALANCED BOMBER

Everything about this jacket is pure Hermès: clean and crisp and functional, with an air of time-honored luxury ($5,600).

SPORT-MODE SHADES

Poppy Lissiman’s sleek gold wraparounds will keep your eyes on the prize—even if you’re just popping around the corner to grab a sandwich from the bodega ($85).

PATRIOTIC PULLOVER

You can’t get any more all-American than a Ralph Lauren Vintage rugby shirt—especially one robustly striped in red, white, and blue ($350).

CHISELED CHAIN

Stop fumbling around with those throwaway Bics and fire up this far more distinguished S.T. Dupont lighter necklace instead ($395).

TWILIGHT TIMEPIECE

With its fully luminescent dial, this regal A. Lange & Söhne tourbillon somehow looks even more striking in the dark ($665,556).

LEVELED-UP LAYER

The cult label Vowels specializes in Japanese-made, just-left-of-center staples like this artful collared cardigan ($695).

Y2K KICKS

Puma’s Mostro sneaker looks like a freaky vision from the future, but the lean, mean silhouette is actually celebrating its 25th anniversary this year ($130).

EGGSHELL ENSEMBLE

This creamy, razor-sharp Burberry suit is exactly the kind of thing Bryan Ferry would’ve slunk around the stage in during Roxy Music’s ’70s heyday (jacket, $2,990, pants, $1,350).

BONKERS BOTTOMS

The leopard print, the furry texture, the jumbo-size silhouette—these Loewe shorts are for the wild at heart ($1,850).

BODACIOUS BAG

When your crossbody is as beautifully made as this studded suede Valentino joint, nobody’ll ever accuse you of looking like a dad at Disney ever again ($1,790).

JUICY JEWELRY

Inspired by an iconic Elsa Peretti design, this showstopping, 18-karat gold Tiffany & Co. ring is the very definition of a statement piece ($4,500).

VITAL VEST

Even when it’s covered in rhinestones, a garment tailored by Emporio Armani remains more about understated polish than gaudy flash ($745).

Yang-Yi Goh is GQ's Style Editor.

A version of this story originally appeared in the November 2024 issue of GQ with the title “Here Comes a Swarm of Fall’s Buzziest Designer Gear”

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Photographs by Bowen Fernie
Styled by Haley Gilbreath