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The style icons who showed us how to wear black tie
From Marlon Brando to Ryan Gosling, here's our list of the top male style icons who showed us how to wear black tie. Take notes.

Zak Maoui is the Gentleman’s Journal Style Director, having joined the publication in early 2024, prior to which he had worked at British GQ as Style Editor. He has written for publications such as the Guardian, the Independent, the Telegraph, Hero, Seventh Man, Mr Porter and Wonderland, covering fashion, grooming, wellness, and celebrity interviews, and now oversees the magazine’s fashion content, including styling the shoots. He has interviewed a roster of names, including designers such as Kris Van Assche, Kim Jones, Martine Rose and Charles Jeffrey and talent such as Troye Sivan, John Legend, Anthony Joshua, Jake Gyllenhaal, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chris Hemsworth. Zak can be reached at zak@thegentlemansjournal.com and his social media handle is @zakmaoui
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From Marlon Brando to Ryan Gosling, here's our list of the top male style icons who showed us how to wear black tie. Take notes.

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