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Off the ice and into the season’s best suits

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Designing the Car of the Future

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Hayden Christensen

Cover photo: Matthew Brookes for Yves Saint Laurent Beaute; Hayden Christensen image courtesy RW&CO.

Last time most of us laid eyes on Hayden Christensen, he’d morphed from man into machine as everyone’s favourite heavybreathing über-villain in Star Wars: Episode III. The actor has since retired his light sabre and taken a break from acting, spending time on his farm in Ontario. He recently rolled up his sleeves to collaborate on an exclusive collection of rustic-inspired menswear for Canadian retailer RW&CO., which hits stores in November.

Here, he talks farm life, design principles and his style icons.

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What was your inspiration for the collection?

HC: I spend a lot of time at my farm in Ontario. The warm/vintage cozy vibe of being there in the Canadian winter was a real point of inspiration. I tried to adhere to the ten principles of ‘good design’ by Dieter Rams, focusing on making a product useful, long lasting and thorough down to the last detail, to name a few.

What surprised you the most about the fashion design process?

HC: What surprised me the most were all of the options. From selecting fabrics and colours, to going through books and books of button and zipper options, it was never ending.

Do you have any style icons?

HC: Growing up, my biggest style icon was probably my older brother.

He's eight years older than me and as a kid, I thought he was the coolest. Then, people like Kurt Cobain, Neil Young and even Pierre Trudeau formed my idea of what I thought was cool.

MOTORTREND

High style meets high tech as fashion design kings Thom Browne and Zac Posen put their sartorial stamp on one-of-a-kind editions of the 2014 Infiniti Q50. The luxury sedans, priced at a cool $75,000 US each, will be available December 12 on Gilt.com, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting St. Jude’s Research Hospital. Browne’s custom Infiniti Q50 includes a flashy chrome exterior, seats decked out in the designer’s signature red, white and blue stripes and a luggage set hidden in the trunk, while Posen’s features an ombré-effect exterior and a rich red interior in velvet and leather finishes. Don’t have the cash for one of these designer rides? Browne and Posen also created limited edition accessories, including a silver personal card case and smartphone clutch, inspired by their respective Q50 designs available on Gilt.com.

by the NUMBERS The Nike Free Hyperfeel Running Shoe

If you thought you couldn’t get any closer to the ground without going barefoot, Nike has upped the ante with a shoe that fits like a sock but offers optimal support. Here, we break down the technology:

6.5oz.— weight of one Nike Free Hyperfeel

shoe, which features an ultra-thin waffle outsole which uses less rubber than traditional kicks

8 YEARS

Nike spent studying the biomechanics of shoeless running, which allowed its designers to build the ultimate flexible, lightweight shoe

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PIECES IN A TYPICAL NIKE RUNNING SHOE

Number of pieces in the Nike Free Hyperfeel.

An insole made of responsive foam Lunarlon replaces the traditional midsole and sock liner

90%

LESS WASTE IS PRODUCED

thanks to the elastic Flyknit upper, a technology inspired by runners who craved a shoe with the fit of a sock

for men EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kristen Vinakmens ART DIRECTOR Lindsey Mrav STYLE EDITOR Jillian Vieira CONTRIBUTORS Mark Anderson, Kayan Choi, Elyse Goody, Miguel Jacob, Vanessa Jarman, Rudy Lee, Daniel Onori, Ryan Porter, Jay Somerset, Wing Sze Tang, Paul Weeks EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COSMETICS & BEAUTY GROUP, PUBLISHER, COSMETICS MAGAZINE James R. Hicks DIRECTOR OF SALES Jessica Scott SALES MANAGER Donna Howlett Made For Men is published by Rogers Media, copyright 2013.

Printed in Canada. Published as a supplement in the following Rogers Media brands: Canadian Business, Cosmetics, FLARE, Maclean’s, MoneySense, PROFIT and Sportsnet magazines.

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We called up the hockey champ, style savant (he famously interned at Vogue) and newly appointed Kiehl’s ambassador for his grooming must-haves SEAN AVERY HAS EARNED SUCH A REP FOR HIS GROOMING KNOW-HOW, he now fields questions from his buddies—and even strangers on the street.

“Early on, guys would tease me about the magnitude of my shaving kit, but a day wouldn’t go by without someone asking to borrow something,” recalls Avery, 33.

He began dabbling in serious skincare four years ago, when a woman gave him a sample of Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair, a serum he tried under his eyes, and then eventually rubbed all over his face. These days, he cites Kiehl’s Ultimate Man Body Scrub Soap and Facial Fuel SPF 15 as essentials. “I was never good at putting sunscreen on my face, but Facial Fuel has it, so it’s definitely easier,” he says. For guys skeptical about product, his approach is: don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. His latest discovery? Rose oil. “It’s my secret weapon now,” says Avery, who applies it pre-moisturizer. “I went to Morocco, tried it and really liked it.”

28%

of Canadian men moisturize their face at least once a day. 38% of guys never bother at all.

(According to a Nivea Skin-dex survey.)

playing defence How to prep your skin for the big chill SHIELD

SPLASH

SLOUGH SWIPE

WHEN IT COMES TO SKIN, GUYS HAVE A NATURAL ADVANTAGE: With your heftier collagen stores, wrinkles take longer to show up than they do in women, and you’re less prone to dryness. “A man’s skin could look up to 10 years younger than a woman’s at the same age,” says Dr. Harald Büttner, global skincare expert at the Beiersdorf Skin Research Centre in Germany.

That is, unless you slack off and squander your advantage. Here are the basics your face needs for peak performance throughout Canada’s deep freeze: SPLASH Switch your spartan bar soap for a mild cleanser that won’t strip skin’s moisture. Or upgrade to the Clarisonic gizmo to buzz away grime gently yet thoroughly.

Try: Clarisonic Aria Black, $225.

SLOUGH You don’t need to scrub as often as you would in sweaty summer, but do it at least once weekly, or more if you’re oily. Exfoliating keeps your surface smooth for tugfree razoring. Try: SkinCeuticals Micro-Exfoliating Scrub, $35.

SHIELD Sun causes skin havoc year-round. “Damage from UV can add years to a man’s skin,” warns Büttner. Try: Jack Black Double-Duty Face Moisturizer SPF 20, $30.

SLATHER

SLATHER Bitter cold and blasting furnaces parch skin. Upgrade to creams in a jar, which are richer than liquids. Try: Nivea Men Originals All-In-One Intensive Moisture Cream, $9.

SWIPE Chap-proof your lips with an invisible, scent-less balm.

Try: Live Clean Moisturizing Lip Balm, $4.

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MUSTACHE101

How to care for, trim and groom your Movember statement “HISTORICALLY, THE MUSTACHE HAS BEEN SUSPECT. IT EVOKED the fop, the foreigner and the fiend,” says Dove Men+Care grooming expert Allan Peterkin, author of One Thousand Mustaches: A Cultural History of the Mo. Then, in the ’70s, it earned a sketchy swinger vibe. But since the ’90s, facial hair has seen a revival, and charitable causes like Movember have ramped up the “playful rebellion,” Peterkin adds. Ready to get growing?

Consider the rest of your face. If you have a bigger nose, balance it with a fuller mustache, Peterkin advises. For a long face, avoid a horseshoe shape, which pulls down features; instead, try comboing your ’stache with a full beard. With an angular or square face, almost any look will suit.

Whip it into shape. Grab a mustache comb and blunt-tip scissors. Brush downwards and trim where hairs go over the edge. It’s best to cut when dry, Peterkin advises. Use a razor to define the perimeter. For complex designs (such as the upward-flicking “Dali”), secure with mustache wax.

After your monthly haircut, ask your barber for a ’stache tidy-up.

Keep it clean and lubed. Washing out food dregs is a given, but don’t forget to condition and moisturize—this keeps coarse hairs soft and your skin beneath less itchy.

56%

of Canadian men admit they “style” hair on at least one body part, a Gillette survey says, be it shaving their chest, back—or something more X-rated.

up in the air We sniffed out the top scents of the season, no matter what your fragrance personality:

THE FREE SPIRIT: Inspired by the call of the Brittany coast, Hermès Hermessence Épice Marine, $250, layers notes of bergamot, toasted cumin (a nod to centuries-past seafaring on the Spice Route), marine accents and smoky whiskey.

THE TREND HUNTER: Not your average, smell-alike scent, Jay Z Gold, $65, is a white fougère, mixing top notes of grapefruit and ginger, a heart of pink pepper, lavender and violet leaf, plus a dry-down of myrrh, teak wood and bourbon vanilla.

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TOOLKIT PICKS: Jack Black Double Edge Safety Razor, $145. Biotherm Homme 2-in-1 Shaver, $25. Dove Men+Care Facial Cleansing, $9. L’Oréal Men Expert Hydra Energetic 3-Day Beard Moisturizer, $16.

THE SUIT & TIE GUY: For those with a nose for detail, Gucci Made to Measure, $80, features fabric-like textures: silky French lavender, plush notes of nutmeg and plum, and a leathery, patchouli-rich dry-down.

THE HEARTBREAKER:

Paco Rabanne 1 Million Intense, $94, hits the sultry, spicy and sweet spots, with a brew of blood mandarin, hot black pepper, rose absolute, cinnamon, sandalwood and pepperwood.

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Step up your shaving routine with these high-tech gadgets MOTORING UP: Made with “stubble sensor technology,” the Panasonic Triple Blade Linear Milano Shaver, $170, can tell when it hits a patch of coarser hair and adjusts the shaving power, so you maintain the same high speed and avert tugging.

COOL TO THE TOUCH: Braun CoolTec, $150, is a dry shaver that draws on out-of-this-world technology—using material borrowed from spacecraft construction. The head features an aluminum cooling bar that transfers heat away from skin, lessening the burn, itchiness and irritation of shaving.

FLEX TIME: Working both wet and dry, Remington WetTech Rotary Shaver, $75, gets up close and personal with a trio of heads that flex 33 percent more, adapting to your chin and jawline. The dualtrack heads slice away both long hairs and stubble at once.

BEAM OF LIGHT: The first laser-guided beard trimmer, Philips StyleXpert, $100, projects a red line to show where hairs will be cut. To cultivate understated stubble or lusher scruff, choose and then lock in your trim length (17 settings, from 0.4 to 7 mm).

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TURBOCHARGED Ralph Lauren’s car collection inspires a racy new scent

IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL, A BLAZING RED Ferrari Testarossa barreling down the highway, leaving a trail of dust in its wake. This unmistakable power and speed lends itself to Ralph Lauren’s new men’s fragrance, Polo Red, $70. Inspired by Lauren’s car collection, the scent is based on natural, bold red elements. “The fragrance’s key ingredients make it a red juice; fresh, red grapefruit, spicy, red saffron and deep, red wood,” says perfumer Olivier Gillotin. Fronting the scent is Nacho Figueras, the famed Argentinian polo player who has modelled in Lauren’s campaigns for 13 years. Given Figueras’ equestrian roots, it’s hard not to feel the partnership was a fateful alignment. “I was eight or nine when someone gave me my first Polo fragrance,” he reveals. Figueras notes the parallels between the automotive inspiration and his own polo career. “The speed, the adrenaline, the fact that one mistake can cost you,” he says. “That danger is always there.” – Jillian Vieira

Date night isn’t prime time for earnest grooming:

45%

of Canadian guys polled by Dove claim they put the most effort into their appearance when preparing for a job interview.

crowning achievement How to get messy yet dressy hair

Andrew Garfield and Eddie Redmayne may look like they tumbled out of bed and onto the red carpet, but creating their textured, tousled look isn’t so laissez-faire. To perfect it, take notes from Redken stylist Catherine Allard from Montreal’s Salon Odyssée:

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Ask for a cut that leaves about two inches of length on top, “disconnected” from the shorter sides. Request scissoring for lots of texture (the lingo: you want to create “negative space,” not layers).

2

The style is easiest on hair with some wave and movement.

After blow-drying, opt for a cream wax, which leaves a more natural finish than a paste. With a dollop between the size of a nickel and quarter, apply more on the roots, and less on the ends.

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If your hair is straight, twist the ends with your fingers as you apply the cream wax to create some movement.

Apply a shine-free finishing hairspray to lock in the look.

TOOLKIT PICKS: Redken High Up Spiking Cream Wax, $14. Wella Professionals Rugged Fix Matte Molding Creme, $17.

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Suddenly, people will start pulling up next to you, asking for mustard.

AHEAD OF THE CURVE

Far from our sci-fi fantasies of nuclear-powered, time-travelling super machines, the cars of the future boast smarter—and cleaner—technology that’s built for the real world BY MARK ANDERSON

Design and Style If you’re expecting anything radical in terms of design, you’ll likely be disappointed, says Gary S. Vasilash, editor-in-chief of Michigan-based Automotive Design & Production magazine. “If you look in a parking lot five years from now, you’ll be struck by how similar the cars are visually to the cars of today.” In part, Vasilash says, that’s because the last couple of years have already seen some design revolution. Hyundai and its “Fluidic Sculpture” philosophy upped the ante by eliminating hard edges, and now all manufacturers—including staid old Toyota,

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which vowed to become more creative and Apple-like in its approach to design—are following suit with their own sleek and curvy models. Vasilash says over the next five years we'll likely see refinements to the current design cycle, rather than revolutionary new designs. So what will the car of the future look like? Well, kind of like a Hyundai Sonata. Or an iPhone.

The Electric Wave If there is to be a short-term revolution, then, perhaps it lies not in design but in alternative fuel vehicle technology: namely the rise of electric and hybrid cars. As of March 2013, the Toyota Hybrid had already sold 5 million global units, and the likes of Ford, Chevrolet and Honda have all developed their own hybrids. Vasilash predicts that high gas prices and the Obama administration’s demand for manufacturers to raise the average fuel efficiency of new cars to 54.5 mpg (4.32 litres per 100 kilometres) by 2025, means that we’re going to see more hybrids going forward.

As for pure electric vehicles (EV), the market is segmenting into tiny city cars like the Fiat 500e, and high-end EV supercars like the Tesla Model S, which can do 426 km on a single charge and was named the 2013 Motor Trend Car of the Year.

Interestingly enough, because electric cars are no longer shackled to internal combustion engines or transmission tunnels, they don’t have to be configured like traditional cars either: the Tesla has a second trunk under the hood, and the designer of the Fiat 500e says he was inspired by watch and furniture designs. BMW is also getting into the EV game

Photo: Universal Pictures/Photofest

W

hatever happened to the promise of Jetsonslike, gravity-defying bubble cars powered by exotic substances such as hydrogen fuel or, who knows, antimatter? Innovators have been predicting this sort of thing for almost a century, the latest example being Elon Musk’s Hyperloop system, whereby cars travel through tubes on cushions of air at speeds of more than 965 km/h. And yet we continue to rely on what is basically 19th century technology—four wheels and an internal combustion engine—to get around.

Surely though, with the invention and popularization of electric vehicles and hybrids, the exploding use of cameras, sensors and computer-assisted driving technologies, and the push toward aerodynamic and fuel-efficient designs, we’re finally on the cusp of real change. So what exactly will we be driving five to 10 years from now? Look for two main trends: cars that use less gas, and cars that drive (and park) themselves.

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For these high-tech cars, the future is now

with its i3 model: an ultra-light, carbon-fibre city car that can travel 130 to 160 km on a single charge, and is being touted as the next wave in green cars.

Sipping, not Guzzling

HYUNDAI SONATA: The Sonata set the bar for midsized sedans with its so-called fluidic sculpture body design, as well as its ergonomic interior where everything—dials, displays, controls and gear shifters—are oriented for optimal use and effect.

TESLA MODEL S: Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk says the philosophy behind the Model S was to show that an electric car can be better than any gasoline car. With true supercar acceleration and handling, more cargo space than comparable sedans and an impressive range of 426 km between charges, the Tesla S redefined what we thought we knew about electric cars—and won Motor Trend’s 2013 Car of the Year in the process.

MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER: One of the most technologically advanced cars on the road in terms of electronics, the Outlander uses radar to facilitate adaptive cruise control and forward collision mitigation (warns the driver of collision risk with visual and audible signals, then applies the brakes automatically if deemed necessary), and cameras that deliver lane departure warnings if you start to drift toward the shoulder.

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Even though there will be more EVs and hybrids on the road in a decade, most of us will continue to drive gas-powered vehicles well into the 2030s, says Vasilash.

Gas-powered cars of the future, though, will be much more fuel efficient than they are today, thanks to a range of innovative technologies, including displacement on demand (DOD) and so-called start/stop systems.

Displacement on demand is already available in some larger cars, including any Chrysler with a HEMI engine, and refers to technology that shuts four of the eight cylinders down when the extra power isn’t required for climbing, towing or accelerating. “If you don’t need the extra cylinders, why burn gas using them?” says Vasilash.

Going forward, he expects to see DOD technology become standard on everything from muscle cars to minivans.

Stop/go technology is more radical yet, shutting down the engine at traffic lights or stops, and re-firing it when you hit the gas. Although it may only save 10 to 15 per cent on gas, as Vasilash says, “manufacturers have to squeeze every bit of fuel efficiency they can out of their cars, and if you are a consumer, why not save on your fuel bill?” As with DOD, he expects stop/start technology—already available on everything from BMWs to Kias—to become increasingly popular within the next 10 years. So if you’re not ready to make the leap to electric quite yet, don’t worry: the next car you buy will almost certainly be stingier on gas—and better for the environment—than the model you’re driving now.

Cameras and Computers When it comes to futuristic automotive technology, the biggest revolution in the next five to 10 years is going to take place in the field of electronics, which will handle many of the piloting functions (steering, braking and parking) that used to be the sole responsibility of the driver.

Adaptive cruise control, which uses radar- or laser-based detection to sense how close you are to the car in front of you, will become commonplace, automatically adjusting your speed to that of the surrounding traffic. Likewise, lane departure warning technology uses camera sensors to read the lines at the side of the road and alert you if you begin drifting out of your lane and toward the shoulder.

Then there’s Ford’s active park assist technology, which employs sensors to parallel park your car with the push of a button. All these technologies will work themselves into the mainstream within the next five years, says Vasilash, radically altering the driving experience. Maybe not quite the DeLorean of your dreams, but the latest automotive innovations prove we’re accelerating toward a driver-friendly future.

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Cut from the same cloth as cinema greats Brando and James Dean, Garrett Hedlund proves he’s no one-note wonder

BY KRISTEN VINAKMENS

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arrett Hedlund is late. He clearly had some fun the night before, which is why, when the clock strikes nine on a cloudy Monday morning in Paris, he’s an hour behind schedule for his press interview. Once the actor is finally roused and properly fluffed to face the media, he sits on the plush couch in a suite at Paris’ luxe Le Meurice Hotel, dressed head-to-toe in a crisp black Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane suit. In front of him: a cup of coffee, a drinking glass, and what is likely the largest bottle of water that room service could provide. He looks a little tired, worse for wear, but almost more handsome because of it. “They went out last night,” says one of the Yves Saint Laurent press handlers a few minutes before we meet. They refers to Hedlund and his girlfriend, Kirsten Dunst, whom he met on the set of On the Road, and who’s come along for his debut as the new face of the Yves Saint Laurent scent La Nuit De L’Homme. While he may look a little glassy-eyed, Hedlund nonetheless has a magnetic presence that channels Marlon Brando and James Dean, his heroes. If there were any doubts as to whether the man is this generation’s Rebel Without a Cause, they were put to rest that morning at Le Meurice.

Photo: Matthew Brookes for Yves Saint Laurent Beaute.

Rebel Yell

When we talk about music, a topic he’s clearly passionate about, Hedlund, without a trace of self-consciousness, breaks into song, as though it were no big deal. Right now, he’s super passionate about the country-tinged sounds of Blaze Foley and Townes Van Zandt, along with Mumford & Sons, who did the music on Hedlund’s latest movie—the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis—about the New York folk-music scene in the ’60s. “I have a lot of musical friends and when they come to town we’ll strum along together, or I’ll go up [on stage] with them once in a while wherever they’re playing,” he says, name-dropping country stars Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton and Dierks Bentley. “I like the older style stuff; that’s what I grew up with.” But, he adds, “I have no intentions of jumping into a label and playing bars for tip jars just yet.”

Hedlund has been acting for almost a decade, but only recently, it seems, has his star power broken through the Hollywood ranks. His first films, both released in 2004, were the star-studded Troy with Brad Pitt and Friday Night Lights with Billy Bob Thornton. But it wasn’t until the 2010 release of Tron: Legacy, the sequel to the 1980s sci-fi cult film Tron, that Hedlund achieved leading man status and had a bona fide blockbuster under his belt. Not too shabby for a young kid who grew up on a farm in small-town Minnesota. Roseau, Minnesota, to be exact, which has a population of 2,633 and one movie theatre. Once Hedlund decided, at age 14, that he wanted to become an actor, he’d watch ’90s sitcoms like Roseanne and Saved By The Bell, and wait until the end credits rolled so he could write down the studios’ addresses to pitch them his talents. “I would write to these studios and ask them if I could be in their TV shows,” he says. “I think we were all kind of fascinated with television and movies as kids. When I was on the farm it was something that seemed so impossible and laughable really to want to become an actor because no one around you does. Sports is [usually] your way out of a small town—like the Friday Night Lights kind of thing. It just seemed like an unreachable dream and now that I’m doing it, it still seems like some dream.”

But for all intents and purposes, Hedlund seems to be living a life that is largely his own, rather than one dictated by the Hollywood machine. A seemingly old soul, he developed a love for literature in his teens and immersed himself in the works of J.D. Salinger, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jack Kerouac, who’s book On the Road became a favourite. The book was adapted into a film in which Hedlund starred as the ultimate beat generation rebel, Dean Moriarty, a character whose life is one never-ending party, replete with drugs, drink and women. “On the Road [the book] was such an inspiration—the spontaneous prose kind of writing was the new thing, and paving your own path was something inspiring,” says Hedlund, who keeps a personal journal, much like the character of Sal in On the Road. “It’s just a documentation of where your mind’s at, where you are mentally, geographically,” he says, adding dryly: “It’s nothing I ever intend to share until someone takes me out.”

ON SCENT+ SEDUCTION For someone that’s a self-described “jeans and T-shirt” type, Garrett Hedlund may seem like an unlikely choice to front a designer fragrance.

“My father and grandfather were Old Spice guys,” he says. But since climbing the ranks of Hollywood, Hedlund has taken a shine to the clean lines and sharp suiting of Hedi Slimane and the fragrance La Nuit De L’Homme, for which he’s the face.

As it turns out, he’s a surprisingly apt choice for the scent, whose spicy, woody notes evoke a bold, magnetic persona that could well describe Hedlund himself. The actor was intrigued by the concept behind the campaign, in which he plays a mysterious man on the prowl. “It’s a guy whose intentions are unclear, and he arrives at this event and it’s very Eyes Wide Shut,” he says. “The mystique of it was what attracted me to it.” So, does Hedlund have any signature moves with the ladies?

“Yeah, I can only turn right,” he says, jokingly. “The Zoolander thing.”

Hedlund’s acting trajectory has already spanned generations, from ancient Greece in the movie Troy to the 1950s in On the Road, and the 1960s in Inside Llewyn Davis. For his part, the actor most identifies with the 1940s and ’50s, a period which he “romanticizes.” But as for his next role, Hedlund has his sights on the ’70s: “I’m looking for The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” he says, without a drop of irony. //

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SOUTH With bourbon’s popularity soaring, MADE contributor Jay Somerset travels to the heart of the amber spirit’s heartland, Kentucky, to find out what all the fuss is about

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MIXED UP Proof Bar’s Chea Beckley reveals his top tips for home bartenders Always use fresh ingredients: never use ingredients such as “bar lime” or anything simulated. “If the drink calls for juice, make it,” he says.

Outfit yourself with the proper tools: just as a chef has his knives and pans, a bartender requires a proper shaker, mixing glass, bar spoon, muddler and juicer. “My favourite tool is a Y-peeler. I use it to shave cucumber and celery and citrus peel.”

Know when to stir and when to shake: Forget James Bond and adhere to this simple rule: if the drink contains juice, milk or egg white, shake it; if not, stir.

“And mind your dilution,” advises Beckley. “Never serve the drink with the ice used to make it.”

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YOU’RE SITTING ON A BARSTOOL IN A FANCY HOTEL COCKTAIL bar contemplating a drink. It’s the type of place where the soda and syrups are handmade, and where the bartenders craft cocktails with droplets of bitters dispensed from tiny apothecary bottles. Here, choosing a whisky means perusing more than 50 bottles of bourbon, including one that sells for $70 a shot.

And yet, as impressive as all this sounds, the person you’re with can’t stop talking about the men’s bathroom. Go look. Now. Next thing you realize, you’re standing at the urinals and staring straight into the hotel’s main lobby, as viewed through the massive one-way mirror above your waist. You catch someone’s eye, or at least it feels that way.

It’s odd, almost wrong, and not something you’d expect in a hotel in the heart of the American South. Then again, this isn’t the Holiday Inn. Welcome to the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, a 90room boutique hotel that doubles as a 9,000-square-foot contemporary art gallery. Situated in former warehouse space once used for storing tobacco and bourbon, the hotel, which opened in 2006, has been voted among the Top 10 hotels in the world by Condé Nast Traveler, and in 2012 the magazine crowned it the Reader’s Choice Award for best hotel in the South.

Likewise, its restaurant, Proof On Main, and adjoining bar, Proof Bar, have received accolades from Food & Wine and Esquire and was deemed by GQ to be among the Top 3 “new whisky temples” in the U.S.

drink “We’re in Kentucky—the bourbon Mecca—and so much of what we do revolves around that spirit,” says Chea Beckley, Proof’s beverage director and restaurant manager.

Proof revamps its cocktail list three times a year, with bourbon being a perennial favourite year-round.

And indeed, it should. Bourbon, otherwise known as “America’s Native Spirit,” is very popular not just in Kentucky, but throughout North America. Sales of high-end bourbon (“the good stuff”) grew 20 per cent last year, and super-premium (“the very good stuff”) grew a whopping 97 per cent, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. While bourbon can be made anywhere in the U.S., more than 95 per cent comes from Kentucky. “There’s just something about the climate here, and the water, of course,” says Beckley, referring to the untreated, limestone-filtered water used to distil Kentucky bourbon. (It’s the same water that turns the grass blue, and enriches the bones in the horses running around the track at the Kentucky Derby.)

The marriage of contemporary art with classic Kentuckian hospitality isn’t something you’d expect in a town bestknown for its Gatsby-leaning aesthetics; where the hotels and bars are of the dark-wood and black-leather variety.

After all, this is the same town where two of the oldest cocktails were first created: the Mint Julep and the aptly named Old Fashioned.

But Louisville isn’t all seersucker suits and horse-racing forms. About seven years ago, the city’s image began to transform from antiquated to contemporary, led by a burgeoning art, film and music scene. Young bike-riding professionals moved in, including Beckley, who returned to his hometown after stints in New York and Florida and a few years playing keyboards in indie-rock outfit VHS or Beta.

Likewise, the craft-cocktail movement was burgeoning, with bartenders mixing up new takes on old classics–most involving bourbon and some sort of artisanal ingredient, be it handmade bitters, sodas or syrups.

Proof, and the hotel itself, was the ideal mixture of old and new, contemporary and classic. “We may seem radical, but we’re still pretty traditional,” says Beckley, 36, who came to the restaurant two years ago. Proof’s owners also run a farm and bison herd, and much of what appears on the menu and in the drinks come from here.

“In summer, you want lighter, drier cocktails; whereas in fall, it’s about spice and smoke and more robust flavour, with heavier syrups and spirits,” says Beckley. “We’re a hotel bar, so we can never become a full craft-cocktail bar, where it takes 10 minutes to make a drink. But everything is made in-house. It’s back to the art connection: taking traditional technique and creating something new.”

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FALL COCKTAILS FROM THE PROOF BAR Make these two autumnal drinks for a taste of Kentucky at home

The Fall Out “One of our bartenders, Eric Wentworth, created this rye cocktail with fall in mind,” says Beckley.

“The spicy rye, Angostura bitters and sparkling apple cider work so well this time of year.”

2 oz. rye ¾ oz. St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram (or another allspice-forward spirit, likely rum-based) ½ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice Several dashes Angostura bitters Combine ice and ingredients in a shaker and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled Collins glass filled with ice, and top with sparkling apple cider.

The Old World “I first tasted Becherovka in Canada, and it immediately put me into a cosy, fall state of mind,” says Beckley, referring to the gingerand-cinnamon forward Czech spirit in this drink created by Proof’s Chris Wilkins.

2 oz. bourbon (preferably a higher-proof bottle, such as Wild Turkey 101) ½ oz. dry orange curacao (Buckley likes Pierre Ferrand, but in a pinch, Grand Marnier does the trick) ½ oz. Becherovka Rinse a coupe glass with four drops of absinthe and chill. Fill mixing glass with ice and add ingredients.

Stir till chilled, then strain into the chilled coupe.

Serve neat with an orange twist.

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Rugged, sharply dressed and, let’s face it, the reason your girlfriend tunes in to Saturday night hockey, Joffrey Lupul, alternate captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, sets the über-masculine style tone of the season

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Tracking the rise of the gentleman pop star BY RYAN PORTER

So goes the hook from Jay Z’s 2013 ode to menswear, titled appropriately, Tom Ford. He namechecks the designer 16 times on the track.

Jay Z isn’t the only musician singing the praises of Ford’s crisp tailoring. Toronto’s Drake paid homage to the house of Ford: the track Tuscan Leather on his new album Nothing Was The Same, is named for a Ford cologne said to smell like a brick of cocaine. Meanwhile, Jay’s touring partner Justin Timberlake launched his musical comeback in February by singing Suit & Tie, while dressed in a Tom Ford tuxedo. The tour merch included bow ties.

Whether in the era of Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, or Kurt Cobain, the sartorial school of thought for male musicians has long been that griminess is next to godliness. But modern artists are taking a cue from the traditional men’s formal wear popularized by The Rat Pack: tuxedo jackets, fedoras, waistcoats and pocket squares have taken over this year.

“The suit definitely seems to be dominating the world of music these days,” says Shannon Stewart, a menswear buyer at Harry Rosen. Bruno Mars, whose album Unorthodox Jukebox is now double platinum in Canada, flipped his classic fedora for a custom poppy red Dolce & Gabbana suit on his current world tour. And while the topless women admittedly pull focus in Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines video, his go-to girl-gazing outfit is a black suit, pulled from his own closet.

John Varvatos, a designer whose work has always been influenced by rock, has spent the last several seasons experimenting with elegance. It’s what his star clients—including Jack White, Iggy Pop and Ryan Adams— ask for. “We’re in a moment where, especially young artists, want to wear a suit,” he says. “Not always. They love wearing jackets, they love wearing jeans, but they’re in a mood for dressing up.”

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Drake name-drops designer Tom Ford and the house’s fragrance, Tuscan Leather, on his new album Nothing Was The Same

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Bruno Mars flipped his classic fedora for a custom poppy red Dolce & Gabbana suit on his current world tour.

Vancouver-born menswear designer Christopher Bates, who has dressed Marianas Trench and Walk Off The Earth, agrees dressing well is more than just a fashion statement — it’s a business decision. “To me that says they take their career pretty seriously and they really want to dress to impress,” he says.

The fashion houses are just as seduced by music’s most stylish. “For a designer to be named in one of their songs is huge,” says Gail McInnes, president of publicity and branding agency Magnet Creative. “It opens up a whole new category of customers.” In WWD, Tom Ford (the man) said of Tom Ford (the song): “It’s a kind of validation of one’s work, as it means that one has really penetrated and made an impact on popular culture.” Indeed, it’s hardly a coincidence that reports say Yahoo! searches of ‘Tom Ford’ grew 155% in July, the month Jay Z’s album dropped.

Bates believes the resurgence is long overdue.

“Menswear was very casual for a long time and I think the pendulum swung way too far that way,” he says.

“It was okay to go to work in sloppy jeans and T-shirts.

I don’t think there are many offices that would stand for that anymore.” Especially when your office is, quite literally, under the spotlight.

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Lounge, says musicians have good reason to embrace the classic look. “It can literally make someone look a little bit slimmer, it can make someone look a little bit taller,” she says. “I think that musicians have been quite savvy to catch on to the idea that a suit represents a really powerful, confident image.”

It’s a style that inspires Canadian designer Philip Sparks, known for his impeccably tailored, updated vintage pieces. He notes formal wear was the original look of Top 40 before music became denim’s domain. “I love the idea of all of those big bands and jazz bands from the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s and the first rock ’n’ roll scene,” he says, flipping through a stack of vintage records at his Toronto shop. “They’re all wearing sharp suits, or crazy fun suits. That’s something coming back.”

It’s a proven style at a time when major labels are looking for new ways to package talent. During her time working at Interscope Records, Jasmine Benjamin—a stylist who has worked with artists such as Robin Thicke and R&B singer Miguel—saw first-hand the precision with which a star’s image is crafted. “It’s so important,” she says. “It goes with your sales and who you are and what everybody else looks at you as.”

Benjamin worked with Thicke as he morphed from a long-haired California kid from the Valley, into the sharply attired ladies’ man seen on the cover of 2006’s The Evolution of Robin Thicke. He’s stuck with that black suit and white shirt combo ever since, and ironically looks more current now than ever.

Miguel himself worked closely with Benjamin to establish his signature style of printed button-ups and blazers. “I think there is more awareness of fashion,” the Grammy winner says. “Our lives as artists and our businesses as artists have so much to do with our brand and what we communicate visually.”

In fact, it seems that major corporate sponsors are now looking to partner with those celebrities whose personal branding is as sophisticated as their own. The biggest supporter of Jay Z’s last album was Samsung, the company which famously purchased the first million copies of Magna Carta…Holy Grail as a giveaway for their smart phone users. At press time, it had the second biggest-selling week of the year, following only his fellow Ford fraternity brother Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience.

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