Justin Timberlake’s trendsetting ways landed him in the top spot of GQ magazine’s list of the “10 Most Stylish Men in America.”
The men’s magazine praised Timberlake, 28, for his impact on fashion, his willingness to take risks including hs use of hats, three-piece suits, skinny ties and beards.
This award couldn’t come at a better time with his clothing line, William Rast, on the runway at this week’s New York Fashion show for its second outing.
Timberlake said in the March issue of GQ that he got his sense of style from his stepfather, Paul Harless, a banker who laid out his suit for the next morning every night and went to work looking “like Richard Gere in (American) Gigolo.”
As for his signature style of wearing a suit with sneakers, Timberlake said, “I just put sneakers on because I couldn’t dance in the shoes I had. I couldn’t leap with just insoles and dress shoes. I would’ve hurt myself.”
Music producer Mark Ronson, took second place, and photographer Alex Lubomirski, was ranked as third.
They were joined by rappers Kanye West and T.I., actor Jason Schwartzman and hotelier Andre Balazs.
