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Tyler Watamanuk works
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At the Altar of Comme des Garçons With David Sedaris _{(GQ, 2026)}

I'm totally pulling off these new glasses _{(The New Yorker, 2026)}

Carpet Company is playing the long game _{(GQ, 2026)}

How Fab 5 Freddy became the flyest guy in New York _{(GQ, 2026)}

A long chat with Speed, Australia’s breakthrough hardcore heroes _{(GQ, 2025)}

Slackers vs. strivers: Andrew Martin's Down Time _{(Dirt, 2026)}

The man who turned Barneys into the coolest store in the world _{(GQ, 2025)}

Bergamot for all _{(Dirt, 2025)}

Please feel free to sit on the art _{(Dwell, 2023)}

What is the "Ralph Tuck" and why is everyone obsessed with it? _{(GQ, 2025)}

How much wood? _{(Dirt, 2024)}

HOW Sorry, Baby nailed Quintessential New England Menswear(GQ, 2025)

The man who makes wood come to life(Upsate Diary, 2019)

Devendra Banhart wore an Issey Miyake dress to record his new album(GQ, 2024)

The Ekstrem Chair Isn’t for Everyone, but It’s More Comfortable Than You Think(DWELL, 2023)

Simon Rich on glory days, his “turning 40” book(Dirt, 2024)

Bless this mess(Dirt, 2023)

Wes Lang and M. Shadows on Avenged Sevenfold’s new album art(GQ, 2023)

An ode to Ed Ruscha’s personal style(GQ, 2023)

I’m a Tiny Beanie, and This Is My Modern Life(The New Yorker, 2022)

Turnstile’s Franz Lyons on Making Never Enough and his AIR JORDAN OBSESSION(GQ, 2025)

When did soap, once simple, get so complicated? _{(New York Times, 2018)}

THE EASY ESCAPE OF TINTED EYEWEAR
(SSENSE, 2021)

How a Pierre Paulin grail ended up in A$AP Ferg's new music video _{(DIRT, 2025)}

Tyler Watamanuk is a writer and producer based in New York’s Hudson River Valley. He writes about design, style, and culture. (And occasionally some fiction.) He is currently a contributing writer at GQ and is working on his second book.

His first book, Bigger Than Fashion: How “Streetwear” Conquered Culture, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2025. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Architectural Digest, W Magazine, Vice, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and elsewhere.

Currently Listening

We Are Drugs, Third Eye Blind

Currently Reading

The Speed Queen, Stewart O’Nan

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The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, GQ, Architectural Digest, W Magazine, Men’s Health, Dwell, Dirt, Vice, Curbed, Playboy, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Highsnobiety, 032C, SSENSE, i-D, Complex, Art News, Upstate Diary, Dazed

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