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WATAMANUK
Tyler Watamanuk is a writer and producer.














How much wood? (Dirt, 2024)


David Sedaris is still having a hoot getting dressed(GQ, 2021)

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

Nice Paint, Is IT Ralph Lauren?(DIRT, 2024)

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)

The life-changing magic of “knolling”(DWELL, 2023)

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)






Tyler Watamanuk works as a writer and producer.

Currently, he is a contributing writer for GQ

He has covered menswear and style for the magazine since 2017.

, and writes the newsletter Prune

 Prune is a newsletter about interiors, design, and more. He previously wrote the "Sitting Pretty" column for Dwell and the now-defunct Garage magazine. In 2023, Sitting Pretty was acquired by Dirt Media and rebranded as Prune. 

 for Dirt Media. He lives in New York’s

He was born and raised in sunny Southern California, but the weather was too perfect so he moved to the Northeast and has learned to love the seasons.

 Hudson River Valley and writes about design, style, and culture. (Also, some humor.)

His first book, Bigger Than Fashion: How “Streetwear” Conquered Culture, is forthcoming (November 18, 2025) from Simon & Schuster. 

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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 others.


Contact: watamanuktyler@gmail.com  







Currently Listening

 

Wiki, Half God

  

Have Heart, Songs to Scream at the Sun



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Fishing for the Little Pike, Juhani Karila

    

They All Came to Barneys, Gene Pressman

 




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