Esquire USA - 11.2019

this Way In

12 November 2019_Esquire

CONTENTS

FEATURES

ON THE COVER

JASON MOMOA

PHOTOGRAPHED BY ERIC RAY DAVIDSON

FOR ESQUIRE

Suit by Dior Men; scrunchie by Fendi; headband worn on wrist by

Kūi Ke Kaila; vintage silver bracelet and silver skull ring by Book of

Alchemy; stone rings by Red Rabbit Trading Co.; skull bone ring by

Leroy’s Wooden Tattoos. Production by Michelle Hynek at Crawford

& Co. Casting by Randi Peck. Styling by Nick Sullivan. Grooming by

Glenn Nutley at Opus Beauty using Number 4 Haircare.

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Wild Man

By Rachel Syme

Jason Momoa is making the absolute most of

his newfound fame. Wouldn’t you?

The Carpetbagging Gamblers

of the Garden State

By David Hill

The federal ban on sports betting has been lifted.

But some places (New Jersey) make it easier than

others (New York). What’s a sports fanatic living

on the wrong side of the Hudson to do? Migrate.

Five Ways to Buy a Watch

And the best new watches of the year.

Big Kid Energy

By Kevin Sintumuang

With the success of Thor: Ragnarok, Taika

Waititi has unlocked nerd-god status. Next up,

Jojo Rabbit, in which he plays a German

kid’s imaginary friend: Hitler. (Yeah, that one.)

The First Election

at the End of the World

By Charles P. Pierce

The new normal is in Traverse City, Michigan,

as the climate crisis poses the existential ques-

tion: Are the political system and institutions of

the United States strong enough to confront it?

Escape Velocity

By Tommy Orange

What is it about a person who, in the face of

adversity, soars where others sink? Meet Jeffrey

Martinez, 17, of the Sicangu and Oglala Lakota

from South Dakota, born and raised in California.

The Power of 3

All you need this fall is a great knit, killer pants,

and an overcoat with built-in swagger.

photograph: Eric Ray Davidson

DRAPED IN VELVET:

REQUIEM FOR AN UPDO

We learned a few things about Jason Momoa while

making this issue. He’s a damn good time, enjoys

a doggo, and knows his way around a pint of Guin-

ness. What we already knew—outside of his fluency

in Dothraki—was that he loves himself a scrunchie. In

fact, the scrunchie he’d been spotted wearing quite of-

ten became the inspiration for his custom Fendi suit at

last year’s Oscars. We lean in on page 62. —Ben Boskovich

Shirt by Gucci; top two scrunchies by Invisibobble; bottom scrunchie by Fendi.