Michael Jensen at After Elton asked for our input in the latest Best. Gay. Week. Ever. This week's column wraps the Academy Awards, fashion week, and includes our list of the Top Best and Worst Dressed (Mostly) Gay Men.
Of course supermodel-actor-Rod 2.0 obsession Tyson Beckford makes the best dressed list but he is not number one. Our number one should not be surprising but some may disagree. Oh and is anyone surprised the Worst Dressed list is populated with those ridiculous "style" and "fashion" "gurus"? Let me know what you think.
Best. Gay. Week. Ever also interviews modeling hotness Ronnie Kroell, the openly gay winner of the first season of Bravo's Make Me a Supermodel. Project Runway's Jack Mackenroth, the openly gay and HIV positive fashion designer, offers his highlights (and lowlights) of fashion week and the Academy Awards. Very flattering for After Elton to include us in the same column with Kroell and Mackenroth.
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It's a mostly gay list but Tyson Beckford definitely SHOULd have been the number one.
Posted by: Tryon | 28 February 2009 at 09:49
i'm a big tom ford fan and agree that he is probably the best dressed gay man
the worse dressed list is lol
Posted by: Face and Waist | 28 February 2009 at 09:55
I'm surprised Mr. Andre Leon Talley is not on this list...
Posted by: Nate | 28 February 2009 at 09:59
--->"I'm surprised Mr. Andre Leon Talley is not on this list..."
I agree. Talley should be number one with a bullet on the worst dressed list!
Posted by: GRANT | 28 February 2009 at 10:05
Rod... Nice list.
Very cool you were asked.
Posted by: Shane Moseley | 28 February 2009 at 10:13
I don't like either list. It would have been nice to see more black gay men on the best dressed list ... Perhaps Mr. Patrik Ian Polk and certainly Darryl Stephens? Darryl and his character "Noah" became style icons for the black gay men.
Maybe Jay Alexander too. His fashion may sometimes be out there but he is a diva and the kids love him.
Posted by: Timothy B | 28 February 2009 at 10:32
PATRIK IAN POLK????
DARRYL STEPHENS AS A "STYLE ICON"???
That's insane. On what planet?
If they were such style icons maybe ... umm ... they should have been asked?????
Y'all are crazy, lol @ Patrik Polk as best dressed.
Posted by: Marcus | 28 February 2009 at 11:01
jay alexander is a hot mess. a fugly hot mess. ditto for andre leon talley.
just because they know how a woman should walk on a runway or what is in "style" does not mean their style is great. i think they both look a mess. so do most of those damn fashion queens on rod's worst dressed.
and darling, by definition a "diva" is never a man. that is the problem with some of these kids, they throw words around (diva, fashion, style) and have no idea what they mean.
Posted by: Eddie B | 28 February 2009 at 11:05
@ Timothy
Deal with it. The list is fine. It's just ONE person's list. Everything here or about Rod does not supposed to be a consensus of what black gay men believe or think. Actually to be honest this list and Rod's work at Advocate, After Elton and Out doesn't even come across as "the black gay opinion" imho its just good writing and good opinion. That's why they like him.
But when Logo asks you for your list of best and worst dressed men, you should make sure you include Patrik and Darryl.
Posted by: Carlos | 28 February 2009 at 11:25
lmao @ worst dressed List
that robert verdi is just too many things...and none of them are nice
Posted by: Adrian | 28 February 2009 at 11:27
Tom Ford is an icon. Talley has done some good things but not even sure how you can put the two in the same sentence.
And Talley has his nose so far up Anna Wintour's butt its pathetic.
But I agree, Talley could have been a candidate for worse dressed.
Posted by: D. Askew | 28 February 2009 at 11:48
jay manuel is a lil hottie
Posted by: Strong Island | 28 February 2009 at 12:06
this is so cool. i love love AE's BGWE.
the interview with jack mackenroth and ronnie from 'supermodel' is tres cool
Posted by: Zavi Flowers | 28 February 2009 at 12:29
No offense Timothy B but are you a paid publicist for Noah's Arc? You only comment on or about Noah's Arc? I'm just sayin'...
Posted by: Darren | 28 February 2009 at 12:40
NO! I just happen to be a fan of the show.
there are many things that interest me here, maybe I do just speak up on "Noah's Arc" but I loved the show.
obviously Rod made his dislike well known of Noah's fashion choices but many young black gay men enjoy the character and consider him very stylish.
jay alexander should obviously have been on the best dressed list. and i repeat darryl stephens and patrik ian polk should be on the list too.
i guess all the gym and circuit boys worship D&G and Tom Ford.
"Noah" is a fictional character. Even if he were real, he wouldn't make my list. Stop trying to make every post about "Noah's Arc". And don't get try to get cute with me on my blog. "Timothy" -RM
Posted by: Timothy B | 28 February 2009 at 13:19
Timothy makes no sense.
So you're saying...the character of "Noah" would qualify for your best dressed list? Because Noah is not a real person and Darryl Stephens clearly doesn't dress like him off the show. At least not all the time.
But once again it's not "your" list of best dressed. It was Rod's. Anyone can have a list of sexiest men, best dressed etc.
I can't believe I even have explain the difference between a character and the actor who plays him ...
Posted by: Carlos | 28 February 2009 at 13:43
i like some of the choices, i would have added shemar moore but i guess you just wanted only one or two straight boys on the best dressed list
Posted by: Antonio | 28 February 2009 at 13:57
LOL..Pretty much every time "Noah" stepped on screen my friends and I would invariably say, "What the hell does he have on?" (Although there was that one pair of boots that he wore in the opening scene of the movie that I really liked, but I'm pretty sure they were women's boots.) I own both seasons and the movie so I'll say what I want. ...sticking out tongue...
Tyson is simply the best. Undressed or dressed!
Posted by: FREELEO | 28 February 2009 at 14:18
" i would have added shemar moore but i guess you just wanted only one or two straight boys on the best dressed list"
Shemar Moore STRAIGHT?
lol thats real funny
Posted by: Chris Cruz | 28 February 2009 at 20:47
Congrats on being asked to do the list Rod. The A gays LOVE you! :0
Posted by: CA | 28 February 2009 at 21:18
There were no straight men on that list, lol...
I'm sure long ago Tyson Beckford and Jonathan Rhys Meyers learned how to deal with the many gay casting agents and directors
Posted by: Danny Rivera | 28 February 2009 at 21:27
oh yea and good deal on after elton. i love the best gay week column, it's the best part of the site imho
Posted by: Danny Rivera | 28 February 2009 at 21:30
"i guess all the gym and circuit boys worship D&G and Tom Ford."
Unm, yea, D&G designs clothes for men with broad shoulders and a tapered waist. That's why they're such a hit with the gym boys. Oh and of course the designs are incredible.
I don't think Tom Ford designs for men, tho, he's just very talented and very well dressed himself. Somewhat of a poseur but you have to be in that industry.
Posted by: Nicholas | 28 February 2009 at 22:06
steven cojocaru is frightful. he should top anyone's list of worse dressed queens. and why is that the so called stylists are always a hot mess?
Posted by: Alec | 28 February 2009 at 22:29
Lawd have mercy...
That picture of Tyson Beckford is phenomenal. Where is that from? I've never seen it before, he is carrying it!
Posted by: Clever | 28 February 2009 at 22:38