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International Best Dressed Men of the Year. Justin Timberlake OCCUPATION: Actor, businessman, and singer-songwriter. RESIDENCES: New York City and Los Angeles. LABEL: Tom Ford. NOTABLE ENSEMBLE OF 2013: Tom Ford tuxedo worn at the 55th Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles. WEARING TOM FORD ENSEMBLES, ONSTAGE AT THE BRIT AWARDS. Keith Richards OCCUPATION: Rolling Stone. RESIDENCE: Weston, Connecticut. FAVORITE ITEMS OF CLOTHING: “Too numerous to mention.” FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: “I don’t shop!” FAVORITE ACCESSORY: “My silver.” STYLE ICON: “Why should I … I am one!” Tom Brady RESIDENCE: Boston. TOM’S FAVORITE ITEMS OF CLOTHING: “My wife’s lingerie.” FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: “The World Wide Web.” FAVORITE ACCESSORY: “My wedding ring.” STYLE ICON: “Steve Jobs.” RONAN FARROW OCCUPATION: Writer, human-rights lawyer, diplomat. RESIDENCE: Oxford, U.K. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: “A simple leather jacket—mine, an old Bill Tornade—has gotten me through cocktail parties in New York and cold nights in Afghanistan.” FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: “Inexpensive tailoring towns like Islamabad, where you can find a talented craftsperson to make just about anything for a song.” FAVORITE ACCESSORY: “Cuff links.” STYLE ICON: “Mark Twain, who knew his way around a three-piece suit.” Jack Huston OCCUPATION: Actor. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: “A Billy Reid suit.” FAVORITE PLACES TO SHOP: “John Varvatos and basically anywhere that has a cool pair of boots.” FAVORITE ACCESSORY: “My grandfather John’s gold ring with a lapis lazuli stone.” STYLE ICON: “Alain Delon.” ALEXANDER GILKES OCCUPATION: Co-founder, Paddle8. RESIDENCE: New York City. FAVORITE ITEM OF CLOTHING: “Currently it is an old 1960s British military safari jacket.” FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP: “There is a dandy, called David Saxby, who has a gentlemen’s outfitter in London, where he sells everything from refashioned Norfolk jackets in rare tweeds to pencil trousers with fish-bone backs for braces.” FAVORITE ACCESSORY: “My lucky watch, which is a rose-gold 1966 Girard-Perregaux chronograph, with blue alligator strap. I continue to marvel at it and the exquisite taste and boundless generosity of my wife, Misha Nonoo, who gave it to me as a wedding gift.” STYLE ICON: “Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor.” Gear Alpine Boots Climb to New Heights Who Did Them Best: Hermès Alpine boots are the ultimate example of fashion's current obsessions with travel, adventure, and innovative tech. These are water-resistant, near indestructible, and just the right amount of flashy (see: laces in Hermès's trademark orange). They'll have you praying for snow for ten winters to come. $1,425 by Hermès The Closest Thing to Growing Feathers: The Down Vest Who Did It Best: Louis Vuitton The only months you won't have this vest in constant rotation are July and August. That means: Over a polo when it's breezy. Over a suit jacket (yes, over) when it's almost freezing. Or under a giant parka when it's dead cold (gives you warmth, but not marshmallow arms). $2,140 by Louis Vuitton Tortoiseshells Win the Race Who Did Them Best: Warby Parker Tortoiseshell frames have an Old Hollywood twist (try Googling James Dean) that paradoxically makes them look fresher. They also make you seem like you've read way more James Joyce than you actually have. Finnegans Wake? Totally! $95 by Warby Parker The Best Bloody Leather Jacket on the Planet Who Did It Best: Balmain In an era when any dad with decent air-guitar moves can pull off a black leather Joey Ramone jacket, the avant (and hella-expensive) label Balmain pushed this classic into new territory by reimagining it in oxblood. That instantly restored the moto jacket's rock 'n' roll edge, but just to be clear: There's still nothing wrong with black. $3,920 by Balmain The Dress Shirt Takes Center Stage Who Did It Best: Prada So often, the dress shirt plays a supporting role, a solid blue or white that foregrounds your striking Glen Plaid suit or flashy repp tie. But a new breed of ginghams have now flipped that script. For the first time, your shirt will be the player making the biggest, boldest gestures when you walk out the door. $545 by Prada Gingham Dress Shirts $125 Vinveyard and Vines JoS Bank on Sale for $29.00 From the Rodeo to the Runway Who Did It Best: Elder Statesman Bandanas have always been stylish—just ask John Wayne, 2Pac, or Axl Rose. But 2013 is the year that high fashion designers snatched them from the forgotten bins at the army navy and put them on their ever-so-carefully lit shelves. (This one, not coincidentally, is cashmere). No matter where you buy yours, fold it into a pocket s