The Gentry Man: A Guide for the Civilized Male

InStyle fashion director Hal Rubenstein collects the very best of Gentry magazine—perhaps the most high-concept, high-quality men’s magazine in history—in a gorgeous, timely anthology perfect for the twenty-first century man. Publisher William C. Segal’s innovative style magazine broke new ground with its amazing graphic design and the timeless men’s fashions it presented in every issue. Steven Heller of Imprint says that “Gentry . . . rivaled the likes of Esquire for intelligence and Playboy for inventiveness.” Now, this elegant collection puts the best of Gentry at your fingertips—a perfect resource for anyone interested in fashion history and for today’s well-heeled young professional, as well as an excellent gift book for anyone with a stylish man in their lives. |

More than fifty years after it ceased publication, Gentry magazine is still one of the most influential men's magazines ever created.

Published between 1951 and 1957, this veritable style and culture bible for men is renowned for its innovation, superb design and production quality, keen eye for fashion, and excellent coverage of a broad spectrum of topics—art and culture; sports; food and drink; home, cars, and travel—not to mention diverse subjects on which every refined man should be well versed, from making a mean martini to playing craps.

The Gentry Man brings together for the first time a collection of articles selected from the magazine's twenty-two issues by Hal Rubenstein, former men's style editor of the New York Times Magazine and current fashion director of InStyle. In print once again, The Gentry Man is a collectible volume that belongs in every man's library.

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“[William Segal] had a kind of vitality that—I had never met anyone like that—that kind of rearranged my molecules.” - Ken Burns

“When we launched Gentry . . . we visualized it as a magazine that could have a great cultural influence. At that time in the U.S., we were largely a nation of hicks. There was no culture. People did not know how to dress well, how to eat well, how to order wines or what to read. They were unfamiliar with the world of art. We thought we could have a civilizing influence through this publication. . . . to allow people to see the esthetic element that was a factor in choosing clothing.” - William C. Segal, publisher, Gentry

“Gentry . . . .owing to its special graphic effects, rivaled the likes of Esquire for intelligence and Playboy for inventiveness.” - Steven Heller, Imprint

“If I came across a publication such as this today, it would take my breath away. The sheer opulence and ambition of it (even now, when those fabric swatches needn’t be hand-glued as they were in the 50?s), coupled with a high level of respect for the reader’s intelligence, would floor me. The publishing industry is dead, you say? Magazines are history, you say? I declare, I would buy any magazine that could floor me like that. Even in a recession.” - Irene Kaoru, Coilhouse