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''GQ'' (formerly ''Gentlemen's Quarterly'') is an international monthly men's magazine based in New York City. The publication focuses on fashion, style, and culture for men, though articles on food, movies, fitness, sex, music, travel, sports, technology, and books are also featured. ==History== ''Gentlemen's Quarterly'' was launched in 1931 in the United States as ''Apparel Arts''. It was a men's fashion magazine for the clothing trade, aimed primarily at wholesale buyers and retail sellers. Initially it had a very limited print run and was aimed solely at industry insiders to enable them to give advice to their customers. The popularity of the magazine among retail customers, who often took the magazine from the retailers, spurred the creation of ''Esquire'' magazine in 1933. ''Apparel Arts'' continued until 1957, when it was transformed into a quarterly magazine for men, which was published for many years by Esquire Inc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Magazine Data, page 140: Gentlemen's Quarterly )〕 Apparel was dropped from the logo in 1958 with the spring issue after nine issues, and the name ''Gentlemen's Quarterly'' was established. ''Gentleman's Quarterly'' was re-branded as ''GQ'' in 1967.〔 The rate of publication was increased from quarterly to monthly in 1970.〔 In 1980 Condé Nast bought the publication,〔 and editor Art Cooper changed the course of the magazine, introducing articles beyond fashion and establishing ''GQ'' as a general men's magazine in competition with ''Esquire''. Subsequently, international editions were launched as regional adaptations of the U.S. editorial formula. Jim Nelson was named editor-in-chief of ''GQ'' in February 2003; during his tenure he worked as both a writer and an editor of several National Magazine Award-nominated pieces. During Nelson's tenure, ''GQ'' has become more oriented towards younger readers and those who prefer a more casual style. Nonnie Moore was hired by ''GQ'' as fashion editor in 1984, having served in the same position at ''Mademoiselle'' and ''Harper's Bazaar''. Jim Moore, the magazine's fashion director at the time of her death in 2009, described the choice as unusual, observing that "She was not from men's wear, so people said she was an odd choice, but she was actually the perfect choice" and noting that she changed the publication's more casual look, which "She helped dress up the pages, as well as dress up the men, while making the mix more exciting and varied and approachable for men." ''GQ'' has been closely associated with metro-sexuality. The writer Mark Simpson coined the term in an article for British newspaper ''The Independent'' about his visit to a ''GQ'' exhibition in London: "The promotion of metro-sexuality was left to the men's style press, magazines such as ''The Face'', ''GQ'', ''Esquire'', ''Arena'' and ''FHM'', the new media which took off in the Eighties and is still growing.... They filled their magazines with images of narcissistic young men sporting fashionable clothes and accessories. And they persuaded other young men to study them with a mixture of envy and desire." Beginning in the 1990s, the magazine pivoted from a near-strict pattern of men-only on the cover to introducing including some female actors, models, and music artists on the cover. While the men on the covers remained clothed, the photographs of women were mostly shot less than fully clothed. Present day GQ magazines frequently depict women drastically different than how it depicts men. Some women are nude not just on the cover but also within the magazine and on the magazine's website.〔http://www.gq.com/gallery/2015-pirelli-calendar〕 If fact, the magazine's website has an entire section dedicated to women (however, not for women). GQ also publishes a yearly list of "Sexiest Women" with accompanying photos. When Lana Del Rey was awarded "Woman of the Year" by GQ she was asked to pose nude for the cover. This is in sharp contrast to how men appear on the covers - all four of the "Men of the Year" appeared fully clothed for their covers. Also, additional photos of Del Rey within the magazine have her posed with a male model standing behind her with one hand around her neck and his other hand groping her bare breast that was purposefully not covered by her dress.〔http://www.inquisitr.com/326131/lana-del-rey-gq-shoot-criticized-as-sexist/〕〔http://www.buzzfeed.com/verymuchso/4-eyeroll-worthy-examples-of-sexism-in-british-gqs-one-direc〕 Charges of racism, in addition to sexism, have been lobbied at the magazine repeatedly. People of color are rarely featured.〔http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2014/06/olivia-wilde-responds-gqs-sexist-third-person-film-review〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GQ」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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