David Stol

3 weeks ago | sharpmagazine.com | David Stol

Much has happened since David Beckham first joined forces with TUDOR as the brand’s Global Ambassador. In 2018 — the year after the relationship began — MLS officially approved Beckham’s expansion team, Inter Miami CF, which won the Leagues Cup just five years later. That same year, a documentary series centred around his life (aptly titled Beckham) received critical acclaim and five Primetime Emmy nominations.

1 month ago | sharpmagazine.com | David Stol

Sonny Vaccaro has always been a gambler. It began humbly enough, shooting marbles as a child in Trafford, Pennsylvania. Instinctually, something inside him clicked. After graduating high school, Vaccaro and a pair of friends drove to Las Vegas with nothing but a few hundred dollars to their name to seek their fortune. The journey itself was a dice roll of sorts. This was 1950s Las Vegas, after all; no Michelin star restaurants, no Formula One Grand Prix glamour, just gambling in its purest form.

1 month ago | gqmiddleeast.com | David Stol

For independent clothing designers, getting your first sneaker collab has become something of a coming-of-age ritual. If you freak it—like, say, Grace Wales Bonner did with her Adidas debut—the drop has the potential to supercharge your stature and open the door to even greater opportunities. And if it flops? Well…let’s just say it’s best not to flop.

1 month ago | gq.com | David Stol

All products featured on GQ are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. For independent clothing designers, getting your first sneaker collab has become something of a coming-of-age ritual. If you freak it—like, say, Grace Wales Bonner did with her Adidas debut—the drop has the potential to supercharge your stature and open the door to even greater opportunities. And if it flops?

2 months ago | sharpmagazine.com | David Stol

In the months between the release of our winter issue and the spring issue you hold now, friends and family have often been curious what I’ve been up to at the office. Of course, I get it. I used to work in digital media, where the success or failure of a project is as much determined by the pace of its production as the quality itself. If you’re doing it right, there’s a constant flood of output — “proof of life,” so to say.