GQ India, the ultimate authority in men’s fashion and lifestyle, hosted the 9th edition of the annual GQ Best Dressed to celebrate India’s most fashionable across industries. To mark GQ’s 10th anniversary in India, this year the list was editorially increased to feature 100 sartorial superheroes instead of the erstwhile 50. Every year, this coveted list of fashion-forward personalities who are leading the way to better, bolder style, is published in the June issue of the magazine in addition to this celebratory, star-studded soiree.
Held at JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu in partnership with Onitsuka Tiger, Audi, Rado, Ardmore, and OnePlus, this high-voltage fashion party saw the country’s most stylish men and women mingle over cocktails and canapés. The attendees from the #GQBestDressed 2018 list included names like Acquin Pais, AD Singh, Aishwarya Nair, Anil Kapoor, Anjali Lama, Anushka Manchanda, Anushka Nadia Menon, Arjun Saluja, Armaan Ralhan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Dhruv Kapoor, Dino Morea, DJ SA, Erica Packard, Gaurav Gupta, Gaurav Khanijo, Hardik Pandya, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Jim Sarbh, Juno Chopra, Kanika Goyal, Kartik Aryan, Kelvin Cheung, Kunal Rawal, KL Rahul, Mitali Sagar, Nikhil Mehra, Nimish Shah, Nitin Mirani, Parmesh Shahani, Pranav Mishra, Rahul Bose, Rahul Khanna, Rikee Chaterjee, Rosario Belmonte, Saba Azad, Saggar Mehra, Sahil Aneja, Saiyami Kher, Sanjiv Shanmugam, Shyma Shetty, Sidharth Malhotra, Summiyya Patni, Tashi Pedy, Theron Carmine De Sousa, Troy Costa, Ujjawal Dubey, Vikram Raizada, and Vivek Karunakaran.
Power packed with Mumbai’s glitterati, the evening also saw a stellar turnout of celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Saqib Saleem, Huma Qureshi, Richa Chadda, Ali Fazal, Leander Paes, Rasika Dugal, Adah Sharma, Narendra Kumar, Imaad Shah, Kubra Sait, Anjana Sukhani, Neha Kapur, Waluscha De Sousa, Divine, Shreyas Iyer, Malavika Mohanan, Arjan Bajwa, Sikander Kher, Elli Avram, Patralekha, Keith Sequeira, Rochelle Rao, Sobhita Dhulipala, Nidhhi Agerwal, Mandana Karimi, Jasmin Walia, Angad Bedi, Sonal Chauhan, Amit Sadh, Sammir Dattani, Nora Fatehi, Surveen Chawla, Aadar Jain, Sudhanshu Pandey, Jackky Bhagnani amongst others.
Commenting on the occasion, Che Kurrien, Editor-in-Chief, GQ India, said, “To celebrate 10 years of the most important of fashion lists, we upped the ante from 50 men to 100 individuals, who combine intelligence and innate style to set the country’s gold standard. Bollywood topliners. Neon-bright hitmakers. Game-changing designers. All style statement makers who’ll tell you that fashion is serious business.”
GQ India’s list of 100 Best Dressed individuals of 2018, enumerated below in an alphabetical order:
- Abhishek Paatni
- Acquin Pais
- Aditi Rao Hydari
- AD Singh
- Aishwarya Nair
- Alia Bhatt
- Amrit Kumar
- Anand Ahuja
- Anil Kapoor
- Anjali Lama
- Anushka Manchanda
- Anushka Nadia Menon
- Arjun Khanna
- Arjun Rampal
- Arjun Saluja
- Arjun Zander
- Armaan Ralhan
- Athiya Shetty
- Ayushmann Khurrana
- Bose Krishnamachari
- Dhruv Kapoor
- Dia Bhupal
- Dino Morea
- Diljit Dosanjh
- DJ SA
- Erica Packard
- Gaurav Gupta
- Gaurav Khanijo
- Gautam Seth
- Harathi Reddy
- Hardik Pandya
- Harshvardhan Kapoor
- Ishaan Khattar
- Jim Sarbh
- Juno Chopra
- Kanika Goyal
- Kanishtha Dhankar
- Karan Johar
- Kartik Aryan
- Kaustav Dey
- Kavya Trehan
- Kayaan Contractor
- Kelvin Cheung
- Kiran Rao
- KL Rahul
- Kunal Rawal
- Manish Malhotra
- Mitali Sagar
- Mriga Kapadia
- Mukul Bhatia
- Nikhil Mehra
- Nilu Yuleena Thapa
- Nimish Shah
- Nitigya Singh
- Nitin Mirani
- Padmanabh Singh
- Parmesh Shahani
- Payal Khandwala
- Pernia Qureshi
- Pranav Mishra
- Prateik Babbar
- Prateek Jain
- Priyanka Bose
- Rabane Jamsandekar
- Rahul Bose
- Rahul Khanna
- Ranbir Kapoor
- Ranveer Singh
- Rikee Chaterjee
- Rohit Bal
- Roohi Jaikishan
- Rosario Belmonte
- Saba Azad
- Saggar Mehra
- Sahej Bakshi
- Sahil Aneja
- Saiyami Kher
- Samir Suhag
- Sanjiv Shanmugam
- Sapna Pabbi
- Shahid Kapoor
- Shalini Passi
- Shibani Dandekar
- Shyma Shetty
- Sidharth Malhotra
- Sid Vashi
- Sony Kaur
- Suhani Parekh
- Summiya Patni
- Sunil Sethi
- Tashi Pedy
- Theron Carmine De Sousa
- Toshada Uma
- Troy Costa
- Ujjawal Dubey
- Varun Dhawan
- Vicky Kaushal
- Vikram Raizada
- Virat Kohli
- Vivek Karunakaran