If you haven’t seen ‘George Michael: The Faith Tour’, currently playing in European cinemas, I urge you: GO IMMEDIATELY! The film is amazing. In 1988, the British pop star had his two concerts in Paris filmed by a top-notch film crew using fourteen 35mm cameras, only never to use any of it. Now, the footage has been edited and released as a two-hour masterpiece. ■ It feels like you’re at the show, witnessing a rather lonely-looking man working very, very hard. His voice is, of course, incredible. Most songs are great. GEORGE looks absolutely divine in a pair of 501s and a white T-shirt. If it weren’t for everything else going on, you could take the film for one long celebration of the perfection of LEVI’S jeans. ■ Most of all, it’s the sparse simplicity of the whole movie that is mind-blowing. Lengthy silences between songs, hardly a glimpse of the band – it’s just GEORGE on a huge stage in front of an ecstatic crowd. ■ Of course, the film brings back memories of the many conversations with GEORGE’s publicist we had in the past, trying to get him to appear in Fantastic Man. Alas, that never materialised. The closest we got to him, weirdly, was this shady paparazzi film from 2012 in which GEORGE is reading Fantastic Man…

Well spotted! The issue GEORGE MICHAEL is seen leafing through is our 15th issue, Spring & Summer 2012, featuring Frieze founder MATTHEW SLOTOVER on the cover. Flash forward to our latest issue, where, on pages 48–50, MATTHEW talks about his favourite restaurant, ASADOR ETXEBARRI, in the rural Basque Country of Spain. And guess what? Last week, ASADOR ETXEBARRI was crowned ‘Best Restaurant in the World’ by prominent food listing The50. Congratulations! ■ “Really unfussy and friendly for a restaurant on that level,” MATTHEW says of his dining experience. “Some might actually feel the service was bad because they didn’t have someone in a fancy uniform explaining things to them for five minutes.” ■ Read MATTHEW’s restaurant recommendation in our latest print issue or online.

Swedish underwear specialists CDLP have collaborated with LUFTHANSA on a very good-looking pair of pyjamas, especially for the airline’s first-class travellers. Since it’s quite unlikely you or I will ever see or receive a pair in real life, here’s a photo, above. ■ Mere mortals can still buy CDLP’s excellent Tencel briefs (here is my favourite style), boxers or jockstraps. Their new grey ribbed tank tops are very nice too – a flashback to the 1990s at their very best.

Our brothers at BUTT have made a new whopper of an anthology book with publisher Taschen. Pre-order here! NEW BUTT is made up of a selection of great stories from the ten most recent issues of BUTT, published since its relaunch in 2022. ARCA, JORDAN FIRSTMAN, ÉDOUARD LOUIS, TROYE SIVAN – the list of amazing interviewees goes on. ■ The book also includes BUTT’s super-rare scoop from 2025, in which MARTIN MARGIELA interviews JEAN PAUL GAULTIER. It may well be the first time ever that we get to hear the legendary designer speak, and he’s not holding back! “Pfff, how can I get you to where I want to get you?” MARGIELA asks his friend and former boss GAULTIER, who replies: “What do you want me to say? Ass. Dick. Of course! And thighs. Muscled legs. I don’t like empty jeans.” And more. ■ NEW BUTT, 592 pages of pure pleasure, is, of course, the perfect Christmas gift.

Designer NUR ABBAS first appeared in Fantastic Man in Spring & Summer 2009 (see above, photo by PAUL WETHERELL). He can again be found in our latest issue, where he’s in conversation with contributing editor SEB EMINA about coats, for our crystal ball section ‘Anticipation’ (p. 69–72). ■ They talk about the future of outerwear. NUR, who designs the GOLDWIN 0 line as well as his innovative luggage brand PARSEL, has just opened a store for his super-ultra-light brand, GNUHR, in Portland, Oregon – see our Instagram post about it.