own impressive collection of clothing, always on the search for the next thing to wear. You don’t become GQ’s Most Stylish Man of the Decade by accepting the static. But as he himself told this very publication back in 2019: “I'll come clean with you: I'm not exactly sure how a gearhead is supposed to dress in their 40s.”

This week, Mayer kicked off a tour to commemorate his 2021 album Sob Rock, a perpetual sad boy’s ode to louche ’80s aesthetics, by taking the stage at The Hollywood Palladium in a solid black tee tucked into billowy white pleated trousers, the hems of his pant legs pooling above a pair of dove-gray combat boots. Sort of classic, sort of weird…and definitely textbook Mayer.

“I like the 1940s-man look,” he once said. “High-waisted, not at all worked out, a little meek—in the best way—no alpha-male vibes. Sometimes I wish I didn't have a tattoo sleeve…Kind of kills the fantasy of it being an old picture.” His latest tour trouser, low-slung and belted, feels like a streetwear take on, say,