G. Bruce Boyer has been a noted fashion writer and editor for more than 30 years. He was associated with Town & Country magazine as men's fashion editor for 15 years. His feature articles have also appeared in Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Horizon, Men’s Health, Forbes, Leaders Magazine, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Cigar Aficionado, Departures, MR, Four Seasons, Quest, and other national and international publications. He is the first American fashion journalist to write for L’Uomo Vogue (Men's Italian Vogue).

He is the author of two books on the history and direction of men's fashion: Elegance (W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1985), and Eminently Suitable (W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1990); and the author of two books on the history of fashion in the cinema: Rebel Style: Cinematic Heroes of the Fifties (Assouline Press, 2006), and Fred Astaire Style (Assouline Press, 2005). Additionally, he is a co-author of a three-volume study of American menswear in the 1930s, entitled Apparel Arts (Gruppo GFT, Milan, 1989), and a contributor and consultant to The Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2004), and Generations of Style (Brooks Brothers, 2004).
 

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Boyer has appeared on national TV, National Public Radio, and as consultant and commentator on the TV documentary series for American Movie Classics, The Hollywood Fashion Machine.

He has been coordinator of public relations and media for the Custom Tailors & Designers Association of America (1993–1998), and is an editorial consultant on clothing, fashion, and grooming. His extensive knowledge of the clothing industry and custom trades has also led him to private and corporate image consulting, and writer/consultant to the clothing manufacturing industry, designers, and retailers. He has produced public relations, promotional text material, and advertising for Louis Boston, Paul Stuart, Zegna, Brioni, Faconnable, Alexander Julian, Bill’s Khakis, Nordstrom, Loro Piana, Kiton, Borrelli, Robert Tallbot, Edward Green, Nick Hilton, Polo/Ralph Lauren, Southwick, Bergdorf Goodman, Vass, Kiton, and Dormeuil, among other international firms.

Boyer is currently working on a book about Gary Cooper.

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