Justin Timberlake

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Justin Timberlake has been as well-known for his sense of style as for his smooth dance moves, budding acting career and his platinum-selling albums. So who better to lead off GQ’s list of the most stylish men of 2009? With his William Rast line making its Bryant Park debut tonight, the star tells GQ that he knew there would be skeptics when he launched it with pal Trace Ayala. “I knew that response was inevitable,” Timberlake tells GQ, “but my buddy and I wanted to do it so bad, we were just like — screw it.” And with top designer Johan Lindeberg on board, there are even more ambitious plans for the future. I think the brand, it needs to be bigger than its founder,” Lindeberg says. “Ralph Lauren the brand, for instance, is bigger than Ralph Lauren the person. That’s when you know you’ve succeeded with something.” Asked for he sees as a style icon, Justin picks a fashion favorite: Kate Moss. Justin explains, “She looks good in anything. She would look good in one of your T-shirts, in her T-shirt, in a man’s suit, in a huge gown. She even makes nude look stylish. That, to me, is a style icon.” As for Justin’s own signature style of wearing a sharply-cut suit with sneakers, he claims that it was necessity over design. “I mean, I just put sneakers on because I couldn’t dance in the shoes I had. I couldn’t leap with just insoles and dress shoes. I would’ve hurt myself.” Looks good and feels good? That’s style we can definitely get behind. Other honorees on the GQ list include Mark Ronson, Kanye West, T.I. and Jason Schwartzman. See more at GQ.com.

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The tents at Bryant Park may be losing superstar designers like Vera Wang and Monique Lhuillier to other venues this season, but Justin Timberlake is bringing sexy right back into the famed fashion venue. According to WWD, the star designer’s William Rast line will be making its Bryant Park debut on February 16. This show follows his acclaimed runway presentation, along with design partner Trace Ayala, at Roseland Ballroom last September. And of course, we’ll be bringing you the full scoop on the William Rast show and so many more when Fashion Week begins on February 13.

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With everyone from Mischa Barton to LL Cool J getting in on the current trend of star designers, there is one star who is definitely not trying her hand at designing– Jessica Biel. Despite internet rumors to the contrary, a rep from William Rast confirms to PEOPLE that it is not true that Jessica will be designing handbags for boyfriend Justin Timberlake’s denim line. Repeat, she will not be designing for William Rast. The fashion world’s loss is clearly acting’s gain. Tell us: Would you like to see Jessica Biel try her hand at design?

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Justin Timberlake has already conquered music, acting, design — and now he can add New York Fashion Week to his stellar resume. Along with business partner Trace Ayala, the superstar showed the William Rast Spring 2009 collection to a star-studded audience at Roseland Ballroom on Sunday night. Timberlake tells PEOPLE that just the fact that it’s a spring show was more intimidating than showing in N.Y.C. “I would just like to say first of all it’s so hard to put spring fashion shows together. With fall, you can layer everything up.” Ayala adds, “You have to focus on two or three pieces, tops.” Luckily, Timberlake and Ayala had some help — the team collaborated with Johan and Marcella Lindeberg on the designs this season. Timberlake explains, “I was a huge fan of his and I just thought it would be a cool thing if he did something less refined. A little more rugged….Johan loves the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.” And the crowd — which included Kevin Connolly, Jeremy Piven, Malin Ackerman, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Carla Gugino — definitely approved of the Blackberry Bold-sponsored show, which racheted up the fashion elements of the denim line significantly. Rachel Hunter enthused afterwards to PEOPLE, “I thought it was great. It was cool. I loved the jackets and the fringe. It was a very cool mixture. I think they put a really good look across.” Click here to see all of PEOPLE.com’s N.Y.C. Fashion Week coverage.

Your wait is over to get a first-hand look at Justin Timberlake’s starring role in the William Rast video campaign. Although for the past few years Justin has kept pretty quiet about his role with the clothing label, which he co-founded in 2005 with friend Trace Ayala, he’s finally stepping in front of the cameras to star as the fictional William Rast in a series of web shorts that he wrote, directed, and composed the musical score for — and we’re bringing you a first look at his bad-boy role alongside supermodel Erin Wasson. Still don’t have your fill? Click over to williamrast.com to see two more trailers in the series, and keep checking back as seven more roll out over the next month. Tell us: What do you think of Justin’s role as William Rast on the run?

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This fall’s New York Fashion week is shaping up to be a busy one for the multi-talented Justin Timberlake. Not only is the singer scheduled to play at the annual Fashion Rocks concert on September 5, but, as WWD reports, Justin will also be at the Roseland Ballroom a few nights later while models take to the runway in the newest William Rast collection — Justin and partner Trace Ayala’s successful denim line. Timberlake has already become the face of the line with their latest ads. With celebs like Jessica Simpson and Jessica Biel already loving their William Rast jeans, this is sure to be one of the hottest tickets of the week and one of the most star-studded audiences. To see more of N.Y.C. Fashion Week, click here.

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While many Hollywood designers, like Jessica Simpson and Lauren Conrad, are quick to attach their images to their design endeavors, Justin Timberlake has kept his name — and face — on the DL at William Rast, the premium denim collection he started in 2005. But that’s about to change this fall as Timberlake steps in front of the camera for the company’s latest ad campaign that includes a series of steamy web shorts entitled My Name is William Rast. The serialized shorts — which Timberlake co-wrote, co-directed and composed the score for — feature Justin as rebel Rast on the lam with his love interest, played by model Erin Wasson. While they won’t launch until later this month on the William Rast website, we’ve snagged you a sneak peek at the campaign’s sexy print ads. Tell us: What do you think of Justin stepping in front of the cameras?