Details (magazine)

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Cover of an issue of Details magazine

Details is an American monthly men's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Though the title has existed since the 1980s under various editors and publishers, its current format stems from an October 2000 relaunch of the title, following a transfer of the magazine from the Condé Nast Media Group division to sibling division Fairchild Publications.

Between its last issue at Condé Nast and first at Fairchild, circulation of Details was temporarily suspended. This allowed for extensive redesign and strategic repositioning of the magazine as an upscale and irreverent fashion magazine for affluent men in their late 20s and 30s. Total newsstand and subscription circulation was reigned in to approximately 500,000. In the five years since its relaunch, Details has received recognition throughout media circles (including several ASME and Society of Publication Design awards).

Its primary competing titles include corporate sibling GQ and Hearst's Esquire.

Past editors include Dave Eggers of McSweeney's fame. Frequent contributors include Augusten Burroughs and Anderson Cooper. Details gave rise to the more populist Maxim and Stuff magazines.