Dylan Jones

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Dylan Jones (born 1960) is a British journalist who is editor of GQ UK.

Jones attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London where he studied graphic design. He began his career in journalism at i-D magazine, becoming Editor in 1984 before moving onto Arena in 1987 to serve as Editor. At that same time, he was also a contributing editor at The Face.

Following that, he worked as associate editor of The Observer magazine and editor-at-large of The Sunday Times before taking over at GQ in 1999. Jones is credited with taking the magazine in a more political direction, recently featuring Conservative party leader David Cameron on the front cover.

He currently has a weekly spot in the magazine supplement of the Mail on Sunday. Topics of his column have included the decreasing number of men wearing ties and the poor dress sense of the majority of British people.

Jones is also the author of the best-selling book, iPod Therefore I Am: A Personal Journey Through Music documenting his musical tastes and how the iPod music player has transformed it. He also wrote Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man, a book containing guides on how a modern man should behave, including guides such as how to commission a suit, how to behave in a casino and how to tie the laces of boat shoes.