Afternoon Reading List 10.23.12.

1. Project Upgrade — Lawmakers and their aides have notoriously been disheveled messes who look like they buy their suits off the rack and tie their ties in the dark. So GQ has decided to give six of Capitol Hill’s youngest players a much needed style boost. The piece includes seriously astonishing before and after pictures you won’t want to miss. The aides start out in their own ill-fitting clothing and bad haircuts and wind up in the likes of Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger and Bruno Cucinelli pocket squares.