The best dressed real men in America.

IT SEEMED LIKE A CRAZY IDEA, REALLY. EMBARK UPON AN EXHAUSTING THREE-WEEK NATIONWIDE DRAGNET IN SEARCH OF THE BEST-DRESSED REAL MAN IN AMERICA. COULD WE EVEN FIND HIM? UNAFRAID, WE PACKED OUR BAGS AND ISSUED THE CHALLENGE: "STYLISH MEN EVERYWHERE, STAND UP AND BE COUNTED." AND YOU DID. TEN CITIES, THREE THOUSAND CONTESTANTS, AND FIVE FINALISTS LATER, * THE IDEA DOESN'T SEEM THAT CRAZY AFTER ALL.

* The winner among the five finalists on the following pages will be decided live on NBC's Today show in September. To pick your favorite, log on to esquire.com.

Andrew Gutierrez, 28, school administrator, Hillcrest Christian School, Thousand Oaks, California

HOW HE WON:

Andrew showed up at our Los Angeles competition with his own laid-back take on California cool, which means he didn't try too hard. He did the high-low thing with a "random" pinstripe suit jacket, the origin of which he's long forgotten, a white collared shirt from Express, jeans from H&M, and leather shoes from Bass. Oh, and he wore a white leather belt.

WAIT. A WHITE BELT?

"I've always wanted a white belt," he explains. "I see a lot of guys wearing them these days. I can't explain it. But I thought it gave me a little something extra. And I wear it frequently. At least it didn't have studs on it." Fair enough.

HOW HE MAKES HIS CLOTHES WORK FOR HIM:

"I work a lot with the secondary students in my school," Andrew says. "I get a lot of questions from the senior guys about …