Harry Styles; from X Factor runner-up to global sensation, the former One Direction member has become an icon in the fashion industry, becoming a muse for Gucci designers and most recently launching his own collection with the brand, titled ‘Ha Ha Ha’, embracing the traditional Gucci silhouettes with Styles’ trademark vibrant colours & patterns. His impact landed a feature in the V&A Museum’s ‘Fashioning Menswear’ exhibition, showcasing a dress worn by Styles on the cover of Vogue as the magazine’s first solo male cover model.
The days of Harry Styles being considered a fashion icon (for better or worse) go back to his later days in One Direction, debuting a floral (Gucci) suit in 2015 on the American Music Awards red carpet. The look itself landed Styles on a number of worst–dressed lists for the event, signifying the changing opinions on men’s gender binaries in fashion since. His looks gained him an invite to the 2019 Met Gala, where he & Zayn remain the only band members to have walked the iconic carpet.
Nowadays, he is considered a force for change in how celebrities dress, and guilty for creating feather boa shortages in the cities he performs in thanks to his fans’ expressive fashion (guilty)…
