Paul Mescal has proven time and time again that, when it comes to menswear, he’s pretty advanced in the curriculum. From big, big suits to tiny, tiny shorts, the Irish actor can do serious, he can do weird, and he can do everything in between – something that became all the more evident thanks to the cardigan that he wore earlier today.
Spotted in London, the All of Us Strangers star’s fit looked like Famous Man business as usual. Black suit, slim white T-shirt, and he layered this with a double-breasted winter coat and some Studio Nicholson trousers. He also jumped into some white dress socks and a pair of Gucci Horsebit Loafers. So far, so solid.
But on the pap yard from car to BBC studios, Mescal sufficiently Mescalified his fit with a bright red knit: the very appropriately named Mega Shred Cardigan by Charles Jeffrey. Released as part of the LVMH Prize-nominee’s Loverboy line, this gender-fluid piece is apparently inspired by Frankenstein’s monster, with contrasting colours and stripes making their way throughout. If you want colourful but haunted British weirdness, Charles Jeffrey is your boy.
The classic fit plus one bit of weird is a textbook Mescal formula. Take, for instance, his white tee and blue jean combo at a Gucci party last year; sounds simple enough, but the white tee was cropped and slightly micro and just weird enough. Then, there are all those banging suits made sexy with a white vest – another slight switcheroo that keeps Mescal ahead of the curve. And for that, you can largely thank his stylist Felicity Kay, who told Vogue in a 2023 interview that she “quickly got a sense that Paul had great taste.”
She’s right. He does. And if you follow the same combo, you can be a little bit more Paul Mescal too.
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