The Sunday Times - UK (2022-05-01)

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Finger guns at the ready:

it’s Stringfellow-core

Possibly in reaction to the trend for oversize trousers, kilts

and platform heels, the ultimate flex in menswear is to go

old-school alpha and sleazy. No, not fat ties, skinny jeans and

mullets à la indie sleaze — this goes back to the king of

sticky-floored Soho nightclubs, Peter Stringfellow

(above and bottom). With his chest hair, fondness for

leopard print, singlets, leather vests, fur jackets and

too-tight crotches, Stringfellow did lairy chic to a

tee. Now a host of celebs are working the look:

see Chris Pine (top right) with his Man from Del

Monte-style safari suit, scraggly hair and Lothario

beard; and Jake Johnson (middle) playing a porn

baron in the TV show Minx with his unbuttoned

hippy shirts, leather trousers and waistcoats.

It’s a look that says “I’m behind the velvet rope

doing unironic finger guns at you right now”.

And it’s not only about the aesthetic — if

you’re really going for it, also have some

unexpected Alan Partridge quips prepared.

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Sonic the Hedgehog

hair? Why not

Not since Léa Seydoux took a style tip from

the anthropomorphic mammal in Blue Is the Warmest

Colour have cerulean manes had such a moment.

Recently we had Diplo (below left) and J Balvin (bottom

left) at the Grammys, Sophia Vergara on Insta and

Saweetie at Coachella (below right) showing off

waves of blue. It’s giving us Lisa from Steps

(bottom) vibes. So why is it happening

now? “There’s the influence of fantasy-

type filters on social media, which allow

us to try on fun new colours and fall in

love with them,” says the hair historian

Rachael Gibson. “The Y2K trend has also

had an impact, as these pop-punk,

cartoony colours feel really early 2000s.”

The new blue-rinse brigade, anyone?

Getty Images, Alamy, HBO

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