Lennon Gallagher: ‘I break Into my dad’s wardrobe.’
Instead of going down the obvious route of picking up a guitar like his rock ‘n’ roll star dad, Oasis frontman Liam, Lennon Gallagher has chosen to venture down a different path. The 17-year-old rising star made his fashion debut at the Topman Design autumn/winter 2017 show earlier this year and now he is the face of the brand’s latest campaign. Leading a group of new faces, Lennon brings the Gallagher swagger (and eyebrows!) to the new collection, out this month. Here, Lennon talks about style, his favorite band, and borrowing his dad’s clothes. Leather jacket or tracksuit?
LENNON GALLAGHER: Why not both? I mean, I do love myself a leather jacket. But on a Monday morning when I go to college, it has to be tracksuits. Favorite band?
Nirvana, man! I went through a massive grunge phase. They are definitely my number one, as well as Kurt Cobain’s early stuff like “Fecal Matter.” They’ve got some sick music. Best place to get a drink? (Looks sheepishly at his mum and puts on unconvincing tone) I am 17 so I wouldn’t know where to get a drink! What new music are you listening to?
Rat Boy. He’s sick. I went to a few of his gigs up in Leeds a year and a half ago, but he only got big quite recently. My younger brother, Gene, is obsessed with him. He’s incredibly creative; he makes his own clothes and stickers. It’s awesome. What football team do you support?
I’m not too big on football, but if I had to say a team it would have to be Manchester City or my dad would freak out. What’s your current favorite meme?
The one I find really hilarious at the moment is how Italians hold stuff; it’s so stupid. Me and my older brother have jokes regarding memes. I just tag him in stuff on Facebook and he’s like, “What was that?” Have you heard they’ve made memes into a university course now? Like, what’s your degree in? Memeology. Can you see yourself getting into that?
If modeling fails and I don’t get into acting, I’ll just go to university and talk about memes.
Your dad must have a pretty impressive wardrobe. Do you ever steal his clothes?
All the time! When I’m at my dad’s, I have to break into his wardrobe, it’s like Mission Impossible. Me and my younger brother will go try and check them out and he’ll be like, “Don’t get into my wardrobe!” He’s got some really cool Adidas sneakers. My mum has really cool clothes too, and I have to admit I have nicked some of them before alongside my older brother’s.
PATSY KENSIT (his Mum): His brother has to do a sweep of his room once a week…
LENNON: I did a small shoot for ID magazine and they took some photos of me wearing my brother’ s Adidas jumper, and he mess aged me from Abu Dhabi asking why I was wearing his clothes. What’s your favourite current trend?
I don’t think I know any. I transition through so many different styles, but at the minute, I’ve been wearing a lot of skater clothes. So are you attending a lot of drops?
I’ve never been to a Supreme or Palace drop. I’ve got some friends who have camped outside the stores and stuff. What got me into skating was my Mum. She showed me this documentary called All
This Mayhem about Tas and Ben Pappas. It was pretty interesting. They dealt with drugs and stuff like that. It was so captivating. Were you nervous walking your first show for
Topman Design? Are you the type of person to have pre-show rituals?
I didn’t have enough time to get stressed. I went to the casting the day before and they said to come the next morning at 11 a.m. I was like… “Oh, okay.” I have to come up with an excuse for school now. I don’t have any rituals though, apart from drinking a ton of coffee. Have you been given any advice on dealing with this new limelight you’re in?
Not really. But Models One, the agency I’m with, offer a social media class to learn how to deal with that, which I do want to do eventually. It’s weird. I’m not sure how to deal with it. My Mum and Dad have kept me out of the spotlight for a lot of my younger life. But yeah, I do need to go talk to my agency before I say something weird on Instagram.
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