From frontline reporter to fashion icon: why TV’s male stars love a scarf like Clive Myrie’s
HE WON plaudits for his coolness under pressure while presenting from Ukraine’s front line – but now Clive Myrie is attracting praise for his trendsetting neckwear.
The BBC’s foreign correspondent and Mastermind presenter has a fondness for accessorising his outfits with fetching chiffon scarves, even combining one with a T-shirt when he appeared on The One Show earlier this year.
He also wore one on the red carpet at the National Television Awards last September when he sported a grey and black polka dot scarf with a traditional tuxedo.
His fashion-forward style, which has been described as ‘London media attire’, certainly seems to chime with film and television celebrities – and not just when it’s chilly outside.
Dapper chatshow host Graham Norton is regularly seen sporting a neckwarmer, and the 59-year-old often twins his scarves with blazers and jeans.
American actor Stanley Tucci, 61, has also been spotted using a scarf as a fashion accessory. The former fashion model is known to favour cashmere ones.
The trend is also popular among younger stars. Thomas Brodie-Sangster, 31, best known for his role as Sam in the romantic comedy Love Actually, was seen wearing a scarf at a party this year.
ITV football pundit Ian Wright, 58, is another dedicated follower of the fashion and regularly wears a scarf – even when he is broadcasting from a studio or attending a celebrity party. Journalist Myrie, 57, one of the hardest-working presenters on TV, has won applause on social media for his scarves.
And last week he unexpectedly revealed his passion for fashion, even though the BBC pays him a clothing allowance only for Mastermind and not for his anchor role on BBC News.
The star, whose Jamaican-born mother worked as a seamstress for 1960s designer Mary Quant, confessed he enjoys buying himself expensive clothes. The presenter, who has collected luxury watches for decades, said certain designers suited him better, adding: ‘Paul Smith doesn’t work on me as much as Armani does.’
But he added: ‘I only wear suits if I have to.’