5 HARRY STYLES

“CLOTHES ARE there to have fun with and experiment with and play with,” Harry Styles told Vogue in 2020. “When you take away ‘There’s clothes for men and there’s clothes for women’ . . . obviously you open up the arena in which you can play.” The former One Direction member turned solo superstar’s freespirited fashion sense has helped make him a newschool style icon in the gender-fluid footsteps of Seventies and Eighties heroes — especially

David Bowie and Prince. With guidance from his longtime stylist Harry Lambert, Styles has put a sexy, disco-leaning spin on menswear, often inspiring his fans to show up at his concerts imitating his penchant for boas, flared pants, and bold, psychedelic colors. As Lambert recently said of his work with Styles, “I think any time fashion creates a dialogue, that’s positive.” B.S.