If you felt a shift in the universe today, it may have been for good reason: Harry Styles just sat front row at a London Fashion Week show for the first time in a decade, breaking his streak to support designer Steven Stokey-Daley’s label S.S. Daley, a favorite of the pop star and his longtime stylist Harry Lambert.
Seated alongside Vogue’s Anna Wintour and Hamish Bowles in the front row, Styles dressed for the occasion in a S.S. Daley tailored navy set—which featured cream detailing and a knit strawberry appliqué—alongside the designer’s “Cochrane” white ribbed tank and a worn-in pair of black Vans Authentic lace-ups. Do you hear that far-off voice in the distance, imploring that Vans are back? It just got a little louder.
Harry Styles has been an avid Vans wearer for years, even in his more haute-minded eras. He wore platform Vans Authentics with a Molly Goddard peasant blouse and jeans during the cover photoshoot for his most recent LP Harry’s House (he swapped them out for a dainty pair of ballet flats in the official artwork), and continued to rock the classic sneakers throughout that fashion-heavy album cycle—including when he wore a candy-striped JW Anderson jumpsuit to perform on Today in 2022. He’ll switch up the Vans for a pair of Sambas now and again, but it’s a silhouette he consistently returns to.
In contrast to the familiar footwear, Styles was rocking a new hairstyle. After buzzing off his recognizable curls late last year, the popstar appears to have grown out his short-back-and-sides cut into a neat little fashion mullet: grown-in ends flipped up at the nape of his neck, the top zhuzhed up into a faux-hawk-esque stance. The trendy mini mullet has been making the rounds in the Hollywood heartthrobs community, having already ensnared Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, and Drew Starkey in its treacly clutches.
