Menswear steals the show on a gray Golden Globes red carpet

It didn't help that the red carpet was, in fact, gray. And that like much of the UK, it was raining in Beverly Hills. And that the star-studded stars - Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Rihanna - who we're counting on to kick off awards season with their dependable frou frou glamour, have failed.

And it really didn't help that the best looks were actually black, though Triangle of Sadness star Dolly de Leon (wearing an extraordinary dress in buttery-soft black leather by designer Norman Rene Devera), Hacks ' Megan Stalter, (giving Angelina Jolie's leg a run for its money in a Versace with two slits) and Natasha Lyonne (in clingy Givenchy, patent platforms and a copper bob) looked anything but boring.

But this year, as is often the case these days, it was up to the men to do shake things up.

Call it the Chalamet effect, but no more penguin suits, and even ties. Influencer Josh Richards may be the best known of Gen Z, but from now on he'll also be known as the guy who, like the actor, swapped his shirt for a sheer mesh top. p>

Historically, what men wear on a red carpet has always been relegated to background chatter, certainly among the jumble of princess dresses and voluminous hair. Then in 2019, Chalamet wore a Louis Vuitton harness to the Golden Globes and Billy Porter wore a Christian Siriano ballgown to the Oscars, and the menswear landscape changed forever, reflecting the narrowing gap between it and fashion. female fashion. At least, on the red carpet.