Harry Styles' stylist not deliberately trying to 'subvert masculinity'
Harry Styles' stylist, Harry Lambert, hasn't set out to deliberately "subvert masculinity" with the singer's looks.
Harry Styles' stylist hasn't set out to deliberately "subvert masculinity" with the singer's looks.
The Aperture hitmaker has worked with Harry Lambert since 2014 and become known for his flamboyant fashion during their partnership, but the sartorial expert - who also helps dress Alexander Skarsgard and Emma Corrin - insists there is nothing deliberately political about his work.
Lambert told The Observer magazine of his relationship with Styles: "It was organic. It was instinct - it felt honest.
“I find with my work that people try to politicise it, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing but they’ll be like, ‘Oh, you’re trying to subvert masculinity’ or, ‘You’re trying to make a comment on what men should and shouldn’t wear. Maybe I am.
“But that’s not the goal of the work, to challenge the way that people look at men or women.
“The intention of my work is to make something memorable. Or joyful. Or fun.
“I do think fashion is important. I do think it’s political. But I prefer that being a by-product."
But the stylist admitted he has worked to create memorable pop culture moments with the former One Direction singer.
He said: “When you think of the great pop stars, what immediately comes to mind is an outfit.
“Britney Spears as a schoolgirl. Madonna in the cone bra. Elvis in the white jumpsuit.
“Mr. Bean even, the suit, the tie, the hair.
“I’m not embarrassed to say that I was brought up on Top of the Pops and smash Hits magazine. The idea of styling talent – it was exciting to me.”
Lambert previously worked with the likes of Josh O’Connor, Dan Levy, and Emilia Clarke, but cut his list of celebrity clients down from nine to just three after he began to suffer panic attacks last year.
And he admitted it wasn’t easy to drop the famous names.
He said: “I’m pretty chill. Like, I can do a lot of work, juggle a lot of things, I have a great team who can take a lot…
“But at the end of last year I was like, this is too much. You start to lose your creativity.
“I love everyone I work with and I want to give people my best. But if you’re stretched too thin…
“It was like breaking up with friends. Not that we’ve broken up. But it was hard.”
