It’s a new year, which means—for the second January in a row—there is a new paparazzi photo of a Hollywood heartthrob pumping gas in Los Angeles wearing an outfit that may well foretell the menswear landscape for 2025.
Hot on the heels of his one-man charm offensive to promote the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet is cooling off on the West Coast, where he was recently photographed at a gas station in Beverly Hills. Sporting the same “Timgoatée Chalamet” facial hair that’s kept him company throughout the film’s winsome press tour, the actor’s casual outfit comprised his usual mix of fashion-insider streetwear: a slouchy striped V-neck sweater by Maison Margiela, cargo shorts from Nike’s outdoorsy sub-label ACG, and burnished red Asics HN2-S Protoblast trainers designed by menswear luminary Kiko Kostadinov, whose techy designs for the Japanese sneaker label have steadily reshaped the running-shoe game. Leaning up against his mid-refuel BMW SUV, he accessorized with a gold chain necklace and distressed baseball cap by the London-based designer Martine Rose.
Not to fixate on the luxury of wearing shorts in January, it was perhaps the most Californian this native New Yorker has ever looked.
Aside from being a somewhat more serene take on his usual post-swag fare, Chalamet’s gas-station ensemble mirrored the deceptively casual, brand-heavy wardrobe he and the celebrity stylist Taylor McNeill deployed throughout the recent promotional blitz. Indeed, he wore the same pair of Kiko Asics for his viral appearance on ESPN’s College GameDay last month, during which he also sported a bright pink Martine Rose parka. Rose is a favorite of McNeill’s, whose other extremely famous client—the rapper Kendrick Lamar—has even namechecked the British designer in his lyrics. Her eponymous label, which frequently spins up the streetwear staples of South London in the ’80s and ’90s, has inspired a subculture of its own.
Will Timmy’s designer-heavy kit portend a year in which the quiet luxury wave will finally abate and loud, wily streetwear will rise again? If the success of Chalamet’s refreshingly personality-forward press tour is any indication, eccentricity could be this year’s first big fashion trend.
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