Not since Coco Chanel turned the fashion world upside down by using menswear jersey fabrics for her womenswear collections during WW1, have we seen such an incredible transformation on the “golden” carpet.

This year, as is often the case these days, it was down to the men to shake things up. Call it the Chalamet effect but gone were the penguin suits and gone even were the ties. The influencer Josh Richards may be best known among generation Z but from here on, he’ll also be known as the guy who, like the actor, swapped his shirt for a see-through mesh top.
Historically, what men wear on a red carpet was always relegated to background chitchat, certainly among the melee of princess gowns and big 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 dwindling divide between it and womenswear. At least, on the red carpet.