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  1. 1Prince (musician)Prince (musician)Born 7 Jun 1958Prince wore heeled boots, ruffled shirts, lace and cropped jackets to awards shows from the 1980s onwards, and his yellow lace trouser suit with cut-out seat at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards is still one of the most cited menswear moments on any red carpet. Much of his wardrobe was made to order…0i
  2. 2André 3000André 3000André 3000 spent the Outkast years mixing argyle, kilts, platinum wigs, jodhpurs and golf caps at award shows, most memorably across the 2004 Grammys, where Outkast won album of the year. He treated preppy and country-club menswear as raw material for something theatrical, and his later choice of a…0i
  3. 3Pharrell WilliamsPharrell WilliamsBorn 5 Apr 1973Pharrell wore an oversized Vivienne Westwood "Mountain" hat to the 2014 Grammys and a tailored shorts suit to the Oscars a few weeks later, and has since worn Chanel tweed, pearls and jewelled sunglasses to formal events. His long run of genre-blending red-carpet choices led directly to a design…0i
  4. 4Jared LetoJared LetoBorn 26 Dec 1971Leto became Alessandro Michele's most visible male ambassador at Gucci, wearing long hair, floral and embroidered suits, capes and pussy-bow blouses to premieres and award shows in the late 2010s. At the 2019 Met Gala, themed on camp, he wore a red Gucci gown hung with crystal chains and carried a…0
  5. 5Jaden SmithJaden SmithBorn 8 Jul 1998Jaden Smith wore skirts and dresses to proms, premieres and public events as a teenager in the mid-2010s, and in 2016 appeared in a Louis Vuitton womenswear campaign for designer Nicolas Ghesquière. At an age when most young actors wore safe suits, he made gender-neutral dressing part of his public…0i
  6. 6Jonathan Van NessJonathan Van NessBorn 28 Mar 1987Van Ness, the grooming expert from "Queer Eye", has worn ball gowns, sequinned dresses and heels to the Emmys and other awards nights since the show's success from 2018. As a non-binary public figure on mainstream television red carpets, they helped make gowns on people expected to wear tuxedos an…0i
  7. 7Billy PorterBilly PorterBorn 21 Sept 1969Porter's black velvet tuxedo gown by Christian Siriano at the 2019 Oscars, styled by Sam Ratelle, is the single most discussed men's red-carpet outfit of the decade. He followed it with a series of planned looks, including being carried into the 2019 Met Gala on a litter in a winged gold outfit by…0
  8. 8Harry StylesHarry StylesBorn 1 Feb 1994Working with stylist Harry Lambert and Gucci's Alessandro Michele, Styles moved from One Direction's skinny suits to pussy-bow blouses, pearls, flared trousers and painted nails. He co-chaired the 2019 Met Gala in a sheer black Gucci jumpsuit with a single pearl earring, wore a green feather boa to…0
  9. 9Lil Nas XLil Nas XLil Nas X treats each red carpet as a staged reveal: a pink Versace cowboy outfit with harness at the 2020 Grammys, then at the 2021 Met Gala three Versace layers, a gold cape over gold armour over a jewelled bodysuit, removed one by one on the steps. Working with stylist Hodo Musa, he has made…0
  10. 10Timothée ChalametTimothée ChalametBorn 27 Dec 1995Chalamet's long collaboration with stylist Taylor McNeill and designers such as Haider Ackermann has produced some of the most influential men's red-carpet looks of recent years, from a sequinned Louis Vuitton harness at the 2019 Golden Globes to a backless red halter top by Ackermann at the 2022…0