Harry Styles' 'Golden' Video Is a Much-Needed Dose of Bold-as-Hell Style
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Harry Styles has a knack for turning up right when you need him most. The singer's popped up serendipitously here and there over the last few months, much to his fans' immense delight, but for the most part he's laid low, content to grow out his enviable mustache while on lockdown in Italy. (Can you blame him?!) The last time we officially heard from the guy was when he debuted the video for "Watermelon Sugar," a vivid tableau of carefree frolicking that served as an ebullient paean to the summer that should've been—he dedicated the video to "touching"—as people around the world went into lockdown for good.
If you've been jonesing for more of the star's particular brand of heavily Gucci-fied flair, good news: The boy is back, and in a big way. Today the singer dropped a video for "Golden," and it delivers on just about every front imaginable. Over the last few years, Styles has emerged as one of the most idiosyncratic dressers in the world. He is no stranger to the absolutely tremendous fit. In fact, he's made a habit out of pulling 'em off with aplomb, sometimes switching between multiple certifiably huge outfits in a single day. His dedication to the craft—mastery, you might call it—is certainly on full display here, as he crashes through the scenic Italian countryside in a whole lot of breathtaking designer gear.
And sure, the usual suspects are all there. For about half the video, Styles is wearing custom Gucci, in the form of a bright blue double-breasted jacket, an artfully disheveled striped shirt, and plaid pants so loud they're the type of thing most of us would take off the rack at Dover Street Market, contemplate for a moment, and than put sadly back in their place thinking of what could've been. (If you're being a real stickler for details, there's also sun-kissed skin aplenty, a brief cameo from a pair of crochet driving gloves [?!] and a delightfully mismatched manicure that only reinforces what we've been saying for a long time.)
Since the outset of his solo career, though, Styles has also been a consistent champion of young design talent, wearing lesser-known names alongside brands like Gucci to the unanimous delight of the designers involved. It's a dedication that's commendable in a star of his caliber, and this time around it's British young'un Steven Stokey-Daley who benefits. Stokey-Daley graduated with a BA in fashion design just this year, and its his voluminous, heavily-pleated trousers Styles is rocking throughout the video and in select promo shots for the project. (To say that this is probably a big deal for the designer is a bit of an understatement.)
Style's spirited jaunt around the Italian coast makes for a mood most of us would give just about anything to inject straight into our fucking veins if it means we could join him in his small slice of paradise, at least until election day. For now, though, we'll all have to settle for rewatching the video over and over (and over) again, dreaming about what could've been and what could still be.
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