Alexander Skarsgård is making a case for dressing without boundaries, one red carpet at a time. Last year, it was his crimson nails at the Governors Awards, a small but pointed statement that the freedom to adorn oneself has no gender. This time, the actor has taken that argument several steps further, trading conventional red-carpet tailoring for a skirt.
The actor attended the Los Angeles premiere of Wicker, a romantic fantasy in which he plays a husband made of straw and woven wicker who comes to life and falls for Oli audiences off guard, and his red-carpet look offered its own departure from the expected
Setting aside the film’s basket-weaving narrative, Alexander arrived in an outfit that steered clear of the conventional suits and sharply cut trousers that usually dominate men’s red-carpet dressing. He wore a black, long-sleeved top embellished with studs and featuring a framed portrait of Colman. Below it was a two-tone, pleated plaid skirt, secured with a wide belt and a prominent buckle. Black crew socks and polished Derby shoes completed the ensemble.
Of course the skirt was the defining element,
Of course the skirt was the defining element, but the larger point lay in how effortlessly it sat within the look. And Alexander wore it with the ease of someone who sees little reason for clothes to come with gendered instructions.
His approach to fashion has questioned the conventions that dictate how men should dress, and this latest appearance adds to that conversation. If last year’s crimson nails challenged the boundaries of men’s beauty, the kilt makes a similar argument about clothing. That a skirt need not invite scrutiny simply because a man is wearing it.
Just days earlier, the actor had drawn attention at the London Film Festival for wearing barely-there shoes. Between unconventional footwear and a skirt on the red carpet, Alexander appears in no hurry to follow the usual rules of men’s fashion.
