The Heartstopper Boys Are Gen Z’s Next Menswear Stars

For his half, Connor, who performs earnest rugby star Nick Nelson on the collection, wore a glittering blue polo shirt and matching black trousers by Loewe. (Connor’s a pal of the model, and he’s attended a couple of of designer Jonathan Anderson’s exhibits across several trend weeks.) Locke, who portrays soft-spoken protagonist Charlie Spring, wore a Valentino shorts-suit set within the model’s signature neon fuschia—which has been a celeb-favorite menswear swerve these previous few years, as seen on Hollywood man Sebastian Stan or Zoomer musician Conan Gray—offset with burgundy loafers and socks. After which there’s Will Gao, generally known as brooding Tao Xu on the present, in a artful lace-trimmed Bode swimsuit over a breezy wide-collared shirt that, according to our British GQ brethren, positioned him squarely into “full Haunted Victorian Schoolchild mode.” Every of the three is rocking their very own distinct shade of heartthrob, be it glitzy, sporty, colourful, or moody—which, within the lengthy, stodgy arc of menswear—is already progress sufficient.