It’s pretty easy to have a crush on Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis. With razor-sharp cheekbones and a brooding gaze, the genetically blessed son of Daniel Day-Lewis and Isabelle Adjani has that whole heartthrob thing down. The 21-year-old singer first turned up as a model for the Fall 2015 Chanel couture show, and has since been steadily on the fashion radar, sitting front row at shows like Dolce Gabbana, and Burberry. But aside from attending shows, Day-Lewis has a flourishing personal style, with some very on-trend pop-star appeal, to boot. He has his much-lensed staples down pat: The singer throws on a camel coat—a piece beloved by another musical style success, A$AP Rocky—with faded jeans and a yellow streetwear tee. And he layers with no less aplomb than Justin Bieber: This season at Vetements, Day-Lewis wore a baby pink hoodie by Ev Bravado on top of a striped tunic with scuffed-up Converse. And then there’s his Brit-pop awareness: Just posted today, while perched against a motorcycle, the tatted head turner wore a tan camp shirt with a matching Trilby hat, skinny jeans, and boots.
But what makes Day-Lewis a standout from the crowd of crooners is the effortless splash of New Wave pieces into his look; he often wears a shirt printed with The Cure’s Robert Smith, or follows in the accessorized steps of ’80s Johnny Depp, Rob Lowe, and George Michael with a solo cross earring, a small detail that proves to be a quirky and big refresher from the mass-market looks of other male singers. We’ll have to keep watching to see what other funky style tricks the singer has up his sleeve.