Billy Porter
Moran asks who teenage boys can look up to, and Billy Porter is an ideal candidate for a modern role model for teenage boys. His looks dazzle on every red carpet I have seen. So much so, that I wish the tuxedo dress was a more common sight for all.
Kurt Cobain
From cardigans and flannel to performing on stage in a fetching floral frock, Kurt Cobain is a leader in genderless fashion. Meanwhile, Kurt Cobain has, in death, been voted sexiest man alive more than once; a pretty mean feet posthumously. Certainly, he was an incredibly sexy and talented musician and a role model for many.
David Bowie
With a wardrobe that I would swap anything for, David Bowie deserves to be on this list. From his jumpsuits that were probably designed in dreams to the make-up that has you questioning if it is real, Bowie is, and always will be, an icon of ungendered style.
Jaden Smith
If Harry Styles is revolutionary, then Jayden Smith was the coup that led the uprising. In 2016, he went to prom in a dress, and modelled for Louis Vuitton in a skirt, being name checked in the New York Times as ‘The New Man in a Skirt’.
For Caitlin Moran to say that Harry Styles’ fashion choices are revolutionary is quite frankly a bit strange. Moran started her own trailblazing career as a music journalist, and the idea that she couldn’t remember any of these true revolutionaries could be showing the the true power of a man in genderless clothing: so sexy, even great minds falter.
Words by Hana Kelly
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