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Visual Evidence That Harry Styles Also Counts Princess Diana As His Fashion Muse

Even the musician needs sartorial guidance every now and then - by Danielle Fowler
  • 15 Nov 2019

Gen-Z poster boy Harry Styles is forever reminding the fashion circuit that he needs no assistance when it comes to the wardrobe department.

A walking ambassador for Gucci, the musician boasts a closet packed with flamboyant pussy-bow blouses, flared velvet suits and a week's worth of snaffle loafers.

But even the 25-year-old gets stuck for inspiration every once in a while and who better to look to than the industry's reigning muse?

Enter: Princess Diana.

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In a matchy-matchy moment sure to make the fashion history books, music royalty Harry Styles just paid sartorial homage to real-life royalty in an ensemble inspired by the late Princess of Wales.

On Wednesday evening, Styles pounded the pavements of New York in a sheep-emblazoned Lanvin jumper plucked from the brand's spring/summer 2020 line.

But this wasn't any old fashion moment, as GQ editor Rachel Seville Tashjian was the first to note that the gloriously geeky number bears striking resemblance to a jumper Princess Diana first donned at a polo match circa 1989.

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Further demonstrating his knack at making outfits that - let's be frank here, really shouldn't work on paper - work wonders. Within sheer minutes, paparazzi shots of the singer were doing the rounds on Instagram.

Styles slipped a striped shirt beneath the geeky pull-over - sleeves rolled up for good measure - with mannish pinstripe trousers to finish.

Throw in a pair of patent candy floss pink leather loafers (Gucci, durr) and it was a look destined to grace every fan girl's Tumblr page.

For anyone out there keen to give the Kensington Palace approved trend a whirl this season, a $2,527 full-sleeve version is currently available to shop.

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Princess Diana's original jumper was from Warm & Wonderful, designed by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne. 

Delivering a lesson in regal off-duty dressing, the mother-of-two layered the farm-themed knit over a sweet Peter Pan blouse with red block heels to match.

RELATED: Princess Diana's Best Style Moments Of All Time

Although Styles isn't the first A-lister to look to her wardrobe in recent weeks.

Back in August, Hailey Bieber played dress-up in some of the royal's most referenced looks for the pages of Vogue Paris. 

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At the hands of photographer Gregory Harris and stylist Virginie Benarroch, the model gave a millennial spin on everything from Princess Diana's now-iconic Harbour Club uniform to her weekend Sloane Ranger aesthetic.

The moral of the story? Don't throw out your cycling shorts just yet.

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