Few performers can close out a night of live television and immediately turn the after-party into a fashion moment—but Harry Styles has long made a habit of doing exactly that.
Fresh off his double-duty appearance on Saturday Night Live—serving as both host and musical guest—the singer stepped into the New York night for the show’s celebratory after-party alongside Zoë Kravitz and her mother, Lisa Bonet. The trio made for an effortlessly cool downtown tableau, though it was Styles’s jacket that commanded attention.
A Chanel Statement
At the centre of the look was a cropped leopard-print jacket from Chanel’s Métiers d’art collection, designed by creative director Matthieu Blazy. The piece, styled by longtime collaborator Harry Lambert, was crafted from a specially commissioned tweed developed by the legendary embroidery house Maison Lesage.
Cut with a slightly cropped silhouette and finished with delicate trim, the jacket felt both polished and playful—two qualities that have come to define Styles’s evolving red-carpet vocabulary.
New York as Inspiration
The jacket’s origins are particularly fitting for the occasion. The Métiers d’art collection that debuted the piece was inspired by the rhythm of New York City itself—its subway platforms, its characters, and the countless fleeting encounters that unfold between them.
This week, it seems, some of those encounters involved Styles personally. Fans reportedly spotted the singer jogging through Manhattan streets in the days leading up to his SNL appearance, continuing a routine that has become something of a charming urban legend among New Yorkers.
Effortless Off-Duty Styling
For the after-party, Styles balanced the statement jacket with understated staples: a simple white T-shirt, straight-leg blue jeans and black loafers from The Row. The effect was relaxed but deliberate—a reminder that the singer’s style thrives on the tension between flamboyance and restraint.
Beside him, Kravitz leaned into similarly effortless glamour, pairing a fur-trimmed baby-blue jacket with a cream mini skirt.
A Playful Night on Stage
Earlier in the evening, Styles delivered an opening monologue that leaned into the internet’s long-running fascination with his wardrobe—and the debates surrounding it. With characteristic humor, he addressed accusations of “queerbaiting,” jokingly noting that perhaps the public doesn’t know everything about him.
The moment was followed by the kind of cheeky spontaneity viewers expect from the SNL stage, including a comedic kiss with cast member Ben Marshall—prompting Styles to quip, with a grin, “Now that’s queerbaiting.”
If the night proved anything, it’s that Harry Styles continues to treat fashion and performance as part of the same spectacle: playful, provocative and always just a little unpredictable.
