Jared Leto, the man who lived and changed style two (thousand) times turns 50

Jesus was born on December 25th. Chance or not, Jared Leto he came into the world the following day of 1971 years later, at several meridians and parallels away. And, ok, we don’t want to say that the American star is the messiah of fashion, but in the style bible he earned a place thanks to some memorable looks which allowed him to enter the Paradise à la page from the main door. Not to mention that over the decades it has earned the title of elegant red carpet savior in the world.

The actor and singer, therefore, is now 50 years old and, in his case, there is a miracle to cry out. Who would ever give half a century to the man who, Harry Styles aside, plays with style like no one ever? And that we have struggled to recognize as Paolo Gucci in House of Gucci?

Jared Leto, blue eyes and typical face from rom-com, he has never filmed romantic comedies, instead transforming himself often on the big screen for script needs (all of a certain level), going up and down with the scales and wearing the most disparate clothes, from the pop ones of Joker to the dramatic ones of the transsexual with AIDS in Dallas Buyers Club, role for which, in 2014, he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Not only cinema, but also music (he is the leader of the rock band Thirty Second To Mars) and, recently, catwalks (she walked in November for Gucci in Los Angeles).

We really wonder what this man can’t do. Director under a pseudonym, singer, musician, songwriter, actor, has always managed to take his projects very high. A true transformist, the artist has, in fact, lived many lives and changed many styles as far as looks are concerned. From the 90s grunge aesthetic to the emo-rock one of the beginning of the Third Millennium, up to revealing a new side of oneself since tied her Gucci double-stranded wardrobe, approaching and fully reflecting the euphoric vision of the maison’s creative director and his great friend, Alessandro Michele.

The collaboration with the Florentine fashion house, which has been going on since 2015, has shown us a new side of Jared Leto, 100% free and experimental, eclectic, colorful, spectacular and quirky. And so the actor went from total black to sparkling glamor to return to total white and, again, to color on color, without ever losing what seem to be the main characteristics of each of his artistic and aesthetic manifestations: charm, originality and desire to be authentically himself. If there was room for a photo in the dictionary, next to the word “chameleon” would be his.

“My style depends on my mood and what I’m doing,” said the star in an interview with GQ Usa. “There are some outfits I’ve loved over the years. Things, however, that I regretted. I can’t think of anything specific, but I’m sure if I take a trip down memory lane there might be looks that I wouldn’t be sporting today. Or maybe not”. And so we admired him in the front row at the fashion shows with transparent tank tops before Kim Kardashian did it, in punk or Ken version of Barbie if necessary, with feathers, pastel combinations, sparkling necklaces to complete dark jackets instead of the ordinary tie or with maxi flowers pinned to the blazer that would delight Carrie Bradshaw. In recent years i its fit from the 70s and 80s have become reference points for a cool wardrobe e genderless.

Ma it’s at the Met Gala that Jared Leto gave his best, showing off custom Gucci creations, of course, now legendary: as in 2018 when he dazzled with a divine look, in every sense, in honor of the theme Heavenly Bodies: Fashion And The Catholic Imagination.

The most iconic of all Jared Leto outfits, however, remains the floor-length ruby ​​red dress with padded shoulders and embellishments worn at the event in 2019. The memorable detail? His duplicated / decapitated face worn as if it were a clutch bag.

Gentlemen, this is how you will make sure your outfit enters fashion history: never letting your style successes go to your head. From the Gospel according to Jared Leto. Which, then, perhaps a little messiah is.

In the gallery the style file of its evolution, from the 90s to today.

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