Was it the Dalai Lama or Shania Twain who once said, “Okay, so you’re Brad Pitt? That doesn’t really impress me.”
But Brad Pitt isn’t the kind of person who cares about impressing the Dalai Lama and Shania Twain. He knows he impresses everyone else. That’s why she’s now taking confident steps into the next era of her life and embarking on a style revolution.
The 58-year-old has been hitting the red carpets for the past few weeks for the premiere of his new film Bullet Train while sporting new evidence.
The key elements of fashion? Cakes and skirts.
classic timeless Sophisticated I wore the same to my formal school.
Brad has entered a new stage. Throughout his career, he has seamlessly transitioned from a Hollywood heartthrob to a bona fide movie star. Now he is eager to explore the territory of the eccentric artist.
And, look: we’ll take Brad Pitt any way we can get him. He has reached a point where he can do whatever he wants and we will continue to take him seriously.
In the past, the actor has been accused by memes of stealing his girlfriends’ styles. He cut his hair like Gwyneth Paltrow when the couple dated in the 90s. He borrowed Jen Aniston’s sea salt spray in the 2000s. And when he started dating Angelina, it looked like the couple went on trips frequent together in the bar sometimes.
But her latest stylistic revolution is truly one to behold. Is he simply an eccentric artist? Or has it suddenly dropped by competing with the TikTok kids?
Who’d have thought we’d see the day when Brad Pitt tries to keep up with internet boyfriends Timothée Chalamet and Harry Styles with his extravagant fashion choices of crushed velvet and bold patterns.
In Berlin he wore a pink shirt, combat boots and a kilt. Then she brought a burst of color to LA in a green dress and yellow sneakers. Other appearances have seen her wearing zip-up tops, laid-back cami jackets and baggy drawstring trousers in a variety of pastel shades.
Asked about the skirt and his latest clothing explorations, the actor simply replied: “I don’t know! We’re all going to die, so let’s screw it up.”
It makes it sound like there’s not a lot of thought involved, that you’re just taking life as it comes. But coordinated pastels don’t just happen. Coordinated pastels are achieved through many meetings with stylists who strategize with Pinterest boards.
For us regular folks, you get to a certain age when it’s too late for a style revolution.
When you’re younger, you can experiment with looks and characters. But by the time you hit 30, you’ve gotten used to who you are. Your style is as predictable and expected as Bart Simpson’s blue shorts and orange shirt combo.
A style revolution doesn’t just affect your own life. Rock the worlds of everyone around you. Like, imagine if your dad just started wearing accessories.
Or if your mom became one of those annoying people who really commits to 1950s rockabilly fashion.
Even a partner. If your middle-aged boss walked into the office tomorrow morning wearing a fireman’s hat, the workplace would be off its axis. No deadline would be met that day. The pings would go crazy.
It takes a certain kind of confidence to wake up one morning and decide on a whim that you’re now going to be the boy in the hat. And it is foolish to think that the rest of the world will accept it without comment.
Remember when Karl Stefanovic shook up his personal life a few years ago and went through his own style revolution by trying to be Matthew McConaughey in a fedora and braided leather bracelets? We all had a field day.
A style revolution is only for the brave. Like those women who decide to dress exclusively in purple until the end of time. They devote their whole lives to violet as if it were a religion. Suddenly, her entire closet is a patchwork of magenta and purple. amethyst Lilac, plum and mauve.
They also usually have a purple streak in their hair. Next, paint the front door of your home bright purple. If you find one of these women in the wild, follow them to the parking lot and you’ll find that she’s probably driving a purple Honda Jazz.
It goes without saying that Brad’s new style revolution would make his ex Angelina Jolie fall. Her co-stars will have been texting her non-stop after every red carpet appearance: “Did you see the skirt?”
Watching an ex move on with his life is upsetting enough. But watching an ex go through a style revolution? enraged Who the hell do they think they are?
In Australia, a style revolution on the scale of Brad Pitt simply wouldn’t want. Russell Crowe? The country could not stand it. As a nation, we’ll just let Rusty wear that black Best & Less tracksuit.
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