Paul Mescal Wore a Freaky Tee From Every Fashion Editor’s Favorite Brand
StyleAnd it’s on sale.By Adam CheungNovember 22, 2024Getty ImagesSave this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.Oftentimes when you see a photo of Paul Mescal, he's wearing something from Gucci. The man has been an ambassador for the Italian house since last year, and creative director Sabato De Sarno does red-carpet suiting very, very well.But other times, the Gladiator II star will switch things up with a cool pieces from a fashion-insider-y brand. He's done it before with Charles Jeffrey Loverboy cardigans. He's done it before with Extreme Cashmere sweaters. And yesterday, he did it again with a great new tee, which, funnily enough, is about to become your favorite great new tee.Designed in New York and made from Japanese cotton, the patchwork logo tee that Mescal wore while doing Gladiator promo at SirusXM this week was designed by the cult NYC label Commission, an industry darling that landed on our list of the most exciting brands on the planet last year. Available in a creamy ‘Ecru’ colour combo, the label's aptly named “creased t-shirt” is stitched with two permanent creases, which makes for a highly trippy tee.Getty ImagesAnd this freaky vibe is a go-to for Commission. Designed by Dylan Cao and Jin Kay, the label originally just designed womenswear when it launched in 2018. But by 2021, fans were practically begging for a full menswear drop, and that's exactly what they got. Drawing inspo from the designers' East Asian heritage and the ’80s and ’90s fashions worn by their parents, the brand's pieces can look pretty simple and straightforward at first glance—when you take a closer look, though, there's always something there that'll catch you off-guard: shirts will come with three collars; sweaters will come with extra sleeves; leather jackets will come with random cuts across the chest.And you know what? That's exactly the kinda stuff that Mescal ought to wear. For example, take the white tee and blue jeans that he wore at a Gucci party last year. It sounds simple on paper, but everything was slightly cropped and just the right amount of weird.Then, there were all those Renaissance-coded shirts and tiny watches that he rocked throughout the Gladiator II press tour. It's this type of quiet chaos that keeps him ahead of the curve. And for that, you can largely thank his stylist Felicity Kay, who told British Vogue in a 2023 interview that she “quickly got a sense that [Paul] had great taste.”She's right. He does. And if you want great taste too, take a page out of Paul Mescal's book and inject some freakiness into your T-shirts.CommissionCreased T-Shirt$395 $280 CommissionThis story originally appeared on British GQ.
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Oftentimes when you see a photo of Paul Mescal, he's wearing something from Gucci. The man has been an ambassador for the Italian house since last year, and creative director Sabato De Sarno does red-carpet suiting very, very well.
But other times, the Gladiator II star will switch things up with a cool pieces from a fashion-insider-y brand. He's done it before with Charles Jeffrey Loverboy cardigans. He's done it before with Extreme Cashmere sweaters. And yesterday, he did it again with a great new tee, which, funnily enough, is about to become your favorite great new tee.
Designed in New York and made from Japanese cotton, the patchwork logo tee that Mescal wore while doing Gladiator promo at SirusXM this week was designed by the cult NYC label Commission, an industry darling that landed on our list of the most exciting brands on the planet last year. Available in a creamy ‘Ecru’ colour combo, the label's aptly named “creased t-shirt” is stitched with two permanent creases, which makes for a highly trippy tee.
And this freaky vibe is a go-to for Commission. Designed by Dylan Cao and Jin Kay, the label originally just designed womenswear when it launched in 2018. But by 2021, fans were practically begging for a full menswear drop, and that's exactly what they got. Drawing inspo from the designers' East Asian heritage and the ’80s and ’90s fashions worn by their parents, the brand's pieces can look pretty simple and straightforward at first glance—when you take a closer look, though, there's always something there that'll catch you off-guard: shirts will come with three collars; sweaters will come with extra sleeves; leather jackets will come with random cuts across the chest.
And you know what? That's exactly the kinda stuff that Mescal ought to wear. For example, take the white tee and blue jeans that he wore at a Gucci party last year. It sounds simple on paper, but everything was slightly cropped and just the right amount of weird.
Then, there were all those Renaissance-coded shirts and tiny watches that he rocked throughout the Gladiator II press tour. It's this type of quiet chaos that keeps him ahead of the curve. And for that, you can largely thank his stylist Felicity Kay, who told British Vogue in a 2023 interview that she “quickly got a sense that [Paul] had great taste.”
She's right. He does. And if you want great taste too, take a page out of Paul Mescal's book and inject some freakiness into your T-shirts.
This story originally appeared on British GQ.
