𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚

My last posts have been around 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 & 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏 - I hope I am not boring you with this topic - but I thought it was 𝑽𝑬𝑹𝒀 important to dedicate a post especially to the fashion style of our dearest 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍. Because, though he is shy and quiet, he has played a lot with his look and I think he has even been more daring with his wardrobe than his bandmate 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, and at the same time, preserving an elegant touch.

As a first example, there is the striped shirt in bright colors that 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 wore in a photoshoot that 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒈𝒆 made and the "𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆" video:

🎙️𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: [...] I’m wearing a polyethylene suit. And Stefan’s wearing a shirt which Noel Gallagher also owned at the time.

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: I look better in it though.
▪️𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘, 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙵𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐
(𝙳𝚅𝙳),2004.

📼 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨)
https://youtu.be/v6XhoHTDFSM

Like 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 also wore dresses occasionally to go on stage. One of his iconic looks, no doubt, is the magnific red dress that he wore during some concerts of the "𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑰'𝒎 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓" and that now belongs to a fan from somewhere in the world, since this red dress was among the items of the "𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑹𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏" that the band made in 2017 as part of its 20𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 celebrations. Below you can watch one of those gigs in which 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 wore this dress. He looks gorgeous in it!! ❤️

📼 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞́𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 1999
https://youtu.be/7RsSmGHgShA

🎙️"I think I take care of my aspect of clothing. I often look for beautiful clothes regardless of their origin. But it is important that you belong to a designer or a collection from Chez H&M. We have met many designers with whom we have become friends."
▪️𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕, 𝚅𝚒𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝙼𝚎𝚐𝚊.𝚏𝚛, 2003.

For several years now, it has been common to see him very elegant wearing suits in classic colors such as black and white. In 2009, during the "𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓", we were able to see him on stage in a glamorous purple-satin-pinstripe suit and other times in a metalic silver suit. If you want to remember how he looked, here are a couple of videos: 😉

📼 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 - 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 2009
https://youtu.be/NhBecP9qVr4

📼 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧 - 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 2010
https://youtu.be/Jxk-ZOIZdOs

Photo credit: Pop Farm

Another spectacular outfit by 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 is the black butterfly print suit by 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒄𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏, that he wore during "𝑨 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒔 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓". I remember seeing this suit in a magazine, then I saw 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇 with it and I thought, "Yes, it's perfect for him !!". He looked really BEAUTIFUL❤️

📼 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐏𝐚'𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 2017
https://youtu.be/P1FY60z_Bw4

🎙️𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧:Yeah its funny, the first time we’ve come to Singapore and they told us we should dress appropriately and although it wasn’t so strict. The funny thing is, Everyone expected Brian to wear the dress and I came in this androgynous priest outfit by Alexander McQueen.

We are in a line of work where we can wear whatever we want and there’s a clothing freedom. In the beginning, we were very excited about the fact that the women’s section in the clothes store just had so much more than the men’s but for me personally, it’s about comfort and each outfit has to be functional. It’s mostly high street stuff really, some designer jackets perhaps and the odd shirts and scarves or something. It’s about mixing and matching. It’s also about finding your own style and with me it tends to be more high street than high fashion.
▪️𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕, 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛, 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 2013.

Photo credit: Julian Broad

Up to here we finish with the topic of clothes because hair is important too and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 has tried out many styles, always looking great. His usual haircut is very short or a mohawk. He also has been blonde. In 2009, he wore a long fringe that fell diagonally across his face. And, in recent years, he has wearing a "𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒅𝒆" haircut, styling the top with a little bun, a ponytail or he simply has left naturally his curly hair.

Contrary to what 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 stated in the "𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 - 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑫𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚" (2003), that he hated mustaches, only in 1999 he had used a very thin mustache and in 2006 he grew another. Since 2012 he has grown a thick beard that was only shaved off to participate in the 𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 campaign, where he grew a mustache throughout the month of November for the purpose of raising funds and raising awareness of men's health in 2014 and 2015. Currently he still keeping his beard.

And if you thought 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 was the only one wearing makeup, well, no! 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 also lines his eyes and has occasionally painted his nails, in gold or black color. I had never wanted before to paint my nails black until I saw 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇 at "𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒆"(DVD). 🖤

Finally let's talk about accessories, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇 has used all kinds. From the most discreet: a ring on his hand, the earrings of his right ear, some bracelets, aviator style glasses; to the most daring: a ring on his nose, oversized glasses, cowboy hat, or that belt of chains with locks and keys so cool that he used in the "𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑷𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆" video, and which was also included in the "𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑹𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑨𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏". A very special accessory was "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒐𝒘 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆", which 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 designed together with 𝑮𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒆 in 2018. Inspired by 𝑮𝒊𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑩𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓's rainbow flag and for celebrate the July’s 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 in London, these gloves represent 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚. They were put up for sale on March of that year and the proceeds went to the 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 and the 𝑳𝑮𝑩𝑻 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

Photo credit unknown

🎙️𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮?

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: It has gradually become more black and functional with too many overpriced designer shirts thrown in. I am very tall and skinny so sometimes only the catwalk sizes fit me.
▪️𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚕𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕, 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎, 2015.

𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 has the bearing of a model, he is perfect. I don't know why we have never seen him on a catwalk, maybe they have asked him but he is just not interested. Anyway, the stage is his great catwalk and there, we can admire his beauty and his talent at the same time, which is even better.🌟

📸 Photo Credits Picture 1: 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑠 - Scarlet Page, Snapshot-Photography/UllsteinBild, Rock Werchter, Maud Maillard, Pop Farm, rest of the pics unknown. 𝐶𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 - Javier Alonso & Marina Sanz, Brill/Ullstein Bild, Franck Juery, Placebo FB, Kevin Westenberg, Karen Mason Blair, Joseph Llanes, Jason Tanaka Blaney, Stefan Olsdal IG, Dave Tonge, Sergione Infuso/Corbis, Screenshots. Edit made by me.