Tracing Lewis Hamilton’s Style Evolution

Reported by Vogue.

Lewis Hamilton is a seven-time Formula One World Champion, but if you've been paying attention to red carpets for the past decade, you know he's also quietly built one of the most daring fashion vocabularies in sports. The 40-year-old driver—who just co-hosted the 2025 Met Gala alongside Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, and Anna Wintour—has evolved from borrowing the era's skinny-fit suiting to engineering looks that feel genuinely experimental. This isn't celebrity fashion as safe play. This is a man working with stylist Eric Mcneal to interrogate what a suit can be.

When Hamilton emerged on the global stage in the 2010s, his uniform was distinctly of the moment: satin Louis Vuitton bombers, printed Prada pieces, and the occasional leather racing jacket nod to his day job. It was sharp, designer-forward, deeply of its time. But something shifted. By the early 2020s, Hamilton began treating red carpet appearances as actual creative projects. At the 2024 Met Gala, he wore custom Burberry embroidered with references to 18th-century Black gardener John Ystumllyn and poet Alex Wharton, complete with a branch-like necklace—a look that carried intellectual weight. Months later, at the GQ Global Creativity Awards, he appeared in a glitzy pinstriped coat dripping with crystal strands.

The Signature Move: Always One Surprise

What separates Hamilton from other athletically-accomplished celebrities who dabble in fashion is his refusal to play it straight. Every appearance includes something unexpected—a texture, a silhouette, a detail that makes you look twice. He doesn't repeat himself. He doesn't phone it in. According to Vogue, his red carpet trajectory reveals someone genuinely interested in fashion as a form of expression, not just exposure. The suits are tailored to his frame. The colors make statements. The accessories either reference his heritage or signal something larger.

As he prepares for the Met in May, the fashion world will be watching. Based on his history, whatever Hamilton wears will feel intentional, modern, and slightly left of where you expected him to land—which is exactly why his style matters beyond the paddock.

Read the original at Vogue.