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.
