Harry Styles Lights Up the Red Carpet at the 2026 BRIT Awards in a Chanel Pinstriped Suit
harry styles made a highly staged return to the BRIT Awards red carpet and the stage, arriving in look 39 from Chanel’s Métiers d’art 2026 collection — a black-and-white bouclé pinstripe jacket with matching trousers and a pale mint pinstripe cotton shirt — before opening the show at Manchester's Co-op Live Arena.
Harry Styles opens the show and returns to the red carpet
Harry Styles, 32, made his first red carpet appearance in three years and followed it with a stage opener at the BRIT Awards 2026. Earlier on the carpet he completed his stage outfit with a double-breasted blazer, swapping the sequinned stage looks he has favoured for a more subdued shirt and tie. Onstage he was joined by a huge group of dancers and delivered a perfectly choreographed routine that included prominent spirit fingers.
Chanel look: look 39 and a deliberate womenswear moment
The red-carpet choice was identified as look 39 from Chanel’s Métiers d’art 2026 collection: a bouclé pinstripe jacket, matching trousers and a pale mint pinstripe cotton shirt. The styling followed weeks of fashion chatter that the look would be fabulous, womenswear-focused and feature a specific shoe moment. The roll-out of Styles’s wardrobe around his latest album has leaned vivid and playful — examples cited include a mustard Miu Miu jumper, a Prada bowling pin shirt and tie, and Elton John–adjacent sunglasses sourced from General Eyewear Vintage — and a notable preference for accessories described as “feminine, ” such as mint-green, bow-bedecked Dior mules.
Dua Lipa and the Marc Ronson tribute highlight the night
Dua Lipa, 30, made a surprise appearance during a star-studded celebration in honour of producer Marc Ronson and was lowered onto the stage in a huge disco ball. She entered in a furry jacket before removing it to reveal a skimpy black playsuit and knee-high boots, and performed “Dance The Night By Barbie” as fellow musicians played other Ronson tracks, including a tribute to the late Amy Winehouse.
Other standout performances and surprise cameos
Olivia Dean, 26, fresh off a Best Song of the Year win for her collaboration with Sam Fender on "Rein It In, " performed her solo track "Man I Need" in a sequinned mini dress. Raye — who previously won a record-breaking six awards at the 2024 ceremony — received a standing ovation for performances of "Where's My Husband" and her new release "Nightingale Lane, " with the latter appearing on her forthcoming album titled This Music May Contain Hope, slated for release on March 27. Icelandic icon Bjork, 60, made a surprise appearance during Rosalia's set and joined for a rendition of "Berghain, " appearing in a blue sculpted futuristic gown with a dramatic black headpiece.
Fashion context and what the look signalled for the tour
The decision to work with Chanel came after weeks of speculation about possible collaborators — names floated included a Jonathan Anderson ready-to-wear option, with his sophomore women's show in Paris noted for 3 March, and the possibility of rare archival Prada pieces, alongside the influence of stylist Harry Lambert and his eBay ambassadorship. Fashion watchers had been tracking trends during Milan Fashion Week, from the Bella Hadid-ification of the Prada runway to Maria Grazia Chiuri bringing back Karl Lagerfeld collars at Fendi. The carefully chosen red-carpet outfit was presented as a warm-up for the stage moment and for what the team teased from Styles’s 2026 tour; the takeaways offered in fashion commentary were that feather boas and harlequin jumpsuits felt out and French-girl flats were in.
A contemporaneous account stamped 20: 27 GMT on 28 Feb 2026 and updated 01: 25 GMT on 01 Mar 2026, by Geraint Llewellyn, captured the live show and social-media reaction, noting fans rushed online with messages such as "He is so back!" and other exuberant praise for the performance.
Next on the calendar, recovery of the show elements and the wider 2026 tour rollout were signalled by the creative team; unclear in the provided context is the next confirmed tour date, but the BRITs night served as a public marker for the "Aperture" era and for the fashion direction around the album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
