Harry Styles Brings Disco to the BRIT Awards in Chanel Pinstripe as He Debuts 'Aperture' Live
harry styles returned to the BRIT Awards with a staged live debut of “Aperture” and a carefully curated red-carpet-to-stage look that tied his new album era to an impending tour. The moment matters because it welded the fashion narrative—centered on look 39 from Chanel’s Métiers d’art 2026 collection—to a choreographed opening that set the tone for his March release and global dates.
Jack Whitehall Sketch Framed the BRITs Opening
The BRIT Awards opened with host Jack Whitehall in a barbershop, reading on his phone that Styles had taken a break from music in 2023. The sequence then ran through a montage of Whitehall pining after Styles—imagining running into him while jogging and embracing his wax figure at Madame Tussauds—before the host reached the venue in time for the performance. That staged build-up set up the live debut that followed.
Chanel look 39 from Métiers d’art 2026 on the Red Carpet
Weeks of pre-award murmurs about a womenswear-forward red-carpet moment coalesced around a Chanel look selected by stylist Harry Lambert. The outfit was look 39 from Chanel’s Métiers d’art 2026 collection: a black-and-white bouclé pinstripe jacket, matching trousers and a pale mint pinstripe cotton shirt. The choice completed speculation that ranged from a Jonathan Anderson for Dior ready-to-wear appearance—his sophomore women’s show is scheduled in Paris on 3 March—to a rare archival Prada piece, and it followed discussions about Lambert’s eBay ambassadorship and the colour-saturated rollout for the album.
Harry Styles Kept the Outfit for the Onstage Moment
harry styles kept the Chanel ensemble on for his stage entrance, a deliberate continuation of the red-carpet presentation into performance. That continuity underscored styling threads already visible in the album rollout: disco-ball bathed artwork shot by Johnny Dufort, a palette that has included a mustard Miu Miu jumper and a Prada bowling pin shirt and tie, and a playful leaning toward items commonly read as feminine, such as mint-green, bow-bedecked Dior mules and Elton John-adjacent sunglasses sourced from General Eyewear Vintage. The Vogue-era speculation that the next shoe moment might follow his earlier ballet pump arrived in the form of a French-girl flat direction on the night.
‘Aperture’ Debut: Bleachers, Dancers and Gospel Singers
The live debut of “Aperture” began with Styles on a set of bleachers, flanked by dozens of dancers in black shades and T-shirts printed with snails. Dressed in high-waisted dress pants and a shirt with a tie, he led the choreography, then strode downstage to join a backing band and gospel singers. The dancers moved to meet him in the middle of Manchester’s Co-op Live for a finale, surrounding him and waving their hands in synchronicity. It was the first live performance in nearly three years and the first time he has flexed his vocal work in the “Aperture” era.
Tie to Release Dates, Tour and Festivals
The show doubled as a platform for larger plans: Styles’ fourth studio album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, will debut on March 6, and its lead single “Aperture”—released Jan. 22—has reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the U. K. singles chart. He will perform a one-night-only album release show at Manchester’s Co-op Live on March 6 before launching a world tour titled Together, Together on May 16. The itinerary begins with 10 shows in Amsterdam and lists multi-night residencies that include 12 nights in London—where he will break two Wembley Stadium records—four shows in São Paulo, six nights in Mexico City, 30 shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, three nights in Melbourne and two in Sydney.
