Harry Styles Brings Disco to the BRIT Awards in Chanel Pinstriped Suit, Debuts ‘Aperture’ Live
Harry Styles opened the BRIT Awards with the live debut of his single “Aperture, ” delivering his first performance in nearly three years while wearing a Chanel Métiers d’art pinstripe look. The appearance doubled as a fashion statement tied directly to his upcoming album and an expanded tour schedule.
Harry Styles Chanel look: look 39 from Métiers d’art 2026
In the week before the BRIT Awards there were murmurs that his red-carpet look would be womenswear-focused with a very specific shoe moment, and stylist Harry Lambert ultimately secured Chanel. The outfit worn on the carpet and kept for the stage was look 39 from Chanel’s Métiers d’art 2026 collection: a black-and-white bouclé pinstripe jacket with matching trousers paired with a pale mint pinstripe cotton shirt. That choice sits inside a broader fashion rollout tied to the era around his new record.
BRIT Awards stage and Jack Whitehall’s barbershop introduction
The performance set off the awards broadcast. Host Jack Whitehall opened the segment in a barbershop, reading on his phone that Styles would be taking a break from music in 2023, then appearing in a montage in which he imagined meeting Styles while jogging and even embraced Styles’ wax figure at Madame Tussauds before finally arriving at the BRIT Awards at Manchester’s Co-op Live.
Live debut of “Aperture” on bleachers with dancers in snail shirts
Styles began the live debut of “Aperture” from a set of bleachers, flanked by dozens of dancers wearing black shades and T-shirts printed with snails. Dressed in high-waisted dress pants and a shirt with a tie, he led choreography, strode downstage to join a backing band and gospel singers, and was met in the center of the venue by his dancers for a finale in which they surrounded him and waved their hands in synchronicity.
Album timeline, single performance and creative influences
The performance arrives in the run-up to his fourth studio album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, which will debut on March 6. The lead single, “Aperture, ” released January 22, debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the U. K. singles chart. Styles has promised the new record will be synthesizer-heavy with inspirations that include LCD Soundsystem and his time living in Berlin.
Tour plan, Manchester shows and festival commitments
Following a one-night-only album release show at Manchester’s Co-op Live on March 6, Styles will launch a world tour titled Together, Together on May 16 with 10 shows in Amsterdam. The routing includes 12 nights in London—where he is set to 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. His previous Love on Tour ran from September 2021 through July 2023. He is also slated to host and be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on March 14, marking his second time pulling double duty on the show, and will curate Meltdown at London’s Southbank Centre, headlining that festival from June 11–21.
Fashion context: runway rumors, shoe moment and era motifs
Speculation before the event included potential looks from Jonathan Anderson for Dior and even rare archival Prada items, but Chanel clinched the deal. The fashion thread around the album has been intentionally colour-saturated and humour-filled: imagery for the era includes a disco-ball bathed album artwork shot by Johnny Dufort, a mustard Miu Miu jumper and a Prada bowling pin shirt and tie. Accessories have leaned on pieces traditionally deemed feminine—most notably a flirtation with mint-green, bow-bedecked Dior mules and other ballet-pump moments—and General Eyewear Vintage supplied Elton John–adjacent sunglasses for the rollout. Commentary around the red-carpet moment suggested feather boas and harlequin jumpsuits are out for this cycle, while French-girl flats are in. The stylist’s known fondness for online treasure hunting has even been tied to Lambert’s eBay ambassadorship in discussions about sourcing.
What makes this notable is how the visual choices and the live performance were coordinated to signal a new era: the Chanel Métiers d’art suit, the choreographed staging with dancers in snail shirts and the disco-inflected production together framed the record’s aesthetic and the touring plans as a single campaign. The BRIT Awards, held at Manchester’s Co-op Live, also underlined his continued prominence at the ceremony—he last performed there in 2023 and took home four trophies for Harry’s House—while this year’s nominees include Olivia Dean and Lola Young, each leading with five nominations.
