Harry Lawtey’s top menswear hack? Uniqlo women’s trousers. “You get a nice flare,” he says. “I've got a few more key pieces of womenswear in my wardrobe.
” Since Lawtey first shot to fame with the debut season of Industry , the 28-year-old has experimented with his fair share of designer fits that mix things up. But tonight, for GQ Men of the Year 2024 , he went classic in a double-breasted Saint Laurent suit. It's not the actor first foray into more traditional tailoring.
“I’m a big fan of British fashion, designers like SS Daley, Wales Bonner, and bigger houses like Burberry,” Lawtey said, as he got ready at a suite at Beaverbrook Town House in London with his stylist Aimee Croysdill. Lawtey has had a busy 12 months, hashing out IPOs on-screen on Industry , putting criminals on trial in Joker: Folie à Deux and perfecting his impression of Richard Burton for a forthcoming biopic. But tonight he’s off-duty, and looking forward to hanging with his cast mate and real-life friend Marisa Abela.
“We actually bumped into each other yesterday at a final fitting. She’s one of my closest friends, and we absolutely cackle like kids together,” he says. Tonight isn’t Lawtey’s first time at MOTY – he was honoured at the 2022 part y – so he had some clues to help him put his look together.
“I guess you want to assimilate with the vibe,” he says. “But ultimately it comes down to something that's going to make me feel comfortable in what is always an .
