“If style is a form of social language, then Wisdom Kaye is our most accomplished polyglot,” says Derek Guy (aka Die, Workwear!). “Over the past five years, he’s amassed nearly 25 million followers across five platforms including TikTok, where he’s most active. Kaye is tremendously stylish, disarmingly funny and consistently delivers tightly edited videos that are a pleasure to watch.”

MR PORTER spoke to Wisdom Kaye back in 2021, during his first flourish of post-pandemic success. Guy reasons that his skills have only been honed further since then.

“Whereas most influencers build their brand around a specific aesthetic – traditional tailoring, prep, streetwear, Gorpcore or the avant-garde – Kaye appears to be able to style anything,” Guy says. “He riffs off certain fashion eras and fantastical characters (such as a nocturnal dragon slayer) and sometimes even stitches together seemingly unrelated concepts (eg, dressing like a razorbill bird). His followers routinely challenge him to style the impossible and he never fails to deliver.

“Kaye has helped make fashion fun and engaging, taken some of the sting out of the word ‘cosplay’ and doesn’t take himself too seriously. For those reasons, he’s one of the most stylish men of 2025.”

You might have seen Pedro Pascal this year in The Last Of Us, Materialists or The Fantastic Four: First Steps. But it would’ve been worth your while checking out what the former MR PORTER cover star was wearing in the promotional moments between those roles.

“Pedro Pascal’s clothes remind us of what fashion is really about – enjoying yourself,” says Ashley Ogawa Clarke, a fashion journalist and contributing editor at Vogue Business (read his Substack here). “When you see the actor in a spotty silk blouse by Haider Ackermann for TOM FORD or a houndstooth jacket by ZEGNA, you can imagine him and his stylist – currently Jamie Mizrahi, but credit also to Julie Ragolia, who worked with him prior – in a fitting, getting dressed up and giggling through all the options together.

“All too often when a celebrity gets adventurous with his clothes, they look like they’ve been strong-armed into it to feed the algorithm, but with Pedro, you can tell he’s all the way in.

“He also wore a ‘Protect The Dolls’ T-shirt by London designer Conner Ives earlier this year advocating against the abuse of trans women, which shows that as well as having an unimpeachable sense of fun, he’s also tapped in. And there’s nothing more stylish than that.”

Another former MR PORTER cover star who shone both on- and off-screen. “Seth Rogen’s equal parts charm and goofiness no doubt helps endear him to certain members of the fashion industry (ie, me),” says Lauren Cochrane, senior fashion writer for The Guardian and author of The Ten (also read her Substack here). “But this year, it feels like he has leant into a burgeoning position as something of a fashion icon. You could see this on the red carpet – I loved the brown velvet suit at the Emmys – but also in his work.

“Platonic was a great watch not only for the chemistry between him and Rose Byrne, but also to see what T-shirt-and-necklace-and-cap combo he might wear next, as his uber-hipster character demanded. And then there was The Studio. A little more preppy with a smidgen of Hollywood sleaze, it still showed someone having fun with fashion. I can’t wait to see what’s next.”

While only officially promoting two films – Ari Aster’s Eddington and Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing – the American actor seemed to be everywhere this year. His wardrobe, too, feels like it put the miles in, which had MR PORTER’s Style Director Benedict Browne nodding approvingly.

“Butler’s off-duty wardrobe is filled with pieces that have a lived-in look and feel,” Browne says. “Which is totally refreshing compared to other celebrities, who are often in the latest wares from the fashion world. Beat-up Carhartt jackets, ripped denim jeans, distressed leather jackets, Red Wing boots and washed Henley’s are great combinations.

“It’s this appreciation for vintage and proper clothing that puts him up there for me this year. He wears clothes that he wants to, not because he’s been told to,” our resident stylist says.

“In the bitter cold of the Fashion Awards red carpet, I clocked Colman Domingo before I recognised him,” says Adam Baidawi, deputy global editorial director of GQ. “That silhouette does the work first. Nobody understands the architecture of tailoring – the natural rise of a trouser, the long line of a coat – quite like he does.

“He stepped up to our GQ interviewer and was asked the most loaded question of the night: who’s the best-dressed man of the year? ‘Colman Domingo,’ he laughed. ‘I wish I was lying. I’m just saying it because I want my brothers to step up.’ When we posted the clip, the global menswear jury chimed in. ‘Facts,’ wrote the director Ava DuVernay. ‘He really is,’ added Tyler, the Creator. “Domingo is proof positive that elegance can be expressive, masculinity expansive and getting dressed a total pleasure.”

“In a world where so many of our so called best-dressed men can’t walk down a red carpet, do a press interview (or collect a best-dressed man award) without having their trusted stylist by their side, Tyler, the Creator stands alone,” says the author, creative director and model Jason Jules.

But it’s not just that he styles himself. Much of his clothing also comes from his own labels. “What this means is that there’s a singular through-line in terms of his style and the references,” Jules says. “There’s preppy and Black Ivy, there’s classic workwear, there’s LA skate and there’s hip-hop – a fusion of different references which Tyler seems able to harmonise into his own evolving look.

“This year was exceptional because it featured two identity shifts – surprising everyone by introducing his album, Don’t Tap The Glass, and new look midway through his Chromakopia tour. Then comes the Marty Supreme film and another off-stage style shift. Ending the year on a sartorial high, you can currently see him wearing Fair Isle vests, luxury hiking boots, over-the-shoulder sweaters along with his signature shorts and plenty of layering.

“Ultimately, what sets Tyler, the Creator apart from everyone else isn’t just that he’s his own stylist. It’s that there’s an authenticity, which we can all relate to – and as such inspires the rest of us to try harder.”

The British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr hadn’t escaped our attention in the past – he appeared in a report on dandified style alongside Jeremy O Harris and Harry Styles a while back. However, 2025 has been his “breakout year”, reports Kacion Mayers, the editor, writer and former editorial director of Dazed.

“Not just with his award-winning feature debut, My Father’s Shadow, but also in terms of his style,” Mayers says. “From his signature overgrown, bleached-blond mini ’fro to his penchant for sleek double-breasted tailoring paired with well-worn baseball caps, he is truly killing it. Also, not many men can get away with a Chanel clutch and a pearl necklace to match. He just gets it.”