Nicholas Hoult Is Feeling Like a (Fashion) Killer at the Superman Premiere

Over the last several days, there’s a high likelihood you’ve seen Nicholas Hoult’s new look, from his elevated style to his icy blonde hair—which he dyed for the film How to Rob a Bank—splashed all over the internet. While he admits that “Blondes do have more fun so far, it appears,” the actor’s roster of It-bags has also caught our attention. But what does he keep inside? “Let’s have a look,” he says. Headphones, a knee icing machine (“I tore my ACL, so sometimes it gets painful.”), a couple of scripts, a notepad, his iPad, pens, a baseball cap, and chargers. Consider that mystery solved.

Hoult, who has been promoting Superman dressed in a litany of arm-baring outfits and Saint Laurent suiting, is decidedly in his villain era. “I’m feeling villainous. Murderous. A killer, straight-up fashion killer,” he says. At the film’s Los Angeles premiere, the actor embraced the dark side in a fall 2025 Saint Laurent blazer and leather, which he accessorized with David Yurman rings and a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch.

“Nicholas is wearing a YSL runway look by Anthony Vaccarello,” says Hoult’s stylist, Jason Bolden. “The collection just spoke to his character, Lex Luthor—tough and classic! We also wanted to nod to the past Lex Luthors by playing with classic suiting but with a modern approach.”

The modern approach in question? A pair of leather pants. “Leather pants, leather pants… I tell you what, it was hot. It was hot, I’m not going to lie,” Hoult says. “It’s summertime in Los Angeles, so the leather pants are a commitment, that’s for sure.” While he is a former motorcyclist, the actor admits that his foray into leather trousers is purely for the sake of fashion. “It’s an experiment I’m conducting on chafing. I’ll report the results once I have a clear understanding of them,” he says. While we anxiously await his report, follow along as Nicholas Hoult takes us behind the scenes as he gets ready for the Los Angeles Superman premiere.

This article was originally published on Vogue.com. 

Hannah Jackson

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Hannah Jackson is a fashion writer at Vogue. Prior to working full-time with the publication, she previously did freelance writing and was a social media manager at TheLi.st. Her work has been published in ELLE, Architectural Digest, The Cut/New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, W Magazine, Cosmopolitan, NYLON, InStyle, Bustle, and more. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UC Santa Barbara where she studied political science. She also has a Master of Science degree from Northwestern University where she studied journalism along with a specialization in magazines.

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