Steal This Look: Austin Butler at Paris Fashion Week

Austin Butler brought his signature rock-and-roll elegance to Paris Fashion Week in a Saint Laurent look that turned heads on the front row. He wore a slim black leather blazer over a sheer black button-up, high-waisted black trousers with a wide leg, and pointed-toe Chelsea boots. His hair was slicked back. Perfect energy.

The leather blazer is the signature piece and the hardest to replicate on a budget. Saint Laurent's version runs north of four thousand, but AllSaints makes a leather blazer in the six hundred dollar range that captures a similar silhouette. For an even more affordable entry, Zara's faux-leather blazer at around one-fifty can work if the fit is right.

Before you spend on any of them, learn the leather. AllSaints works mostly in lambskin, which drapes beautifully and scratches if you look at it wrong. Calfskin and goat hold a shoulder line for a decade and cost more. Anything around 0.8 to 1.0 mm thick has the body to hang properly; thinner than that and the blazer collapses down the front. Zara's version is polyurethane bonded to a fabric backing, and it cracks along the elbows and cuffs inside a couple of years of regular wear.

The sheer button-up adds texture and slight provocation that separates this from a standard all-black outfit. You can find serviceable sheer shirts from ASOS and H&M in the thirty to sixty dollar range. Look for a slightly oversize fit so it does not cling against the body.

One correction on the sheer shirt. Most cheap versions are polyester chiffon, which shines under a flash and clings the moment you sweat. An open-weave cotton or a fine linen knit reads far better in person for about the same money. Check where the shoulder seam lands, too, because sheer fabric shows the seam exactly.

The wide-leg trousers are cut high at the waist and break heavily at the ankle. This is a very specific proportion that reads rock star rather than office casual. COS and Uniqlo U both offer high-waisted wide-leg pants under sixty dollars for budget options.

Butler's Chelsea boots are classic Saint Laurent: pointed toe, Cuban heel, glossy leather. The Wyatt boot is iconic but costs over a thousand. Story et Fall offers a near-identical silhouette for around two-fifty. The pointed toe is important here. A round-toe boot changes the entire look.

Leather does not forgive alterations, so buy for the shoulder and fix the rest. Every stitch leaves a permanent hole, which means a sleeve or a side seam can be taken in but never let out again. A specialist will slim the body or shorten a sleeve from the cuff for roughly $80 to $150; a general tailor with a domestic machine will chew the panel. Store it on a broad wooden hanger, keep it off radiators, and use a leather cream once a year rather than a silicone spray.

Accessories were limited to a thin silver ring and black leather belt. The restraint makes sense because the leather blazer and sheer shirt are already doing plenty of work. Find comparable pieces at https://www.ssense.com. The total budget version runs around five hundred dollars and captures ninety percent of the energy.