Kit Connor has gone from Heartstopper to head-turner.The 18-year-old actor has been on a career trajectory since the hit Netflix show endeared him to audiences around the world.
And while he’s beloved for playing year 11 rugby player Nick Nelson on the teen series, his latest public appearance has graduated Connor into the fashion big leagues.Related: Kit Connor just joined this Oscar-winner’s all-star literary adaptation—but there’s a twist!The young star turned it out at the JW Anderson Fall 2023 runway show at London Fashion Week by rocking a fitted pink graphic T-shirt emblazoned with an image of a shirtless man in short shorts across the front.The cap-sleeved top highlighted his “rugby arms” and was tucked into his belted wide leg pants which were hemmed above the ankles.
He finished off his high-fashion serve with a pair of monochromatic black sneakers with thick soles that offered him some added height.
This is how you school the kids at Truham Grammar!Kit Connor is down to get freaky with fashion in this JW Anderson knit: https://t.co/GoOLwJ0mc5 pic.twitter.com/X6edmLnjTx— British GQ (@BritishGQ) February 20, 2023 Connor’s more adult fit also got the attention of major style arbiters as British GQ anointed him “a proper fashion guy,” while pop culture whiz/podcaster Evan Ross Katz ruled the mauve top “thee shirt of the season.” The tribe has spoken!Even those without credentialed couture pedigrees couldn’t stop thirsting over how Connor’s latest serve pushed him further into enviable territory.Here’s what the masses had to say:Kit Connor’s arms could make a lovely necklace for me pic.twitter.com/9264xm9WyK— Assworth (@assworthirst) February 22, 2023how i am supposed to fall in love with you if you’re not kit.