Lewis Hamilton carrying a kilt is worthy of your consideration

Lewis Hamilton, arguably essentially the most embellished driver within the historical past of Formulation One, has come a great distance up to now half decade. Not solely did he bag himself his seventh world championship title (placing him neck and neck with German driver Michael Schumacher) final yr, however he's additionally developed in each the type and social conscience stakes considerably. 

You'll keep in mind, after all, the publish that Hamilton put up on Instagram again in 2017. You understand, the one by which he shamed his younger nephew for carrying his new robe on Christmas morning, stating, “Boys don't put on princess attire.” GQ interviewed him for a canopy function following the incident, by which he acknowledged: “I nonetheless maintain remorse for it as we speak, however in the end I feel it’s necessary in life for individuals to be held accountable for his or her actions and significantly their phrases, and I used to be.”

Hamilton wore a Tommy Hilfiger kilt for stated cowl shoot, partly as a way of sartorial appeasement, and although it will be remiss of us to take the complete credit score for his stylistic volte-face, we're completely satisfied to take a bit, on condition that the “goat” was as we speak noticed sporting a cobalt-blue test kilt from Burberry on the grid as he ready for this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix. 

Positive, Hamilton didn't have his legs totally out beneath the kilt – he teamed it with a pair of matching trousers, additionally from Burberry – and, sure, the entire vibe had a distinctly masculine “Buffalo” vibe about it, however the fact is that for Hamilton to have turned up carrying any form of skirt, on the circuit of a sport as drenched in stale white machismo as Formulation One, is nothing wanting each good and courageous. 

Males have worn skirts for donkeys, after all. The Scots have been doing it for hundreds of years, Arabic males have sported breezy white kameez tunics as an antidote to the warmth since time immemorial, whereas ethereal dhotis and lungis are worn by males throughout the subcontinent to this present day.

After which, after all, there are the manifold male celebrities who've taken to carrying skirts regularly up to now few years: Harry Kinds being one, Child Cudi and A$AP Rocky being others. Hamilton, nevertheless, is a sportsman and for a sportsman to put on a skirt takes guts – not least when stated sportsman has such a patchy monitor historical past with regards to gender-fluid dressing – and for that purpose we will't assist however really feel a bit bit pleased with our Lew. 

Right here's hoping his nephew can be prepared to lend him his princess gown for the US Grand Prix in a number of weeks' time. Peak podium dressing, that. 

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