Théo Marchetti's Streetwear-Meets-Tailoring Formula Is Becoming the Default Red Carpet Alternative

Red carpet dressing has traditionally offered a fairly binary choice: full formal wear or a deliberately, sometimes provocatively, casual departure from it. Théo Marchetti has spent the last several appearances building a consistent middle path — tailored jackets paired with technical sneakers, formal trousers with a graphic streetwear tee underneath a structured coat — that's increasingly being cited by stylists as a template other figures are adopting.

The formula requires more precise execution than either pure formality or pure casualness, since combining the two registers convincingly depends on getting proportion and fabric quality right in both directions; a poorly executed version reads as simply mismatched rather than intentionally hybrid.

Marchetti's stylist has described the approach as a direct response to red carpet dressing feeling increasingly disconnected from how audiences actually experience fashion day to day, aiming for something that acknowledges formality without fully committing to it.

Its growing imitation across other red carpet dressers suggests it's filling a genuine gap in available formal-adjacent options, rather than functioning as a one-off signature look tied specifically to Marchetti.