Timothée, an American-French actor, spent the first years of his life living between these two countries -France and the United States-, although he studied in New York. After studying Anthropology for a year, he went through the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies, at New York University, to later complete his acting studies in a more free way.
Identity crisis
His artistic side was not born by chance since, in his family, there are many immersed in the world of entertainment; but growing up he greatly appreciated the simple lifestyle he led in a village in France. However, this led to identity problems for him, as he found himself torn between these two very different cultures.
He comments that because of this, he came to dream in French and one of his aspirations was to be a soccer player, so much so that he became a children’s coach in France when he was 13 years old.
She took her first steps in acting when she starred in two short films, until her big break came with a role on the television series Law & Order in 2009. Loving Leah followed that same year.
In the theater, she took the stage in 2011, to perform in the Off-Broadway play The Talls, where she received very positive reviews in various newspapers.
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ambassador of the new masculinity
But when it comes to being the representative of the new masculinity, it is that his way of dressing has earned him the credit of several fashion firms disputing him. Big brands like Givenchy, Alexander McQueen or Stella McCartney constantly choose him to wear their models.
Timothée Chalamet comes to attract attention with his unconventional way of dressing, but which is not extravagant, quite the opposite, daring but at the same time affirms his personality, very much his.
If the references of men’s fashion on the red carpet are usually assimilation and security, Chalamet, a man who identifies as heterosexual, seems willing to do something different. It all points to a desire for free expression, regardless of gender, which Chalamet has spoken of in interviews in the past.
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In his conversation with Harry Styles for the cover of iD He said: “You can be whatever you want to be. There is no specific… what you have to participate in to be masculine. It’s exciting. It’s a brave new world. Maybe it’s because of social media, maybe because of who the hell knows what, but our generation is really excited to do things in a new way.”
Source: Golden Mean/Vogue.
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