Although his designer wardrobe and the convenience by which he mingles together with his entrance row seatmates might counsel in any other case, this Trend Month marked a primary for Winston Duke. “Previously I’ve attended Males’s Trend Week, however I had but to expertise the ladies’s collections, and I used to be curious to see the variations between them,” he tells Vogue from the Saint James Paris resort within the Metropolis of Gentle’s sixteenth arrondissement. Following a whirlwind journey to Milan the place he attended Etro and Marni the actor arrived at Paris Trend Week to additional that training on the Off-White present. “My relationship with the style business has been rising, and I assumed this [was] the proper alternative to proceed exploring that budding relationship,” he says, including that hoped to deepen his understanding of the excellence between homes.

Like scores of his fellow vogue fans, Duke has paid shut consideration to the Virgil Abloh-founded Off-White in latest seasons, paying attention to its course with Ib Kamara on the helm. Seeing the present in particular person didn’t disappoint. “I personally felt like I noticed loads of risk-taking, and that at all times appeals to me,” he says. “I noticed loads of designs that make use of graphic playfulness and shade, which resonates with me being a part of the Black diaspora. Coloration is sort of a second language to me, and seeing it playfully executed in a really youthful trendy method was thrilling.” The gathering, he says, additionally radiated a world enchantment. “I may see lots of the designs on the streets of Tokyo or Korea; I may see them on the levels of American live shows as simply as I may see them on the streets of Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.”

Duke is particularly versed within the international road fashion panorama. A lately appointed UN ambassador for Sustainable Tourism, the Trinidad and Tobago native has traveled to 14 international locations over the previous yr—choosing up some private fashion inspiration alongside the way in which. “In my travels, I encountered loads of modernism, trendy structure, and what I might name futurism,” he says. “This really shifted my sense of favor. I like modern designs that deconstruct previous narratives and redefine them in cool, new methods. I believe that is the place I’m as an individual and as an artist.”

Maybe Duke can add stylist to his resume quickly, too. This Trend Month, and for the previous few Males’s seasons he is attended, Duke has chosen items from manufacturers and styled them himself. For the Off-White present, he landed on a hoodie and wide-leg denims topped with a varsity jacket. Ever a fan of equipment, Duke accomplished the look with sun shades and a pretend fur trapper hat. “As an actor, you aren’t at all times working day-after-day, however there are nonetheless methods to work together with storytelling, and taking part in with my wardrobe has allowed me to just do that,” he says. “I have been in a position to present extra whimsical and road tradition sides of myself.”

We’ll quickly catch Duke on display, starring reverse Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt and Aaron Taylor Johnson in The Fall Man, out Could 3. “Ryan Gosling and I play stuntmen who’ve to resolve a selected crime utilizing our distinctive abilities,” he says. “It is a very humorous and action-packed movie, and I am excited for the world to see it.”

Within the meantime, see how Duke does Paris Trend Week.