Harry Styles dons dresses and heels as he covers Dazed magazine

Harry Styles made a style statement as he posed for the cover of Dazed magazine’s winter issue in a series of flamboyant dresses, as well as a pair of kitten heels.

The singer, 27, announced he is hoping to fill cabinets across the world with his new beauty brand, entitled Pleasing, where nail polish sets cost $65. 

Yet he insisted that he ‘doesn’t see himself as a style icon’, despite pushing the boundaries with his genderfluid fashion. 

Harry told the publication: ‘It’s funny because I don’t think of myself that way [as a style icon]… but bringing people together is the thing I’m most proud of. 

‘At shows I get kind of a front-row seat to see a bunch of people getting in a room together and just being themselves.’

Harry went on to discuss his new beauty brand Pleasing, noting: ‘It’s starting with nail polish, because that was kind of the birth of what it was for. 

Smouldering: Harry showcased his modelling skills as he posed on a motorbike for the cover

‘Me seeing a colour on a flower or a wallpaper or something and thinking, ‘Oh, I wanna put that on my nails.’ It was a fun little project, but during the pandemic, and when we eventually named it Pleasing, it felt like it was so much more than nail polish.

‘I’ve always found that the moments in my life which have brought me the most joy are the small ones, whether it be, you know, the end of the night under the stars or a bite of food, or sitting with your friends thinking, ‘Oh, I’m never gonna forget this.’

‘It’s always those moments that I find have the longest-lasting effect on me, in terms of sparking something wonderful in me. 

‘I really think that the essence of Pleasing is finding those little moments of joy and showing them to people.’

Pose: In one look, he donned a bright yellow patterned bodysuit and black heels

Harry found fame at age 16 when he took part in The X Factor in 2010 and became one fifth of One Direction. 

The group achieved global success, with Harry admitting he previously worried he wouldn’t know who he was without being in the band.

He said: ‘There was a time when I was younger, and I was in the band, when I would have been afraid for everything to have stopped. I didn’t necessarily know who I was if I wasn’t in the band. 

‘Now, the idea of people going, ‘We don’t like your music any more, go away’ doesn’t scare me. I think there was a time when it did. 

History: Harry found fame at age 16 when he took part in The X Factor in 2010 and became one fifth of One Direction

‘It gives me the freedom to kind of go, ‘Great!’ I’m not working from a place of fear. I’m working from a place of wanting to work stuff out, and try different things.’ 

One Direction went on an indefinite hiatus in 2016 and Harry released his debut self-titled album the following year which went to number one in the UK and the US.

His second album Fine Line was released in 2019 and was hailed by Rolling Stone as being one of the 500 greatest albums of all time last year. 

He has also branched out into acting and will appear in the upcoming film My Policeman where he plays a gay police officer having a secret relationship with a man while married to a woman. 

Speaking about the turn in his career, Harry said: ‘I like to challenge myself and do something different and movies are definitely where I feel most out of my comfort zone.

Harry said: ‘There was a time when I was younger, and I was in the band, when I would have been afraid for everything to have stopped. I didn’t necessarily know who I was if I wasn’t in the band’

‘I’m coming from music where I don’t think anyone really knows how it works, but I am somewhat in my comfort zone! But in movies, when I show up, I’m the new guy. 

‘I haven’t been [an actor] for a long time and that’s really cool, I feel like I’ve learned so much and life is about learning.’

Discussing his new beauty brand, Harry said he wants his products to help make people feel ‘beautiful’.

Asked when he feels at his most beautiful, Harry said: ‘I don’t think being beautiful or feeling beautiful is about looking good. When people are happy and glowing, they’re radiating. And that’s what I think the products do, it’s about helping you feel beautiful.’ 

He added: ‘Now, the idea of people going, “We don’t like your music any more, go away” doesn’t scare me. I think there was a time when it did’

‘He pauses thoughtfully, and repeats my question back to me, “Hmm, when do I feel my most beautiful?” I would say internally, when I’ve finished meditating or something… Or maybe when I’m asleep!’

Discussing where his creativity comes from, Harry added: ‘I have unlocked an ability to be myself completely, unapologetically. 

‘I started only listening to classical music because it felt like it gave me a blank canvas to work from. So I wasn’t hearing things I would then be referencing. 

‘I think that so much creativity comes from my boredom and giving myself the chance not to be distracted by things. I’m the most human I’ve felt in a long time, for sure.’

Harry is known for pushing the boundaries when it comes to his style, becoming the first man to wear a dress on the cover of Vogue magazine last year. 

Harry’s Vogue headlines sparked a debate when it was released, with right-wing commentator Candace Owens hitting headlines by blasting the styling and the ‘steady feminization of our men’, calling for society to ‘bring back manly men’.  

Read the full interview in Dazed magazine, out now.  

Comments: Harry was the first man to wear a dress on the cover of Vogue magazine last year sparking backlash from US commentator Candace Owens