Rickey Thompson Shows Off His Love for Late-’90s Style
When you are dressing for red carpet events, is that all you, or do you work with someone on your looks?
It’s mostly all me. I got a stylist one time for New York Fashion Week because I was flying from London and had no way to shop before, but mostly every award show, I’m dressing myself and I’m always thinking of a way to do something different. When you go to an award show, you see guys in button-downs or a suit, and I’m like, no! We can switch it up too. Girls can have so much fun on the carpet, and I really want to be able to showcase my fashionable side on the carpet as well. So I definitely try to go with something that is exciting, something that is new and fresh, and something that a lot of people haven’t seen before.
Who are some of your style icons today?
I’m so happy we are living in a world where men are actually taking fashion to the next level, people like Lil Nas X and definitely Harry Styles. Harry Styles is at the top. He is a guy I applaud so much. I started wearing skinny jeans because of Harry Styles, and now he is giving us this ’60s/’70s look, and I’m just absolutely obsessed with everything he is wearing. I’m obsessed with Ezra [Miller]. Ezra is the guy over here really taking risks with gender roles, and I love that. I would say those are my go-to guys in fashion. They are really showing you that we guys can look amazing and different on the carpet.
Do you remember your first big fashion splurge?
Oh my goodness! My very first fashion splurge I would have to say were my YSL boots. And the only reason I bought the boots was because of Harry Styles. I love a boot with a heel on, so when I saw Harry Styles wearing them, I was like, oh my goodness, I want a pair of those boots. So that was my very first fashion splurge. I bought these boots in, I would say, 2015, and I have worn them everywhere, and they are still in good shape. If you put your money toward something good, it will stay with you forever.
What is a piece you bought recently that you are wearing nonstop these days?
What a lot of people don’t know about me is I literally shop in the women’s section all the time because with the guys’ stuff, it’s just the same all the time, and I really hate that. I got this gray, oversize cropped hoodie moment from Urban Outfitters, and I wear it all the time. It’s the softest hoodie I’ve ever worn. I wear it, wash it, and throw it right back on.