Alexander Skarsgård in Custom COS at Sundance Film Festival — The Sexy Wicker Man

There is something quietly telling about the way Alexander Skarsgård appears on a red carpet. He does not rush the moment, nor does he attempt to dominate it. At the Sundance Film Festival, for the premiere of his new film Wicker, Skarsgård arrived in a custom full look by COS, and once again reminded us that presence, not excess, is what lingers.

The look confirmed two things simultaneously: his enduring status as a modern sex symbol, and his position as one of the most interesting men on today’s red carpets. Let’s unpack why this worked so well.

Alexander Skarsgård and a Fearless Approach to Menswear

Son of Stellan Skarsgård, Alexander was never meant to be just another handsome face. Provocative without arrogance and humorous without irony, he embodies a kind of Nordic fearlessness that feels instinctive rather than styled.

His red-carpet wardrobe reflects that attitude. Masculinity, in his case, is not performed through sharpness but through confidence. It is a masculinity that allows softness, humour, and restraint, qualities still oddly rare in men’s fashion.

For Sundance, Skarsgård worked with stylist Harry Lambert on a COS custom look that sits precisely between classic tailoring and contemporary ease. The ensemble featured a finely crafted Italian wool shirt paired with high-waisted wool tuxedo trousers, cut with pleated, tapered legs. Two belts completed the look: one in premium Italian-grained leather, the other with modern double prongs, alongside penny loafers worn with deliberate nonchalance.

This was not about novelty. It was about proportion, texture, and attitude. A clear example of COS’s approach to fluid tailoring: clothes that follow the body without controlling it.

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A COS Look for a Sexy Wicker Man

Alexander Skarsgård’s red-carpet choices often mirror the emotional register of the films he is promoting. His style operates as a form of storytelling.

In Wicker, his role is defined by sincerity. The Wicker Husband is devoted, attentive, and emotionally available. He is a figure whose sexuality emerges not from dominance, but from care. He loves his wife, the Fisherwoman, without calculation, and that honesty makes him both unusual and deeply desirable.

The COS look reflects this sensibility with precision. On paper, it is almost austere: a white shirt, black pleated trousers, classic proportions. In practice, it feels relaxed and intentional. The tailoring allows movement, the silhouette avoids rigidity, and the overall impression is one of ease rather than display.

What the outfit ultimately communicates is self-possession. There is confidence, but no insistence. Style here is not about impressing, but about inhabiting oneself comfortably, a rare quality on any red carpet.

About the Film Wicker

Wicker is a 2026 romantic fantasy directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, adapted from The Wicker Husband, a short story by Ursula Wills-Jones. The cast includes Alexander Skarsgård, Olivia Colman, Peter Dinklage, and Elizabeth Debicki.

Set in an unenlightened medieval seaside village, the story follows a marginalised fisherwoman who lives on the fringes of her community, mocked for her appearance and isolation. Tired of cruelty disguised as tradition, she commissions a wicker husband from a local basketmaker. The man she receives, Skarsgård’s character, is incapable of lying and exists in absolute devotion to her.

Wicker is a fable about sincerity as something almost supernatural. It asks who is allowed to be loved, and why honesty feels disruptive in rigid social systems. Skarsgård’s performance leans into restraint rather than seduction, embodying a masculinity defined by presence, truth, and emotional clarity.

Seen in this light, his appearance at Sundance makes perfect sense. In COS, Alexander Skarsgård did not dress to create spectacle. He dressed to reflect the character he embodies and, perhaps unintentionally, offered a reminder that restraint remains one of the most powerful forms of allure.

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