Dwayne Johnson is many things: box-office-conquering movie star, perennial spooky-season mood board legend, GQ‘s 2024 Entertainer of the Year. But he’s also a bit of a style god. Over the last few years, The Rock has routinely out-dressed plenty of his pint-sized Hollywood counterparts, and it’s about time he got his flowers for it—especially in this mighty fine polo shirt from the latest Percival x Ilaria Urbinati collection.
Last week, Johnson teetered confidently on the end of Graham Norton’s starry red sofa wearing slick transitional lenses, and a polo shirt from the British label’s tie-up with the megawatt styling whiz. (It helps that Urbinati has been working with The Rock for years, of course.)
The microdot polo in question forms part of a bigger picture for the stylist, a sepia-toned polaroid hugely influenced by Scorsese movies, American-Italiana, and her own late grandfather. Urbinati’s Taxi Driver aesthetics have been repped for years by the likes of Chris Evans, Barry Keoghan, and Donald Glover—all of whom she counts as clients—but this polo riffs on the iconography with flair, thanks to its exaggerated notched collar and golden-hour hues.
Johnson wore his with subtly striped trousers, a pattern combination that really shouldn’t work but does a lot to elongate his broad frame. He topped it all off with a slick leather jacket, a combination equal parts Dwayne Johnson-coded and Average Joe-aspirational.
“I love a brand I can put on a celebrity and anyone can be able to buy it for themselves,” Urbinati told GQ, touting her love of knit polos in the same breath. “I do a lot of red carpets but I also do a lot of press days, and it can be hard to find something that feels stylish but is still casual and comfortable. The Percival knit polo is that: better than a T-shirt, and more comfortable than a suit.”
This story originally appeared on British GQ.
