Have you ever seen Harry Styles riding around London on a Lime bike? If you answered yes, I’d believe you.
There are certain London-dwelling celebrities whose presence in the city is so ubiquitous that it’s almost like a rite of passage to have seen them out in the wild.
Bill Nighy is the most obvious example, often spotted wandering Soho, dining in cosy booths at The Wolseley, purchasing quail eggs in Fortnum and Masons or browsing cravats in Liberty. Ask around, and you’ll find similarly bountiful sightings surrounding the likes of Ian McKellen, Helena Bonham Carter or, for the lucky few, Harry Styles.
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Harry Styles attends the SS Daley fashion show at London Fashion Week
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Since the end of his ceaseless Love on Tour performances last summer, Styles has been all over Europe, but he always returns to London. Rumour has it he just bought yet another house on the same street in Hampstead, reinforcing his ties to the city.
Lime biking around with James Corden, snogging Zoë Kravitz in Soho, hunting for croissants in local bakeries and even cropping up in the crowd of Luton football games — there’s no telling where Harry will end up next!
Harry Styles at Luton FC’s Kenilworth Road stadium
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Either way, we could all learn a little from Mr Styles, who always seems to enjoy London like it’s his playground. Here’s how you can make your London life a little more Style-ish.
Snog a hottie in Rita’s, Soho
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In case you’ve just come out of a coma and this is the first article you’re reading from your hospital bed: Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz are dating. This became clear when they were pictured walking around Rome hand-in-hand recently, then later on the streets of New York.
But an even earlier sighting happened in London this August, with sources saying that they spied Kravitz and Styles getting cosy in Rita’s, the American-style bistro in Soho. Getting cosy is a nice way of putting it. What the sources actually said was: “[They were] snogging like teenagers.”
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“They seemed really into each other and didn’t seem to care if anyone saw them kissing,” the source told The Sun. “She had been at the Caught Stealing premiere which is a ten-minute walk away from the bar. They walked in together; it was definitely a date. They make a gorgeous couple.”
To emulate this, grab yourself a 10/10 hottie and head to Rita’s for a martini, margarita, or one of their famous devilled eggs.
Lime bikes on the pavement in the City of London
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If I were a climate scientist or a marketing executive at Lime, I’d be kissing a poster of Harry Styles every night before I went to sleep. That man has done more for Lime bikes in the last two years than Boris Johnson ever did for Barclays.
Styles has become partial to navigating London atop a Lime in recent times, and has been spotted enjoying bike rides with good pal James Corden, as well as his former flameTaylor Russell. He’s not the only celeb to enjoy a good pay-as-you go ride, either. Kate Hudson, Stella McCartney and Fred Again have all been spotted cycling about the city on Limes. Whether it’s relatable, sustainable or just a new tactic for outrunning the paps, we’re into it.
Wild swim whenever possible
Hampstead mixed bathing ponds in North London
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Our Harry is a big fan of wild swimming, and he’s not just one of those fairweather swimmers who head for the water as soon as London gets sunny. He was spotted with Taylor Russell emerging from the Hampstead Heath ponds in late December last year, the pair of them looking disgustingly attractive for two people who just got out of freezing water.
But the ponds aren’t practical for everyone. If you’re an east Londoner, you can try the Hackney West Reservoir, near Manor House and Stoke Newington, or if you want more of a cityscape with your paddle, the London Royal Docks near the Excel Centre. For south, there’s the gorgeous Georgian swimming lake in Beckenham Place Park, and slightly more westwards is the Serpentine lido (it’s a lake, don’t be fooled) in Hyde Park.
Munch down on takeaway sushi and croissants
Harry Styles in the Music for a Sushi Restaurant music video
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I don’t want to make you feel bad about your Deliveroo habit, but Harry Styles actually goes and picks up his takeaway, like in the good ol’ days. The star was spotted carrying multiple bags of Maido sushi around St John’s Wood, and we’re taking that as an endorsement. Plus, the vegetarian set starts at just £14. We can only assume this is the restaurant that inspired Music for a Sushi Restaurant.
What’s even more wholesome is that Styles appears to be on a “croissant hunt” across the capital. One TikTokker who bumped into Styles in a bakery was told by said bakery’s staff that he said he was looking for the best in London. Maybe that explains all the Lime biking. He’s on a mission. If you endeavour to set out on a croissant hunt of your own, try KURO Bakery in Notting Hill, Hart and Lova on Belsize Road and Richoux in Soho for a “cruffin” (croissant muffin cross-breed).
Football games with the lads
Harry and the lads at the Luton FC game earlier this month
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In February 2024, Harry Styles made a surprise appearance at Kenilworth Road stadium to watch the Luton v Manchester United match.
And he’s so on trend. Just as blokecore has taken the city by storm, football games have become unsuspectingly chic days out. The record-breaking numbers attending women’s football games don’t lie.
You might not be able to score a ticket to a Prem game at Kenilworth Road, but you could easily catch an Arsenal Ladies match for a reasonable price.
Perfect your layered street style
The king of layering and clothes swapping
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Just popping out for a coffee? You’d better be wearing a side bag, an emergency tote, a jacket, a jumper, a hat and sunnies, then. Well, that’s what Harry would do.
Some of this heavy layering may well be for famous-person-privacy-related reasons — the sunglasses and hats in particular — but we all know the most stylish people in London are ones who know how to accessorise.
But Styles’ biggest fashion tip of late is rooted in his trademark androgyny: swapping clothes with your partner. He used to do it with Taylor Russell, and we’d make the reasonable assumption that he will be doing so with Zoë Kravitz. Who wouldn’t want to steal from her wardrobe?
Now you have your to-do-list and you look the part. Go make Harry proud.
