How To Be A Modern Nomad By Mr Bill Skarsgård
Life on the road with the “homeless” Swedish actor
Words by Mr Dan Rookwood, US Editor, MR PORTER
Photography by Mr Angelo Pennetta
Styling by Mr Dan May, Contributing Fashion Editor, MR PORTER
I’m essentially homeless,” says Mr Bill Skarsgård, sitting at the bar of a brunch spot in hipster Los Feliz, LA. Homeless, as in itinerant, of no fixed abode, a drifter. “Seven years I’ve not had a home,” the 6ft 3in, 26-year-old actor explains with a light Swedish lilt and speech pattern. He doesn’t own a house, a car, or even any furniture. “I literally live out of a suitcase. That’s my life. What’s in the suitcase kind of changes with the seasons, but I’m pretty good at travelling light. I’ve been doing it all my adult life.”
Who better, then, to demonstrate one of this season’s more prominent menswear trends: the wanderlust look? High-end designers are embracing the recent movement towards immersive, experiential travel. Prada’s SS17 collection is heavy on hiking-inspired gear, for example. Other designers, such as Saint Laurent, are going for that thrown-together, lived-in, worn-again look. Think curious, free-spirited global citizen travelling off the beaten track. This is the character MR PORTER asked Mr Skarsgård to channel for this shoot in the desert of Palm Springs and Joshua Tree. Turns out it wasn’t that much of a stretch for him.
Life on the road with the “homeless” Swedish actor
Words by Mr Dan Rookwood, US Editor, MR PORTER
Photography by Mr Angelo Pennetta
Styling by Mr Dan May, Contributing Fashion Editor, MR PORTER
I’m essentially homeless,” says Mr Bill Skarsgård, sitting at the bar of a brunch spot in hipster Los Feliz, LA. Homeless, as in itinerant, of no fixed abode, a drifter. “Seven years I’ve not had a home,” the 6ft 3in, 26-year-old actor explains with a light Swedish lilt and speech pattern. He doesn’t own a house, a car, or even any furniture. “I literally live out of a suitcase. That’s my life. What’s in the suitcase kind of changes with the seasons, but I’m pretty good at travelling light. I’ve been doing it all my adult life.”
Who better, then, to demonstrate one of this season’s more prominent menswear trends: the wanderlust look? High-end designers are embracing the recent movement towards immersive, experiential travel. Prada’s SS17 collection is heavy on hiking-inspired gear, for example. Other designers, such as Saint Laurent, are going for that thrown-together, lived-in, worn-again look. Think curious, free-spirited global citizen travelling off the beaten track. This is the character MR PORTER asked Mr Skarsgård to channel for this shoot in the desert of Palm Springs and Joshua Tree. Turns out it wasn’t that much of a stretch for him.