Matt Bomer ‘Hit the F**K It Button’ Regarding His Fashion Choices

On designer Jonathan Anderson’s vision at Loewe

His clothes are bold and they're aspirational, but they're wearable and they're always steeped in artistic influence. The sunglasses look like there's some kind of Picasso abstract design. There's always an eye to the future while still really valuing the art of the past and our history. Even some of the patterns in the collection felt really familiar. They were almost nostalgic, like some of the plaids and the argyles, but they were put together in such an original and fresh and forward-thinking way. I think that's part of what makes him so exciting.

On Dressing For Joy

There was a long time when I thought, “I want to be dressed like Paul Newman and only wear preppy, modern classics that 20 years from now will still look classic.” And then after the pandemic, part of me just hit the fuck it button and was like, “You know what, I want to wear color. I want to cut through the black. I want to take risks. I want this. It's okay if this was ‘so 2024.’ I want to live for whatever this moment is because God knows how long we're going to be here.” My stylist, Warren Alfie Baker, who's phenomenal, has really helped me to push myself outside of my typical comfort zone. I just want to follow whatever gives me joy, because [industry events], while they're wonderful and it's great to celebrate our peers and be there for each other and to see everybody again and to have that kind of recognition, sometimes they can become a little self-serious and somber, and I just think, “Why not just bring some joy onto the carpet, follow your own joy, your own bliss, and then bring that into the room with you?”

On Staying Young

I was a kid who grew up in Texas and I did not wear sunscreen—or not nearly as much as I should have. So, I'm just so grateful that at some point in my early 20s, I had hair and makeup artists who said, “Wear sunscreen every day,” and that's something I really took to heart. And, for better or worse, I'm one of those people who if I eat the wrong thing or if I drink the wrong thing the night before I'm on camera, you will see it on my face. It will show up. I'll swell. I'll break out. So I've really had to watch what I eat as well, particularly when I'm filming or doing a press tour or something like that. I do eat plenty of food, but I just have to be careful with what that is. I think keeping healthy diet has been probably 80 percent of anything that's gone okay for me. And sunscreen.