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Justin Bieber Embraces Full Dad Bro Aesthetic Weeks Before Fatherhood
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Justin Bieber Embraces Full Dad Bro Aesthetic Weeks Before Fatherhood
In his first public outing since announcing wife Hailey’s pregnancy, Justin Bieber leaned fully into dad aesthetic. The 29-year-old pop star sported a quintessential “dad outfit” – khaki beanie, baggy tennis ball green Balenciaga sweatshorts, and bulky white foam Croc-style clogs. But the pièce de résistance was his vintage R.E.M. t-shirt from the band’s 1989 Green World Tour.
The faded, well-worn tee was the ultimate signifier of Bieber embracing “dad rock” mere weeks into his journey to fatherhood. With the slouchy, comfortable outfit accented by the retro concert merch, Bieber accomplished an advanced level of “dad dressing” typically seen on more seasoned fathers. His dress-down look contrasted starkly with wife Hailey’s chic maternity style of pleated trousers, loafers, and an oversized Balenciaga blazer. But intentional or not, Bieber’s old-man-core look signaled his readiness to slip into the aesthetic of daddyhood.
Introducing Justin Bieber Dad Style
The second-most exciting development to come of Hailey and Justin Bieber expecting their first child? It’s that Justin Bieber Dad Style Watch can now officially commence.
In the couple’s first appearance since their sweet, Saint Laurent-laden pregnancy announcement on Instagram last week, the Biebers stuck to their usual mode. Which is to say: the ne plus ultra of dressed-up girlfriend meets dressed-down boyfriend. An expectant Hailey wore dark pleated trousers, Proenza Schouler loafers, and a white cropped T-shirt layered underneath a massive Balenciaga blazer with jutting shoulder pads. Justin wore a taupe beanie, tennis-ball-green Balenciaga sweat shorts, bulbous white foam clogs, and an astonishing vintage R.E.M. tee from the band’s 1989 Green World Tour. Mere weeks into incumbent fatherhood and JB has already accomplished his first public foray into the heady depths of dad rock.
R.E.M. Approves
The band—or its social media team, anyway, given that the Georgia quartet amicably disbanded in 2011—indeed seems tickled by this development. “Nice t-shirt!” the official R.E.M. account wrote on X, alongside a paparazzi photo of Biebs in his T-shirt.
R.E.M. also reshared the Daily Mail’s post about the Biebers’ pap walk to their Instagram story, embellishing the image with an animated arrow pointing towards the logo and a snippet of the band’s 1987 song “Fireplace,” whose lyrics felt dually poignant: “Crazy, crazy world / Crazy, crazy times.”
Conclusion – Justin Bieber Embraces Full Dad Bro Aesthetic Weeks Before Fatherhood
Justin Bieber’s foray into “dad fashion” before even becoming a father is certainly a sign of our crazy, crazy times. That a 29-year-old global pop superstar is already dressing like a middle-aged suburban dad out running errands says something about the era we’re living in. Celebrity culture, social media, and the constant pressure for the new and viral have created a strange paradox where the young aspire to appear older and comfortable rather than chasing youth and sex appeal.
Bieber leaning INTO the stereotypical “dad” aesthetic – complete with dowdy vintage merch – is both a rejection of traditional pop star glamour and an embodiment of our increasingly bizarre cultural moment. That a simple outdated concert tee could make such waves online shows how hungry we are for the next ridiculous thing to comment on. These viral micro-moments around celebrities’ most mundane choices prove we’re living in a crazy time indeed. Bieber becoming an accidental icon of “dad style” before fatherhood simply makes perfect sense for our crazy, crazy world of today.
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