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Kristen Stewart in Cable-Knit Underwear Is an ‘Only in 2024’ Fashion Moment

No pants is the new…pants.
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I can't quite wrap my brain around Kristen Stewart's latest look, honestly. The Love Lies Bleeding star just stepped out in cable-knit underwear, which seems both impractical and very cozy. Bizarre but comfy?

Stewart's stylist, Tara Swennen, paired the creamy cashmere garment, which is hemmed in brown, with a pretty silk button-down, buttoned at the collar only, and a nude bra. Stewart wore her shaggy hair tossed to the side and accessorized with dark rimless sunglasses, high patent leather heels, and a boxy handbag. For extra support (and, presumably, warmth), she wore pantyhose underneath. The overall effect says quiet luxury…but make it confusing?

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It's an interesting lesson in “street style” versus “fashion style,” in that if Stewart were dressed this way in a photo shoot or walking down a runway, I probably wouldn't think twice, but in the context of New York City, or real life, it strikes a gal as…something!

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QZUnique Square Box Handbag

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Actually, it's growing on me.

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Shmancy underwear is a burgeoning trend among the high-fashion set. Miu Miu's bedazzled briefs come to mind. Cable knit is surely more wearable than those!

Stewart has been leaning into body-conscious dressing in the run-up to Love Lies Bleeding, her sexy new lesbian drama. Toting the same bag pictured here, she wore a Y2k-ish “going-out top” made just of strings of beads for an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and again paired hosiery with…not a lot else…for the movie's premiere. Seriously, this bodysuit could cut glass. She previously experimented with underwear as outerwear at Chanel's pre-Oscars party. The longtime brand ambassador wore Chanel boxers in a crisp bright white, which, combined with this latest outfit, raises the question: Does Kristen Stewart not fear spills? I fear spills. Just one of the many ways in which she's better than I am.