Zayn Malik Says His Fashion Identity Was Challenged Growing Up

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Zayn Malik is getting candid about finding his fashion identity.The 30-year-old singer explained in the Wednesday, July 12, podcast episode of “Call Her Daddy,” that he felt pressured to wear certain clothes growing up. “Everyone would wear a certain type of pant, or a certain type of shoe, and if you weren’t dressed that way you would get questioned.

People would be very in your face and give you s—t.”When asked by host Alex Cooper if his cultural background contributed to that feeling (his father is Pakistani and his mother is British) Malik responded, “No, not necessarily.” He elaborated, “Just in every sense of the world.

Like even in your fashion. The clothes you want to wear, the way you want to cut your hair — it was always like something was questioned if you weren’t doing the norm.”Malik went on to share that although he used fashion to blend in growing up, he now freely expresses himself through edgy leather jackets, neon colors, chain necklaces and chunky rings.In an April 2021 interview with GQ India, Malik opened up about expressing himself through style. “Fashion is part of how I express myself, but it’s not only the only way I express myself.” Elsewhere in the interview, he explained that one of the reasons he has multiple tattoos on his arms, neck, face and head is because he “wanted to be different.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesOther than ink and stylish clothing, Malik has experimented with his hair.

In April 2015, he shaved his head and dyed it neon green. That summer, he rocked an icy blue mane, but by December 2015, he ditched it for platinum blonde.Next, he tried out pastel pink locks in February 2016 before shaving it off for the Met Gala — where he made his red carpet