No Stylist Episode 04 – Steven Bergwijn

For the latest episode of No Stylist we returned to London, following on from Arsenal’s Joe Willock in Episode 02, to see what the other side of North London are serving up with Tottenham Hotspur and The Netherlands international Steven Bergwijn.

If you don’t already know, No Stylist gives players total control. It’s the ultimate test as we let them loose on a stylist’s rail of clothes to curate and pick out three separate outfits, based on three different themes, to dictate their own shoot.

To put Steven under the spotlight and to make it a level playing field when it comes to the North London report cards, we welcomed back Jay Hines as the dedicated stylist for the day to run his expert eye over Steven’s efforts. On the day, Jay had to submit a final Style Report Card based on key criteria such as sneaker choice, brand knowledge and appropriateness to the theme to give Steven’s fits an official rating.

Since arriving in London half way through the last season, and scoring against Manchester City on his debut, Steven has been adapting to life in London both on and off the pitch. Thankfully, Josh Denzel was on hand to track Steven’s personal and professional progress over the last few months in the capital, unearthing his thoughts about life away from the game, the ever-changing style of Serge Aurier, the French flavours in the Spurs dressing room, the best Amsterdam brands, and why he doesn’t like wearing a suit.

To kick off, we wanted to take Steven back to his roots. With look one, we asked the Tottenham forward to put together an outfit for when he returns home; the special moments when he has the rare time in the season to take a trip back to Amsterdam and he wants to make a splash. The outfit was built to pay homage to what’s hot in Amsterdam and what people look to wear in the Dutch capital city and, so, to get him started, Steven picked out a pair of Dior B22 Sneakers.

Next up, we took the entire shoot up a few levels by making the second look all about awards season. Whether it be the club award dinners, the PFAs, the UEFA awards or even the Ballon D’or – what drip would Steven arrive in? Well, he started by selecting the Doc Martens x Raf Simons boots over the adidas x Prada collaboration and he ended up with a big 9.5 rating from Jay.

Finally, as we’re heading into peak winter season, and as a man from Holland who now lives in London, we thought Steven would be well equipped for dressing for the cold. The third and final outfit was focussed on the art of layering and Steven didn’t disappoint as he showed us the way when it comes to wearing the Gucci Rhython NY Yankees Sneakers through winter.

Watch the full episode of No Stylist on the GAFFER YouTube Channel to find out what Steven picked out and to hear more about his life in London around the topics of football, friends and fashion.