Oh Lewis your dress sense is the pits! LIZ JONES says Hamilton may be the greatest driver ever, but his clothes are a total car crash

By Liz Jones For The Mail On Sunday

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He’s just become the most successful British racing driver of all time, with his four Formula 1 titles, beating legend Jackie Stewart in the process.

So is it too much to ask that Lewis Hamilton dresses like a champion?

There’s no doubting his supreme talent on the track, but rather than adopting Steve McQueen’s quiet Harris tweed jackets, say, or James Bond’s classy handmade Brioni suits, he’s plumped for very loud, very expensive and very in-yer-face – like the cars.

Loud: At Tommy Hilfiger's show for London Fashion Week with model Lara Stone
Lewis is seen wearing a vintage bomber jacket with a vintage top, white jeans and Givenchy shoes

Loud: At Tommy Hilfiger's show for London Fashion Week with model Lara Stone (left) and wearing a vintage bomber jacket with a vintage top, white jeans and Givenchy shoes 

Colour clash: Baseball jacket with paisley sleeves, a white top, jeans and trainers
Pictured is a Versace shirt, belt and leather trouser combination

Colour clash: Baseball jacket with paisley sleeves, a white top, jeans and trainers (left) and a Versace shirt, belt and leather trouser combination

No wonder, then, that party-loving Hamilton’s go-to brand is Tommy Hilfiger, the American designer who made his fortune repackaging the preppy sportswear of the ruling elite – polo shirts, biker and baseball jackets, tennis and golf-wear. 

Co-opted by young urban men and accessorised with giant gold jewellery and low-slung jeans (a style copied from prison, where belts are confiscated), Hilfiger is a label that indicates to all you are both monied and hard.

Racy: In Paris with Sofia Richie, daughter of pop crooner Lionel while wearing a custom-made Balmain jacket
Lewis with Missoni heiress Margherita while wearing a Missoni jacket

Racy: In Paris with Sofia Richie, daughter of pop crooner Lionel while wearing a custom-made Balmain jacket. Right, with Missoni heiress Margherita while wearing a Missoni jacket

Lewis wears a Tommy Hilfiger shirt and jeans with Timberland boots
He is sporting a Ports 1961 jacket

He's flagging: Left, Lewis wears a Tommy Hilfiger shirt and jeans with Timberland boots. Right, he is sporting a Ports 1961 jacket

Here's a real champion dresser: Heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua oozing class in a bespoke Lynch & Mason double-breasted suit with pocket square brown shoes

Here's a real champion dresser: Heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua oozing class in a bespoke Lynch & Mason double-breasted suit with pocket square brown shoes

Lewis, 32, must know that the all-in-one boiler suit he wears for work is the coolest outfit of all time, so I’m wondering if he dresses in this way to repel the women who fall at his padded knees track side. There really can be no other explanation…

Here is just a selection of the gear that he tends to select, which only goes to show that when it comes to fashion, Lewis is yet to find the winning formula. 

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