Young Hollywood

DONOVAN LEITCH, 29, and his band, Nancy Boy (that's Brit talk for an effeminate but heterosexual man), have revived the androgynous style of English rockers from the '60s and '70s. "Onstage, Donovan's a cross between Mick Jagger and David Bowie," says designer Tommy Hilfiger, who was inspired by the son of folksinger Donovan to create a line of "mod-prep" clothes. Last March, when People caught up with Leitch and his girlfriend, model Kirsty Hume, the singer confided, "I have Mary Quant fingernail polish on." An impressed Hilfiger concludes, "He's very hip."

"He's girly, but butch at the same time" --Actress Tahnee Welch

DONOVAN LEITCH'S "'90s mod" coif is "rumpled in all the right places so it doesn't look too perfect," says Hilfiger.
Leitch, who presented a menswear award at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards ceremony in New York City last February, is "willing to try anything," says L.A. stylist Shari Simonsen, who has worked with him. The white edging on his lapels gives this jacket a "foppish" look, says Vanity Fair social chronicler George Wayne.

Like many of his cafe society contemporaries, "he wears black a lot," notes Hilfiger. "And you rarely see him in the same clothes twice."

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