Fashion editors at British Vogue and British GQ joined celebrity stylist Karen Clarkson in a Saturday WIRED feature to redesign Jensen Huang’s signature black leather wardrobe after his November 8 admission of an extramarital affair. With Nvidia losing more than $1 trillion in market value in less than a month and Huang preparing to testify before the U.S. Congress, the panel mapped out how a high-profile executive dresses to repair a damaged public image, including three complete replacement outfits priced piece by piece.
For nearly two decades, Huang wore black leather jackets almost daily, reportedly owning 30 to 40 of them and telling CBS in October 2026 that a consistent uniform helped him avoid decision fatigue. That look became a target on November 10 when Emma Childs wrote in The Cut column titled “Jensen Huang’s Leather Jackets Confessed Before He Did” that “a $9,000 leather moto is not the outerwear of a man faithfully going home to his wife and kids after a long day of architecting the AI revolution.”
Asked how Huang should dress now, British Vogue Head of Editorial Content Chioma Nnadi recommended retiring the shrunken rock-and-roll biker jackets in favor of a collared Oxford shirt paired with a navy or gray crewneck sweater, a combination that projects seriousness without looking as aggressively corporate as a traditional suit. British GQ Head of Editorial Content Murray Clark disagreed, saying in WIRED, “I’d argue that Jensen Huang stays exactly how he is because this is who he is—a coiffed, leather-jacket wearing, mistake-making middle-aged man for all the world to see.”
Clarkson, a London and Los Angeles stylist whose commercial clients include Nike, Google, Apple, Calvin Klein, and Vivienne Westwood, noted that tech executives have increasingly competed over fashion makeovers, grooming, skin treatments, and fitness, pointing to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg sitting front row at Prada. For Huang, however, she advised trading flashy Tom Ford biker leathers that stop at the biceps for an apologetic dress code built around neutral colors, quiet tailoring, and relaxed layers.
The 3 replacement outfits Karen Clarkson styled for Huang
Banished Biker Look 1
Clarkson’s first outfit replaces the moto jacket with a Lemaire workwear jacket ($1,050) layered over a Giorgio Armani long-sleeved cashmere polo ($1,695) and a Speciale cotton-mix stripe shirt (£295), paired with The Row Nesper pant ($1,250) and Giorgio Armani leather slippers ($1,850). She told WIRED that taking relaxed dressing cues from Harry Styles, checking The Row for minimal pieces, and wearing a practical Lemaire workwear jacket signals a willingness to put in the work to win back his family.
Banished Biker Look 2
The second look pairs The Row Vana jacket ($12,000) with a Speciale lambswool crew sweater (£435), The Row Victor shirt ($1,290), The Row Paulo corduroy pant ($1,590), a Lemaire Rail Belt ($320), and John Lobb City II New Standard shoes ($1,878). Because Huang said onstage in 2024 that his wife, Lori, picked out his biker outfits after he found most other fabrics itchy, Clarkson suggested wearing lambswool instead of cashmere as a small act of sartorial repentance.
Banished Biker Look 3
The third option combines a Paul Smith Ripstop field jacket ($1,025), a Brunello Cucinelli alpaca-blend sweater ($3,400), The Row Sue pant ($2,300), and Paul Smith Garson shoes ($475), totaling $7,200. Rather than changing his appearance overnight and inviting even more internet memes, Clarkson advised taking gradual steps: “Little steps, not a full overnight makeover. That’s why he should perhaps keep the leather jacket, something like a suede blouson instead of the biker,” she said, adding that he should drop the black jeans.
What happens before Huang testifies to Congress
While WIRED’s Saturday piece still referred to Huang as Nvidia’s chief executive, The Guardian and Mediaweek reported that he resigned as CEO, president, and board member on Thursday, November 12, with chief financial officer Colette Kress named interim CEO and Harvey C. Jones appointed board chair. His departure followed an October 29 New York Times report and his November 8 employee memo admitting to an affair with former Megaspeed International executive Alice Huang, whom U.S. intelligence sources cited by The New York Times suspected of ties to Chinese intelligence, though CNN reported on November 11 that the U.S. government had found no proof she was a spy and Attorney General Todd Blanche said on November 12 that the Justice Department had not reached a conclusion. As law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and former acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim conduct an independent board investigation for Nvidia, Huang has agreed to testify before the U.S. Congress, where Clarkson advised him to leave the tight leather behind and wear a buttoned-up Nehru collar.