Harry Styles Wears a Dress as He Becomes First Male in 127 Years To Be on the Cover of Vogue US | 22 Words

Harry Styles has become the first male model in 127 years to grace the cover of Vogue U.S this week and, to make his accomplishment even more iconic, he donned a dress for the occasion.

Keep scrolling to see his inspiring shoot for yourself...

For those of you who don't know, this is Harry Styles.

He's best known as a singer but has also worked in film and as an independent songwriter - all of that at the impressive age of twenty-six.

However, he has also gained fame for something else...

Harry is one of the world's premier heartthrobs, particularly for younger teens. The fan reaction to the singer has been compared to the Beatles-mania of the 1960s. I mean, he is a bit of a looker, isn't he?

Anyway, Harry has set the bar for all models far and wide this week.

The British musician has become the first male model to dominate the cover of Vogue US in 127 long years, and he has done it in the most spectacular of ways.

Now, Harry came to fame at a very early age.

He first found the limelight on the UK television talent show, The X Factor - he auditioned for the show in 2010 when he was just sixteen years old.

This is where the boy band sensation, One Direction was born.

Harry, along with 5 other contestants who had auditioned as solo artists, were put together as a band by the show's producers. From left to right, we have Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne, pictured at the Brit Awards in 2012.

They released 4 albums as a 5-piece...

Up All Night, Take Me Home, Midnight Memories, and Four, and each album became a number one selling collection.

It's safe to say that One Direction is now one of the most successful boy bands of all time.

But in 2015, Zayn left the band, and the other 4 remaining guys decided to carry on for a year longer, releasing Made In The A.M which was their final album before they called it quits.

The boys then embarked on what they had originally hoped to when they auditioned for The X Factor...

Their solo careers. Each member went their own way and started producing music that they felt would best represent them as an individual artist and boy did we get a range of music. From R 'n' B to soft rock, we were given the whole lot!

Now, Harry's solo career has been abundant in success.

Even though he peaked later than the rest of his former band, he has certainly become the most successful. His debut self-titled album went straight to number one in both the U.K. and the U.S. - and has received a surprising amount of critical acclaim, too.

And then came along his latest album, Fine Line.

Of course, it was an instant hit.

But many people are noticing something else about the young pop star.

It's no secret that Harry has become more expressive with his fashion choices in the last year, with him regularly donning more feminine outfits and looks.

And this month, he's taken his quirky style to the cover of Vogue.

Yep, Harry has become the first man to feature on the cover of Vogue U.S in 127 years, and he wore a series of dresses and skirts to commemorate it.

People are loving Harry in a dress.

Here they are, in all their glory.

Keep scrolling to see the rest of the iconic photographs, and to hear what Harry had to say on the evolving world of fashion...

The "Watermelon Sugar" singer used his cover opportunity to discuss his mission to "de-gender" certain items of clothing.

In his interview with the fashion publication, he said: "Clothes are there to have fun with and experiment with and play with. What’s really exciting is that all of these lines are just kind of crumbling away. When you take away ‘There’s clothes for men and there’s clothes for women,’ once you remove any barriers, obviously you open up the arena in which you can play."

He continued:

"I’ll go to shops sometimes, and I just find myself looking at the women’s clothes thinking they’re amazing. It’s like anything—anytime you’re putting barriers up in your own life, you’re just limiting yourself. There’s so much joy to be had in playing with clothes. I’ve never really thought too much about what it means - it just becomes this extended part of creating something."

Harry admitted that "dress up" was a big part of his childhood.

“As a kid, I definitely liked fancy dress," he explained. “I was really young, and I wore tights for that [school play]. I remember it was crazy to me that I was wearing a pair of tights. And that was maybe where it all kicked off!" Harry, you look amazing. For more Vogue milestones, keep scrolling to see who the oldest Covergirl is...