GET THE SPARKS LOOK

Get the Look

Sparks Style

“Looks, looks, looks – far away, close at hand, it’s the only thing”

ust as Sparks sang on their 1975 album

JIndiscreet, their look has always been an important part of the experience. While the Chaplin/Hitler moustache would go, their core visual premise has remained: cool brother, nerdy brother. They also maintained this wasn’t a gimmick – Ron told a reporter in the mid1970s, “When I’m at home I still have the crappy tie on.”

Their look has, of course, evolved over the half-century since they were known as Halfnelson.

HERE ARE SOME OF SPARKS’ ICONIC LOOKS, FROM DAD CHIC TO SIMPLY CHIC

EARLY 1970s

This is the classic Sparks look: Russell in fashionable menswear (note the scarf around his neck) and Ron in what your dad wore.

LATE 1970s

By the time of Introducing Sparks and No. 1 in Heaven, the brothers were in simpler, more casual clothes, and the first display of their francophilia emerged.

1980s

As they returned from the electronic phase to a rockier sound, Russell borrowed Elvis’s oversized glitter suits and Ron was up for the gag in the photographs for the Angst in my Pants cover.

MID 1980s

A return to a more electronic-based sound also saw a return to a more minimalist, neo-noir look.

1990s

By the nineties, Ron’s moustache has been whittled down to a pencil, and Russell has finally had a haircut. 2000s

Ron switched to bow ties for a period, pairing them with some snazzy formal wear.

2020s

Having tried everything else, the brothers now tend to look simply chic.