Robert Pattinson Dresses Like a Kid Who Hates Fancy Clothes

Down below, Pattinson’s beautifully tailored trousers fell cleanly atop an unexpected pair of leather fisherman sandals—an especially bold move in New York City in November. That choice, too, felt a little like a compromise made between a parent and child (or stylist and celebrity): You can wear your light-up sneakers if you let me finish combing your hair. (As per usual, Pattinson’s ’do was perfectly messy and windswept.)

Pattinson’s style is, in a word, eclectic. Sometimes,…