Hopeful Harry Styles lookalikes also emulated the popstar's trademark fashion sense at a competition in London.
Mandatory Credit:	Matthew Chattle/Cover Images/AP via CNN Newsource

Hopeful Harry Styles lookalikes also emulated the popstar's trademark fashion sense at a competition in London.
Mandatory Credit: Matthew Chattle/Cover Images/AP via CNN Newsource

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Celebrity lookalike contests are taking over the internet. But they aren’t new

In German folklore, doppelgängers are considered to be a bad omen whose presence brings about misfortune. It feels all the more fitting then, that amid today’s geopolitical conflicts, increasing climate catastrophes and economic uncertainties, we’re seemingly hooked on celebrity lookalike contests.