He is often a target of mockery and degradation in regards to his beauty, and even his own men talk freely about what they'd like to do to him in bed.
More than once, Laurent's beauty works against him. Laurent looked like what he was: a young man. Sleeping beside Damen, there was a newly physical aspect revealed in Laurent: the taut waist, the upper body musculature of a swordsman, the exposed angle of his Adam’s apple. Damen notes that Laurent has an almost androgynous appeal when laced-up in his restrictive aristocratic clothing. He is also associated with a blue cotton dress gifted to him by Vaskian women, which he wears in Kings Rising to play the part of a woman - and his beauty is such that he actually pulls it off. He wears the earring to disguise himself as a pet in Prince's Gambit. However, he is sometimes associated with a blue earring that once belonged to the Regent's pet Nicaise. Unlike most Veretians, he wears little jewelry. Laurent's style of dress is severe, as he typically dresses in long-sleeved, high-necked aristocratic clothing that covers as much skin as possible.
It is significant that, though Laurent is aware of his high level of attractiveness, he never uses his appearance or sexuality to further himself in any of his political or military endeavours.
However, Damen also notes that, like Jokaste, Laurent's beauty is something that one must forcibly shunt aside when considering him as it is the least significant thing about him, saying that it is difficult to associate Laurent with a physical body at all, as with him one is always dealing with the mind. Famously he is blond-haired and blue-eyed, with very fair skin, slender built, and is often paralleled with the Lady Jokaste of Akielos. Laurent's physical beauty is often drawn attention to in the books and is noted by many people in their discussions of him. Damen and Laurent after the events of the trilogy.
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