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Mad Men Style: Grey Flannel, the Tie Bar and Braces
Don Draper treats an office as a stage and dresses accordingly. Three things hold the performance together: grey flannel that reads like money, a tie
The Godfather Style: Peak Lapels, Turn-Ups and the Pocket Square
Michael Corleone never raises his voice and never needs to. Three things carry the authority: a peak lapel that lifts the chest, a turn-up that settle
Catch Me If You Can Style: The White Shirt, Epaulettes and a Slim Tie
Frank Abagnale never talked his way past anyone. The uniform did it for him. Three pieces carry that trick: a plain white shirt, a shoulder with rank
The Thomas Crown Affair Style: One Inch of Cuff, One Break, One Colour
Thomas Crown wears the most expensive tailoring in nineties cinema and none of it announces itself. Three measurements explain the whole effect: an in
The Untouchables Style: The Fedora, the Waistcoat and the Trench Coat
Eliot Ness wins because he looks like the law before he says a word. Three pieces build that silhouette — a fedora, a wool waistcoat and a long belted
Tenet Style: The Soft Shoulder, the Open Collar and Cashmere
The Protagonist wears the least memorable suit in modern cinema, and that is the point. Three choices do it — a soft shoulder, an unbuttoned collar an
Inception Style: The Three-Piece Suit, the Waistcoat and the Tie Bar
Arthur is the best-dressed man in Inception and the quietest. Three pieces explain it — a buttoned waistcoat, a three-piece line and a tie bar. Here i
The Architecture of a Suit: Shoulder, Chest, Waist, Line
The four structural decisions that make a suit read as authority, and how each one changes the silhouette.