Robert Redford’s Tuxedo in The Great Gatsby
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View ArticleHeaven Can Wait: Don Ameche’s Blue Silk Smoking Jacket
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View ArticleHumphrey Bogart’s Blazer at Sea in Sabrina
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View ArticleMurder on the Orient Express: Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot
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View ArticleFred Astaire’s Tuxedo in The Towering Inferno
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View ArticleChristmas Eve in The Holdovers: Paul’s Corduroy Three-Piece Suit and Duffel Coat
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View ArticleWhite Christmas: Burgundy Jackets and Boaters for “Blue Skies”
Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye in White Christmas (1954) Vitals Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye as Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, Broadway entertainers and World War II veterans Florida, December 1954 Film: White...
View ArticleDeath on the Nile: Maggie Smith in Menswear-informed Black Tie
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View ArticleSunset Boulevard: William Holden’s New Year’s Evening Dress
William Holden and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard (1950) Vitals William Holden as Joe Gillis, “well-known screenwriter, uranium smuggler, and Black Dahlia suspect” Los Angeles, New Year’s Eve 1949...
View ArticleThe Cotton Club: Richard Gere in Prohibition-era Black Tie
Richard Gere as “Dixie” Dwyer in The Cotton Club (1984) Vitals Richard Gere as Dixie Dwyer, mob-connected movie star and jazz trumpeter New York Spring, Winter 1928 to Winter 1931 Film: The Cotton Club...
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