Movie Stars And Male Fashion

Movie Stars And Male Fashion

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The decision by the moiety of the fashion world, to use famous actors to model their clothes, is surely evidence enough that these individuals are able to have a big influence on the male wardrobe.

The recent 'male style special' in the Times is a case in point: they use the eponymous handsome bad-boy Dominic Cooper, (lately seen in the film 'Tamara Drewe'), to model the latest fashions. Movie premiers and award nights mean that their male stars receive yards of column inches, making them an excellent clotheshorse for fashion editors. They can be held up as examples to emulate, or shot down in flames for their fashion faux pas.

The upshot of this has been the plethora of fashion 'hits' and 'misses' lists, where the poor guys are either lauded for their dressing prowess, or ridiculed for their lack of taste. Those who usually fair well include Johnny Depp, Gerard Butler and Zac Efron, whilst Russell Brand is a regular casualty, (though with his taste for frills and leggings there is little wonder he is the subject of ridicule.) These lists are, admittedly, superficial -a star can move from one to the other with alacrity, however, they do have an effect on male clothes. Many men are now able to pull off the 'smart-casual' look, due in a large part to Mr George Clooney. His adoption of a good pair of jeans, top and fashionable jacket as his uniform 'du jour' has provided an excellent model for men to mimic.

In some cases, it is the movies themselves that dictate the latest fashions. When Sherlock Holmes hit the cinemas last year, the material of choice suddenly became tweed and herringbone, and the more risqu male dressers were even spotted in deerstalker hats. In some instances, a movie becomes better known for its fashion oeuvre than its main protagonists. The artists of Moxy Creative have taken advantage of this to create a clever poster series for iconic films, including Wall Street, The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Anchorman, using only principal outfits to signify the title.

Film stars, and the films themselves, are commonly used in the fashion world to describe a look: a description of a man as 'rugged,' is instantly enriched by referring to him as sporting a Harrison Ford 'Fugitive' style beard. This linguistic turn clearly demonstrates the influence our movies and movie men have on the male wardrobe.

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