Tom Cruise's Tailoring Always Made A Statement
24.06.2022 - 20:39
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Style Archive: a series in which we celebrate the stars of the past that made menswear what it is today. This week: the experimental tailoring of Tom Cruise.
Before Tom Cruise's sofa-hurdling declaration of love, before he became a recipient of the Scientology Freedom Medal of Valor, and before he made it a contractual obligation that films he appears in feature 155 minutes of green screen minimum, Tom Cruise was the king of cool. But while much has been made of the early promise of his acting career - appearing in the likes of Top Gun, Risky Business and The Colour of Money in quick succession - less attention has been paid to his sartorial selections at the time.
Admittedly wearing a suit to a smart occasion is not reinventing the wheel, but a glance at Cruise's outfit archives show the actor experimenting with pattern and colour, eschewing drab monochrome suiting in a way that's stood the test of time. At the 1985 wedding of Sean Penn and Madonna — held at a clifftop mansion in Malibu, naturally — Cruise teamed a boxy, charcoal suit with a yellow and gold medallion-print shirt, and the black aviators he'd made his signature look in Top Gun.
Sure, grainy photographs of thirty years ago always look cooler than filtered selfies, but Harry Dean Stanton rocked up to the same nuptials in a multicoloured tie, while Christopher Walken sported a three-inch quiff. This is about more than huffing the nostalgia pipe.
The following year, at the New York premiere of The Colour of Money, Cruise wore a blue patterned two-piece suit, a pop of decoration which stood out against Paul Newman and Martin Scorsese's muted grey tailoring. Gallery: The Best Gifts for Women (Esquire (UK))Christmas shopping for your other half is often/always a
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