Daniel Craig’s New ‘Knives Out’ Uniform? Seventies Tailoring
Since Knives Out’s Benoit Blanc first appeared on our screens in 2019, the Southern sleuth has been solving mysteries and serving tailoring inspiration.
There were floral ties and point collars in the first film, as well as blue braces that make a compelling case for a widespread renaissance.
In the second entry, Glass Onion, Blanc’s linen suiting, pastel shirts and neckerchiefs were killer – Craig told Esquire that he added the yellow scarf to the pinstripe suit to amplify the “Jacques Tati thing” he had with the Jenny Eagan's costumes.
And as the new photo teaser for the third instalment, Wake Up Dead Man, has shown, it seems the dandyism that we’ve come to love is set to continue.
Let’s start with the hair. Evidently, Blanc hasn’t had much time in between solving murder mysteries to pop to the barbers, but that is no bad thing! Who knew that a touch of seventies Paul McCartney would look just as good on a detective as it does a rock ‘n roll star.
Next, we’ve got the windowpane-check three-piece suit, styled with another dainty tie – this time, from Eton shirts – a trench coat and a fedora. Travel down the waistcoat and you’ve got a seventies staple: a slim-legged trouser that flares at the hem, with its shape platformed by his Cuban heeled boots.
Will Blanc’s “most dangerous case yet” bring more seventies tailoring? All the clues seem to be pointing to it.
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