The Daniel Day-Lewis Guide to Easy Eveningwear
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Even in retirement, actor Daniel Day-Lewis has managed to portray many stylish characters. Since bowing out from Hollywood after 2017âs Phantom Thread (which was, coincidentally or not, a fashion movie), the three-time Oscar winner has embodied a workwear god, a cosmopolitan wrangler, and a post-swag king. His latest role? A ruggedly esteemed sophisticate.
On a recent evening in New York City, Day-Lewis made a rare public appearance to present Martin Scorsese with the National Board of Review Award for Best Director. He arrived at Ciprianiâs ornate Midtown venue in a characteristically idiosyncratic formal getup: a velvety, navy-hued corduroy suit layered over a wine-red, floral-patterned Rafter C Western shirt from the Texas retailer Cavenderâs. He accessorized with his usual accoutermentsâcowboyish leather belt, lace-up Nicks work boots, and geometric-print kerchief rakishly knotted around his neckâand sported his usual gray buzzcut (save for his brush with rumpled, chin-length waves this past spring).
The National Board of Review Awards Gala
Day-Lewis posed for photos with Scorseseâwho directed the actor in 1993âs The Age of Innocence and 2002âs Gangs of New Yorkâas well as attendees Patti Smith and Zac Efron, whose inky velvet Brioni jacket glimmered alongside Day-Lewisâs sheeny cords. Come to think of it, we have been seeing more velvet on red carpets latelyâand perhaps those soft-pile suits arenât the only ones coming out of retirement.
The National Board of Review Awards Gala
âWe did two films together and itâs one of the greatest experiences of my life, I must say,â Scorsese said of Day-Lewis during his acceptance speech, per Variety. âMaybe thereâs time for one more. Maybe! Heâs the best.â One can dream!
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