Cillian Murphy has actually verified over and over again that he can put on a match, and use it well. At the Golden Globes, he entered a Saint Laurent tux. At the Yearly Governors Honors, he shook up in a pinstriped swimsuit. And throughout last evening’s 2024 Doubters Selection Honors, the Oppenheimer celebrity went with a black-on-black-on-black fit that was even more father of the menswearverse than dad of the atomic bomb– and it’s simply one more phase in what has actually ended up being an astoundingly effective design run.
Worn by Zegna, the Irish star put on an all-black tee shirt, and split this with a single-breasted sports jacket and set of matching high-waisted pants. All 3 items were enhanced with a refined ribbed structure, with actually peaked lapels, shiny switches, and a smooth internal cellular lining. It’s all really basic and all spick-and-span, yet that’s the kinda ambiance that Murphy opts for. Which’s why it functions. While he’s presently tipped to turn into one of this year’s huge champions at honors period, the menswear has actually been basic yet still punchy. Great lapels will certainly do that, you see.
He had a glossy, glossy Omega watch strapped on his left wrist, yet the important things that every person was looking at was the baggy connection that was precariously twisted around his neck. It’s dark and it’s attractive. It’s likewise the excellent follow up to his Golden Globes fit, with the exact same kinda spicy Victorian playboy power that has actually maintained us going throughout this anaemic winter season. And also, it’s evidence you can still blend it up with the standards: for each ballooning supersized fit, there’s something conventional that still sings. Situation in factor: Austin Butler’s jazz age swimsuit to Barry Keoghan’s retrofuturist chopped waistcoat.
While Cillian Murphy really did not wind up winning ‘Finest Star’ at the Doubters Selection Honors (depressing!), he won the hearts and mind of menswearheads all over. A win is a win.