His ties are a standard, modern width of around three and a quarter inch and coordinate with his jacket lapels. He also doesn’t appear to press his shirts very thoroughly. Given the fit and the wear on the edges of the collar, Blanc must have gotten a bunch of shirts made for him at some point and is wearing them until they fall apart. They could certainly be used as sports shirts if desired, so the pockets give them some flexibility. Perhaps he’s just an old-school American who prefers dress shirts with pockets despite modern sartorial wisdom. The usefulness of the pocket is reduced since he’s always wearing a jacket and braces, plus it spoils the lines of his outfit by peaking out behind his jacket lapel. In a scene near the end of the movie, Benoit removes his jacket, rolls up his sleeves, and tucks in his tie, revealing the shirt’s close fit and angled breast pocket. Though the collar is slightly shorter than some worn in the 1920s-1940s, the shirts in Knives Out definitely look like they could come from that period including the fabrics. ![]() The collar, cuffs, and placket all have unfused construction and Blanc does not use collar stays. Carl Goldberg of CEGO Custom Shirtmaker made a copy of this shirt for a client, claiming the collar is definitely based on a vintage design. They’re the kind that would traditionally take a collar pin if one was so inclined, but it’s not surprising that Eagan opted not to give him one of those since they also call to mind his Bond outfits. Given Craig’s impressive physique, the suit in this film is most likely made-to-measure given how seldom off-the-rack suits actually fit muscular men.īenoit’s shirts all have one-button barrel cuffs and a soft, long point collar. The fit of Craig’s clothing in this film is looser than he typically wears when he plays James Bond and far more relaxed than the Cucinelli suits he wears in his personal life. In a production still, he wears a black leather braided belt and these braces at the same time, but thankfully this faux pas didn’t make it to the final movie. The braces have black leather kips with matching braided nylon ends, similar to those used for eveningwear. They also have belt loops but he holds them up using a pair of navy silk braces with an octagon pattern. The cuffed trousers have a flat front, slanted side pockets, and a waistband with an extended point tab secured with a button. Its top button sits higher, per modern trends, but manages to look harmonious with the trousers when closed since they also sit rather high. The jacket is quite unstructured and its shoulders have little padding and lightly roped sleeve heads. The sleeves have three non-functional buttons matching the front two buttons, all in a black leather football design traditionally used for tweed sports coats. The two-button jacket is styled with narrow notch lapels, three open patch pockets including the breast, and a single vented back. The poster art depicts him wearing a bright olive suit and matching tie with purple flowers, but this does not appear in the film and the colours were probably altered to give it more visual punch. But looking closer at high resolution production stills, the trousers are indeed hopsack as well. At some points, it almost appears that he’s wearing a hopsack sports coat and flannel trousers in a matching shade. Blanc wears instead a dark grey, hopsack tweed sports suit. But even if originality didn’t matter to Eagan, she couldn’t have made use of this trope: seersucker is too cold for Massachusetts, where the film takes place. Filmmakers have been dressing their southern characters in striped seersucker suits so often that the outfit itself became a cliché long before the release of Knives Out. The Southern Gentleman film archetype, as well as his typical clothing, is as old as cinema itself. ![]() She often used floral patterns to pull this off, allowing him to fit into most scenes without fading into the background. Jenny Eagan, the film’s costume designer, intentionally clothed Blanc to stand out slightly from other characters. His clothes were essential, in fact: every bit as important as his “Kentucky-fried, Foghorn Leghorn” drawl. Where that one bit of costuming became a hit because of who wore it, Benoit Blanc’s wardrobe was a big hit largely due to his character. The cream wool, aran-knitted, crew neck jumper Chris Evans wore even became a popular gift that Christmas. Combining humour, social commentary, and a twist on the traditional “whodunit” genre, the film had quite an impact, not least thanks to its brilliant costuming. Knives Out, the murder mystery directed by Rian Johnson (of Star Wars: The Last Jedi fame), was a critical and financial success last fall.
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