Suits on screen.
Film has taught more men how to wear a suit than any tailor ever has, and some of it was even good advice. Here are the suits worth stealing from, a few that are best enjoyed as warnings, and the one everybody asks about now: the suit John Wick says is bulletproof.
Ten suits worth stealing from.
Cary Grant's grey glen check suit in North by Northwest (1959): what it is, why a quiet grey makes the best one-suit wardrobe, and what to update for 2026.
Sean Connery's glen check three-piece in Goldfinger (1964), and how to wear one today without looking in costume: the check, the fit, the shirt and tie.
Steve McQueen's three-piece suits in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and how to wear a three-piece today without looking stuffy or like a groomsman.
Richard Gere's soft-shouldered jackets in American Gigolo (1980), and how to have that unstructured, draped cut made to measure without it looking sloppy.
Bogart's ivory dinner jacket in Casablanca, and the real question: when a white dinner jacket is right, and how to wear one without looking like staff.
Don Draper's grey and navy suits in Mad Men, which details carry the look, and how to wear it at a 2026 office without it reading as a theme party.
Redford's pink suit in The Great Gatsby (1974), and the real question: is a pink suit too much for a wedding guest? When it works, which pink, and how.
Atticus Finch's seersucker three-piece (1962), and the question it raises today: when seersucker is right in Toronto, and how to wear it without a costume.
Tommy Shelby's herringbone three-piece piece by piece, and which parts to keep for an office, a winter wedding or a funeral without looking in costume.
Harvey Specter's peak-lapel suits in Suits (2011 to 2019), and the real question: is a peak lapel too much for your office, and how should one fit?
Five that teach by bad example.
Tommy Boy's split jacket, read by a tailor: why a tight jacket fails at the back, and what can and can't be altered on a borrowed one before a wedding.
Lloyd's orange tuxedo and Harry's powder blue, taken apart by a tailor, and how to wear colour at a wedding, prom or gala without looking like either.
The Dude's thrift-shop cardigan and robe, read by a tailor, and how a man who hates suits gets one he can sit, slouch and reach in comfortably.
Peter Falk wore his own raincoat as Columbo. Why the rumpled coat worked on screen, and how a raincoat should be cut to go over a suit without crushing it.
Gatsby's pink suit, Lloyd's orange tuxedo, the fat guy in a little coat: film's worst-dressed men, each answering a question guests ask before a wedding.
The Wick suit, and the real thing.
The John Wick suit explained: the near-black cut, who designed it, the tactical lining myth, and how to wear it in real life without looking in costume.
Real bullet-resistant suits hide removable panels in the lining. What they stop, what they can't, and which provinces require a permit to own body armour.
Bring the still.
Screenshots are welcome at the studio. Show Sam the suit you keep pausing on, and he will tell you which parts of it will work on you and which only work under studio lights. The first appointment costs nothing.