Style Icon: Michael Caine
The first time I saw the film GET CARTER was on a rainy afternoon sometime in early 2000. During this time, I fancied myself a bit of a mod and loved to soak up anything and everything British and/or Swinging London.
Enter Sir Michael Caine as the hard boiled Jack Carter who is out for revenge and drenched in style.
It was because of this movie that I started to look up to young Michael Caine as a non stop shop of style inspiration.It’s not so much what he wears but how he has it tailored. Everything always fit him incredibly well. Take, for instance, this screen shot from GET CARTER. His navy 3 piece suit is just impeccably fitted with just the right amount of cuff peaking out from the sleeves. Throughout the film he wears it just like Cary Grant wears his sartorial masterpiece in North By Northwest:
Maybe it is the inherent sense of English tailoring that seeps into the sartorial mind of most British men or maybe it’s just the simple fact that Michael Caine knew how to dress, but one thing is for sure:
Young Micahel Caine is a sartorial force to be reckoned with.
Over the next few days I will put together some options so that you too raise a little bit of Caine where ever you may go.
