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What do you want, an award? Well, it would be nice. Sure, there’s always a nod to costume design at the Oscars and the Golden Globes. But that’s for the films themselves. What about the outfits people wear while doing the hard graft of turning up to the award ceremonies for said films, among other cultural endeavours? The tailoring, tuxedos and other takes on the medium. Working on the presumption that award-ceremony wardrobes deserve recognition, too, we’ve come up with our own shortlist of the men who were best turned out this season. What, you actually do want an award? Nomination to this select field is prize enough.
01. Colman Domingo
Colman Domingo at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, 2 March 2025. Photo by Frazer Harrison/WireImage via Getty Images
Up for his second consecutive Best Actor nomination at the Oscars, Colman Domingo can bask in consolatory glory for his best performance in a Valentino Garavani ensemble. A serial muse for the creative director Alessandro Michele, Domingo has done the brand proud this award season. He saved the best for the main event with a double-breasted tuxedo to match the colour of the carpet, alongside a contrasting gold lapel clip and rope chain bracelet, both from the house’s archives. We’d say it was on the button, but it was all held together with a sash.
02. Timothée Chalamet
Timothée Chalamet at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles, 2 March 2025. Photograph by Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images
If Timothée Chalamet’s fit at the Golden Globes gave us a first promising glimpse of Haider Ackermann’s vision for TOM FORD, where the French designer was named creative director back in September, then the suit he wore to the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty only got us more excited for what’s to come. A polka-dot, satin jacket over perfectly pleated trousers, were toned down with a front-bib, wing-collar shirt – left unbuttoned – some rings and a chain that give the whole ensemble a subversive edge.
03. Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield at the Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, 2 March 2025. Photograph by Frazer Harrison/WireImage via Getty Images
Appearing at the Oscars to give rather than receive any gongs, Andrew Garfield offered a reminder in tailoring your accessories to your needs. On the red carpet, the erstwhile Spider-Man was seen in brown sunglasses to match his sleek tonal Gucci tuxedo and Jaeger-LeCoultre watch. By the time he reached the stage, he’d slipped into optical frames by Oliver Peoples to read off the autocue. Making like the Latvian feline caper Flow, which Garfield was there to name as the Best Animated Feature, the actor just went with the occasion.
04. Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, 2 February 2025. Photograph by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic via Getty Images
The right time and the right guy. Perhaps lost in the knotty evidence boards and TikTok essays decoding the exact meaning of the bootcut jeans that Kendrick Lamar wore during his Super Bowl half-time show – his outfit for the Grammys the week before was notable for more than its accessories, the five awards he was pictured clutching. Like anything this man of many layers does, his head-to-toe denim look, courtesy of Maison Margiela, gave us plenty to unpack – Canadian tuxedo, anyone? But it proved a powerful getup in and of itself. And a trend that looks set to be a major one for 2025. (Not a minor one.)
05. Charlie Casely-Hayford
Charlie Casely-Hayford at the British Vogue x GQ Bafta Fashion & Film Party in London, 16 February 2025. Photograph by Mike Marsland/WireImage via Getty Images
When you’re such a renowned name in the world of tailoring, it’s only right that you rep your own brand. But for someone that mostly wears neutrals – navy in particular, as Charlie Casely-Hayford once told us – the sartorial panache comes through in the details. In this case, at the British Vogue and GQ Bafta party, a premium Barathea cashmere-blend with a subtle lustre used to cut a custom Casely-Hayford double-breasted suit, all dressed down with spring’s hero staple, the knitted polo.
06. Matty Matheson
Matty Matheson at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, 5 January 2025. Photograph by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic via Getty Images
The food is secondary in The Bear. Tertiary, even. First comes the simmering dynamics of all those big personalities in a small, hot kitchen. But then, coming from behind – “Behind!” – is the clothing. Menswear is the lifeblood of this show. And for all Carmy’s white tees, NN07 jackets and vintage jeans stuffed in a broiler, who best captures this with low-key finesse is The Bear’s on-screen janitor and off-screen producer and culinary advisor, the real-life chef Matty Matheson. He’s a style god for the Throwing Fits fraternity with good reason. Case in point, the white tuxedo with contrast piping – customised by a friend – that he wore to the Golden Globes is chef’s kiss.
07. Victor Alli
Victor Alli at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, 23 February 2025. Photograph by Maya Dehlin Spach/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images
When the occasion calls for black tie, few things are safer than an all-black tux. But when you’re Victor Alli, or Lord John Stirling in Bridgerton, you don’t need to go for the safest option. You can take the safest option – a two-piece designed by Mr P., in this case – and turn it into the most refined option with depth and accessories. The juxtaposition of the smooth, wool cloth of the trousers, with satin, plush velvet and polished leather provides a symbiotic play on textures, while the brooch and rings add some welcome sparkle.
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