Mr Keanu Reeves occupies a rare place in the celebrity canon. Unlike a lot of his overexposed Hollywood peers, he enjoys a kind of enigmatic existence, and has an unburnished reputation for being a genuinely good person.

Reeves is the kind of celebrity who rides the subway in New York and offers his seat to a woman carrying a large bag. He’s the guy who can set the internet alight by doing nothing more than sitting on a bench and enjoying a sandwich while looking endearingly forlorn. The one who thoughtfully refrains from getting too close to women he’s pictured with. And who laughs, relatably, at the concept of NFTs. Evidence pointing to Reeves’ humanity and kindness is easy to find. Two years ago, The New Yorker ran a piece about this iron-clad wholesomeness, titled “Keanu Reeves is too good for this world”. A calm, contemplative presence in the slightly icky whorl of A-list land, Reeves’ quiet dignity – his uncelebrity-ness, if you like – is refreshing.

So, it should be said, is his style. In an industry where teams of stylists and assistants craft and preen stars’ outfits to the extent that they could well be boxed up and put on the shelves in Toys “R” Us, Reeves delivers something altogether more relaxed: his uniform of a casual suit, which he has worn in variations on a theme for the past three decades.

That’s not to say that Reeves doesn’t have help in the fashion department, because he does. He’s worked with the same stylist, Ms Jeanne Yang – who has also worked with Messrs Jason Momoa, Jamie Dornan and Regé-Jean Page – since The Matrix, the original 1999 movie. Which is perhaps why he’s managed to retain such sartorial consistency.

The result of their work together over the years is often simple, but effective: a blazer worn with a crew-neck (and occasionally V-neck) T-shirt in neutral colours, and either some tailored trousers or jeans. Sometimes, Reeves will round this look off with a slightly rogue-looking beanie or trucker cap. He does don a tux from time to time on the red carpet, of course, but mostly, what he wears is a play on the chilled-out suit.

Sure, on paper, it’s little more than “casual Fridays”. But Reeves somehow makes it timeless. As a 2019 GQ cover story on the actor noted: “Every generation gets its own Keanu Reeves, except every generation’s Keanu Reeves is this Keanu Reeves.”

His tried-and-tested casual suit look is also not a far cry from what he’s wearing as Neo in The Matrix Resurrections, the latest in the film franchise, which is released this week. Though Neo’s closed-book, brooding character has always meshed quite well with how Reeves is perceived in real life, his look in the new film is virtually indistinguishable from what the actor would wear day-to-day – dark colours, a lapelled coat with a T-shirt and the addition of a black beanie hat all look like everyday Keanu.

Overall, the thing that is ideal about the actor’s go-to casual suit get-up is that it works, no matter the occasion, no matter the time. It is what the actor looked best in 30 years ago, it’s what he looks best in now, and it may well be what he looks best in 30 years in the future when our wardrobes will have been absorbed into the metaverse. Until that happens, though, Keanu’s casual suits are the trendless trend we’ll happily follow down the rabbit hole.