As a man very much built like the proverbial brick shithouse, Henry Cavill’s style is specific. That’s because regular clothes aren’t designed for impressively irregular bodies. The Superman star’s fitness regime may’ve gleaned the sort of physique that leads to much XXX lewdness on Twitter, but it’s a double-edged sword: a colossal frame might get the love, but it has fewer options in fashion.
But there is one thing. On the red carpet for the Enola Holmes 2 premiere, Cavill followed in the brachiosaur footsteps of Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Dwayne Johnson to go full mob boss on the power suit. Pinstripes. Double-breasted. Canine lapels. A boxy fit. It looks like cold, hard cash – and it’s also a perfect fit for Big Strapping Lads.
Double-breasted flatters boxy bodies. Better still is the cut. Ripping seams might feel very Clark Kent but it’s wholly impractical IRL; Cavill’s suit is purpose-built for guys that carry notepads around the gym. It has a lot of give. And it looks great. The money suit could either be the go-to for the don of a trigger-happy crime family, his round-the-clock body man or the banker paid to cook the books on gas. It’s at the punchier end of classic; not left-field enough to reset boundaries, but not subtle enough to play wallflower at the next police commissioner’s ball.
Financial crime is bad. Any crime, really. But the suits of Gordon Gekko, Don Corleone and Henry Cavill: very, very good.