Tom Cruise, 60 years of the perfect American boy with James Bond style

Tom Cruise on press tour for Top Gun: Maverick . Getty photo

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In short, the actor’s secret is to maintain a youthful style without ever looking like he’s dressing too young. Perennial only by birth, he still regularly appears in the best dressed lists . After all, he is one of the most attractive stars in Hollywood whose success story inspires every aspiring actor in the world. Such is his charisma that he has established himself as a fashion icon effortlessly thanks to everything he flaunts, from formal attire to casual pieces.

And don’t be fooled if he’s wearing what might appear to be a simple employee sweater. Maybe it’s because he arrives surrounded by the golden allure of the Hollywood myth, maybe it’s because he has a disarming kindness (which frankly you don’t expect from a divine like him but which makes him even more iconic) but he manages to live up to it, despite his stature not too high, even with the most ordinary of looks (and the writer assures this, because he met him live). 

Tom Cruise in Rome in 2014. Photo Getty

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“You’re pregnant?” (yes, I was), he asked me when, in 2014, on a Roman terrace I was granted five minutes with him for an interview. Then he touched my belly and congratulated me. Today my almost eight-year-old son is taking a theater course and dreams of being an actor. Call it what you want, for me it’s Tom’s Power. The one, so to speak, capable of consigning him to history as cool forever.

  • 1985: Classic with patterned shirt

    At Madonna and Sean Penn’s wedding.

  • With Dustin Hoffman at the American Museum of the Moving Image Honors Elia Kazan.

  • At the Golden Globes with Nicole Kidman. 

  • With Nicole Kidman at the preview of Interview with the Vampire.

  • With Nicole Kidman at the preview of Eyes Wide Shut.

  • With Penélope Cruz at the preview of The Last Samurai.

  • At the MTV Music Awards with Katie Holmes

  • At the wedding with Katie Holmes on Lake Bracciano.

  • In Mumbai for the preview of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

  • At the Jack Reacher preview.

  • In London at the premiere of Edge of Tomorrow.

  • In Rome at the The Edge of Tomorrow photocall.

  • At the Korea premiere of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.

  • At the Baftas with Leonardi DiCaprio.

  • At the Sydney premiere of The Mummy.

  • In Washington at the preview of Mission: Impossible – Fallout.

  • In Paris at the preview of Mission: Impossible – Fallout.

  • At the Cannes Film Festival.

  • At the photocall for Top Gun: Maverick at the Cannes Film Festival.

  • In Seoul at the Top Gun: Maverick photocall.