Getting dressed has never been more filled with possibility. We are all still regaining our muscle memory—remembering which pants goes with which shirt, etcetera—or maybe just revamping a wardrobe overrun by
sweatpants. Luckily, two Cannes red carpet events for the upcoming Wes Anderson film The French Dispatch offer templates for every type of guy (and Tilda Swinton) worth aspiring to in 2021. Both the premiere and screening trotted out A-listers like mannequins to graze from in the attempt to perfect your own personal style.
Starting in the casual section: Timothée Chalamet came dressed as the Gallery Bro, a man of impeccable taste who won’t let you forget that fact. Slouchy pants were tucked into big, clopping Bottega Veneta Chelsea boots. He wore a T-shirt—always-sold-out merch from film producer Elara Pictures—to a red carpet. But Chalamet, as always, is proof that we contain multitudes. Just a day earlier, at the film’s screening, the actor’s silver Tom Ford suit was full glam, a large helping of the decadent ‘80s spooned onto the 2021 red carpet. In the span of just two days, Chalamet alone can show you how to do formal and casual.
And we’re not done there. The French Dispatch premiere was full of signposts for the different directions menswear might go this year. The vibes were bountiful: Wes Anderson in his seersucker suit, knit tie, and white penny loafers gave us perfect Southern Gentleman. It was hard to reconcile the fact he was getting dressed in the same universe as Adrien Brody, who wore the sleekest all-black double-breasted peak-lapel suit a day earlier to the screening, the sharpened debonair playboy to Anderson’s down-home gent.
