17 Movies Every Menswear Fan Should Watch: 1970s-2010s

About this video

The Gentleman’s Gazette team presents part two of their film series highlighting movies worth watching for men’s classic clothing, covering works from the 1970s through 2010s. The team analyzes how costume designers and stylists used tailoring, fabrics, and accessories across films like The Godfather, Wall Street, and Drive to establish period-accurate or iconic menswear aesthetics.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team recommends films like The Godfather, The Sting, and Chinatown as valuable resources for observing period-accurate menswear from the 1930s-1950s, including suits, ties, hats, and accessories that complement face shapes and body types.
• The Gazette team highlights Wall Street as a landmark film for 1980s power suit styling, noting that menswear icon Alan Flusser designed the costumes featuring double-breasted peak lapel suits, bold day shirts, suspenders, and cufflinks.
• The Gazette team emphasizes that films like A Single Man and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. demonstrate how wardrobe choices differentiate characters and convey personality, from mid-century modern styling to contrasting suit colors and casual pieces.
• The Gazette team argues that even films with exaggerated or unconventional styling—such as Casino’s 1970s excessive outfits or American Psycho’s satirical power suits—offer valuable lessons in understanding menswear history and aesthetic choices.

Episode details: published June 8, 2020 · 38K views · 13:01 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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