Top 10 Stylish Gangster Movies: Ranking Hollywood's Hoods

About this video

The Gazette team presents their top 10 list of stylish gangster movies, analyzing the menswear choices and costume design across films spanning from the 1920s to 1980s. They examine how each film portrays period-accurate or period-inspired clothing, discussing both exemplary style choices and historical inaccuracies, while highlighting what modern menswear enthusiasts can learn from each film’s wardrobe.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team argues that gangster films showcase how menswear evolved across decades, from the 1930s golden age through the 1970s, with characters’ personalities and social status often reflected through their clothing choices
• The Gazette team identifies common costume design errors in Hollywood productions, such as incorrect lapel widths for the era, improper tie knots for collar spreads, and anachronistic details like modern bowler hat brim curls in period pieces
• The Gazette team recommends studying films like ‘The Sting’ and ‘Get Carter’ for timeless menswear inspiration, while cautioning viewers to avoid excessive 1970s styling choices like oversized tie knots, matching pocket squares, and bold color combinations that don’t align with classic gentlemen’s standards

Episode details: published June 7, 2021 · 45K views · 17:43 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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