Sam Claflin just made history at Vogue World: Milan.
The Daisy Jones and the Six actor walked the Vogue World: Milano runway wearing one of the most iconic pieces in fashion and Hollywood history: Richard Gere’s original costume from the movie American Gigolo, which was designed by the Italian great Giorgio Armani, just five years into his career. Costuming the film was considered by many to be the thing that helped crystallize the designer’s growing power and helped broadly change the direction of men’s fashion. As Radhika Seth wrote at the time of Mr. Armani’s passing, “The film brought Armani international acclaim and revolutionized men’s tailoring, transforming the suit from a boxy workwear staple into something loose, light and decidedly elegant.”
As Mr. Armani himself told The Guardian in 2013, the costumes for American Gigolo “succeeded in displaying the sensual, natural feel of my style and the new relationship between the garment and the body it represented.”
The look comes from Armani’s spring/summer 1980 collection and, per the brand, consists of a single-breasted structured jacket made from greige suede leather, featuring narrow lapels, a single welt pocket, and two flap pockets. The shirt, meanwhile, is white cotton with thin blue stripes, and the pleated trousers were crafted from gray wool. The tie is blue cotton printed with yellow stars, and the whole look was lifted wholesale directly into Paul Schrader’s iconic 1980 film.
Gere’s iconic “American Gigolo” costume at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.
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