Seven fashion classes we’ve learnt from a younger Keanu Reeves
Thirty years in the past Invoice & Ted’s Wonderful Journey hit screens and it was at that time that younger American actor Keanu Reeves grew to become a family title. Largely because of standout roles in The Matrix and The Satan’s Advocate, Reeves has accrued a legion of followers the world over and in flip turn out to be a mode icon for the ages.
With an aesthetic to rival that of Johnny Depp and Kurt Cobain, Reeves has carved out a distinct segment along with his personal grunge-cum-cyberdog look, which even landed him a spot on our 2020 Finest-Dressed Males checklist (at No6) alongside the likes of Timothée Chalamet and Brad Pitt. In 2019 Reeves additionally grew to become one of many faces of Saint Laurent when artistic director Anthony Vaccarello clad him in lots of layers of black for the model’s Autumn/Winter 2019 marketing campaign.
The factor about Reeves is that half the time it appears like each fashion transfer he makes is an unconscious resolution. Katie Grand, editor of Love agrees: “Keanu is a god. I as soon as noticed him sitting on the ground of the bar of the Greenwich Resort and he was positively godlike. He was sporting a black T-shirt and black denims. God.”
Beneath are Keanu Reeves’ finest style moments over time…
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Jun Sato1/7 When he impressed (we hope) the climbing pattern
Keanu Reeves is a contender for being the inspiration behind the climbing pattern we've seen in current seasons. If it really works for Reeves, Louis Vuitton and Gucci, then it really works for us.
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Toni Anne Barson Archive2/7 Double denim? We're extra about double velvet
The early noughties might need been about Britney and Justin's double denim, however in 2003 Keanu Reeves gave us double velvet and virtually 20 years later we're nonetheless utilizing it as a reference level for our personal Christmas get together outfits. And James Norton is simply too, seemingly.
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Koichi Kamoshida3/7 Time to up your baggage recreation
Arriving at New Tokyo Worldwide Airport in 2003, Keanu Reeves was an illustration in how having good equipment can elevate the remainder of your outfit. When unsure, look to Goyard.
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Frank Trapper4/7 Ditch your shirt
Certain, Timothée Chalamet and Publish Malone have been ripping up the red-carpet rule e-book in 2019, however Reeves was doing it approach again when and his attendance on the LA movie premiere of The Satan's Advocate in 1997 is a main instance. The factor we're taking away from that is that the best method to swap up our suiting is by switching out a shirt in favour of a T-shirt. Beanie hats non-compulsory.
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Sonia Recchia5/7 Do a Donald Glover and seize a V-neck
What ties Keanu Reeves, Donald Glover and Ryan Gosling collectively? All of them have a penchant for a superb V-neck. Don’t shrink back.
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Gregg DeGuire6/7 You’ll be able to put on a white tie with black tie
Attending the seventeenth Annual American Cinematheque Award Honouring Denzel Washington on the Beverly Hilton Resort in 2002, Keanu Reeves not solely went for white tie, however ditched the bow tie altogether in a transfer we’re completely right here for.
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Ron Galella7/7 Layer up
Earlier this yr Jeff Goldblum layered a leather-based jacket beneath his trench coat. Nicely, Keanu Reeves was utilizing a leather-based biker as an underlayer almost 20 years in the past, Jeff.
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