BAMF Style
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Highlighting interesting and iconic men's #style in movies and TV from Cary Grant, Sidney Poitier, and Steve McQueen to James Bond, Don Draper, and the Rat Pack
Unlike his criminal contemporaries in Scarface (1983), Alejandro Sosa (Paul Shenar) prefers understated elegance over opulence, introduced in a silky beige windbreaker, white voile shirt, and cream pleated trousers with his gold watch and pinky ring. bamfstyle.com/2025/07/19/sca…
Sixty years ago today, Bob Dylan performed his famous and controversial electric set at the Newport Folk Festival. Dylan opened with a blistering version of “Maggie’s Farm,” featuring Michael Bloomfield on guitar.
60 years ago tonight in July 1965, @BobDylan shocked Newport with an electric guitar and sharp new look—black leather jacket, orange tab-collar shirt, and slim pants—recreated by costume designer Arianne Phillips for Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown bamfstyle.com/2025/07/25/com…
Larry David spotted filming scenes for ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ in New York City today
Born 85 years ago today, Dan Hedaya appeared in the Coen brothers’ 1984 directorial debut Blood Simple as Julian Marty, an irascible Texas bar owner introduced in an already-dated slate-blue leisure suit worn with cowboy boots and a diamond horseshoe ring. bamfstyle.com/2025/07/24/blo…
Happy 70th birthday to Willem Dafoe, who debuted on screen as leather-clad biker Vance in Kathryn Bigelow and Monty Montgomery’s 1981 directorial debut The Loveless, pairing his black moto jacket with matching pants, wraparound shades, and engineer boots. bamfstyle.com/2025/07/22/lov…
Patrick Bauchau’s Adrien set the standard for cool coastal style in Rohmer’s La Collectionneuse (1967), including a pilled slate-blue sweater, black jeans, and navy espadrilles—shed at the sea’s edge to reveal squared navy trunks with orange terry trim. bamfstyle.com/2025/07/14/la-…
On #WorldSkydivingDay—and the anniversary of Point Break’s 1991 release—read more about the loose purple two-pocket button-up shirt, gray tank top, @Levis jeans, and cowboy boots that Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) wears when skydiving twice in the same day! bamfstyle.com/2025/07/12/poi…
An important part of being a maverick director is being able to rock cool glasses
Born 83 years ago today, Richard Roundtree defined cool as John Shaft—right through Shaft in Africa (1973). For his flight to Ethiopia, he adapts his usual turtleneck and tailoring in an orange ribbed roll-neck, dark navy blazer, and beige flared slacks. bamfstyle.com/2025/07/09/rou…
Ian McShane profoundly—and profanely—brought one of my favorite TV characters to life on Deadwood as Al Swearengen, the real-life proprietor of the Gem Theater who was born 180 years ago on July 8, 1845. Costume designer Janie Bryant adorned Al’s vest with a gold nugget button.
In the first episode of Duster, which concluded its first season last week, we meet Jim Ellis (Josh Holloway) as he speeds his titular 1970 Plymouth up to a desert phone booth and steps out in a black ribbed quarter-zip shirt, @Levis blue jeans, and boots. bamfstyle.com/2025/07/07/dus…
R.I.P. Michael Madsen (1957-2025), who brought cold-blooded charisma—and his own Cadillac—to his iconic role as Vic “Mr. Blonde” Vega in Reservoir Dogs (1992), distinguishing his black suit jacket, white shirt, and black tie with cowboy boots and Wayfarers bamfstyle.com/2025/07/05/res…
Back to the Future was released 40 years ago today in 1985, following Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) speeding Doc Brown’s DeLorean back to 1955 and looking out of place in his ‘80s garb: Guess denim jacket and jeans, @Nike Bruins, and orange-red down vest. bamfstyle.com/2025/07/03/mcf…
bum farto
Bum Farto outside his fire station in Key West in the mid-1960s. It was later discovered he had been selling weed and cocaine from his fire station. He was convicted in 1976, but facing the prospect of a 31 year sentence, he disappeared, never to be seen again.
Dick Shawn appeared in the 1963 comedy It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Sylvester—an impulsive lifeguard who pulls a white zip jacket on with his red swim trunks as he leaps into his girlfriend’s red Dodge Dart convertible after a call from his mother. bamfstyle.com/2025/07/01/mad…
Rick Hatchett (Walton Goggins) arrives on vacation in the third season of The White Lotus dressed in the first of several bold printed shirts—this one a vintage Guess shirt with a Mexican motif, worn with olive cargo pants, Ray-Ban Wayfarers, and a Rolex. bamfstyle.com/2025/06/29/whi…
Happy #NationalMeteorWatchDay! Assuming this annual observance calls on the nation to watch Ronald Neame’s 1979 sci-fi flop Meteor, post your favorite of Sean Connery’s costumes. Obviously I choose the shearling coat, tweed leisure suit, and turtleneck.
