Double Breasted Suit | Clothes on Film

Posted by Chris Laverty on September 9, 2009

In an interview with The New York Times, director Oliver Stone has confirmed Charlie Sheen is to return as disgraced trader Bud Fox for Wall Street sequel Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps (sounding a bit like the title of an episode of The Naked Gun).

Good news then for those who enjoyed Bud’s evolution from button-down shirts and plain suits to striped ‘Gekko shirts’ and red braces. Of course Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko pioneered his namesake shirt, but Bud was aping the infamous embezzler all the way.
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Posted by Chris Laverty on June 3, 2009

Eastern Promises (2007). The setting: London. The location: burger joint. The outfit: Viggo Mortensen’s gorgeously cut black double breasted suit. It is simply exquisite.

Black wool four-on-one double breasted suit with flap hip pockets, white cotton-poplin turn-down collar shirt, black knitted tie.
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