The manly perfection that is Ryan Gosling is enough to make any guy jealous. But in La La Land, the Greek-God-turned-actor allows his clothes, not his abs, do the work for him. The style is obnoxious, but the tailoring is on-point. Fitted shirts, blazers and trousers accent his arms, chest and waist as he moves gracefully through tap-dancing sequences. But as standards of acceptability for casual dressing have continued to implode, the lines between not giving a fuck, athleisure and office-acceptable have meant many people spend their days looking as if their about to go the gym. That’s why Gosling’s sartorial excellence is more vital now than ever before.
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Zak Stone
Zak Stone was one of the founding editors of MEL. His work has appeared in the New York Times, New York magazine, Pitchfork, Fast Company and The Fader.
