You may think October is just a month where you prepare an elaborate and Instagram-appropriate Halloween costume. But what if you wore a costume every day of your life? A costume designed not to shock or spook, but to project a sense of confidence, charm, urbanity and creativity? Such is the existence of the male celebrity, a way of being in which an ill-chosen pair of shoes, or a slightly wayward scarf, can be a PR and career disaster. Halloween, schmalloween: the job of these men is, largely, to look good all the time, so here’s how eight of the poor creatures have been heroically doing it in the last month.

What would Kylo Ren wear if he were suddenly transported to the streets of present-day New York? Save the thought experiment: Mr Adam Driver has already done the legwork for you. The answer, of course, is black, lots of black, top-to-toe black. You have to give it to him, though, it looks good. Perhaps it is time to embrace the dark side, after all.

At over six feet tall, Mr Dev Patel has the height and frame to carry off a double-breasted suit wonderfully, and here he is doing just so. The brown-grey colour is suitably autumnal, and the trousers have been very carefully cut to sit with a single, very slight crease against the shoes, which are polished and shiny, as all dress shoes should be. From the clenched fists, it also looks like he might have a coin trick prepared should things get slow on this particular red carpet, which definitely seems like a lot of fun.

Why would you want to be the president? You can dress so much better as a former head of state, as evidenced above by the dad jeans icon himself, President Barack Obama. There is something particularly suave about the way President Obama has foregone the tie here, making it look as if he just threw on the dazzling white shirt and incredibly fine wool suit without thinking about it much. But, of course, you don’t get a suit that fits like this – slim but not too slim; the jacket comfortably sitting across the shoulders and lying flat against the chest – without paying attention to the details. Don’t let that casual cup of coffee fool you: this man cares.

Remember trucker caps? There was a period, let’s think of it as hipsterdom’s equivalent of the Triassic, when these were the acceptable semi-ironic headgear du jour. You would pair it with a T-shirt of a band you didn’t like, to show people that you didn’t really like anything, so what did it matter? And you would probably be wearing a gold chain, skinny jeans and brightly coloured Nike Air Force 1s. It was a confused time. But here is Mr Woody Harrelson, doing his own thing with this now beyond-the-pale hat, and we’re a bit shocked to realise we rather like it. Yes, it’s a trucker cap, but he’s wearing it with a chocolate-hued two-piece suit (featuring thoroughly drapey pleat-front trousers) and a pair of topstitched suede shoes. It’s a bit mad, but what isn’t these days? At least this madness is fun. Let’s have more of it, we say.

A casual afternoon in the city, featuring one of the world’s wackiest, buffest movie stars, and a rather nice suede trucker jacket. All you have to do to replicate Mr Ryan Reynolds’ look is pick up something similar from the likes of Richard James or visvim or Brunello Cucinelli, as well as embark on a gruelling fitness regimen for a few years, featuring a lot of jumping on boxes and thrashing of ropes, and a diet that is mostly broccoli and protein powder. Good luck, everyone!

Navy is a very good choice for eveningwear if you’re anticipating being photographed. It might not look as sharp as black in the flesh, but under the glare of a flashbulb, it actually appears richer and more luxurious. The look on Mr Sebastian Stan’s face, above, is the look of a man who has understood and internalised this concept, and brought it into service for a good cause, which is something we will always applaud.

Surely, it’s not that difficult to get dressed in the morning if, like Mr Alexander Skarsgård, you look like you’ve been beamed into our current reality from a version of Valhalla where everyone’s gone keto. But still, we are struck by this outfit, mostly because of the mismatching socks. That flash of scarlet in the otherwise neutral palette shows a spark of individuality and rules-be-damned thinking that we very much appreciate in this age of rather conforming, picture-perfect aesthetics. He’s probably listening to “Born To Be Wild” on his AirPods, isn’t he?

Well, would you look at that. The perennially stylish Mr Jeff Goldblum in a beautiful tuxedo, with a Tiffany watch on his wrist and a Tiffany step-and-repeat wall behind him. It’s not so much Breakfast At Tiffany’s as it is a martini-with-a-twist-just-before-dinner at Tiffany’s. These are all things we like very much individually, so, as you can imagine, we have no problem with them all being mixed up together here.

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