Imagine the plight of the actor at Christmas. There it sits, in front of him, a steaming plate of turkey and sprouts. There they are, all around him: little net bags of chocolate coins, giant bowls of tree-shaped crackers, perhaps, if he’s lucky enough to call the United Kingdom his home, a tray of Tesco’s finest tempura prawns. And he must spurn all these temptations, at least, if he’s nominated for anything during January’s awards season, which kicked off last night in Los Angeles with the Golden Globes. Why? Because he’s got to squeeze himself into a tuxedo – hardly the most forgiving of garments, nor the easiest to do in a fun, yet acceptable way. Yet somehow, these titans among us manage to do it. Here are our favourite red-carpet looks from the night.

A well-fitting velvet dinner jacket, stud-button shirt, droopy bow tie and grosgrain ribbon-trimmed slippers. The trousers and sleeves are exactly the right length, the jacket closes neatly (and flatly) over the shirt, and even the barely-there glasses are rather stylish. We say the same thing about Mr Hanks’ outfit as we might say of him in general: what’s not to like?

Mr O’Connor’s outfit here, with it’s three-quarter length jacket and floppy, Mr Oscar Wilde-esque necktie makes us feel strong and fond emotions about the time, roughly 120 years ago, when everyone was walking around dressed like this. Helpfully, he’s worn a little badge to tell us where it’s all from, that is, LOEWE. Somewhere in Madrid, a PR person is jumping around clapping their hands at this particular coup.

Mr Daniel Craig is that rare man who looks at home in a tuxedo. And this one is particularly good – the double-breasted cut flatters his famously built frame while giving him a little bit of a waist, and the wide lapels make his oh-so-broad shoulders seem all the broader. Everything else fits together perfectly – the collar meeting the lapels at exactly the right angle, the shirt cuff ever so slightly peeking out from behind the jacket cuff, the trousers meeting the black Oxfords with just the slightest of breaks.

Mr Taron Egerton may have walked off with the best actor award on the night for his portrayal of Sir Elton John in Rocketman, yet Sir Elton’s own outfit confirmed that no one is as brilliant at embodying the music legend as he is himself. The shirt is wonderfully frilly (look at the cuffs!) without being horribly silly, and the subtle floral embroidery on the jacket speaks to the more outstated (but entirely event-appropriate) design of the jacket worn by his husband Mr David Furnish. The rocket-shaped brooch is a particularly fun touch.

We’re not usually all that impressed when people start messing around with white dinner jackets – sliding the thing off the rail is a bold move in the first place, without any other experiments. Yet for some reason – maybe it is the salt-and-pepper hair – this white jacket and black shirt combo works for director Mr Taika Waititi. It’s punchy and monochrome, and quite eye-catching, isn’t it?

No, the Spanish director has not followed the dress code, but we like what he’s done with it. The turtleneck very much says “auteur” rather than “poseur” and the deep red Derbies are clearly his way of saying “Golden Globes, Schmolden Schlobes”. Of course, Mr Almodovar has the pedigree to get away with this sort of thing – we would not advise it for a red-carpet debut.

Among Mr Snipes’ considerable career achievements, this purple tuxedo and frilled shirt combo has to be up there with 2002’s Blade II, aka the very best sexy cyberpunk vampire face hugger film of all time. Far be it for us to blow our own horn, but didn’t MR PORTER recommend something very similar to this in our 2019 party dressing guide? Does this mean that somewhere, out there, there is someone listening to the bon mots we continually toss out into the digital void? Here’s hoping.

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