When Ben Affleck Dressed Like Hollywood's Bouncer
24.06.2022 - 20:39
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Style Archive: our new series in which we celebrate the stars of the past that made menswear what it is today. This week, the age in which Ben Affleck coldly informed you that your name wasn't down, and you most certainly weren't coming in. Hollywood ain't so shiny.
Flashing bulbs pursue celebrities in high speed car chases all over Calabasas. Paparazzi monetise on breakdowns. Rather depressing stuff.
So, God bless those with the thankless task of its guardianship: the security detail, the heavies hired to make those preying on the vulnerable feel just as, well, vulnerable. The stereotypes linger, too. Leather jackets.
Wide suits. Jawlines carved by Mike Tyson with a wrecking ball. But it seems the bouncer standard issue was not composed by one of their own, but by one of their own charges: a certain Ben Affleck.
Yes, long before public breakdowns and Twitter pile-ons, Hollywood's golden boy dressed like the neighbourhood's protector-in-chief - and it was emulated in every club doorway from Bed Stuy to BradfordIt began in the cold winter of New York, 1998, at the premiere of Shakespeare In Love. Affleck, then a supporting actor that so happened to be romancing the leading lady (Gwyneth Paltrow, if you weren't aware), wasn't quite the red carpet showboater. Instead, he opted for the kit of the on-hand security: black tie, black overcoat, white shirt and, of course, a goatee that holds you back by the velvet rope barrier as your significant other gains entry, no questions asked, and into a den of suitors far more accomplished than your now-ostracised self.
Gallery: The hidden secrets in famous logos we see every day (Lovemoney)Of course, you cry, such garb was a sign of the times. That's only somewhat true. As the turn of
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