Don't listen to GQ - George Clooney is still incredibly stylish and these 15 photos prove it

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Don't listen to GQ - George Clooney is still incredibly stylish and these 15 photos prove it
SEP 14, 2020, 15:31 IST

Clooney has a long history of making fashionable arrivals at the Venice Film Festival.

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[size=18]He also has a long history of wearing designer polos — as you can just barely see in this photo — under his sportcoat. Here he's rolling up to the 2005 Venice Film Festival.



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Clooney and Academy Awards best-dressed lists are pretty much synonymous.

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I'd like to point out that this photo was taken in the mid-aughts — a tricky time for men's fashion — and Clooney's tux is perfectly timeless. I could say this image is from 2015 and no one would question it.

He always steps it up when he's being photographed next to Brad Pitt.

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I noticed this as I was combing through various photo wires. Clooney's best non-formal wear moments have been captured during press and red carpets for his movies with Pitt. Note the polo/coat combo.

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He is forever adjusting his bow-tie and making faces on the red carpet.

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And he wears a lot of bow-ties, so that's a lot of faces. This red-carpet candid is from the 2007 Venice Film Festival.

He cannot be bothered with top buttons.

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After perusing nearly 7,000 Clooney photos, I can safely say that whenever Clooney doesn't have a tie on, he leaves a few buttons undone. It's part of his whole, "I have a house in Lake Como and my life is a permanent vacation" thing.

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He is forever tucking his sunglasses into his coat pocket.

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Or even in the V of his lapel, as I saw in one photo. How does one even do that?

He's a big fan of the black dress-shirt.

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There are as many photos of Clooney in a black dress-shirt as there are of Clooney in formal wear. He's usually tan so it works.

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His hair part is as sharp as his suits.

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The fuller the beard, the neater your hairstyle must be. Here, on the red carpet of the 2013 Academy Awards, Clooney balances a textbook deep part with just the right amount of height.

He makes dad jeans look like cool dad jeans.

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Clooney does not have [size=18]dad bod, but he loves his dad jeans. Nonetheless, he pairs his slightly sandwashed denim smartly, except maybe (here at least) for the round-toed, clunky boots.



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He is forever to loyal the bow-tie.

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It's his signature. He's also been wearing satin stripe tuxedo trousers since anyone cared to photograph him in a tux on the red carpet. His tuxedo designer of choice — on the red carpet and on the occasion of his wedding to Amal Alamuddin — is Armani.

Every now and then he surprises you.

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Like he did here, at the 2013 BAFTA Film Awards, where he showed up in shawl collar tux and matching tie.

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His sense of humor is his greatest accessory.

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Personality is 100 percent a part of personal style. Plus, there's something about a man who's dressed to the nines yet isn't afraid to make a face in front of the cameras. I think it's called confidence.

Again with the sunglasses.

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It's such a recurring touch, even in photos from more casual events.

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He makes bygone styles look de rigueur.

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Clooney went white tie and tails for this year's Met Gala. You can't see it in this photo, but he's wearing a red pocket square. I'm guessing he did this to nod wife Amal Clooney's gown, which would be a very Clooney thing to do.

In summation, men's style needs Clooney like New York needs the Empire State building.

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How does a guy like Clooney pop the question?

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