Steve McQueen 40 years dead //

The wardrobe lives forever

by David Krarup

Steve lived for 50 years until he died in 1980 from a type of lung cancer often provoked by asbestos. His masculinity was enhanced by his racing career and motorcycle image. Stylistically, he dressed practically and brought the relaxed look into ready-to-wear fashion.

McQueen made the turtleneck immortal - it's a hit for everything today, for EVERYTHING

Materials:

Knit wool/cotton, denim, corduroy, tweed/flannel and the eternal Playboy shoe

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What clothes did Steve wear that allowed him to be crowned the sex symbol in the 60s/70s star-studded sky? The answer is that he simply looked good in everything: suits, corduroy cowboy shirts, checkered "grandpa" Sunday shirts. Yes, he had it easy. Steve McQueen also did well without anything on, but here he doesn't stand out from other masculine north stars of his time.

No, the strength that elevated him to iconic status is the VARIETY in his wardrobe. McQueen went from bare-chested in jeans, to logo t-shirts, big cardigans, tweed blazers, tuxedos, and straight into the pinstriped corner office power look of Wall Street.

Turtlenecks, tight jeans, canvas trousers, but also corduroy & suspenders, narrow ties, tweed, double-breasted jackets, but also the professor blazer with a bit of PILE in it (a slightly "woolly" material) - The Original Playboy with its famous wide natural rubber sole.

Light grey trousers, slim knit and cool playboy shoes

The moral must be that Steven could easily do it all: movie star, race car driver; I certainly understand why he was considered well-dressed. He had the opportunity to be styled for different roles, and in that way, McQueen learned to see himself in extremes. This is one of the biggest obstacles to your and my movie star look. We don't all understand how to break habits. Maybe we should go to our clothes dealer and do 3 things we've never tried before. Pretend we are movie stars "forced" into the frightening new. The "new" often has roots in, for example, our paternal heritage, or grandfather-stuff - that usually isn't a hit. Corduroy, for example. From now on, it will be harder for you to dismiss the turtleneck, corduroy trousers, the striped jacket; Because Steve McQueen won the hearts of the world with precisely those cards in hand, on his shoulders & on the big screen.

FACT BOX WIKI:

Steve McQueen (born Terrence Steven McQueen; March 24, 1930, in Indiana, USA, and died November 7, 1980, in Chihuahua, Mexico) was an Academy Award-nominated American film actor. His "anti-hero" attitude made him one of the most popular and highest-paid actors of the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in a wide range of films such as The Great Escape, The Cincinnati Kid, Bullitt, The Getaway and The Towering Inferno with Paul Newman, and Papillon. The latter took place on Devil's Island. Privately, he was a great motorsport enthusiast and a skilled race car driver, which he demonstrated in the film Le Mans.

In later years, he gained cult status. Numerous films, TV shows, and songs refer to his charisma, his enthusiasm for motorsport, and his reputation as "King of Cool."