Studio: Steal the Style research ( Peaky Blinders)

Source: http://www.asos.com/men/fashion-feed/2017_11_12-sun/style-lessons-from-peaky-blinders/?channelref=paid%20search&affid=16833&_cclid=v3_e1a92137-417f-5510-b1cb-8b45a5ff4ed9&gclid=Cj0KCQiAzMDTBRDDARIsABX4AWx-5cbXqrNif0OJ7HSV9QEDj00Wfef-GbbTXXVLQ6vUy7VkAP_XhdUaAiu2EALw_wcB
https://clothesonfilm.com/peaky-blinders-qa-with-costume-designer-stephanie-collie/33288/

• Similar to Mad Men in influence on men's fashion

• Three piece suits, flat caps (and chain smoking?)

• Have a signature item. Find what you love and own it. - EG Flatcap

• 'Air tie'. A contemporary way to wear a suit without a tie and not look like a preachy politician, 'the ‘air tie’, which is to say buttoning your shirt up to the top even though you’re not wearing one.' Formal, grandad or even oxford shits will give you a 'peaky' look. 

• Accessorise. Sparingly. Thomas: Three piece suit, overcoat and pocket watch with visible brass chain. Arthur: bow-tie, straight pocket square.

• 'The Cut' - Another clearly influential part of peaky blinders style: short at the sides and long on top to compliment Cilian Murphy's bone structure. It wouldn't, however, suit a fuller or more rounded face.

• Colour. Peaky Blinders exists in the post-war grey of industrial Birmingham. With monochromatic suits of navy, browns and greys you can ass a spark of colour through your socks or pocket square etc. Arthur uses his tie, Thomas often uses his shirts. 

• An easy and less showy way to mix things up is to experiment with pattern and cloth. 

• Classics are classics for a reason.

• Costume designer Stephanie Collie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Look of Love)

• recreating the era in a "heightened way" - Hollywoodised version of 1919

• Accurate but contemporised for accessibility

• 'Crooks Like Us' by Peter Doyle - used for haircuts 

• Arthur's bow tie makes him stand out so you think he's leader

• can’t go wrong with a tweed suit”.

• "It’s all about wearing a good suit with confidence and not being afraid to be individual, to add little touches. For the Peaky Blinders, the clothes were about them showing their worth. They would go without to have that fantastic suit because for them it is all about status. It shows where they stand in their neighbourhood."