The suits


I have never owned a suit that looked like the ones these guys wore in this movie. In fact, I would be willing to bet the material used to produce those ugly, baggy, giant lapeled, rags, exceeded by two times the amount of material used to make anything in my closet.

And I am aware that they are probably quite a bit more expensive than anything I have ever owned, but my god, were they ever ugly.

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It seems these padded, oversized tents they wore used to be fashionable in the late eighties/early nineties. But at least the folks in the film didn't have that big poodle hair to go with the big clothing, though.



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I wish I had photos of me and the old gang from back in the early 90s. We were an office crowd and we all dressed like people in The Player. That was the style of the day, and we didn't look like freaks. (I had some suits that looked like Cynthia Stevenson's -- I remember one that was cherry red, another that was pale peach.) I'm retired now so I don't know if there are still offices that have a dress code. It was actually kind of nice to have to dress up for work. We all looked pretty smart.

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It's nice to see one intelligent post amidst the moronic babblings. People judging styles of a quarter century ago by today's standards are imbeciles, or are just symptomatic of the Millenials who have no concept of anything that happened more than two weeks ago. I'd love to see these people's reactions twenty five years hence, when other message board idiots laugh at today's fashions.

I can only assume that all of the people who commented before us didn't understand a single inside joke or Hollywood allusion in this stunning film; they probably just took it at face value, which is simply a waste of two hours. I remember seeing The Player in a theater when it first opened with my best friend, and both of our jaws dropping at the movie reference in the climactic execution scene.

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I had a closet full of gabardine double breasted suits and silk ties. Pretty common in the early 90's like you say. The problem is that people imagine wearing those suits today with today's decor. Doing that with almost any style of clothing will never match. The clothes fit the overall aesthetic at the time.

Funny story: I bought a pair of Oliver Peoples sunglasses a couple months back and inadvertently happened to buy the exact same pair/style that Tim Robbins wears in this film. Some things haven't gone out of style... or were ahead of their time to begin with.

Now, any company that actually gets work done is either business casual or (I work in the software industry) entirely casual. The only time I see people wearing suits is if they're in outside sales.


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I enjoyed seeing the early 90's fashions! It seemed well-suited to the environment of the times. The suits' light colors and loose fit would have been good for southern California, and that style contrasted with the darker, scrubbier clothing worn by the writers. To me the clothes fit the film perfectly and were part of its overall aesthetic.

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Of course the 80's style (still evident in this '92 film) wouldn't really fly today, but it still looks OK... Except for looking at Tim Robbins in this movie got to be tiresome. For some reason, I can't stand the way his loosely draped, big shoulder-padded, low-bottoned, big lapel, double-breasted jackets fit him. Maybe it's the way the very low button and loose drape combined with his height, but it got to be an eyesore after a while. I even wonder if Altman decided to have him costumed in a slightly exaggerated expression of the style in order to make him look subtly ridiculous. He would do it.

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Tim Robbins is no-shoulders geek boy whose fashionista suits wear HIM. It was ridiculous, but perfect for his feckless role in The Player.

Only a real man can wear a double-breasted bespoke suit.

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That was the style, and I had a Valentino knockoff similar to Griffin's back in '93.

There's a goofy millennial on YouTube who likes to dress as a 90s corporate executive so the trend hasn't died.

https://youtu.be/Pm4PwB9jwyc


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