Throughout much of Wall Street (1987), Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko dresses as sharp as a tack, wearing perhaps two really great shirts: the renowned ‘Gekko shirt’ in blue with white contrast collars and cuffs and an appealing variation on the Gekko, a pink and white Vichy check – again with white collars and cuffs.
Both embody the corrupting authority of a 1980s power outfit: immaculate and comfortable, yet loud and in your face. Disrespectful. Douglas adopts the former signature look for his first big reveal as Gekko:
(above) Med blue shirt with white contrast turn-down collar and white French cuffs. Two-tone blue narrow stripe braces.
It was costume designer Ellen Mirojnick who designed Gordon Gekko’s entire look, selecting Alan Flusser to tailor the suits and Alex Kabbaz to provide his distinctive shirts.
The Gekko shirt was a popular fad after Wall Street and remains so to this day for stylish...
Both embody the corrupting authority of a 1980s power outfit: immaculate and comfortable, yet loud and in your face. Disrespectful. Douglas adopts the former signature look for his first big reveal as Gekko:
(above) Med blue shirt with white contrast turn-down collar and white French cuffs. Two-tone blue narrow stripe braces.
It was costume designer Ellen Mirojnick who designed Gordon Gekko’s entire look, selecting Alan Flusser to tailor the suits and Alex Kabbaz to provide his distinctive shirts.
The Gekko shirt was a popular fad after Wall Street and remains so to this day for stylish...
- 4/6/2010
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
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