Why all middle-aged men want to look like a Peaky Blinder (and why some shouldn’t)
telegraph.co.ukTom Hardy and Joe Cole – is set against a background of working class criminal skullduggery in the 1910s and ’20s, and the costumes speak to that era’s sense of polished suiting and traditional fabrications; tweed coats, three-piece suiting, penny collared shirts (with collar bars) and the ubiquitous flat cap, the peak of which has been known to conceal a few razor blades.Then the Beckham effect took hold.
The footballer, and his brood of stylish young sons, were enamoured with the show, and dressing accordingly – ditto Guy Ritchie, who became a fan of its swaggering, boots-and-braces aesthetic; Ritchie fancying himself as a latter day gangster kingpin perhaps.
It’s part of his mockney schtick. Beckham went as far as to collaborate with the show as part of his Kent & Curwen fashion outfitter; back in 2019 he unveiled a collection that paid homage to the show, with labels reading “Garrison Tailors by Orders of the Peaky Blinders”. “I’ve been a big fan of the show so it felt like a natural fit, it’s about Britishness at its heart,” Beckham told The Telegraph at the time.
Now it’s set to return to BBC screens and men up and down the country are apparently lining up to look like the Watery Lane heavies.
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