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"  1951. It was the year that made Marlon Brando an icon. From &amp;#039;47-&amp;#039;49, the up-and-comer had taken up residence on Broadway, becoming one of the brightest stars to tread the boards as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. But it wasn&amp;#039;t until &amp;#039;51 \u2014 when Brando reprised said role in Elia Kazan&amp;#039;s silver screen adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play \u2014 that Brando&amp;#039;s talents were unleashed onto the world. Upon the film&amp;#039;s release, 25-year-old Brando was instantly catapulted to the upper echelons of the Hollywood food chain, and if there&amp;#039;s any wonder as to why, all you have to do is look at this photo taken on the set of Streetcar, a year prior to the film&amp;#039;s debut. Brando had a rare gift in that he could turn even a basic line of dialogue, or the most mundane action, into an unforgettable moment. And here we have Brando working that same magic, not on a script, but on the most fundamental garment of the American style canon: the plain white T-shirt. The more that an outfit has going on, the easier it is to get noticed, but to turn an ordinary undershirt into something extraordinary you&amp;#039;ll need to take a few notes from the brooding actor. Start off with something fitted, but not skin tight \u2014 you shouldn&amp;#039;t look like you&amp;#039;re wearing a hand-me-down from grade school. Next, make sure the sleeves hit mid-bicep, anything longer than that will look sloppy, and anything shorter will make you look like a frat boy desperately trying to show off his guns. Of course you don&amp;#039;t want to look like a slob, so double check for any stains before tossing it on and heading out the door. And to finish it all off, go ahead and try out your signature stare, although to pull that one off, you might need to share in Brando&amp;#039;s gene pool. Jake Gallagher is a writer living in Manhattan. He writes the blog Wax Wane. See more lessons you can learn from style icons, below: Dustin Hoffman&amp;#039;s Unbuttoned Collar Vittorio de Sica&amp;#039;s shirt cuffs Mick Jagger&amp;#039;s Popover Ralph Lauren&amp;#039;s Contrast Waistcoat Gordon Parks&amp;#039; Trench Coat Steve McQueen&amp;#039;s Collar Pin Miles Davis&amp;#039; Perfectly Proportioned DB Suit Jack Nicholson&amp;#039;s Peak Lapels Woody Allen&amp;#039;s Cardigan Gianni Agnelli&amp;#039;s Spread Collar JFK&amp;#039;s Polo Shirt Robert Redford&amp;#039;s TV Fold John Lennon&amp;#039;s Patch Pockets Gregory Peck&amp;#039;s shirt cuffs Warren Beatty&amp;#039;s Side-Tab Trousers Frank Sinatra&amp;#039;s Hat Sean Connery&amp;#039;s Pant Cuffs Michael Caine&amp;#039;s Gorge Height Paul Newman&amp;#039;s Collar Roll "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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