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"  It&amp;#039;s easy to look great in a tux -- provided you&amp;#039;ve got a well-tailored suit, resist the urge to make a fashion statement, and avoid the dreaded notch collar. Sadly, this year&amp;#039;s Academy Awards were either an homage to valet parking (if you were under 30) or outtakes from a Sicilian wedding, though there were a few success stories. Genetics play a role. Not everyone can look as good as --&amp;amp;gt; --&amp;amp;gt;, who was a train-wreck in a suit that that was not only off-color, but ill-fitting as well. Over the following 13 pages we present a few lessons direct from the red carpet.  The Worst Dressed: Eddie Murphy  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s just not fitted. It looks like a rental or something that came from the Dreamgirls costume designer. The armholes are too big and look at how long those sleeves are! The whole balance is off. A good fit is the difference between wearing a tux and having a tux wear you.&amp;quot;   The Best Dressed: Daniel Craig  &amp;quot;He looks perfect. He had a great tailor -- it&amp;#039;s actually tailored -- and the proportions are spot-on. He looked comfortable in it. All that time spent in a tux as James Bond clearly paid off.&amp;quot;  Editor&amp;#039;s Note: On Oscar night, Daniel Craig was wearing a bespoke black double-breasted wool and cashmere suit by Alfred Dunhill.  Pimping Ain&amp;#039;t Easy (or Pretty): Spike Lee  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s hard to say where this outfit goes wrong -- maybe the dark shirt? The scarf? Some of the accessories might worked individually, but together? It&amp;#039;s a train wreck. At least he left his Knicks hat at home.&amp;quot;  The Big Mistake: Quincy Jones  &amp;quot;This is kind of the &amp;#039;I don&amp;#039;t give a shit&amp;#039; look. (See also: O&amp;#039;Toole, Peter.) Is that a kimono? Black tie means black tie. You don&amp;#039;t wear this. To anything. Ever.&amp;quot;   Don&amp;#039;t Try Too Hard: Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna  &amp;quot;Just because you&amp;#039;re wearing a skinny tie doesn&amp;#039;t make it cool. This look seemed alternative and transgressive a decade ago when Johnny Depp was doing it, but by now it&amp;#039;s been co-opted by the under-30 set and become just another black tie-option. It looks like you&amp;#039;re trying to be cool.&amp;quot;  A Proper Risk: George Miller  &amp;quot;This scarf is rather unorthodox, but it works. It compliments his hair. Unlike a lot of people at the Oscars, this is someone who looks different without trying too hard to look different.&amp;quot;  A Notch Apart: George Clooney  &amp;quot;This guy always looks good. He did last night too, despite committing a cardinal sin -- wearing a notched lapel -- for the umpteenth time. Waiters wear notched collars -- movie stars should not. But George Clooney can get away with wearing one -- it&amp;#039;s not like he&amp;#039;ll ever be confused with the staff.&amp;quot;  A Good Case for Recycling: Al Gore  &amp;quot;For a guy who doesn&amp;#039;t want to make a fashion statement, this is a perfectly good option -- he&amp;#039;s probably owned this tux for 25 years. It&amp;#039;s boring, but correct. Granted, his pants could use some ironing, but he&amp;#039;d been sitting down for six hours at this point.&amp;quot;   When It&amp;#039;s Okay to Wear a Strap-on: Leonardo DiCaprio  &amp;quot;He looks very polished with his slicked-back hair, which feels very old-school Hollywood and is one trend that made a mini comeback last night. Leo&amp;#039;s strap-on tie could have been a mistake, but it was saved by the 1960s vibe it created. Mark Wahlberg got his wrong, though -- he wore his tie too loose.&amp;quot;   Low Shine, High Class: Jerry Seinfeld  &amp;quot;His tux isn&amp;#039;t too shiny -- it looks like it could be wool and mohair mixed, with maybe even some silk in there. The buttons are covered, too. This is classic and it&amp;#039;s a nice surprise, especially on Jerry Seinfeld.&amp;quot;   The Rule-Bender: Ryan Gosling  &amp;quot;Technically, you&amp;#039;re supposed to wear a cummerbund with a single-breasted suit and a bow tie. But Gosling got away with it because the tux fits him perfectly and he looks like he&amp;#039;s comfortable. A lot of wearing a tux is how you wear it, not just what you&amp;#039;re wearing.&amp;quot;  The Rule-Breaker: Robert Downey Jr.   &amp;quot;This isn&amp;#039;t quite black tie -- it&amp;#039;s an evening suit, but the buttons are covered, which dresses it up. This is a nice counterpoint to all the other people who wore long ties. He owns it. It&amp;#039;s unfortunate that he didn&amp;#039;t knot his tie better, but it shows how you can make a look your own.&amp;quot;  Double-Breasted Perfection: Will Smith  &amp;quot;He looks awesome. Double-breasted suits tend to add a lot of volume, but this was cut impeccably. It&amp;#039;s conservative and classic, but it&amp;#039;s not stiff. And the thin sliver of pocket square showing was perfect.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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