Peaky Blinders Cufflinks with Presentation Box Silver

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No, here we are purely talking sartorial style because when it comes to dapper dressing, Tommy Shelby – played with brooding magnificence by Cillian Murphy – undoubtedly knows the cut of his cloth. Arthur Shelby is the eldest Shelby brother and, as such, has the highest standing in the family, but Tommy is certainly smarter and ahead of the game. He’s now dressed more in the late-30s fashion, which makes sense from men of his status. He has shed accoutrement of the street brawler and become much more aligned with the other upper-class criminals that appear in the show. Chester Campbell, played by Sam Neill, on the other hand represents the law. He’s an early enemy of the Shelbys and he always likes to wear his very English bowler hat. Laurence has been a broadcasting contributor on television and radio, including KISS, Heat Radio, BBC Radio London, Radio 5 Live, and BBC Breakfast. He is also a visiting lecturer at various universities teaching journalism, including City, University of London, Nottingham Trent, Staffordshire University and London Metropolitan.

I think, in the show, the costume designers wanted to ensure that the Peaky Blinders have a certain “I don’t give a damn” attitude, which makes them pair a city coat with a tweed suit and a newsboy cap, even though they could afford to dress like aristocrats at the time because they did have the money. Stephanie Cawley established the “Peaky Blinders look” as she got inspired by Getty archival images, by Peter Doyle’s Crooks Like Us, as well as original mugshots of the very Peaky Blinders that the show is modeled after. McCosh plastered an entire wall in her office with period photographs and McCosh went hunting at auctions for original vintage fabric, which she could then use to make clothes that fit the actors. Mugshots of the original Peaky Blinders gang [Image Credit: West Midlands Police Museum] You would argue this was the best suit of a working-class man and is, as such, historically accurate, but Tommy was not this average, working-class man. He was filthy rich. JewelryThe undercut hairstyles of Peaky Blinders certainly had an impact on society today and there are many videos that you can find that talk just about how to get that exact haircut. Actually, it’s fairly simple. You just shave down the sides, don’t even need much of a transition, and have a longer top, and voila! That’s how it goes. We’ve certainly tried it before. Peaky Blinders also introduces other working-class items such as the Henley shirt, which is quite cool. You can also see T-bar cufflinks, which, at the time, were just starting to get popular, but it was more targeted towards the mass market. Nicer, higher-end cufflinks were decorative on both sides and often had chains. Tommy Shelby wears a pair of gold T-bar cufflinks. [Image Credit: BBC] Sleepwear The work-a-day Shelby look is typified by an almost military take on urban tailoring in durable woollens, serges and tweeds, combining three-piece suits, sturdy boots, oversized coats and of course those caps. They wear newsboy caps, which were for the working class. Sometimes, you would see men also wearing them from upper classes for very casual country wear but, more typically, these were flat caps that didn’t have the button in the middle and were less voluminous. 2. Overcoats In a nutshell, the show Peaky Blinders spans various decades and it is pretty accurate overall, but we’ll go into detail here today. Peaky Blinders Outfits 1. Hats Newsboy caps were typically worn by working class men [Image Credit: BBC]

Again, there were a lot more patterns for suits and we don’t really see that in the show, but I get it. You can only use the vintage fabric you can actually find. You can’t just make it up and re-weave it. I mean, you could, but obviously that didn’t go through those lengths. In the show, the high buttoning point on the suits and coats is period-accurate. Laurence has won numerous awards in his journalism career, including the BSME Talent Award’s Best Deputy Editor, the PPA's 30 Under 30, and the New Editor and Editor of the Year at the AOP and BSMEs. He led Digital Spy to win PPA's Digital Content Team of the Year twice, along with the British Media Awards’ Brand of the Year in 2021.

Today’s fabrics have a different finish and they’re much lighter in weight than the old ones. She also said the clothing ended up being a balance between vintage pieces and new pieces made of vintage cloth. When Tommy marries Grace, you can distinctly see the different takes on wedding attire. On the one side are the bride’s family, where they all wear uniforms and are really dressed up, and on the other side, they’re not as dressed up for sure.

They’re also worn with suspenders and, in the beginning of the show, the suspender buttons are on the outside. Towards the end of the show or the series you see, the buttons appear more on the inside, which is accurate of the development at the time. So, the costume designers pay attention to little details like that. Other Outfits in Peaky Blinders Working Class Garments Luca Changretta, played by Adrien Brody, often wears striped three-piece suits with nice white lapels. Interestingly, his waistcoats too have a very high buttoning point. So, sometimes, all you can see is the long spearpoint collar and a little bit of the tie. Raphael in a 1930s gangster-inspired lookIf you’re not hooked by the Peaky Blinders style, we got a piece about how you can take modern elements and get a Peaky Blinders-esque style look.