What does Dior have to do with "Tenet" and "The Batman"? Robert Pattinson and the Dior Homme-driven evolution of the men's suit

Until a few years ago, Robert Pattinson's name inspired cinephiles from around the world a grimace of dislike. The English actor was known, at least until 2014, as the protagonist of one of cinema history's least-loved sagas, Twilight – a memory that is now widely surpassed, as Pattinson became one of the leading actors in American cinema and Pattinson will soon appear as the protagonist of two of the most anticipated films of the year: Christopher Nolan's anticipated Tenet and , in the eponymous role of Batman, in Matt Reeves' The Batman. In both trailers released in recent days, the actor wears a series of tailored suits that closely resemble the looks he has worn for the numerous Dior Homme campaigns he has starred in as the brand ambassador of the fashion house. It is unlikely that the brand collaborated on the production of the two films, but at the same time, as Highsnobiety's Josefin Wing points out, the image of Pattison and his outfits in both films is a testament to the enormous influence that Dior's tailoring has had in the modern conception of men's tailoring.

Wanting to ideally start from Pattinson's look as Bruce Wayne in The Batman, the look in which he appears in the trailer shows him wearing a black suit with micro-tie and a white shirt with a tight Windsor collar paired with a grey wool coat that immediately recalls the iconography of the British Mods to which Slimane drew full hands for his Dior collections – a milestone of men's fashion that Kris Van Assche continued to redefine and enrich for the next ten years. 

Tenet's looks are different, with a less gothic and more 80s Pattinson, with blond, well-groomed hair and at least two different outfits: one is grey and decorated with a silk scarf tight around her neck while the latter has a dark double-breasted blazer with a cornering silhouette – both garments on which Kim Jones has worked for her Dior collections , trying to deconstruct the original concept of the double-breasted blazer, now with the model Oblique jacket, now with models without lapels.