Cary Grant

&amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s sort of a mystery,&amp;quot; muses Eva Marie Saint on what set apart her North by Northwest costar, Cary Grant. &amp;quot;Other men wear suits. But with other men, there&amp;#39;s the man and then there&amp;#39;s the suit on him. That didn&amp;#39;t happen to Cary Grant. Style was like a skin.&amp;quot; Whether that skin was custom Kilgour or off-the-rack Brooks Brothers, the legendary actor wore it effortlessly. He became the twentieth century&amp;#39;s model of polished masculinity&amp;amp;#8212all worsteds, understated silks, and unparalleled ease. But before he arrived in Hollywood in 1932, Grant was known as Archibald Leach, a vaudevillian acrobat who remade himself, disguising his thick neck and uneven shoulders with upturned collars and high-cut armholes that he requested of tailors everywhere from L.A. to Hong Kong. As Grant once said, &amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t dress for the moment.&amp;quot; Which is why, more than two decades after his death, he remains a dominant presence in our sartorial imagination.—HILARY ELKINS

 A light gray suit is your best bet to looking like Cary Grant. And keep the pairings simple&amp;amp;#8212white shirt, dark tie, great shoes.