Contemporary Fashion Helps Create a Classic but Modern Western in ‘The Harder They Fall’

“How do I look?” asks kingpin outlaw Rufus Buck (Idris Elba), in the midst of donning what is presumably his first three-piece suit in years. His gunslinging lieutenants, true-to-her-name “Treacherous” Trudy Smith (Regina King) and rakish “Cherokee” Bill (Lakeith Stanfield), just broke Rufus out of his prison chains and stripes. As Trudy looks on, he continues to smooth his rumpled white shirt, with the top few buttons undone, into his black waistcoat and trousers. Signaling his return to power, Rufus slowly saunters out of Trudy’s saloon to address the understandably apprehensive townspeople, in the final look, complete with a three-quarter… Read Full Article