Why the Bowler Hats Were of “Paramount Importance” for Sandy Powell on Living

Bill Nighy’s status as a real-life fashionista came in handy when it was time to alter the vintage suit he would wear throughout the new film Living. When costume designer Sandy Powell needed to alter the pinstripe ensemble, she turned to Savile Row stalwart Martin Nicholls, Nighy’s personal tailor who also happened to have worked with Powell on a number of previous films. It was just one of many things that made Nighy the ideal center of Living, in which he plays a bureaucrat in 1950s London, so withdrawn from the world that he never switches up his wardrobe beyond… Read Full Article