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When you're as tall as Jacob Elordi (6'5"), finding clothes that actually fit can be real tough work. Sleeves can come up short. Trousers can look cropped. Tailoring might need a tweak or two. But at the opening of a new Frankenstein-themed exhibition at London's Old Selfridges Hotel on Monday, the actor may have finally achieved tall-guy coat nirvana.
On the red carpet, the Austrailian actor showed up in a white tank layered under a creamy dress shirt, light-wash jeans that looked perfectly lived-in, and a biiig black topcoat. Fitted with strong shoulders and chunky, fanged-out lapels, it fell just past the knee and moved like it was built for him—because, well, it was.
On Tuesday, Jacob Elordi wore a Bottega Veneta coat to the launch event for Frankenstein: Crafting a Tale Eternal in London.
Just a day earlier, on Monday, he wore the same coat on the red carpet at the BFI London Film Festival.
Custom-made by Bottega Veneta (Elordi is a brand ambassador), the coat was cut from grain de poudre—a tightly woven wool with a slightly textured, pebbled surface. It's the kinda fabric usually reserved for bespoke suits because it drapes like a dream and holds its shape without feeling super stiff. And clearly, Elordi's a big fan—not only because he is contractually obligated to wear Bottega (even his luggage is intrecciato) to big events, but because he wore the exact same coat with his suit the day prior, at the BFI London Film Festival.
Maybe that's the real takeaway here: When you find your perfect piece, hold it close. Bradley Cooper does it with his sneakers. Jeremy Allen White does it with his baseball cap. Keanu Reeves does it with his boots. And now, Jacob Elordi's doing it with this coat. When you know, you know.
A version of this story originally appeared in British GQ.
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