

The white horn 3-button cuffs match the four white buttons on the front of the jacket. The peak lapels have a concave breakline and a slanted gorge, adding an exotic flare and stretching the lines up to the padded shoulders.

The suit jacket is double-breasted with a 4×1 button front. The white and red mix is pretty commonly seen with Tony, including his white wedding tuxedo and accompanying red bow tie. He pairs the suit with reddish clothing, including a red shirt and handkerchief and cordovan belt and shoes. What’d He Wear?įor his meeting with Sosa and subsequent poolside rendezvous with Elvira, Tony wears a light cream suit with a thin, dark pinstripe. While he may not be the prime example of “polite society” in the eyes of postbellum America, Tony Montana redefined drug dealer chic in 1983’s Scarface with his numerous sharp suits and incomparable swagger while wearing them.

Further enhancing the arbitrary rule, the snobbish housewives’ society determined that Memorial Day would mark the first day for white clothing to be appropriate in polite society. While it’s technically outdated, having been decided after the Civil War by snobbish housewives who wanted to establish their place in society, it makes sense that light-colored attire would find its place in the summer. One of the few sartorial rules actually practiced in the United States is adherence to the “no white after Labor Day” rule. Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface (1983) VitalsĪl Pacino as Tony Montana, ambitious Cuban-American cocaine dealer
