Red Carpet File: Oscar Nominee Matthew McConaughey's Dapper Black-Tie Style

By Josephine Cusumano
Updated May 21, 2015 @ 2:17 pm
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Matthew McConaughey not only entered this year's awards season with his very first Academy Award nomination for Dallas Buyers Club, but he has also given a new name for black tie attire. "[McConaughey] sort of strikes me as consistently a little left of center, says InStyle’s editor Ariel Foxman during the Google Oscar Hangout Debate. "Obviously the face of Dolce & Gabbana, he's the guy in The One cologne ads directed by Martin Scorsese—also nominee for The Wolf of Wall Street—he's doing a different printed tux, a velvet tux, a teal tux." And it's working! With each of his red carpet appearances, he's leaving everyone nodding in agreement and murmuring his motto: alright, alright, alright!

Usually Wears: You can find McConaughey wearing tuxes in a variety of styles—from a three-piece suit with a bow or a tie, to a tux with a bold print, texture, or bold color. "I have been having a good time and this season there's a lot of opportunity," McConaughey says during the Oscars Nominees Luncheon. "There's a lot of nice stuff, so I did say, 'You know what, let's get some fine suits.' I found a guy off a GQ photo shoot named Simon and I said, 'I like what you had laid out, your A's were my A's.' We got a long phone call and I said, 'We're going to be wearing a lot of nice clothes and suits this season and tuxedos. I'd like it to always be classy, but I'd like to throw it off just a little bit.'"

Favorite Designers: Dolce & Gabbana, Hugo Boss, Saint Laurent, and Lanvin.

Wildcard Factor: If there is one man in Hollywood who could pull off these eclectic tuxes, it's this Texas-born actor. "Matthew can get away with these crazy looks because he is such a character, so it works for him," says Beth Buccini and Sarah Easley of N.Y.C. Soho boutique Kirna Zabete.

What We'd Like To See: "I really do love what Dior is doing for men in terms of how the pants are tailored," says designer Rachel Roy. "I think Matthew would look so good in Dior right now, he would just walk in like the modern Frank Sinatra,  but there's a touch to it and its all about a slight cut with men."

Take a look back at all of Matthew McConaughey’s best looks from this awards season in our gallery!

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• See More Of This Year's Red Carpet Files!

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Hugo Boss

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Matthew McConaughey went casual for the 86th Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon wearing a beige Hugo Boss two-button suit paired with an open black shirt.
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Dolce & Gabbana

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The ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ star wore a gray checkered three-piece Dolce amp Gabbana suit with a black shirt and tie for the London premiere.

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Dolce & Gabbana

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McConaughey opted out of the classic black suit and tie and instead chose a printed three-piece suit and a maroon tie for the Rome premiere.
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Dolce & Gabbana

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The nominated actor mixed up his look with a smart printed blazer paired with a black suit and bow tie for the Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Lanvin

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For the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, McConaughey chose a silk tuxedo paired with a silver houndstooth blazer and black satin lapels.

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Dolce & Gabbana

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The Best Actor winner wore a three-piece tuxedo at the Golden Globe Awards featuring an emerald-green velvet blazer with black peak lapels.
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Saint Laurent

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McConaughey paired his metallic gold blazer with black trousers, a white shirt, and a bow tie for the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala.

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Brunello Cucinelli

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The 'Wolf of Wall Street' actor joined his fellow co-stars in a grey wool Brunello Cucinelli two-button suit for the New York City premiere.

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Dolce & Gabbana

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McConaughey stuck with a classic black suit for the 2013 Governors Awards and dressed up his look with a skinny black satin tie and a white pocket square.
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