The office was, until a few decades ago, the last stronghold of fashion formality. Silicon Valley changed that.
Fashion allowed the musician portrayed in Behind the Candelabra to remain closeted but embrace his identity—and help soften public aversion to homosexuality.
The details of the new film's wardrobe aren't historically accurate, but its costumes successfully convey the glamour and decadence of the era for a 21st-century audience.
At the height of his career, the Great Gatsby author lived worlds away from the movie industry; later in his life, he reluctantly tried to make a living off of it—to tepid results.