Miami Vice, Stepping Into The Heat In Style

It’s worth remembering that it was the Reagan-era, after all. Sharp, slick business-suiting was the de-facto look; harkening to the reliable gosh-golly American work-ethic of Jimmy Stewart’s Mr Smith—except with colourful braces, and the certain questionable habits that defined the nineteen-eighties workplace. So to have righteous, handsome fellas in pink tailoring and white slip-ons no doubt announced itself to the American male in a liberating way.

The t-shirt and suit combination, in particular, is one that has survived to our present-age, and is very tempting in the current heatwave. It’s not really a ‘1980s thing’ anymore, but remains a part of the open-ended rulebook on how to wear a suit. Perhaps next to its entry, a photograph of Crockett in a white linen suit and a sepia t-shirt, would be the suggested visual explanation of how to do it right—loose, in high-quality linens, cottons, and with an exceptionally cut t-shirt. It’s slouchy, but not to the point of informality. The t-shirt (unless you want to look like a Geffen media exec) should always be plain and without logos or band-names, and must offset the bright tones of the suit.

It’s a look we’re a big proponent of here at The Rake. The Miami Vice style is timeless, and will remain a perfect option whenever a ray of sunshine emerges from behind the clouds. It’s fun, optimistic, a little unbothered, clean, and thankfully relaxed around the neck on hot days. But you need to be able to pair the right suit with the correct t-shirt, the proper loafers with smartest pastel-toned trousers. And for all these good things, you can shop the Miami Vice look here, in its full neon-washed glory, at The Rake.