I've often struggled to explain to people why I admire Cary Grant. It's easy to explain how debonair he was, how fashionable he was, how gentlemanly he was. But that just doesn't seem enough. There's something about him that makes Cary Grant more than a man, something that makes him an ideal. It's something that, to this point, I've been unable to put into words.
Part of it is his sense of style. Even as we mark the 30th anniversary of his passing this November, his films, to say nothing of the article he penned for GQ, still provide stylistic inspiration. "I've purchased dozens of suits over the years and they all have one attribute in common," Grant wrote many years ago. "They are in the middle of fashion.
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