While many Hollywood men opt for yawningly safe black tie on the red carpet, Gosling mixes it up. He might get subtly subversive – as with this 2011 ensemble, a sharp navy suit accessorised with bright red socks peeking out of loafers – or think out of the box on a grander scale with checks, double-breasted styles or velvet. Photograph: Chelsea Lauren/WireImage Photograph: Chelsea Lauren/WireImage
A Gosling motif, on screen and off, seen here in Drive. The shiny, padded pink coat achieved cult status around the film's 2011 release, a foretaste of the trend for fancy bomber jackets that has taken hold of the British high street. Photograph: Allstar/FILMDISTRICT/Sportsphoto Ltd. Photograph: Allstar/FILMDISTRICT/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
Beyond the bomber, Gosling wears bikers and cropped jackets, and wore this nightwear-inspired ensemble in Cannes a full three years before Kate Moss designed her Topshop pyjama collection. Photograph: George Pimentel/FilmMagic Photograph: George Pimentel/FilmMagic
Gosling is very good at sunglasses. He is excellent, too, at cultivating beards of various lengths and shapes. But he is best of all at tortoiseshell reading glasses. Photograph: BDG/REX Photograph: BDG/REX
A man brave enough to wear a silk patterned scarf is a man who is confident indeed. Gosling was also an early adopter of now mainstream style supplements including the backpack and the fashion cardigan. Photograph: Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company Photograph: Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The Weinstein C
