48 JUNE 2017
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MICHAEL KORS SUIT,
ETON SHIRT AND TIE,
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EMPORIO ARMANI SUIT,
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KOIO COLLECTIVE SHOES.The 35-year-old Brit, who plays
Shadow Moon in the new TV series
American Gods, says sharp dressing
was instilled in him with military
precision from an early age. Whittle
and his siblings were taught by their
father, who was in the Royal Air
Force, to never leave home unless
they met the “Whittle Standards” –
nice clothes, neat hair. Whittle was
told that the better he looked, the
better he’d be treated. “I don’t spend
a lot on clothes,” he says, “but I’ll
splurge on a suit.”
That attention to detail has paid
off. Whittle has gone from British
soap operas to Yankee prime time.
The American Gods role took five
months and 16 auditions for him to
land; it was then followed by intense
mental and physical preparations.
He put on 16kg of muscle and spent
months researching the themes of
the Neil Gaiman novel on which the
show is based. “It’s the biggest show
I’ve been in,” he says.
And that pricey Versace suit?
Whittle wondered what became
of it and wrote to his friend to ask.
Sure enough, it was still in his
friend’s closet. Whittle laughs it off:
“Everyone needs a good suit,” he says,
calling it a great leveler. “When you
walk into a room of suits, everyone is
on equal footing.”
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