If you ever find yourself wandering the streets of east London on a Friday night, maybe a few virgin Sea Breezes into your evening, you’ll likely see someone unironically sporting the scorpion jacket that Ryan Gosling wore in Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 film, Drive. If you’re someone who would recognise that jacket in the wild, then this is the video essay for you – an exploration into Gosling’s jacket-wearing habits across an entire glittering screen career. Filmmaker Luís Azevedo rifles through Gosling’s wardrobe and digs out examples of slick and stylish outerwear that, while not quite rivalling the scorpion jacket, prove that this actor has the unique ability to elevate a garment, and allow the garment to elevate him.
