The best dressed men at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival

VENICE’S CONTINENTAL SPLENDOUR may be over, so turning to look at (and critique) the Toronto International Film Festival and its red carpet requires a different strategy. For one, North America is entering its autumn (or, fall), so it’s time for darker, earthier tones. The transitional season also calls for more structured suiting, and, to the joy of some, sweater-weather.

In its 49th year, TIFF counts itself as one of the “Big Five” film festivals (the others: Venice, Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance), but it isn’t as formal as its European counterparts. You won’t be seeing the world’s biggest stars attending mid-day premieres in black tie here. Instead, casual suiting, with as much personality found in a tie or choice of shirt (tieless, even), is the memo.

So far, Aussie actor Jacob Elordi continues his sartorial streak with an olive double-breasted Bottega Veneta suit and a severely unbuttoned shirt at the On Swift Horses premiere. Andrew Garfield was also having a feel for ochres, but colour-blocked it with a cool-toned grey suit at the premiere of his A24 film We Live In Time.

And Luca Guadagnino’s Queer crew are well and truly in town, dressed courtesy of Loewe (Jonathan Anderson, the brand’s creative director, is the film’s costume designer). Star of the film Drew Starkey proves again that he isn’t a man for a tie as long as the attention is drawn instead to the texture or colour of his fit. Here, Starkey wore a chalky grey suit that had a fullness in the fabric, almost looking as if it would fold like neoprene – playful, subtle, demure, mindful.

Running this year from September 5 to 15, there are still other highly anticipated film premieres to come, and with it, a lot of red carpet looks. We’ve rounded up some of the best dressed men at the festival so far, and will be updating this list as the festival rolls on.