Every so often – not regularly, but once every few months – I’ll catch a few minutes of a movie (or watch the trailer) and fall in love with it simply due to the costumes).  When I was a teen, Reservoir Dogs was my first love – cool black suits and skinny ties did it for me back then.  

More recently, I caught the second half of Crazy Stupid Love, a Steve Carell and and Ryan Gosling flick about a middle aged romantic no hoper and his young, cool and romantically successful friend. 

As soon as the credits rolled I jumped on the Internet to find out more about the outfits. Dayna Pink, the costume designer on Crazy Stupid Love, picked out some outfits and accessories for Gosling that made me want to reach for the credit card.  Everything about what the guy was wearing worked for me, and I wanted nothing more than to sneak on set and steal the wardrobe.

Two things in the movie popped out at me,  The first were the sunglasses worn by Ryan Gosling, some sort of Ray Ban Wayfarer-esque shades in a tortoiseshell frame.  I’ve been wearing tortoiseshell wayfarers for years, so that one was a no brainer.

The second, and more unusual, was Gosling’s necklace.  He wears a long chain with a silver Roman coin pendant throughout the movie.  It was unusual for me to be drawn to a necklace as I’m not really a jewelry guy, but there was just something about this pendant that jumped out at me. 

Anyway, I ordered a close-enough replica (the original was a one of a kind), and it arrived this morning.  Over the Christmas season I’ll be rocking a Roman coin pendant ala Crazy Stupid Love.  Look out world.  I now come with accessories!