Style shrinks: Our experts analyse Viggo Mortensen's hairy swagger on the Croisette
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Rebecca: Flat hair but a bushy beard - I wonder if Mortensen’s been rubbing the volumising mousse in the wrong place.
Mike: The time is right for Viggo to go silver fox, I feel – he probably hasn’t seen his real hair colour since ‘GI Jane’ in 1997.
The accessories
Rebecca Gonsalves: Over the age of 18, badges are really only acceptable on punks and pregnant ladies using public transport.
Mike Higgins: I’d be hiding that beefy belt buckle – but then I’m not a Hollywood A-list man-chunk strutting my cheeks in Cannes.
The jeans
Rebecca: Further evidence for my theory that the wealthier men get the weirder they look in jeans – Simon Cowell is a case in point.
Mike: … but Viggo is surely not. For dad jeans they’re actually passable and pleasingly non-skinny.
The shoes
Rebecca: The slightly bashed-in look brings these Converse close to kudos – sadly, that’s swiftly negated by those properly tied shoelaces.
Mike: Come, come, Rebecca – untied laces are a trip hazard for a 55-year-old. I read that in ‘Saga’ magazine.
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