Due to the release of the movie “Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man” on Netflix, figures like Carlos Tévez and Juan Sebastián Verón They appeared on the networks emulating the looks of the legendary Birmingham mafia gang, a gesture that anticipates the aesthetics of the next autumn-winter season in Argentina and confirms the validity of a phenomenon that transcends the screens.
The Shelby universe, which returns in this production to definitively close the history of the English series, once again provoked that mix of popular fascination and stylistic sophistication that had already marked its time on television. From the starry gray of Birmingham to the catwalks and streets of Buenos Aires, the phenomenon Peaky Blinders has ceased to be a television fiction and has become a visual manifesto. Steven Knight’s saga, which follows the Shelby family since the post-war period of 1919, knew how to build an aesthetic as solid as its narrative. Three-piece suits, heavy coats, tight-fitting vests, stiff-collared shirts, dark boots and the inevitable flat cap defined a style that mixes sartorial rigor, street spirit and an air of silent authority. That tough, almost sharp elegance was key to enhancing the image of the Irishman Cillian Murphy, who became a winter fashion icon in Europe thanks to the characterization of Thomas Shelby.
Author’s mark. The design industry soon adopted that visual language. Traditional British tailoring found a new opportunity in the popularity of the series, to reinterpret its legacy and attract a generation that sought garments with history and character.
In this process, some international leaders consolidated the trend. David Beckham He was one of the first to appropriate the Peaky spirit, incorporating its lines and textures into Kent & Curwen collections and posing himself with the stamp of that rough dandyism that defines the Shelby clan. Matthew McConaughey She also tried out versions of the look at public events, confirming that the style transcended borders, accents, and professions.
Global diffusion was amplified with the film’s campaign, which featured Paris Saint Germain star, the Frenchman Ousmane Dembeleembodying the protagonist in a promotional clip where he replicated the essential features of the costume: dark suit, narrow tie, overcoats with dramatic fall and the cap as an emblem. Their participation functioned as a bridge between fashion, sports and cinema, giving the phenomenon a new cultural dimension.
In Argentina, the adoption of the look took on its own tone. Carlos Tevez He starred in a video in which he presented himself as a Creole Shelby, between football winks and phrases in deformed English, while posing with a fitted suit and a tilted cap. In turn, Verón replicated the aesthetic in another promotional piece, where he played with the characteristic severity of the character and the irony of the local context.
These appropriations, between homage and humor, functioned as dissemination strategies, but also as confirmation that the Peaky style found an ideal terrain to re-emerge in the Argentine autumn.
Collection 2026. The arrival of the cold season once again brings to the fore this silhouette that combines sobriety and presence. Charcoal tones, deep blues and muted browns dominate the palette; heavy wools and tactile fabrics define the texture; Custom tailoring regains prominence in a market saturated with informality. The appeal of the Shelby style lies in that balance between tradition and rebellion, between classic elegance and a defiant attitude that seduces with its visual intensity. More than a decade after the series premiered, what emerged as the recreation of a Birmingham criminal gang became a universal language.
Its aesthetic is replicated on catwalks, advertising campaigns, red carpets and now also in the run-up to the Argentine winter.
The “Peaky Blinders” series, with its mix of history, fashion and myth, demonstrates that there are fictions capable of transcending their time and becoming part of the cultural landscape. In every flat cap, every cloth coat and every buttoned vest, the shadow of the Shelbys lingers, still willing to set trends from a world that seems remote but continues to beat in the collective imagination.
