You should do a top 10 or something of Benedict's clothes that you hate the most :P
I might have to, good idea!
May 2012
What's your second most hateful clothing item that Benny's ever worn? (the first one being the Hat obviously)
Nothing will ever surpass the Hat, but given the chance I would banish the arm-pocket-jumper to the great Charity Shop in the Sky.
I thought it was just the norm to be in love with Benedict, in the serious way. :\ Don't worry other anon, I'm seriously and hopelessly in love with him and I'm surviving. Maybe not living, but surviving all the same.
See, other anon, you’re not alone. Tumblr is your support group. We’re here for you.
No way, I think they see that hairstyle as part of the iconic look they have created. Second series it was definitely shorter but I doubt they'd change more than that, although Ben thinks it's girly. (On a what-Sherlock-looks-like note, I have so few to share this with: finally got my mom to watch Sherlock and she just said on the phone well I liked it but I don't like the guy who plays Sherlock, something about his face. AUUUGHHK! Will have to show her the beauty that is my phone wallpaper.)
The first step is introducing people to Benedict.
The second step is slowly influencing them to recognise his beauty.
The world will be assimilated. Don’t you worry about that.
Any advice for someone who is pretty convinced that the feelings she holds for Mr Cumberbatch have escalated far beyond 'worshipful crush' and are veering dangerously close to 'quite possibly in love with, the serious, serious kind'? I'm guessing it's 'leave the internet and lock yourself in a tower until you get over it' :/
Benedict adoration is a lifelong affliction. Once you go ‘Batch, you never go back.
I think Blondebatch was fine at first, but when it started growing out and they rebleached it like, six times it just got awful. It was all fried and stringy and the dark roots were not flattering. And now to find out he's got extensions in for Star Trek... I really hope he just like, shaves it all off as soon as he's done Star Trek and lets the curls grow back naturally within the next year, so it'll be nice and lush for Sherlock again.
I think that’s why he started wearing the hat to events again, to hide his roots. It looked to me like he kept skipping the conditioner when washing his hair, because sometimes I do and it looks all weird and fluffy like his did.
I think I read somewhere that either Moffat or Gatiss (Gatiss I think) confirmed they’d filmed some of the follow on scenes “after the fall”, so if Sherlock’s in hiding and they don’t need to film and ‘flashback’ scenes, I bet there’s a possibility they’ll give Sherlock a different hairstyle.
What do you guys think?
bleurgh *shudders* remembering platinum-blonde batch. Bad times...
It was for Parade’s End, so it’ll be worth it, more Benedict on TV! And that’s always a good thing, right? Even if he’s blond. And he dyed it black for Star Trek eventually. It wasn’t that bad, really.
I actually lolled at the "I miss his ginger hair and the way he likes to dress." Well done on using lyrics appropriately you legend!
You can even sing “Ben-e-dict” instead of “Val-e-rie” in the chorus, if you like.
Not that, you know, I do that, when I listen to my iPod. No. I do not do that. Never.
Leaving 'The Hat' aside for a moment, is it possible that some of his more dubious outfits were made even worse by whatever dodgy hairstyle he happened to be sporting at the time? For example, take the lovely photoshoot with the blue shirt and braces we had recently. Absolutely gorgeous. Now imagine him, not with the rather fetchingly dark Star Trek hair, but with that awful blonde stringy hair he had a while ago. Makes a difference, doesn't it? Or do you see past that?
His blond hair isn’t the best colour on him (he looks much better when ginger or dark brown, in my opinion), but he can still carry it off. I think the braces/blue shirt would have still looked super hot even if he was blond.
When he styled it like above, it looked better than when it was left to run free and wild, like below.
But, he still looks far cuter than any man in their mid-30s has a right to.
Thanks for your impeccable wit and your boundless archived photographs! <3
I shall accept your gratitude graciously, and extend my own thanks to Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch and his very unique approach to fashion.
ACTUALLY! Ben is going back to London for the BAFTA's, he isn't filming Phoenix for a while so he may have shipped his clothes back.
If he doesn’t come back for the BAFTAs I will hunt him down and take him there myself. So help me God.
Unfortunately, the internet tells us that he's staying out there to film Phoenix next so... uuhh... his stuff's probably still out there... :/ Oh oh oh I know! Perhaps it's to 'fit in' with the Americans... yeah... that'll be what the baseball cap is for... Surely?
Bloody hell, Cumberbatch, what do I have to do to get you to come home?
You should come home right this minute, young man. You’ve made Bernard Cribbins cry.
the baseball cap, but tbh the whole outfit was.. well see for yourself it's on lornasp's blog...
I’ve just peeked at the photos. I’m going to give him the benefit (I totally wrote “benedict” the first time haha) of the doubt and say that I bet he shipped all his clothes back to the UK ahead of him, and he was stuck with one of Martin’s old shirts and a ratty old baseball cap.
Because, really, that’s the only explanation I’ll accept for why he’s wearing it. And you don’t want to disappoint me, do you, Ben?
Hello lovely!! No comments about the outfit worn on the TMZ interview?I thought there was quite a bit to talk about, knowing your love affair with Benedict's hats....
I’ve not seen it! Was it a trilby? Or his baseball cap?
So, while I was sitting around all weekend in the massive fashion faux pas that is fluoro yellow motorsports racesuits (NOT designed for flattering the female body!!) it got me thinking - if BC was an athlete, what sport do you think he'd be playing, and secondly which sport do you think is the most satorially successful? (Originally posted on #SartSucSat but eaten by my iPhone, sorry!)
I shall defer to the lovely Tom Hardy, who decreed:
“Not everybody runs in the Olympics. Benny should be running in the Olympics. I can see an Olympic runner in him.”
Although, this was on the same day they began a joint interview with tales of bismarcking each other, so…
As for the most sartorially successful sport? Hmm. I think I’d have to go for tennis. I do rather enjoy a nice set of tennis whites. The fact that the gentlemen wear rather lovely and well fitting shorts is neither here nor there.
Although, come to think of it, these are some rather natty golf trousers:
I may just be prejudiced against fedoras (omfg I hate them), but I think Benedict Cumberbatch would look better in a bowler or porkpie hat (the internet tells me it is a style of fedora) which both have smaller brims. I think his main problems are a) the shape of the hats he's wearing, with the wide brims and pointy angular tops and b) the way they are worn, very low on the forehead etc. Someone should buy him a porkpie and find a way to give it to him, then we can test out my theories.
I’mma buy this porkpie hat, and wait patiently for him to arrive back at Heathrow.
Out of interest, do you/does anyone know about that sheep (blow up? statue?) that he carries around at the premier of Tamara Drewe(??) ? Why is the obvious question? Now, I haven't seen Tamara Drewe so it's entirely possible I'm just missing something obvious...
The premise of Tamara Drewe is that Tamara (Gemma Arterton) returns back to her home village, so it’s set in the countryside.
The premiere was decorated with fake grass and plastic animals (sheep and cows, at least). He didn’t bring the lamb with him, he picked it up from one of the displays :) because he’s a dork.
you know that`s strange cos I always thought the rather wide brim of the fedora kinda unbalanced his face.
The black trilby’s the most unflattering in my opinion. The fedora he wears in Third Star is fairly flattering, though.
The white hat from the Tamara Drewe premiere has grown on me over the past few months - I actually kind of love it now.
