Jacob Elordi Is Making Suits Romantic Again

While Oscar Isaac‘s take on the titular character was a mad-haired, red-gloved lunatic that lived alone in the Scottish hills, the original Mary Shelley-penned Victor Frankenstein was far from that. He was a quiet, privileged, obsessive student who made disastrous choices in expensive clothes. If you updated that character for 2025, he’d probably look a lot like Elordi does right now: tall, slightly intimidating, and dressed impeccably.

It’s also a continuation of the “method dressing” and themed red carpets that have been taking over Hollywood over the past few years. Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling went hard on it during the Barbie press tour. Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya doubled down with Dune. Even Barry Keoghan is getting ready for the Beatles biopic with a Ringo Starr-y look at the 2025 Met Gala. Plus, Jacob Elordi’s also giving strong Heathcliff energy—makes sense, considering he’s playing him in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights.

This is where it stops being just “style” and starts looking like strategy. These fits aren’t accidents—they’re soft marketing. A way to keep the film in the conversation without spelling out a press release. It’s free promotion that plays well on TikTok and moodboards, and it makes the actors look like they’re genuinely plugged into the projects they’re selling. So yes, while Frankenstein made Frankenstein’s creature, it was Jacob Elordi that made it such a grotesquely beautiful smash on-screen. He should dress like a creator, too.

A version of this story originally appeared on British GQ.