Choosing clothes isn't a battle between form and function for Ryan Reynolds. Function wins, especially when your uniform is dictated by your mode of transportation. "I ride a motorcycle everywhere," the 30-year-old actor says, so safety -- and a possible encounter with hard pavement -- is foremost in mind: "I wear stuff that won't make my skin come off like a cheap suit."
When he's not on the back of his Confederate Hellcat (one of three rides), the Vancouver native sets his style on cruise control. "I try to dress with as little pretension as possible," says Reynolds. Hard to argue with that; his vintage military boots "have seen better days," he admits.
But Reynolds, who came to light with big roles in National Lampoon's Van Wilder and Blade: Trinity, does have to dress for work. For his current role as an FBI agent in Smokin' Aces, with Jeremy Piven and Ben Affleck, Reynolds donned an uptight suit accessorized with the exhausted air of someone assigned to a case for too long. "I was basically wearing a suit made entirely of blood," he recalls, cringing. "And the blood patterns had to match, so every day it was the same disgusting shirt that I would just sweat through."
Hanging offscreen, the star prefers the casual cool of Earnest Sewn jeans and Thom Browne shirts. "It's about feeling right," he says, echoing the Latin phrase tattooed on his left wrist, reminding him to "know thyself." "I try to dress for where I am in life."
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