Benoit Blanc’s Style Evolution from Knives Out, Glass Onion, and Now Wake Up Dead Man

With each case he tackles, detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) comes equipped with a singular approach — and a distinctive personal style. In Knives Out, the Southern sleuth strapped on suspenders to uncover a cable-knit-wearing killer in the bowels of a New England family mansion. In Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, he stuffed his suitcase with linen loungewear — including a memorable two-piece bathing suit — to infiltrate a friend group’s reunion on a sandy Grecian island.

Clothes are as important a tool to a detective as anything, and Blanc is by no means the first detective to flaunt impeccable fashion. In fact, the stylish sleuth is a mainstay of the genre,…