Fashion has a habit of taking from the past just as easily as our favourite films and TV shows are able to transport us into it. Is it any wonder then that film and TV’s eighties obsession of last year spilled over into of some this year’s biggest trends. Everyone was stomping around town in chunky trainers just like the Stranger Things kids or sweating it out through the heat wave in a short-sleeved shirt plucked from Armie Hammer’s Call Me By Your Name wardrobe.

The most stylish films and TV shows of 2018 were looking back as well, to the eighties again, but also the fifties, sixties and nineties. On-screen tailoring also caught the eye, suits in all sorts of guises, spanning all the dress codes we can think of. Could these looks be a glimpse into the key looks of 2019? Some of them have already started. And if nothing else they do provide some mighty fine style inspo.

Patrick Melrose

We already know from his breakout role as Sherlock Holmes that Benedict Cumberbatch can wear the hell out of an overcoat. But in Patrick Melrose, he took his overcoat wearing prowess to the next level, as well as delivering a proper schooling in laissez-faire tailoring.

Cumberbatch is the eponymous Melrose, a heroin-addicted member of the British upper class, flopping about on chaise lounges and in bathtubs through a haze of disdain and malaise. The series was one part glamour, two parts shady which proved to be the perfect recipe for some top-notch sprezzatura style. One standout scene sees Melrose trudging into an NA group in tortoiseshell sunglasses, an imposing wool overcoat with the collar popped and a luxe checked scarf ingeniously tucked inside the bottom of his suit jacket. Big mood.

Westworld

It was confusing. At times it made absolutely no sense. But for all the bewilderment, the binge-tastic Westworld did give us a resurgence of interest in western wear. It was the one fashion trend this year no one thought they needed, but when we popped on the cowboy boots and embroidered yoke shirt realized we really did.