While Eddie Redmayne, 33, is the bookies’ favourite to take home the best actor Oscar (he has already bagged a Bafta, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild gong) for his portrayal of a young Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, he is also hotly tipped to win all the style plaudits as he steps back into the sartorial spotlight.
Labelled a “super dandy” by GQ.com, his look has been described by the American style site as “exactly what you want to see a young, up-and-coming actor to be wearing”. He even – allegedly – travels with his own grooming guru, Johnnie Sapong, who attends to that famously squiffy quiff…
via Facials, manicures and personal groomers: leading men do battle on Oscars red carpet | Film | The Guardian.
For those who are wondering, behold the…
squif·fy
ˈskwifē/
adjective
Britishinformal
adjective: squiffy; comparative adjective: squiffier; superlative adjective: squiffiest
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slightly drunk.“he’s squiffy from the rum”quiff
Squiffy quiff which my father would call scruffy. How times change. What do you call the stubble on chin and upper lip? Squibble?