Cleans Up Well
Cleans Up Well (Expression) Refers to people who look considerably better in more formal attire than they do in casual wear. Look: There's no doubt that Pierce Brosnan is an attractive man. And even in beachwear, he's dashing. But have you ever seen a guy that cleans up better? Here's a guy who belongs in a suit and nobody since Tom Selleck circa 1984 has pulled off the open collar as well as Brosnan. To see him out of it is somehow jarring.
Here's some more Brosnan at the Mamma Mia premiere, where he's appropriately dapper:
oooh! He's handsome as all get out (Thomas Crown Affair, him and Rene Russo both...holla!) and I just dig that he looks like he doesn't have a lot of time to waste worrying how he's perceived or what people think. I mean, his face on the Momma Mia (which I anticipate will suck) poster says it all - he commits! Gotta love him.
Okay. I'm done.