Acknowledging James Corden’s Most Excellent Tony Awards Suits

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Between bestowing Hamilton and Co. with various honors, Tony Awards host James Corden made some crucial costume changes tonight. He started out slow with a burgundy Burberry suit. (The joke here — if I may — is to repeat "burgundy Burberry" until it's hilarious.) He then moved on to this:

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The objectively fun suit is far outside the comedian's usual fashion wheelhouse, but it did not appear to be a joke. This didn't, however, stop Twitter from filling in the blanks — especially when Keri Russell stepped out on stage wearing what appeared to be the exact same suit in dress form.

The Tony for best revival goes to: James Corden's red suit. #TonyAwards pic.twitter.com/ngnPE3eNos

— Victoria Huston-Elem (@VHustonElem) June 13, 2016

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James finished up fittingly in the best, sparkliest dinner jacket he could get his hands on. Such excellence in suiting shall be the "Carpool Karaoke" standard, henceforth.