Ahead of the show’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Michael Mann and the show’s costume designers explain why Crockett and Tubbs’ signature style still rules the red carpet.

Don’t let the thousand-dollar haircut and fussy South Beach wardrobe fool you — vice detective James “Sonny” Crockett (Colin Farrell) is all man.

Don Johnson first hit TV screens in 1984 as Sonny Crockett, the yacht-dwelling, alligator-owning Metro-Dade Police detective on Miami Vice. 40 years later, Johnson has moved past those bold pastel ...