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A three-piece-suit (that is, one including a [[Waistcoat of Style]]) is the usual embodiment of this trope, but more imaginative outfits can qualify as well. [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel]] will often overlap.

 

[[Super-Trope]] to:

* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]

* [[Man in White]]

 

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Lupin III]]'': Lupin and Jigen Daisuke. Oddly enough, while both of these men dress well, Lupin is too much of a [[Handsome Lech]] to pull it off and Jigen's fangirls are all in the audience as opposed to the Lupin-verse. Either that or they want to kill him. Or they die. [[The Gunslinger]]'s got no luck with women...

** Also, Maxie, albeit with a specially-made uniform. Archie also has a nice suit.

* Alucard from ''[[Hellsing]]'', whose outfit is like the awesome love child of [[Trigun|Vash the Stampede]] (lampshaded by the author himself in his end-of-tankobon notes) and [[Carmen Sandiego]].

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Any of the suits worn by Takemichi or his teacher Gateau.

* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' is a show set in the [[Roaring Twenties]], so of course most of its men are dressed in classy suits.

** Also, high ranking Marines tend to wear pretty badass suits. The admirals and Garp in particular.

** There was also that cute clubbing dress with the magic make-you-shorter heels. And the wig, obviously. Despite the heels, it was a pretty casual outfit.

* ''[[Soul Eater]]'' gives us [[The Gunslinger|Death]] [[The Smart Guy|The]] [[Made of Diamond|Kid]], son of the [[Grim Reaper]], who is a teenager in a [[Super OCD|perfectly symmetrical]] suit.

 

== Comic Books ==

* ''[[Batman]]'': Being a celebrity and the CEO of a huge, wealthy company, Bruce Wayne tends to wear suits a lot in his "day" persona. So do Tim Drake and Dick Grayson on occasion, and my ''word'' do they look good in them!

 

 

== Film ==

* ''[[James Bond]]'': Bond. James Bond. Bond. James.

* Everyone in ''[[Inception]]'', especially (and spectacularly) [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]]'s character, Arthur, who wore his three-piece suits [[Incredibly Lame Pun|sharp enough to kill]]. Yes, even [[Even the Girls Want Her|Ariadne and Mal]]. Meow.

** This tends to crop up in [[Christopher Nolan]]'s movies in general. And Nolan himself.

* ''[[The Italian Job]]'', The first thing Charlie Croker does upon getting released from jail? Visiting his tailor and his shirtmaker.

* ''[[The Adjustment Bureau]]'': All the members of the eponymous organisation wear fifties-style suits, complete with [[Nice Hat]]s.

* Thanks to a [[Limited Wardrobe]], the titular [[Blues Brothers]] wear the same two suits and pairs of sunglasses for the entire movie.

* In the '60s Doctor Who film (starring Peter Cushing) ''Dalek Invasion A.D. 2165,'' the collaborator (played by Philip Madoc) wears a great-looking off-white trenchcoat, in contrast with the run-down appearance of all the other humans.

 

== Literature ==

* ''[[Arsène Lupin]]'': Perhaps [[Lupin III|Lupin]] picked up his dress sense from his grandad; before his name is given in [[Arsène Lupin]] vs. [[Sherlock Holmes]], he's referred to as 'the well-dressed young gentleman'.

* ''[[Circle of Magic]]'': Niklaren Goldeye. He's a male character in a work by [[Tamora Pierce]], so natural [[Author Appeal]], and a bit of [[The Dandy|a dandy]]. Briar might count too, simply because his foster-sister Sandry, an avid seamstress, wouldn't allow him to leave the house in any other mode of dress.

* ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''.

* [[Sherlock Holmes]] was always considered this and, contrary to the stereotype, would ''never'' commit such an embarrassing fashion faux pas as to wear an outfit for the countryside, a deerstalker and an inverness cape, in the city.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* Neal Caffrey in ''[[White Collar]]''.

** Jack in his "period military."

** Ianto Jones.

** Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor thinks he's this, but looks more [[Adorkable]] than anything else. In real life though, his off-beat clothes have been endlessly copied by young men around the world ([[The Red Stapler|especially]] [[Bow Ties Are Cool|the bow tie]]).

** David Tennant as The Tenth Doctor.

* Dan Fielding of ''[[Night Court]]'', who always seemed to wear tight-fitting double breasted suits. Judge Harry Stone also usually dressed well (suits and fedoras), if a little dated.

* ''[[Burn Notice]]'': When not running a job, Michael seems to prefer wearing Armani suits.

** Or Michael himself:

* Very characteristic of 70's detective shows. See [[Kojak]], [[Hawaii Five-O]], and [[The Rockford Files]].

* As of season three of ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', Chuck Bass is never seen in anything but suits (except occasionally when he's in pyjamas).

* ''[[Firefly]]'': [[The Medic|Simon Tam]] is always the best-dressed member of the crew (except for Inara). My word, but he does look nice in a [[Waistcoat of Style|waistcoat]].

* ''[[NCIS]]'': Tony DiNozzo. Go check his closet if you don't believe it.

* ''[[Sherlock]]'': While all the characters are dressed well, I have to say the cut on [[Benedict Cumberbatch]]'s suits and coat for Sherlock is phenomenal. (Lestrade also looks quite fine.)

** Lampshaded in-universe by both Sherlock and John, who acknowledge the coolness-conferring powers of the coat - it's one of Sherlock's stated reasons why he looks taller in pictures.

** Sherlock's wardrobe has become so popular that people have begun asking after it in clothing shops. Journalist Alexis Petridis comments, "So it is that Britain's latest men's style icon is a fictional asexual sociopath first seen onscreen hitting a corpse with a stick. Surely not even the great detective himself could have deduced that was going to happen."

* Derren Brown has a fairly distinctive three-piece, with no-tie look that he likes. Combined with his trademark goatee, and it might as well be a uniform.

* Elijah on ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''.

* Harvey Specter on ''Suits''. Three-piece suits are an abundance on that show, a fact that is often commented on.

* Niles Crane from ''[[Frasier]]''. Frasier too, (though less strikingly), but he at least changes when he goes home, unlike his brother. Could lead one to presume [[Manipulative Bitch|Maris]] insisted Niles stay dressed to the nines while he was in her sight.

* ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]'''s [[Magnificent Bastard|Ronald Sandoval]].

** It's not just him, it's ''every single man'' on ''[[Mad Men]]''.

*** They even inspired [[The Red Stapler|their own clothing line.]]

 

== Music ==

* This is more or less [[Franz Ferdinand]]'s M.O. when it comes to costumes. Of course, these get into various states of disarray as a show goes on.

* [[Nick Cave]]: Is rarely seen not wearing a suit.

* [[David Bowie]]'s stage wardrobe has invoked this more than once:

** The Thin White Duke, the persona he created for ''Station to Station'' (1976), dressed this way; this was partially inspired by the elegant suits he wore in several scenes of the film ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]''.

** 1990's Sound+Vision Tour featured black-and-white suits.

* Alexander Rybak is, at his most informal, wearing a vest and slacks. Helps that he's [[Adorkable]] as all hell.

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

* Evolution, as befits an [[Expy]] of the Four Horsemen (even including Ric Flair).

* [[Chris Jericho]] has been rather fond of these since his most recent [[Heel Face Turn]]. Of course he [[Genre Savvy|fully realizes]] (and plays up) that they do in fact make him look like a super villain. [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|The extraneous use of unnecessarily complicated words]] certainly doesn't help. Jericho is basically using the same gimmick that Nick Bockwinkle did for many years in the [[American Wrestling Association|AWA]].

 

== Theatre ==

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Backyard Sports]]'': Jorge Garcia.

* ''[[Metal Gear]]'': A recurring bonus feature in the series: [[Even the Guys Want Him|Solid Snake]] or [[Memetic Sex God|Big Boss]], in a tuxedo.

* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': Everyones favorite cravat wearing prosecuter, Miles Edgeworth. Who cares if he wears wine red.

* ''[[Castlevania]]'': The ''other'' Alucard, who is edging in on [[The Dandy]]. In the 18th century he wears period-appropriate finery in black with white and gold trimmings, topped with a red-lined black cloak; in the near future, his [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] consists of a perfectly tailored double-breasted suit, still black, with a blood-red pocket square.

* All of the ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' ports give the [[Your Reward Is Clothes|option]] to dress Leon in a sexy 1930's mobster suit.

 

* There has yet to be a man who ''isn't'' well dressed in ''[[Todd Allison and The Petunia Violet]]''.

 

== Web Original ==

* ''[[Cause of Death]]'': The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUEFxSOVd6A pilot] features a [[David vs. Goliath|brutal fight]] between a slobbering drunk and a [[The Napoleon|short, yet deadly killer]] who is dressed infinitely better than the man he's fighting. But the shirt itself is incredibly large on the killer.

* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ZjeoedIaY Point A]'': A defining trait of the freaky bad guys in S&T's short film.

* [[The Slender Man Mythos|The Slender Man.]]

 

== Western Animation ==

* [[Archer]] lives and breathes this trope as part of his [[James Bond]] lifestyle. He is ''always'' sharply dressed unless Woodhouse is not available to pick his wardrobe. Even his stealth mission gear is stylish.

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:The Beautiful Tropes]]

[[Category:Rule of Glamorous]]

[[Category:An Index of Ladies and Gentlemen]]

[[Category:Fanservice Costumes]]