History Main / SharpDressedMan

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has the Illusive Man, who always, ALWAYS, is well-groomed and keeps his style. [[spoiler:Even in [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 3]] when he appears with Reaper tech implanted in his body on the Citadel, at the end of the game.]]
** Male!Shepard also rocks a futuristic suit (with some white thrown in) when infiltrating a high-society party in the "Stolen Memory" DLC. Naturally, the Female!Shepard wears a LittleBlackDress instead. Neither outfit leaves room for concealed weapons, so alternative means of arming oneself are used.

* Music/TheRollingStones drummer Charlie Watts was famous for wearing stylish suits, often landing him on "best dressed" lists.

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* ''Film/TheAdjustmentBureau'': All the members of the eponymous organisation wear fifties-style suits, complete with NiceHat[=s=].

* Heavy, the rogue CIA operator in Season 2 of ''Series/{{Powers}}'', wears an old-fashioned suit, with a BadassLongcoat and a [[NiceHat wide-brimmed fedora]].

* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'': Both Sebastian, under the NotSoBadassLongcoat he loses early on, and his partner Joseph have a pretty snazzy character design, which is more apparent on Joseph due to his [[{{Biseinen}} more slender build]] and the fact that he [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished doesn't get a smudge of dirt on him throughout the game]]. Joseph is also never seen without his leather gloves.

* ''VideoGame/TwistedWobderland'': The dorm dress uniform of the Octavinelle dorm is designed this way; it helps that they own a classy on-campus café and their leaders are rather mafia-like.

* ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheUndiscoveredSwords'': Since Hatsuzakura is an Osafune sword ''and'' the younger brother of Shokudaikiri Mitsutada (see ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' example below), it's natural that he'll dress in nice suit-and-tie into battle. The ensemble is also adorned with sakura motifs and a sakura-pattern ''uchikake'' [[CoatCape draped over it]] BadassLongcoat-style.

* This is a defining characteristic of swords in the Osafune school in ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'', especially Shokudaikiri Mitsutada.

* When [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang]] is not in his military uniform, he is almost always dressed in a full suit, complete with waistcoat, over which he tends to wear a black wool coat (often draped around his shoulders to give it a cape effect) and his trademark embroidered white gloves. He is, both InUniverse and in the fandom, an object of ''much'' female admiration.

* In ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'', Abe is this, and it definitely helps him attract women. One panel shows his outfit, which altogether costs over 900,000 yen, not including his watch (which costs 2.4 ''million'' yen on its own)[[note]][[FridgeLogic which makes you wonder how the hell he affords all that working as a paperboy]][[/note]].

* The title character of ''FanFic/TheHarmonVerse'', Jack Harmon, lives and breathes this trope.

* ''Series/Legion2017'':

** Charles Xavier appears quite dashing because he follows the fashion trends of upper-class Englishmen in the 1950s, so he's often dressed in chic suits from the era that highlight his elegant frame.

A three-piece suit (that is, one including a WaistcoatOfStyle) is the usual embodiment of this trope, but both simpler ensembles (like a well-tailored two-piece) or more imaginative outfits can qualify as well. Hats, canes, umbrellas, pocket watches, handkerchiefs, and cigars are optional… but in some environments, highly recommended. AwesomeAnachronisticApparel will often overlap.

* The ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fanfic ''Webcomic/DontNameIt'' gives us a perfect example with the smug businesstroll Jade Equius, also known as "[[FanNickname Suitquius]]".

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** As Director of Karakura General Hospital, Ryuuken Ishida always wears a perfectly pressed suit and tie. Flashbacks reveal that, even as a teenager, "casual-smart" was his most dressed-down style. As he fights in his suits and favours the colour white, he is also a BadassInANiceSuit, basically covering every non-evil angle.
** Shinji too fights in a suit and tie with BadassLongcoat to boot.
** Many Quincies dress in impeccable military uniforms, but Robert combines the uniform coat with a white suit, making him more sharply dressed than most.

* ''Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}}'':
** Daniel Jackson from ''Series/StargateSG1''. There is a reason why a music video was done to this song.
** There's also an episode of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' where John and Ronon wear suits to Sheppard's dad's funeral. Yowza!

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': Detective Mac Taylor, who apparently loves dressing in black, wears a dark suit with a tie to work in every single episode of Season 1. At the end of Episode 1.12, "Recycling," he doesn't wear the tie to a dog show he and Stella are attending and she comments that she's never seen him without one. In that season's finale, for once he's seen in full casual attire away from work, but when he goes on his first date since his wife's death, Stella offers to "help" him with his tie...she pulls it off. From Season 2 on, he's pretty much always wearing a suit and no tie while at work. The exception is when he's testing weapons such as katanas in "Corporate Warriors;" he's shown in a tight black t-shirt there. When his suitcase goes missing upon his return from London in the Season 4 opener, he's forced to wear other attire. He apparently went out and bought more clothes, because an episode or two later when his suitcase still hasn't been returned, he shows up in a dapper solid black button-down shirt, prompting Danny to exclaim, "Whoa, Mac, back in black!" When he and Christine begin dating in Episode 8.14, he reverts to the suit and tie look to attend her parents' anniversary party, but Jo tells him he needs to loosen up and "at least lose the tie!" To his credit, he goes home and changes...but he still shows up in solid black.

* ''[[Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld El-Hazard's]]'' would-be ruler, [[LaughablyEvil Katsuhiko]] [[MagnificentBastard Jinnai]], is never seen without [[http://www.hamanime.de/pix/anime/elh/jinnaidiva.jpg his suit and tie.]] Bonus points for stylin' by usually keeping one hand in his pocket, leaving the other free to straighten his necktie. Sure, it's his school's uniform, but him making it stylin' is another point of contrast between him and [[TheHero Makoto]], whose uniform is worn in a rather slobbish way.
* ''Characters/LupinIII'': It's a little harder to see in the older Anime, due to the washed-out colours compared to today, but that's not an issue with the recent [[Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials movies]].
** Lupin and Jigen consider suit and tie clothing to be ''casual'' wear, no matter the weather. For ''formal'' dress, they switch to solid white and black respectively, with accessories to highlight them.
** Goemon considers a traditional hakama to be casual wear, adding traditional jackets for a more formal outing.
** Zenigata also wears suit-and-tie ensembles, generally only changing his tie and hat colours. The trenchcoat gives the impression of a three-piece suit for a cop. Interpol must pay well.
* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Being set in 1930's {{Gangsterland}}, what were the chances that the show wouldn't [[http://pics.livejournal.com/poutmeter/pic/00020ec2/s640x480 use]] [[http://i76.servimg.com/u/f76/11/36/00/85/ladd_r10.jpg this]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ricandchris1.jpg trope]] like a horribly addictive drug?
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Giovanni. And Cilan. Don't forget Riley and Steven Stone!
** Also, Maxie, albeit with a specially-made uniform. Archie also has a nice suit.
** "Looker" or "Handsome," in the Japanese version, isn't exactly some random nickname.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask has four different girls [[EvenTheGuysWantHim and several men]] after him, and even when not in Tuxedo Mask form he wears well-tailored jackets.
* Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', whose outfit is like the awesome love child of [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Vash the Stampede]] (lampshaded by the author himself in his end-of-tankobon notes) and Franchise/CarmenSandiego.
** Tubalcain Alhambra is [[BadassInANiceSuit just a bit more normal-looking]], with his three-piece suit, dress gloves, and wide hat. He even introduces himself as "a [[TheDandy dandy]] man," though he's not quite flamboyant enough to be a full-fledged dandy or AgentPeacock.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': Any of the suits worn by Takemichi or his teacher Gateau.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Sanji in general. [[http://planetrenders.net/renders/albums/userpics/11489/Sanji.png Observe.]]
** Also, high-ranking Marines tend to wear pretty badass suits. The admirals and Garp in particular.
** The tenth ''Franchise/OnePiece'' movie, ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld'', didn't really need to put everyone in classy suits. Was it amazingly awesome? Yes.
*** Well, about the tenth movie, [[JustifiedTrope there]] ''[[JustifiedTrope was]]'' [[JustifiedTrope a dresscode]].

* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'': The most casual thing you ever see Johan Liebert wear is a grey sweater, which he wears after getting out of the hospital following a massive VillainousBSOD.
** 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.
* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'': November 11 is always either impeccably dressed or naked as a jaybird.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'' gives us [[TheGunslinger Death]] [[TheSmartGuy The]] [[MadeOfDiamond Kid]], son of the GrimReaper, who is a teenager in a [[SuperOCD perfectly symmetrical]] suit.
** While he only wears them on occasion, [[MusicalAssassin Soul]] [[MrFanservice looks damn fine in a suit]].
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has a slightly more intricately sharp-dressed man in Lelouch vi Britannia's alter-ego, Zero. Fashioned with gold trimmings, his purple-tailed suit and cravat are impeccably sharp. That's good because it draws attention away from the fact that his pants and his shoes are sewn together.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** As Director of Karakura General Hospital, Ryuuken Ishida always wears a perfectly pressed suit and tie. Flashbacks reveal that, even as a teenager, "casual-smart" was his most dressed-down style. As he fights in his suits and favours the colour white, he is also a BadassInANiceSuit, basically covering every non-evil angle.
** Shinji too fights in a suit and tie with BadassLongcoat to boot.
** Many Quincies dress in impeccable military uniforms, but Robert combines the uniform coat with a white suit, making him more sharply dressed than most.
* While there are probably a few other examples in Gundam's broader franchise, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' sees this intersect with AwesomeAnachronisticApparel for [[MagnificentBastard Treize Khushrenada]], who is never seen without his blue-and-white Napoleonic-style dress uniform and cavalry boots (and frequently wears a hussar-style cape), with the lone exception of one shot of him bathing. This extends to his "private army", the military arm of OZ called the Alliance Special Mobile Suit Troops, who on Earth are never seen without their cavalry boots and dress uniforms, even in circumstances where they really wouldn't wear them (like combat operations in the desert).

* Tokiomi Tohsaka of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' is almost always dressed like a 19th-century riverboat gambler.
* {{Defied}} by Ryo Saeba from ''Manga/CityHunter'': while he does have the fashion sense for this, he's a [[HitmanWithAHeart Sweeper]] and fashionable clothing leaves little space for the concealed weapons he needs; so, as he explained to a fashion designer he was bodyguarding, he prefers casual clothing that can hide a dismantled pistol with ammo, plastic explosive with detonator, and condoms, and isn't too much trouble to rip off to release the tear gas or just [[StuffBlowingUp explode in the face of an enemy]].

* Richard in ''LightNovel/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'' is almost never seen out of a three-piece suit, and when he is, he still favors collared shirts and slacks.

* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'':
** None of the above characters can hold a candle to The Gentleman, who has '''never''' been seen wearing anything other than his impressively elegant tuxedo, complete with sash and buttonhole rose. Throw in his unfailingly polite manners, charming personality, and wholesome sensibilities, and you've got the quintessential NiceGuy.
** "Ned" Carroway from "The Deep Dark Woods" is addicted to being a costumed {{Mook}} partially because it allows him to imagine himself as a BadassInANiceSuit. Pity his criminal skills aren't as sharp as his clothing sense...

* ComicBook/DoctorOctopus briefly traded in his green and orange tights for nice suits.
* Zatara the Magician is usually seen wearing his trademark tuxedo, top hat, and cape.

* Russ Cargill from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''.

* 1920s silent comedy star Raymond Griffith always wore white tie and tails, usually with a top hat, cape, and walking stick. Even when playing a spy trying to steal a shipment of gold in TheWildWest, as he did in ''Film/HandsUp''.
* In every film he was in, veteran character actor Creator/TerryThomas would be dressed in a suit with waistcoat and cigarette holder, often with a bowler, cane, and occasional monocle as well.
* [[TheWatson Peter Guillam]] from the 2011 version of ''Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''. Most of the important characters really, since they're all government spies, but Guillam's WaistcoatOfStyle {{Fanservice}} tendencies and randomly brightly coloured ties single him out.
%%* ''Film/TheGodfather'': Michael Corleone.
* Bond. ''Film/JamesBond''. In his first film, ''Film/DrNo'', Felix Leiter compliments his suit and asks about his tailor.
* Percival Graves in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem''. Under his BadassLongcoat he has a blazer with a sharp red piping, a waistcoat with contrasting lapels, and scorpion tie pins with jeweled eyes. Also, spats.
* Everyone in ''Film/{{Inception}}'', especially (and spectacularly) Creator/JosephGordonLevitt's character, Arthur, who wore his three-piece suits [[IncrediblyLamePun sharp enough to kill]]. Yes, even [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Ariadne and Mal]]. Meow. This tends to crop up in Creator/ChristopherNolan's movies in general. And Nolan himself.
%%* Here come the ''Film/MenInBlack'', galaxy defenders!
* ''Film/TheItalianJob1969'', The first thing Charlie Croker does upon getting released from jail? Visiting his tailor and his shirtmaker.

* Jimmy gets a nice red suit, presumably with his severance pay, towards the end of ''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}''.

* ''Film/PulpFiction'': Presumably, a standard dress-code Marcellus Wallace requires of his henchmen, given that he, Jules, Vince, and the Wolf are all [[BadassInANiceSuit Badasses in Nice Suits]].

* Any character played by Creator/FredAstaire, such as Jerry from ''Film/TopHat''.
* Likewise, any character played by Creator/CaryGrant; Roger Thornhill in ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'' is a notable example.

* Richard Gere's clothes in ''Film/AmericanGigolo'' were, for the time, impeccably fashionable, and the movie is credited with establishing Armani's popularity in Hollywood.
* The evil Djinn of ''Film/{{Wishmaster}}'' looks quite refined while wearing a suit in his human guise, to the point that the clerk selling the suit is clearly floored by him. He rewards her interest by turning her into a mannequin.

* ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'': The heroic Kingsman British spy agency is full of these; they began as a tailor shop and still use one as their front.
-->'''Harry:''' A suit is the modern gentleman's armour. And the Kingsman agents are the new knights.
* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the live-action ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' when the narrator mentions to the audience that the title character's suit is from Armani.
-->'''Narrator:''' After reuniting with his long-lost brothers[[note]]his reflections in the three-way mirror[[/note]], the Jungle King was pleased to discover that he looked pretty good in Armani!
-->'''George:''' (''delightedly'') Pretty ''darn'' good!
* The ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'' has a few snazzy dressers.
** In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', [[Creator/BenAffleck Bruce Wayne]], seems to be fond of wearing nice three-piece suits, and his [[ServileSnarker loyal butler]], [[Creator/JeremyIrons Alfred]], even wears suits in the Batcave.
* Ben Whitaker in ''Film/TheIntern'' insists that this is the proper way for a gentleman to dress, and has a closet full of tasteful suits. When he lets fellow intern David room with him while apartment-hunting, David starts following Ben's example and dressing more professionally himself (online startups have very lax dress codes if any, and Jules clearly doesn't hold her employees to any stricter standard than "clean and suitable for being in public").
* ''Film/MortalEngines'':
** Thaddeus is only seen without his exceptional suits once in the whole movie, where he has to get a shirtless scene to treat his stab wound.
** The Auctioneer also has an incredibly designed suit covered with a variety of buttons setting him apart from the other south scavengers.
* ''Film/TheOldManAndTheGun'': Forrest Tucker wears a nice suit and dapper fedora wherever he goes, including his bank robberies.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/TheWateryPlace": The two aliens approach Sheriff Cameron wearing charcoal grey suits, white shirts, and maroon ties. They claim to be dressed like the dominant social class and want him to arrange for the "important men" to come talk to them.

** Comedies as well--see Det. Ron Harris on ''Series/BarneyMiller'', easily the best-dressed guy in the squad room.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Gunn after getting his brain upgrade--he stops wearing the suit after discovering what the upgrade cost him.

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': Detective Mac Taylor, who apparently loves dressing in black, wears a dark suit with a tie to work in every single episode of season 1. At the end of ep 1.12, "Recycling," he doesn't wear the tie to a dog show he and Stella are attending and she comments that she's never seen him without one. In that season's finale, for once he's seen in full casual attire away from work, but when he goes on his first date since his wife's death, Stella offers to "help" him with his tie...she pulls it off. From season 2 on, he's pretty much always wearing a suit and no tie while at work. The exception is when he's testing weapons such as katanas in "Corporate Warriors;" he's shown in a tight black t-shirt there. When his suitcase goes missing upon his return from London in the season 4 opener, he's forced to wear other attire. He apparently went out and bought more clothes, because an ep or two later when his suitcase still hasn't been returned, he shows up in a dapper solid black button-down shirt, prompting Danny to exclaim, "Whoa, Mac, back in black!" When he and Christine begin dating in ep 8.14, he reverts to the suit & tie look to attend her parents' anniversary party, but Jo tells him he needs to loosen up and "at least lose the tie!" To his credit, he goes home and changes...but he still shows up in solid black.

* As of season three of ''Series/GossipGirl'', Chuck Bass is never seen in anything but suits (except occasionally when he's in pyjamas).

* ''Series/TheWire''--"The Bunk is strictly a suit-and-tie motherfucker." The one time he's seen in casual wear, it's to make a point about him being outside his usual habitat--and gets Daniels to quip, "I thought you were born in pinstripes."
* ''Series/{{Velvet}}'': As the show takes place at a high-end fashion house in the 1950s, all male executives are this.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Aberrant}}'' includes the Style skill to represent a character's fashion sense. [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper Empathic clothing]] grants a bonus.

* Given the opportunity to upgrade their equipment through punchcard-based alchemy, both John and Dave of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' prove to be fond of suits. Dave's [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/index.php?s=6&p=003734 FOUR ACES SUITED and PLUSH PUPPET TUX]] deserve particular mention.
** Doc Scratch is a sharply dressed god-like entity with a large cueball for a head and no actual biological gender, but close enough.
* From ''Webcomic/{{Niels}}'': [[TuxedoAndMartini Agent 300]] and Niels himself. Agent 300 even admits that if he hadn't gone into espionage, he probably would've worked in mens' fashion.
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/ChoppingBlock'', where Butch [[http://choppingblock.keenspot.com/d/20131114.html doesn't quite get it right.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'', elegant suits seem to be the standard dress code for male Blacksmiths, and the girl is immaculately dressed as well.
* In ''Webcomic/BusterWildeWeerwolf'', Buster is usually in a nice suit thanks to Bernard's work clothes. Ironically, Buster hates the suit and yet it looks much better on him than it does on Bernard.
* Tarvek from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' is dressed as sharp as could be when we first meet him, though he deteriorates sharply later. He would very much prefer to be dressed perfectly at all times and is very fashion-oriented, at one point putting of greeting Agatha due to being embarrassed by his current outfit.

* ''WebVideo/ACoupleOfCuntsInTheCountryside'': They dressed in snappy suits for their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8WyMU0T1E Oscars]] episode.

* The Sovereign in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' always wore a snappy suit, due to being based on Creator/DavidBowie's "Thin White Duke" persona.

** Tom also wears a suit for several episodes, despite his usual outfit being [[ModestRoyalty a ripped shirt and shorts]].

* One of the main selling points of the NewWaveMusic[=/=]NewRomantic movements starting in the late '70s was the prevalence of slim clothes in contrast to the flaring outfits mainly associated (to this day) with {{Disco}} music. This soon overlapped with their embracing of MusicVideos.