History Main / SharpDressedMan

** 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 ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth''.
** 1983's Serious Moonlight Tour had him dress in natty pastel suits.
** 1990's Sound+Vision Tour featured black-and-white suits.

* Music/ZZTop's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRHBLwpASw Sharp Dressed Man]]" is the {{trope namer}}. It was [[http://kearth101.cbslocal.com/2013/07/31/zz-tops-billy-gibbons-explains-how-spinning-guitar-move-started/ apparently inspired]] by a movie starring Creator/SeanConnery. It's also a subversion - the narrator is totally overdressed and looks more like a fop than anything else.

* Music/ZZTop's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBCUIolJvA8&feature=fvst Sharp Dressed Man]]" is the {{trope namer}}. It was [[http://kearth101.cbslocal.com/2013/07/31/zz-tops-billy-gibbons-explains-how-spinning-guitar-move-started/ apparently inspired]] by a movie starring Creator/SeanConnery. It's also a subversion - the narrator is totally overdressed and looks more like a fop than anything else.

* ‘’Anime/HighCard’’: Four of the five members of High Card are certainly this while [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Wendy Sato]] can come across as a {{Bifauxnen}}.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':

** Averted with ComicBook/TheJoker in ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''. He's dressed up in a plain old repairman jumpsuit and is not even close to looking sharply dressed this time around.
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanWhiteKnight'' Jack Napier's sanity allows him to dress much more stylishly, as opposed to the garishly dressed and messy-haired Joker.
* ComicBook/DoctorOctopus briefly traded in his green and orange tights for nice suits.
* "Sharp Dressed Man" might as well be [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]'s theme song.
* ComicBook/JusticeMachine ‘s own Talisman wears a fancy tuxedo.
* The ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' villain, Johnny Sorrow. In this case, he is a sharp-dressed ''ghost''; he appears like a floating elegant red suit with a mask and black gloves.
* Despite being morbidly obese, ComicBook/TheKingpin is almost always seen in stylish, custom-made suits.
* Zatara the Magician is usually seen wearing his trademark tuxedo, top hat, and cape.
* ''ComicBook/DisneyKingdoms'': In the ''[[ComicBook/FigmentDisneyKingdoms Figment]]'' comics, Blair Mercurial/The Dreamfinder wears a nice blue suit and top hat as is the case in ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination''.
* Walter in ''Comicbook/TheMask'' exclusively wears suits worth several thousands of dollars. It contrasts heavily with his monstrous appearance.

* ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt'': Rarity's Royal Guard contingent, "The Radiant Guard", are some of the best-dressed ponies in all of Equestria.

* ''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.

* ''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?

** Also, Mello ''believes'' himself to be this [[FashionVictimVillain (though most viewers and his English VA disagree)]], and introduces himself as "the best dressed" in ''LightNovel/AnotherNote''. [[WordOfGod Takeshi Obata said]] he enjoyed drawing Mello's clothes.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', Shizuo's inexplicable [[LimitedWardrobe inability to wear anything other than impeccably tailored bartender suits]] is something of a running gag. He was given several dozen copies of the outfit by his rich younger brother who hoped that it would encourage him to keep his current job for longer than a few weeks. It didn't work, but Shizuo keeps wearing the suits out of respect for him.

* Tokiomi Tohsaka of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' is almost always dressed like a 19th-century riverboat gambler.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Both Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt are affluent men who wear period-accurate, impeccable suits (and the occasional tuxedos) throughout the series; all the suits in the show were made by seamstresses and were fitted to their actors.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Both Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt are affluent men who wear period-accurate, impeccable suits throughout the series (all the suits in the show were made by seamstresses and were fitted to their actors).

A three-piece, custom-tailored 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. The shirt is crisp and pressed, the tie made of silk. Hats, canes, umbrellas, fine pocket watches, handkerchiefs, and cigars are optional… but in some environments, highly recommended. AwesomeAnachronisticApparel will often overlap. A Sharp-Dressed Man often pairs his well-tailored clothing with a BillionaireWristband and a CoolCar.

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. A Sharp-Dressed Man often pairs his well-tailored clothing with a BillionaireWristband.

* ''ComicBook/DisneyKingdoms'': In the ''Figment'' comics, Blair Mercurial/The Dreamfinder wears a nice blue suit and top hat as is the case in ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination''.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'' gives us [[TheGunslinger Death]] [[TheSmartGuy The]] [[MadeOfDiamond Kid]], son of the GrimReaper, who is a teenager in a [[SuperOCD perfectly symmetrical]] suit.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Both Louis de Pointe du Lac and Lestat de Lioncourt wear period-accurate, impeccable suits throughout the series (all the suits in the show were made by seamstresses and were fitted to their actors).

** Charles Xavier is Mr. Fancy-Pants 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, and he appears quite dashing in them.

** Also, Mello ''believes'' himself to be this [[FashionVictimVillain (though most viewers and his English VA disagree)]], and introduces himself as "the best dressed" in ''LightNovel/AnotherNote''. [[WordOfGod Takeshi Ohba said]] he enjoyed drawing Mello's clothes.

* 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.

* ''WebVideo/OutsideXbox'': In their ''TabletopGame/BladesInTheDark'' campaign, both Mike's character Barnaby and Andy's character Edvard are very proud of their snappy outfits. Unfortunately for Barnaby, it rapidly becomes a RunningGag that every time he participates in a heist, his coat gets destroyed somehow, to the point where GM Luke Westaway seems to be almost doing it on automatic in some of the later videos.