Villains Are The Superheroes Of Fashion!

Sure, it’s nice to be the hero who saves the day, but being a villain has some benefits too. First of them being: they don’t care what people think. That’s why they can dress in outrageously cool eclectic combinations matching their inner diabolic personas or in all black power-lusting suits, without giving it a thought. Don’t say you never rooted for the bad guy, for many reasons, amongst them their utterly impeccable stylishness. Though there are many villains fashionistas, from comics, TV shows and movies, here we’ll try to narrow that long list on our top 5 who committed many crimes, but never a single crime against fashion.

Bill the Butcher – Gangs of New York (2002)

Bill the Butcher is the creepy, but respect-worthy villain. Not only because of his existing (yet twisted) sense of moral, but also because of his incredible dandy-gangster-like sense of fashion and one of the best facial hair in movie history. His button-down shirt, fitted patterned waistcoat, striped pants, long overcoat, leather boots and a top-hat accessorized with up-to-no-good moustache are at the least breathtaking. You know how Bill lost his eye? Once he wore an unfitted waistcoat and cut out the eye that looked away.

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Lucius Malfoy – Harry Potter franchise (2001-2011)

The main fashionista of the world of wizards who probably has a special house elf for hair-care products and creepy-gorgeous outfits is none other than Lucius Malfoy. If you don’t understand his sublime sense of fashion than you must be a Mudblood, Muggle or a Weasley. It’s understandable that this fashionably fabulous wizard had to live up to his glorious ancestors, so he had to be color-coordinated (all black, of course), and not wearing patched-up trousers in public, like a Weasley. Long black coats, dark silver amulets, perfect blue hair and a mighty wizard wand are his weapons of choice.

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Frank Underwood – House of Cards (2013)

The loveable ambitious power-hungry politician sure knows how to dress for his personality. Yes, he wants to rule the world and uses shocking, twisted and on-the-edge-of- sociopathy means to accomplish that, but we still love him more than sharks love blood. His sense of fashion is much like his personality, streamlined and solid. Custom tailored suits in navy and gray, combined with white, blue or cream shirts and a solid dark colored tie are his go-to style. His suit is classic fit, single-breasted with notch lapel.

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Wilson Fisk– Marvel’s Daredevil (2015)

Speaking of suits, we can’t skip on this ill intent set upon our road. This partly shy, partly sadistic crime boss, Hell’s kitchen’s own “He-who-must-not-be-named” actually has a closet the size of an average 5 stars hotel room, with literally a million suits (usually in different shades of grey, blue and black) to choose from, giving his ritual of getting ready an aura of supreme suspense. The big bad boy is always completing his look with the ultimate gentlemen’s piece – cufflinks.

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The Joker – The Dark Knight (2008)

The laissez-faire attitude the suit of this ruthless villain reflects is combined with perfect custom tailoring, making a clear statement that he wants to be taken seriously and not clownish. Before jumping to conclusion and calling this outfit crazy and poorly-combined, have you ever heard of eclectic style? Heath Ledger’s Joker, brings that style on a big screen, combining a green waistcoat with a purple jacket, while successfully avoiding the trashy look. Sure, the outfit has a pinch of insanity and you wouldn’t consider wearing it, unless we are talking about cosplay.  Or would you – why so serious?

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