The Well Dressed Monster

[jamespowers]

The Creature has the whole Thom Browne look down.

Yep, he was way ahead of his time.

 

[Doctor Strange]

As Jerry once observed about the Frankenstein Monster on Seinfeld:

"There's something [nice] about a monster in a sportcoat..."

 

[jamespowers]

As Jerry once observed about the Frankenstein Monster on Seinfeld:

"There's something [nice] about a monster in a sportcoat..."

Exactly. Then again, there is also something disturbing about a monster in a sportcoat. Kind of like regular folks but totally different.

 

[Feraud]

I've always enjoyed The Mummy's distinctive ethnic flair. Note the snappy pairing of fez and elegant walking stick.

I always thought Karloff looked cool in that outfit. Come to think of it Karloff looked great in many of the characters he played.

Night of the Living 'Mad Men':

Very funny! lol

If I can remember correctly, Henry Hull was a well dressed Werewolf of London.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Let's not forget the misses. Very elegant.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Bespoke tailoring:

 

[LizzieMaine]

And let's not forget filmdom's greatest mad-scientist, the always-debonair Lionel Atwill:

Nothing says THEY'LL RUE THE DAY THEY IGNORED MY GENIUS like a walking stick. Unless it's a walking stick and a cape.

 

[Fletch]

If those aren't American Optical aviator goggles, I'll eat my flight helmet...

 

[Leesensei]

Well he is not really a monster here, but he is certainly well dressed!

Boris Karloff

 

[DavidVillaJr]

I especially like the way Bud and Lou coordinated their coat and hat patterns...

dv

 

[Leesensei]

I still have to go with Bela Lugosi as the best dressed monster. He may not have had a pulse, but Dracula sure had style!

 

[Down2BDapper]

Dr. Caligari and his somnambulist. You gotta admire a monster in a top hat.

 

[HadleyH]

all black and minimalistic, i love it....Audrey Hepburn eat your heart out.

 

[Hemerlin]

I always liked Kinski in Nosferatu (though being dead helps to pull off that coat) and Isabella Adjani knew how to dress for a vampire

 

[jamespowers]

all black and minimalistic, i love it....Audrey Hepburn eat your heart out.

A little too Thom Browne for me but it is still well-dressed and avante garde I guess. Now I know where Thom Browne got his inspiration. Now you too can have the well dressed monster look.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

all black and minimalistic, i love it....Audrey Hepburn eat your heart out.

I am pretty sure Audrey Hepburn never ate her heart out.

Audrey Hepburn and another well dressed (Cookie) monster.

 

[funneman]

Bespoke tailoring:

HaHa. This is one of the dumbest movie's ever made.

"The Incredible, Two-Headed Transplant."

A real comedown for Milland.

 

[Steve]

Depending on how broadly you define "monster..."

 

[Sertsa]

No one's mentioned Vincent Price? OK, he was an actor, not a character, but about every monster he played had a special style:

And of all the monster movies on late-night TV I watched as a kid, nothing had the impact of a Vincent Price movie where he sends someone binoculars with spikes in them. I seriously doubt I've ever put binoculars to my eyes without making sure they can be seen through first. (Not an active paranoia, just one of those things you don't really realize you do, but you do).

 

[HadleyH]

Another monster well, kind of monster who had style, was Morticia Addams from the "Addams Family".

Quoting here >>> " She even crept her way onto many a runway this season, including Max Azria" among others!
Let's face it, black is King on the catwalk ( not only only the catwalk but everywhere really), so yes, monsters got it right after all !

photo on the left from March 4 2009