History Main / ManofWealthAndTaste

* Practically the first thing Mephistopheles does in ''Theatre/{{Faust}}'' is call attention to his elegant, fashionable attire.

* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'': Agent 47 is rarely seen without his all-black suit with matching leather gloves and distinctive blood-red tie. A number of other rival assassins and targets are seen wearing expensive suits as well.

* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans Walter Simmons]], the billionaire CorruptCorporateExecutive who spearheads Mechagodzilla's creation as part of a MugglePower plan and out of sheer egotism; is dressed head-to-toe in sharp, expensive-looking and tailored clothes.

* Cardinal Albert Simon from the ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' series is dressed impeccably, wearing a very neat black suit, WaistcoatOfStyle, pocket watch, and tall top hat (the game being set in 1913, it's thematic). [[spoiler:Being a WellIntentionedExtremist, one might say it's either subverted or played straight.]]

* SerialKiller BigBad Yoshikage Kira from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' Part 4 is a nicely dressed fellow. It's to be expected since he's a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of David Bowie.
** His sweet tie with the horned skulls on it has undergone {{Defictionalization}}: a Japanese clothing company now makes it. Be warned, though, since it's reportedly quite expensive.
* ''Anime/{{Monster}}'': Johan Liebert. He'll murder you horribly, but at least he's polite and classy about it.

* Ladd Russo from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' fits this trope.

* In the '94 version of ''Film/TheShadow'', they parody the classic radio show's ProductPlacement in an exchange between a fur-and-armor wearing mongol barbarian and the slick TuxedoAndMartini [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob hero]]:

* Percy Blakeny takes this to extremes in ''Film/TheScarletPimpernel1982'' as part of his deliberately over-done portrayal of a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob. His discussion of his own and other men's lace on their shirt cuffs is particularly well done in persuading Chauvelin that he cannot possibly be [[TheDandy The Scarlet Pimpernel]].

Turns out, evil has quite a lot of money and excellent fashion sense. The villain might well brag about the kickass English or Italian suit he had tailored, possibly during a MobBossSuitFitting. It's very common for the CorruptCorporateExecutive. Not very surprising as clothing signify status, wealth and power in Humans.

When your evil mook uniforms are made by Hugo Boss, this is PuttingOnTheReich.

* In the short-lived ''Series/{{Brimstone}}'' series, TheDevil (played by [[Series/{{Smallville}} Lionel Luthor]]) wears an expensive Victorian suit, complete with a red tie and a pocketwatch. In contrast, an angel is shown looking exactly like him but dressed as a blue-collar worker (a ceiling painter).

%%* Kain R. Heinlein from ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]''.
%%* Pokey begins wearing a suit after becoming Monotoli's right-hand man in ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.
%%* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'''s President Shinra, as well as his son, Rufus.
%%* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'''s Ardyn Izunia dresses as befits an EvilChancellor.
* ''VideoGame/Fallout3'''s Mr. Burke and his "boss", Alastair Tenpenny. Tenpenny wears a unique suit that gives a small bonus to the Charisma & Small Guns skills.
%%* Liquid Ocelot from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' is fairly snappy dresser.
%%** His outfit in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' back in his Revolver Ocelot days may better fit on the set of a western, but make no mistake. He isn't dressed like a ranch hand.

%%* And of course, [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]].
* The Grand Vampire [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/TheSims2: Nightlife''. The Counts wear Bela Lugosi knockoff suits with tailcoats and such, the Contessas wear old-fashioned evening gowns with puffed sleeves and lots of gold embroidery.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': Kazuya Mishima, Heihachi Mishima, Lee Chaolan and Jin Kazama all have incredibly dressy outfits for a fighting game; unsurprisingly they're all part of the same family. It remains to be seen if Lars will follow [[{{Pun}} suit]].
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': It's quite clear that The Rolling Stones provided more than a little inspiration for the design of LouisCypher himself.
%%* Megumi Kitaniji from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''. Dude is stylish.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'':
** Hazama. You gotta admit, that is one nice suit, he's even got the [[FauxAffablyEvil mannerisms]] down pat.
** Relius Clover may count as well, though his cloak is love-it-or-hate-it, but he's otherwise complete with cravat... albeit a metal one. He had a more conventional cravat in his younger days [[spoiler:and a sharp suit as an Immortal Breaker]]
%%* Rokkaku Gouji from the ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' games.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Infernal}}'', the head of hell's forces on Earth seems to be aimed at a combination of this, ScaryBlackMan, and [[HollywoodVoodoo Baron Samedi]].
* Pictured at the top of the page is Dracula from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight.'' Never let it be said that the ultimate evil isn't civilized and cultured.
** Nor can one say it about the good in ''Symphony''. Alucard is every bit as snappy a dresser as his old man.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'': Agent 47 is rarely seen without his all-black suit with matching leather gloves and distinctive blood-red tie. A number of other rival assassins and targets are seen wearing expensive suits as well.
* Shang Tsung of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' certainly qualifies as this, from his outfits to his secluded island to even his palace. While Goro's lair is dark, dirty and covered in blood, skeletons and debris, his palace has pure opulence, from velvet curtains to golden dragon statues to his throne.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} but definitely visible with ''VideoGame/FarCry3'''s Hoyt Volker, a [[AmoralAfrikaner South African organized crime leader]] who conducts business in [[MadeASlave sex trafficking]] and [[ArmsDealer gun running]]. He wears a blazer and proper button-down shirt, as well as well-kept jeans and loafers, in contrast to his employees, who wear tattered, casual clothes from all the dirty business they conduct on their island base. He also expresses a [[WickedCultured taste for opera, fine spirits, and quality cigars]], and he has a fancy office fit for the CEO of a successful company -- which, of course [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster he is]].
* Given a DeconstructiveParody in ''VideoGame/{{Afterparty}}'', where Satan [[KnowNothingKnowItAll really likes to pretend he's this]], but quickly proves to be the polar opposite; [[TheDevilIsALoser a drunken, washed-up wannabe fratboy]] trying desperately to relive his GloryDays through non-stop partying. About the only part he gets right is [[SharpDressedMan the fashion]].

* ''Series/LazyTown'': A few of Robbie's disguises have been this.

* At the end of ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', Lestat plays "Sympathy For The Devil" on a car radio. Granted he went out of style a century ago and isn't looking his best, but he's still Lestat.

* At the end of ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', Lestat plays "Sympathy For The Devil" on a car radio. Granted he went out of style a few centuries ago and isn't looking his best, but he's still Lestat.
** Lestat is a fashionista in the novels, and was even as a human, as soon as he got his BadassCape (and boots). He always prided himself on being impeccably dressed in the most stylish fashions of the day, insisted whomever was in his care was also suitably dressed (Claudia, and later Satan's Night Out), and more often than not seemed to pick his victims for their wardrobes as much as for their villainy. Any time the text is written from Lestat's point of view, you can bet there will be at least one paragraph reminding the reader what he's wearing.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Lestat de Lioncourt, a vampire who sadistically murders his victims, wears extravagant suits (Florence de Pointe du Lac even considers him to be overdressed), plus he lives in a splendidly decorated townhouse which is filled with luxury goods. Everything related to how he presents himself oozes elegance.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Lestat de Lioncourt, a vampire who sadistically murders his victims, wears extravagant suits (Florence even considers him to be overdressed), plus he lives in a splendidly decorated townhouse which is full of luxury goods. Everything related to how he presents himself oozes elegance.

** When "The Man", a very suave {{Horny Devil|s}}, first showed up in flashback stories in his pinstriped suit and natty hat, the above lyric got quoted by a reader in the chapter comments.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Lestat de Lioncourt, a vampire who sadistically murders his victims, wears extravagant suits (Florence even considers him to be overdressed), plus he lives in a splendidly decorated townhouse which is full of luxury goods. Everything related to how he presents himself oozes with elegance.

* ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'': The blind chessplayer (who [[AmbigousSituation may or may not]] be the devil) always appears in an impeccable white suit, though of course, it's arguable if he's actually a villain.

* ''Webcomic/{{Elwood|2015}}'' features an occasionally appearing villain called Baron [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nefario]] who [[LimitedWardrobe always wears]] a red suit and tie with a [[HighClassGlass monocle]].

* ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'': The blind chessplayer (who [[WildMassGuessing may or may not]] be the devil) always appears in an impeccable white suit, though of course it's arguable if he's actually a villain.

Turns out, evil has quite a lot of money and excellent fashion sense. The villain might well brag about the kickass English or Italian suit he had tailored, possibly during a MobBossSuitFitting. It's very common for the CorruptCorporateExecutive.

* The TropeNamer is Music/TheRollingStones song "Sympathy for the Devil", where Lucifer introduces himself simply as a man of wealth and taste who's been around for a long, long time.

-->-- '''Music/TheRollingStones''', "SympathyForTheDevil"

* The ComicBook/{{Shade}}, [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} the Penguin]] and the [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Gentleman Ghost]] in Franchise/TheDCU all commit crimes while dressed in top hats and suits.

* Percy Blakeny takes this to extremes in ''Film/TheScarletPimpernel1982'' as part of his deliberately over-done portrayal of a ''RichIdiotWithNoDayJob''. His discussion of his own and other men's lace on their shirt cuffs is particularly well done in persuading Chauvelin that he cannot possibly be [[TheDandy The Scarlet Pimpernel]].

* Patrick Bateman's love of suits and fashion, as mentioned in Film, is given considerably more screentime (so to speak) in the book: every outfit is described in great and loving detail, down to brand name, fabric, and cut.
** If one is particularly [[GeniusBonus knowledgeable about fashion,]] however, one will notice that the outfits are often clownishly mismatched.

* Lucius Malfoy from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', as befitting the patriarch of a very old and prestigious wizard family.
** Not quite as evil, but also somewhat ethically challenged and narcissistic, is Gilderoy Lockhart, who relied on questionable means to advance his career.

* General Zaroff from ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame'' lives in a mansion, wears stylish suits, and displays great taste. He also hunts and murders people. For ''fun''.

* The trope codifier is Mephistopheles in ''Creator/JohannGoethe'' play ''Literature/DoctorFaust'', where the Devil is presented as elegant, witty, and sophisticated.[[/folder]]

* Percy Blakeny takes this to extremes in ''Film/TheScarletPimpernel1982'' as part of his deliberately over-done portrayal of a ''Main/RichIdiotWithNoDayJob''. His discussion of his own and other men's lace on their shirt cuffs is particularly well done in persuading Chauvelin that he cannot possibly be [[Main/TheDandy The Scarlet Pimpernel]].

* Bram Stoker's {{Literature/Dracula}} was one of the first to treat vampires in this way, as opposed to the earlier depictions of them (from various myths and legends), in which they were more animalistic and demonic in nature.

* Albion of Literature/DoraWilkSeries seems to play it straight in his initial appearances (good clothes, manners and so on), but subverts this once we get a chance to see his house. He's definitely a man of wealth, but taste... not so much.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': Kazuya Mishima, Heihachi Mishima, Lee Chaolan and Jin Kazama all have incredibly dressy outfits for a fighting game; unsurprisingly they're all part of the same family. It remains to be seen if Lars will follow [[IncrediblyLamePun suit]].

** His appearance in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' also counts. Vandal Savage and Count Vertigo also fit the bill.

* Black Hat in ''WesternAnimation/{{Villainous}}'', who wears a black suit, grey waistcoat, red tie, monocle, and black top hat with red band. When he creates a duplicate of himself, we learn that he has a bowler hat ''under the top hat''.

* Solf J. Kimblee of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. He wears a [[VillainInAWhiteSuit magnificent white suit]] [[NiceHat and hat]] worthy of Music/MichaelJackson. He makes people blow up in a shower of gore and fire while he keeps his suit spotless. Usually.

** Lord Hong in ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', who, in addition to being a very well-dressed Agatean nobleman, has a very expensive suit of [[strike: Western]] Sto Plains clothes for when he conquers Ankh-Morpork, complete with silk-lined cloak and a NiceHat with a feather in it.

* Most of the Imperial officers in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse wear the same sort of [[PuttingOnTheReich uniforms]] as they do in the movies, and they are pretty much stock evil. Grand Admiral Thrawn wears ''white'', and he is extremely cultured and, while still villainous, visibly more ambiguous. He's also an alien, and actually all the Grand Admirals have white uniforms. It's just that none of ''them'' are nearly as prominent, having all been either killed or captured years earlier.