HOW TO DRESS LIKE A
SUPER-VILLAIN
Have you ever felt like dressing like a real life super-villain, wanting to dress for the job you want not the job you have?
It is not too difficult to pull it off correctly with a few key rules.
1. Don’t shop at a Halloween “big box” store nor costume shop.
This is the big sin of super-villainy, assuming that your groovy villain needs can be made of cheap materials and inexpensive fabrics. Anything bought from a Halloween costume shop will look like a costume. Stay away from plastic skulls, rubber masks, and thin, shear capes. In addition to diminishing your credibility these products will not last if you lead a life of active villainy.
2. DO shop at am Army-Navy surplus store, Fetish shop, or outfitter’s store.
For the same reasons listed above, one should strive to spend the extra dollar on products that can lend credibility to your guise. Outfitter stores and Army-Navy surplus stores offer products used by agents of the fascist empire (cops & soldiers) why not learn from the best and buy well-made products that have been proven to last, and face the wear and tear an active life of villainy may bring. Fetish shops can be hit or miss, while the look and fashions of a fetish shop are spot on villainous looks, the flimsy faketex (fake latex) may peel and tear easily.
3. ACCOUTREMENTS, HAVE THEMATIC ACCESSORIES
Accessories can include belts, jewelry, or other “tools of the trade” like riding crops or other technical equipment. Be wary of “Mall Goth” accessories that will bely a cheap, low budget villain. An adopted color palette can be utilized, tying a thematic color scheme to your personae. While black maybe your color of choice; it’s an easy, all too common choice. Add a flash of blood-red or other color to your uniform with arm-bands, sashes etc. Many a quality super-villain have adopted the green-purple color scheme for their look.
The Specifics of Dressing Evil
Once you decide where to shop you will need to decide what to purchase.
One of the easiest pieces you can get to add to your collection is a good jacket. While this could be any old motorcycle jacket or trench coat, one should consider the classic villainous fashion of the Nehru Jacket.
The Nehru jacket is part of the national dress of India, named after the famed Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964 who made the jacket popular. These high-collared jackets, buttoned to the neck, present a world class villain, willing to play “dress-up” for an audience of fascio-capitalists who always appreciate a good, “smart” jacket. Nehru jackets were made popular by Bond villains like Dr. No and Ernest Blofeld.
The other option is the invest in a monochromatic Mao Suit, these jackets offer-up that pseudo para-military look favored by dictators like Korea’s Kim Jong-un. For tropical climates, one could don a guayabera shirt for a sinister south of the border look.
BOOTS, THERE’S GOTTA BE BOOTS.
While any work or combat boot will do, a better investment would be a pair of boots from an outfitter that will give you a real lead in the utilitarian department. A pair of knee-high, Redhead waterproof and snake proof boots could do the trick, or perhaps a pair of platform “KISS boots” for some real height and over-the-top fashion.
ACCESSORIES
Your accessories will be the final coup de grâce in developing your look. Perhaps a pair of high-tech goggles, or generic douche-bag dictator aviators could serve as dual purpose safety-gear, as well as defy facial recognition soft-ware.
A good pair of leather gloves will go a long way in selling your sinister presence. Perhaps one could go for some Fashionable Asymmetryand wear but one glove.
I WANT YOUR SKULL
While perhaps generic in its scope, the skull still has a universal meaning of “danger” or “bad guy” or “I work for the U.S. Government”. Be careful with the skull motif as you may be mistaken for a fascist agent of the state, for cops & soldiers have adopted the skull (specifically the iconic MARVEL Punisher skull) as their symbol. Other good symbols to incorporate could be the pentagram, snakes, dragons, or other menacing animals. Stay away form swastikas and other Nazi imagery, even the Communist Hammer & Sickle could cause some unintended butt-hurt to those who have lived under such a symbol.
