Best Dressed Male TV Characters

RogerC said:

28 posts and no-one mentions Bertie Wooster?

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Well said! Some of those double breasted chalk stripe suits he wears, particularly in the first series, are exquisite.

AndyMG said:

Somebody mentioned Frasier. I love the show, but some of the stuff he wears seems very dated now.

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1993, and extremely mature/conservative.

Who knows if the super loose suits will come back into style... but I somewhat doubt it, it was a derivative of the 80's.

His brother niles always upset me. Look at this, the suit is ATLEAST 1 size too big... maybe 2 sizes. and the lapel lol, you could make 2 or 3 suits just from the lapel fabric



though for the record, I loved the show.



bauerbach said:

1993, and extremely mature/conservative.  

Who knows if the super loose suits will come back into style... but I somewhat doubt it, it was a derivative of the 80's.  

His brother niles always upset me.  Look at this, the suit is ATLEAST 1 size too big... maybe 2 sizes.  and the lapel lol, you could make 2 or 3 suits just from the lapel fabric



though for the record, I loved the show.

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I forgive a little of the lapel width since it's a DB suit. For SB, though, that would be way too much.

bauerbach said:

1993, and extremely mature/conservative.

Who knows if the super loose suits will come back into style... but I somewhat doubt it, it was a derivative of the 80's.

His brother niles always upset me. Look at this, the suit is ATLEAST 1 size too big... maybe 2 sizes. and the lapel lol, you could make 2 or 3 suits just from the lapel fabric



though for the record, I loved the show.

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It's a dated style, and I wouldn't wear it in a million years, but I always thought Niles pulled it off. Except the ties. For some reason, everybody on that show wore ugly ties.



Henkie said:

Except the ties. For some reason, everybody on that show wore ugly ties.

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That was the style in the early 90's. We didn't think they were ugly back then

Sebastian Flyte, Charles Ryder and Rex Mottram from Brideshead Revisited.

Edward Ryder and Lord Brideshead as well.

Henkie said:

.... For some reason, everybody on that show wore ugly ties.

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I've noticed that too. Even for the early '90s they were ugly.



Bradford said:

That was the style in the early 90's. We didn't think they were ugly back then

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Very true, the 90s ties remind me of the Art Deco style ties that were first introduced in the late 1920s (but the 90s ties usually showed more color)



fashionsnob said:

Very true, the 90s ties remind me of the Art Deco style ties that were first introduced in the late 1920s (but the 90s ties usually showed more color)

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The same thing with the suits to a certain degree. The main difference, in my mind, is that with the advent of modern technology the stuff in the 90s was much more cheaply made and it showed.

Ok, I think I have got enough suggestions (but please keep them coming in case there is someone that needs to be nominated). Here is the list with most of your suggestions. I will spend a day looking at each Character's style and narrow it down to possibly 30 before giving it out to vote.

1. Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother
2. Nolan Ross of Revenge
3. Don Draper of ABC's Mad Men
4. Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl
5. Scott Disick from the Kardashians
6. Steven Colbert of The Colbert Report
7. Andy Bernard on The Office
8. The Sopranos' Tony Soprano
9. Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock
10. Nucky from Boardwalk Empire
11. David Letterman
12. Cary Agos from The Good Wife
13. Late Night Show Host Jimmy Fallon
14. Flinch from Person of Interest
15. Sheldon from Big Bang Theory
16. Mark Valley on Harry's Law
17. Frasier Crane on Frasier
18. Leo McGarry - The West Wing
19. Ari Gold – Entourage
20. Victor Sifuentes (Jimmy Smits) - LA Law
21. Horatio Caine - CSI Miami
22. Danny McCoy (Josh Duhamel) - Las Vegas
23. Sonny Crockett - Miami Vice
24. James Rockford - The Rockford Files
25. Harvey Specter on Suits
26. Matt Bomer from White Collar
27. Ricky Ricardo and Fred Mertz from "I Love Lucy"
28. Detective Dwight Hendricks (Jason Lee on the late great Memphis Beat
29. Barnabas Collins (the late Jonathan Frid on Dark Shadows)
30. Mr. Humphries (the late John Inman on Are You Being Served?)
31. Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan)
32. Dr. Paul Hunter (ex-GMA host David Hartman on the rare series from NBC The Bold Ones)
33. Dr. Steven Kiley (James Brolin, Marcus Welby, M.D.)
34. Dr. Roger Coleridge (Ron Hale on now defunct soap Ryan's Hope)
35. Joe Novak (the Roscoe Born one from Ryan's Hope)
36. Lamont Sanford (Demond Wilson on Sanford & Son)
37. Roger Sterling (John Slattery on Mad Men)
38. Detective Sgt. Ron Harris (Ron Glass on Barney Miller from seasons 6-8)
39. Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard General Hospital)
40. Quentin Collins (David Selby on Dark Shadows on the present day storylines)
41. Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox on Family Ties)
42. Barney (Neil Patrick Harris on How I Met Your Mother?)
43. Dr. Ted Stuart (John Saxon on The Bold Ones)
44. Gavin 'Spinner' Mason (Shane Kippel formerly of Degrassi)
45. Jackson Montgomery (Walt Willey on now-defunct All My Children)
46. Stuart Chandler (David Canary also on AMC)
47. Dr. Noah Drake (Rick Springfield during the 1980s era General Hospital)
48. Alexander (now oldest Oscar winner Christopher Plummer on well-forgotten USA show from early 1990s Counterstrike with the late Simon MacCorkindaler
49. The late Detective Bobby Simone (played by Jimmy Smits on NYPD Blue)
50. Declan Coyne (Landon Liboiron on Degrassi before heading to now-defunct Terra Nova)
51. Shane Donovan (Charles Shaughnessy on Days of Our Lives)
52. Detective Fontana (Dennis Farina) on the original Law & Order
53. Denny Crane (William Shatner) on Boston Legal
54. Charlie Runkle (Evan Handler) on Californication
55. Richard (Teddy Sears) on the short-lived Raising the Bar
56. Bertie Wooster
57. Robert, Earl of Grantham of PBS's Downtown Abbey
58. Sebastian Flyte, Charles Ryder and Rex Mottram from Brideshead Revisited



Flyswatter said:

Harvey Specter. End of thread.

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The series themselves are fine, but his suits and shirts, windsor knot aside, are really not that pleasing:



fashionsnob said:

Ok, I think I have got enough suggestions (but please keep them coming in case there is someone that needs to be nominated). Here is the list with most of your suggestions. I will spend a day looking at each Character's style and narrow it down to possibly 30 before giving it out to vote.

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I did a second update in my post and listed a few more (perhaps they just weren't of interest, which is totally cool too). Also, I'd double check certain things like spellings (none that I knew were incorrect, though) and networks (saw one or two I know weren't right) on IMDb. That's a good source for the actor names when none were listed.



TimelesStyle said:

I did a second update in my post and listed a few more (perhaps they just weren't of interest, which is totally cool too). Also, I'd double check certain things like spellings (none that I knew were incorrect, though) and networks (saw one or two I know weren't right) on IMDb. That's a good source for the actor names when none were listed.

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Thanks for the suggestion about IMDb. It is a good source indeed. Thanks for making so many good suggestions. I had to cut a few of them (mostly for the fact that some shows are quite outdated). Also, (just my personal opinion) shows during the 80s usually are not that fashion-friendly.

I will do a little more editing to a Top30 list. I will post it once done and hope that everyone is voting on their Top10.

Cheers,

H



fashionsnob said:

Thanks for the suggestion about IMDb. It is a good source indeed. Thanks for making so many good suggestions. I had to cut a few of them (mostly for the fact that some shows are quite outdated). Also, (just my personal opinion) shows during the 80s usually are not that fashion-friendly.
I will do a little more editing to a Top30 list. I will post it once done and hope that everyone is voting on their Top10.
Cheers,
H

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Ah yes, definitely some cutting to be done. I was thinking mostly of the other Boardwalk cast members and McDowell in Entourage. And whether or not you go with my suggestion (RH), some non-scripted names might be interested since they're presumably choosing from their own wardrobes.

Thanks again for all the suggestions. Overall you guys nominated over 70 characters for the Top10 Best Dressed TV Character List. After browsing through quite a few images and watching a few clips here and there, I cut this list down to 30. Now it is time to cast your vote. Please give me your Top 10 (in order please). Hopefully this great participation continues and I will have a final Top10 list within the next couple days.

1. Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother
2. Nolan Ross of Revenge
3. Don Draper of ABC's Mad Men
4. Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl
5. Scott Disick from the Kardashians
6. Steven Colbert of The Colbert Report
7. Andy Bernard on The Office
8. The Sopranos' Tony Soprano
9. Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock
10. Nucky from Boardwalk Empire
11. David Letterman
12. Cary Agos from The Good Wife
13. Late Night Show Host Jimmy Fallon
14. Mark Valley on Harry's Law
15. Ari Gold – Entourage
16. Sonny Crockett - Miami Vice
17. James Rockford - The Rockford Files
18. Harvey Specter on Suits
19. Ricky Ricardo and Fred Mertz from "I Love Lucy"
20. Mr. Humphries (the late John Inman on Are You Being Served?)
21. Dr. Steven Kiley (James Brolin, Marcus Welby, M.D.)
22. Lamont Sanford (Demond Wilson on Sanford & Son)
23. Roger Sterling (John Slattery on Mad Men)
24. Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox on Family Ties)
25. Stuart Chandler (David Canary also on AMC)
26. Declan Coyne (Landon Liboiron on Degrassi before heading to now-defunct Terra Nova)
27. Detective Fontana (Dennis Farina) on the original Law & Order
28. Bertie Wooster
29. Robert, Earl of Grantham of PBS's Downtown Abbey
30. Terrence McQuewick on Entourage

Cheers

H