Men
Vito Scaletta from Mafia II
Vito Scaletta (voiced by Rick Pasqualone) is the protagonist of the Mafia II video game and a member of the Falcone Crime Family. Vito served in the Vietnam War like Lincoln Clay, where both received the Distinguished Service Cross. Vito dresses the part of a gangster, with dark slicked hair and wearing expensive suits. He also often wears a long wool trench coat or a shorter bomber jacket.
Red Poncho from Craig of the Creek
Xavier (voiced by Charles DeWayne) is a character from the cartoon series Craig of the Creek. He is the former king of the Other Side of the Creek and also takes on the persona of the Red Poncho. Xavier is a tyrranical king and finds himself at odds with Craig Wiliams during a game of capture the flag. As the Red Poncho, Xavier wears black and white shoes, grey socks, and black pants. He also has a black long sleeved shirt and matching gloves. To finish your look, you’ll need a lack hood and glowing goggles. True night vision goggles like Xavier’s can be pricey, but a pair of steampunk inspired ones will get the job done. Lastly, don your red poncho and a red mask over the lower half of your face.
Ryan from High School Musical
Ryan is a character from the early 2000s Disney film High School Musical, and is played by Lucas Grabeel. Ryan is a fashionable co-president of the drama club at East High, alongside his sister Sharpay.
To dress like Ryan wear a pink cap with a pink striped shirt, or a silver striped shirt with green pants, a black belt, and a green rhinestoned hat. Carry a white microphone to complete the look.
Ritsu Kasanoda from Ouran High School Host Club
Ritsu (voiced in Japanese by Wataru Hatano and in English by Christopher Sabat) is a secondary main character in the anime/manga series, Ouran High School Host Club.
He is a student at Ouran Academy along with the rest of the main cast and aims to learn under Mori’s tutelage on how to be respected despite having a hard emotional exterior. He is a successor to the strongest yakuza group in the Kantō region, Kasanoda-gumi, though he’s actually surprisingly very kind under his quick temper.
Ritsu has nearly shoulder length muted tone reddish-brown hair that he wears tied up with his bangs partially in his face, and he is usually seen wearing a variation of the Ouran Academy uniform. For the top half, he wears the standard periwinkle blazer with the crest, but he does wear it unbuttoned, as well as the white dress shirt underneath, and you can see his light yellow undershirt and gold dangle necklace that he wears. For the bottoms, he does wear the regular black slacks and loafers.
Shinya Oda from Persona 5/Royal
Shinya (voiced in Japanese by Aki Kanada and in English by Barbara Goodson [P5/P5R]/Eden Riegel [P5A]) is a secondary character in the Persona 5 series.
He is a character you meet early on in the series once you unlock the arcade, as he spends most of his time there as an ace marksman in the Gun About arcade game. Once you spend more time with him he ends up becoming one of your Confidant pathways, with his arcana being that of ‘The Tower’.
Shinya has choppy cut black hair and dark grey eyes, and he wears a red ball cap with GET SMOKED on it in gold lettering. His upper layer is a white and light blue varsity jacket with gold detailing, a red circle with a white ’16’ inside of it, and ‘NOOBS’ across the chest in black and white lettering. His pants are a dark grey-blue pair of jeans that are rolled up to just below the knees, and he wears midtoned blue sneakers without visible socks. This is finished off with his green, white, and red school backpack.
Schrodinger from Hellsing
Schrodinger (voiced by Ryoko Shiraishi and Laura Bailey) is a major antagonist in the anime series Hellsing, which means he is often at odds with the vampire Alucard. He is often playful and teasing werecat, but that does not diminish his cruelty. Schrodinger wears a Nazi youth uniform, which you can recreate with a short sleeved yellow button down, long black shorts, and knee high socks. Add some accessories including a black tie, white gloves, a black belt, and a white and red striped arm band, and a leather strap over your right shoulder. Finish your look with a blonde wig and animal ear headband.
Caeneus from KAOS
Caeneus is a character from the new Netflix series KAOS, and is played by Misia Butler. KAOS is a modern dark comedy series that is inspired by the characters and stories of Greek mythology.
To dress like Caeneus, wear a pair of grey coveralls, a light gray dress shirt and black tie underneath, a gray work jacket, and black boots. Make the patches with any paints on transfer paper. Cut out and iron onto both the coveralls pocket and jacket pocket.
Teenage Illumi Zoldyck from Hunter x Hunter
This article will be focusing on Illumi when he was a teenager, if you would like to see one of his main series outfits, please check out the article I’ve done on it here!
As a teenager, he looks significantly different to how he looking during the majority of the rest of the series. While as an adult he’s get extremely long hair, worn predominantly pulled back to expose his forehead, as a teenager he has much shorter hair, which is worn partially in his eyes. He wears an off-white turtleneck, with a two toned lavender zip-up sweater over top, followed by black pants, and matching flat black shoes.
Thom Yorke from MTV Beach House
In 1993, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke put on a legendary performance Live at the MTV Beach House. The alternative band played their mega-hit single Creep, but the concert has since become better known for their other track, Anyone Can Play Guitar. During this song, Thom goes bananas, screaming “fat, ugly, dead” before jumping into the swimming pool. Although the spring-breakers watching the spectacle at the beach house weren’t aware, it turned out that in this act, Thom nearly killed himself, simultaneously through electrocution and drowning. The bleached blonde hair, done up in a ponytail, as well as the striped black shirt, are a not-so-subtle nod to grunge rockstar Kurt Cobain, whose band Nirvana ruled the airwaves at the time.
Father Jack Hackett from Father Ted
Father Jack Hackett (played by Frank Kelly) is one of the trio of bad priests banished to Craggy Island in the British television series Father Ted. Father Jack is an alcoholic and tends to be very rude, often more antagonistic than his fellow priests Father Ted Crilly and Father Dougal McGuire. As is sometimes the case, the accessories are really what will make your Father Jack costume work. Start with a black shirt and tab collar, and a black suit to match. Then, you’ll want a balding wig that you can style to be as wildly disheveled as possible. Use a makeup sponge and a cream makeup stick to add red blotches to your face, and then complete your outfit with a cane and a fake cigarette.