The dust has settled after New York Fashion Week Spring ‘22. The fashion world has taken its notes, retreated into the cutting room, and adjusted its fits accordingly. Everywhere, style has changed just that little bit. Everywhere, of course, except video games.
No, in video games, it’s still the last word in sartorial elegance to pair a really, really massive pair of shoulder pads with a really, really massive pair of boots. If you’re a woman, put a few rips in a skintight bodice and that’s your outfit done, whereas men might opt for a pec-accentuating cuirass or a crew cut T-shirt with their military details printed on it. Failing that: trench coat.
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But not everyone falls into these traps. A select few characters in video games demonstrate perfect poise and an aesthetic eye, dressing themselves better than most humans, and often managing to perform massacres and foil supervillains while they do it. Here are some of the best-dressed in gaming, arranged in no particular order (although obviously Agent 47 wins).