Style File № 33

How to dress like Gomez Addams from The Addams Family

A double-breasted black-and-grey pinstripe, a wide-collared shirt, a silk tie and a cigar he is always about to light.

Double-Breasted PinstripeWide Peak LapelSpread Collar ShirtSilk TiePocket Square

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№ 33 The Addams Family Male elegance, played entirely for joy. GomezAddams Pinstripes, and total delight. 1991, the Addams mansion 9 pieces Double-Breasted Pinstripe · Wide Peak Lapel · Spread Collar Shirt

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The Wardrobe, Decoded

Male elegance, played entirely for joy.

Ruth Myers dressed the 1991 film and described the pleasure of the job plainly: "to have men with that sort of male elegance, it was a very fun job." Gomez's signature was a bespoke black-and-grey double-breasted pinstripe suit tailored by Barbara Matera — documented from the screen-used costume, with interior "Mr. Julia" labels in the jacket and trousers.

Why we can't let it go

Gomez Addams is the happiest wardrobe on this site. Every other tailored character here wears a suit as armour, as status or as a threat. Gomez wears one because he's having a wonderful time.

The pinstripe does most of the work — double-breasted, generously cut, with a wide peak lapel and a shirt collar to match. It's 1930s tailoring worn in the nineties by a man who has clearly never considered dressing any other way.

And it's an underrated Halloween option, because unlike most costumes it's actually just a very good suit. You can wear the whole thing to a wedding the following week.

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The Suit

Any hour of any day

1930s proportions, worn with total commitment and no irony.

01 Double-Breasted Pinstripe Suit Roomy, wide peak lapel, visible chalk stripe. A slim city stripe is a banker, not Gomez. Budget Splurge
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02 Spread Collar Shirt White, wide collar, French cuff if possible. Proportions must be big together. Budget Splurge
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03 Silk Tie, Full Knot Patterned, generous width, Windsor knot. Budget Splurge
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04 Silk Pocket Square White or patterned, puffed rather than folded flat. Budget Splurge
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05 Black Leather Oxford Polished, plain toe, classic. Nothing modern at the foot. Budget Splurge
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At Home

Fencing in the drawing room, presumably

The suit relaxed by exactly one garment.

01 Silk Smoking Jacket Deep burgundy or black, shawl collar, tie belt. Budget Splurge
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02 Striped Dress Trouser High waist, pleated, worn with braces. Budget Splurge
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03 Braces Buttoned rather than clipped. Period-correct and cheap. Budget Splurge
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04 Signet Ring Heavy, gold, one finger. The only jewellery. Budget Splurge
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How to actually wear the Gomez look

Double-breasted, and generously cut. A slim single-breasted pinstripe is a banker; a roomy double-breasted one with a wide peak lapel is Gomez. The lapel width is what carries it. The stripe should be visible from across a room — chalk or rope stripe on charcoal or black, not a subtle city stripe. Wide collar on the shirt, and a silk tie with a full knot. The proportions all need to be big together; one narrow element and the whole thing looks like a mismatch. And the finishing touches are cheap: a pocket square, slicked-back hair, a thin moustache. The suit does the work but those three are what make it read as the character rather than as menswear.

Written and edited by · Updated 16 August 2026

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