A personality made of tailoring
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Wide-shouldered 1980s tailoring, a pale contrast-collar shirt, a bold tie and glasses worn indoors for no reason.
Isis Mussenden designed the film, and the wardrobe is a catalogue of late-eighties Wall Street signifiers — structured suits, pale shirts, loud silk ties, braces — assembled with a precision that is itself the joke. Bateman's clothes are the most detailed thing about him, and there is nothing underneath them.
Padded shoulder, roomy chest, high-waisted pleated trouser. A slim modern suit is a different film.
★ 4.4 · 655 reviews
Navy pinstripe - size up one for the shoulder presence
Coloured or striped body, white collar and cuffs. The fastest signal in the wardrobe.
★ 4.3 · 560 reviews
The stripes-light-blue with the white collar - the Fisher account shirt
Bold, patterned, large knot. Everything else stays pale so this can be loud.
★ 4.7 · 636 reviews
Red paisley, wide - the tie is a business card
Worn instead of a belt, clipped or buttoned. A period detail that costs almost nothing.
★ 4.4 · 798 reviews
Button-fit only - clips would be a misdemeanor
Simple round face. Precision rather than flash.
★ 4.6 · 960 reviews
The leather strap - understated is the flex
White or pale blue, worn with braces and no jacket. Sleeves never rolled.
★ 4.4 · 651 reviews
White or pale blue, pressed hard
Worn indoors, at night, for no medical reason whatsoever.
★ 4.5 · 771 reviews
Clear square frame - no prescription required
Pale, single-breasted, belted. Practical outerwear used theatrically.
★ 4.4 · 640 reviews
Khaki, belted, worn over the suit - for walking away from things
Black, polished, unremarkable. Nothing here is allowed to be scuffed.
★ 4.4 · 770 reviews
Black, polished to a verdict
The eighties silhouette is the point: a wide, structured shoulder and a high-waisted, pleated trouser with a full leg. A modern slim suit is a completely different look. Contrast collar is the single fastest signal — a coloured or striped shirt body with a white collar and white cuffs. It costs nothing and it does more than the suit. The tie carries the colour, in silk, with a large knot. Everything else stays pale. And the details matter more than the labels: braces rather than a belt, a plain white pocket square, a simple metal watch on a leather strap. It's a wardrobe about precision, so anything sloppy undoes it.
Late-80s Wall Street power: structured-shoulder pinstripes, contrast-collar shirts, wide silk ties, button braces and a clean leather-strap watch.
The pale belted raincoat is the film's most quoted piece — worn over the suit, for reasons the less said about the better. It also happens to be a genuinely good coat.
Slim-fit modern suits and clip-on braces. The shoulders must be architectural, the cards must be bone, and yes — it even has a watermark.