In your whole life, how many times have you been fascinated with vampires? Those dreadful yet beautiful creatures of the dark, that could literally suck the life out of your veins, never fail to astonish us. I’m sure you have more than once, depicted in your mind the very fashion and elegance of Dracula, the most ancient of those damned creatures; but have you ever visualized the real fashion of Dracula as Bram Stoker, his father, depicted him?

Dracula was a tall old man who had a cleanly-shaved face save for the long white mustache that ran just above his mouth. His face spoke of the strength of his character. It was curved, as the beak of an eagle, with a high bridge for his thin nose, which apparently had arched nostrils. His eyebrows were relatively thick with bushy hair that seemed to curl. He had a proud and domed forehead. Another unlikely characteristic would be his hair, which grows scantily around his temples yet freely elsewhere. His face also suffered the weight of a long white mustache; and below it, is his mouth which was very much cruel-looking especially with his peculiarly protruded sharp teeth. The ears were pointed at their tips. The most prominent of these descriptions was Dracula’s pale and death like skin.

Altogether, these traits can creep out anyone. However, the fashion that Stoker gave Dracula evidently outweighed the physical unattractiveness of the creature. Dracula was clad in black from head to toe; he had a black frock-coat buttoned up to the chin; his trousers were fashionably cut and were black as the night; his boots were perfectly polished leather; an undoubtedly elegant choice of attire.

With this fashion, Stoker gave the awful creature the elegance and beauty of a count. This sort of transformation or rather, illusion, brought about by Dracula’s fashion reflects so much of the wonders fashion can do. Nowadays, vampires are depicted with very fashionable descriptions. These things being said, we can say that with fashion, even the vilest of creatures can be changed into elegant dark princes.