Colonel Gadhafi's Despicable Yet Undeniable Despot Swag

There are a great many things that could be said for Gadhafi's policies and the present, deeply troubling state of Libya but we are fairly certain that you don't frequent the Style section of the Complex site for up-to-the-minute death tolls and nuanced political opinion pieces (if you do, we are sorreeee and don't know what happened but we're pretty sure it's your fault) but something we can, without question, all agree on is that. Dude. Has. Swag.

Whether it's the gargantuan mosaic of military ribbons or his statuesque perm or his unnervingly prosthetic-looking face or the fact that he is the spit and image of SNL's Fred Armisen or his vast cape collection—we have to tip our hats to the demonic dictator for his sartorial bananimalcrackersness. For everything else, we spit on the megalomaniac's delusional murderous autocratic horse-shit.

ANYWAY, we have collected a gallery of his very best worst best ensembles. Enjoy.

Here Gadhafi is seen wearing an all-over print nehru collared shirt buttoned all the way up with a jaunty scarf. Tops it off with a tilted black military hat with shades. Smooth. You know he kept his hand in his pocket the whole time, too.

In this get-up, the Colonel is wearing a white suit, blue tinted shades, and a pin game that would make all the hypebeasts jealous.

Gadhafi trounces the military clothing game in this shirt with an Africa print all over. We give streetwear brands exactly three minutes to rip this off exactly. With a better collar, though, obviously.

Here the Libyan ruler is seen inconspicuously and tastefully adorned amongst other world leaders. All gravitas everything.

Fur Ushanka + shearling. Of course. What did you expect? PETA member?

His custom-made shirts are so fresh. And what really surprises us is that Gadhafi carries his own umbrella. Even Diddy doesn't do commonfolk things like that. Props over here. Except he is walking on a carpet. On the beach. As you do.

Looking like the Kingpin, but better. Because he's wearing a cape. Nonchalantly thrown over his shoulders like a G.

AHAHAHAHAH TIE DYYYYYYE FOR! Amirite??? Also, the rickrack on the satin cuffs are killing us.

Peep the FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH pinned to his lapel. It's of a Libyan national hero that was killed by the Italian authorities. Peep the dude next to Gadhafi, it's Silvio Berlusconi, PM of Italy because THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN IN ROME. #shots

[via Vanity Fair]