Over the past few weeks we’ve been getting fashion inspo from superheroes on screen. Earlier we covered The Flash and Supergirl. For this week’s Heroic Styles feature, I’m drawing inspiration from the hero that started it all, The Emerald Archer, Green Arrow.

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About Arrow

Following the end of Smallville, in 2012 The CW greenlit a show based on DC Comics’ character The Green Arrow to fill the comic book hole in their programming. The show premiered in fall of the same year under the name Arrow and became a huge success. It is thanks to this show that we have The Flash, Supergirl and other comic book based TV series today.

If you haven’t seen the show, here’s the rundown: Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen, played by Stephen Amell, goes missing and is presumed dead after his family’s yacht sinks. Five years later, he is found on an island and returns to Starling City. After his return, he becomes an arched vigilante, The Hood, working to right his family’s wrongs and save his city.

Oliver’s Style on Arrow

Arrow has had its up and downs in regards to quality, but Oliver has never been anything other than badass. He’s gone through hell and he’s still standing, which is incredibly inspiring.

Oliver’s style is extremely simple and practical, yet very sharp and elegant. He rarely uses bright colors (his suit is a very, very dark shade of green) and he favors grey, black and white for his civilian clothes. He usually wears button-up shirts, slacks, leather jackets, and pea coats.

Outfit #1: After five years in hell

Products: Sweatshirt – Nordstrom, Jeans – Nordstrom, Jacket – Macy’s, Sneakers – Aldo, Watch – Nordstrom