Platon

Mugabe had a very strange quality about him. He was dapper. He had the strangest skin - it looks very shiny, but it's not oily. It's stretched very finely over his flesh. His eyes have layers of cyan crystals in them. It was a quiet, dark moment when I took his picture.

Greek Photographer

Nina Dobrev

A man in a suit looking put together and dapper is very attractive, but I also kind of like the I-just-rolled-out-of-bed, a-little-bit-of-scruff, effortless, not-trying-hard-but-still-sexy guy. If a guy spends more time looking in the mirror than I do, that's problem!

Canadian Actress

Peter Diamandis

A dapper Canadian in his mid-fifties, Rob McEwen bought the disparate collection of gold mining companies known as Goldcorp in 1989. A decade later, he'd unified those companies and was ready for expansion - a process he wanted to start by building a new refinery.

American Businessman

Geena Davis

This dapper little mouse that wore such cute clothes and said such interesting things, yeah. I thought it was a great idea to have a mouse like that in your family, so now I get to see what it was like.

American Actress

Ben Fogle

There are a lot of people that I think look very good - Bryan Ferry and Jude Law dress really well, Steve McQueen was cool, and all the James Bonds have been very dapper.

English Writer

David Millar

I think cycling has always had a tradition of being a bit dapper, especially back in the day.

British Athlete

Taika Waititi

I always wanted to play a dapper gentleman, and I also always wanted to play my mum.

New Zealander Director

Cam'ron

American Musician

Use 'dapper' when complimenting someone's elegant fashion style, often with suits or formal wear.

Fashion Focus

'Dapper' has a positive connotation, suggesting approval and admiration of someone's style.

Positive Tone

While not exclusive, 'dapper' is commonly used to describe men or masculine style.

Masculine Use

'Dapper' used in a lively context tends to evoke a quaint, old-fashioned charm.

Past Vibrancy

It's fitting when describing someone's energetic presence in a way that feels timeless or classic.

Classic Energy

Great for describing lively, animated characters in books or movies, especially in historical settings.

Characters Alive

 you're in tulsa oklahoma in the bustling all-black greenwood section of town a dapper mustachioed man pulls up in front of the stratford hotel in a shiny model t ford he's a lawyer and real estate developer

A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...

 from a shambling corpse to the dapper gentleman you see before you. Vampires are nearly as old as you humans. Stories about us, revenants, appear in cultures extending as far back as prehistoric times.