‘Being Human,’ Where Fashion is Undead

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Much has been made lately of the bloodless rise of vampire chic. “Rarely have monsters looked so sultry — or so camera-ready,” writes Ruth La Ferla, picking up on the generally attractive and well-clad undead of “Twilight,” “True Blood” and “Vampire Diaries.” To wit, a fair number of male models seen in Paris and Milan this season mimicked a pale epicene vampire. But vampires aren’t the only supernatural beings who contend with an eternity of sartorial choices. Witness “Being Human,” a new BBC America series about a vampire, a ghost and a werewolf sharing a flat in Bristol, England. What of the other creatures in this monster mash — what do ghosts and werewolves choose to wear forever? The style conundrums of the undead may be a new field of study, but let’s sinks our teeth into it, shall we?

Touchpaper TV and BBC Mitchell, the vampire, is the hot one. Of course.

In the series, which premiered on July 25, the vampire Mitchell, played by Aidan Turner, is predictably the most handsome of the trio. He favors leather overcoats and fingerless gloves when he’s not wearing the baby-blue scrubs of the hospital where he works. His long thick hair — luscious even — is perpetually slicked back with some sort of gel or perhaps pomade. Happily, undercutting this strangely “Blade”-inspired ensemble is Mitchell’s comforting proclivity for T-shirts over long-sleeved shirts, à la University of Michigan 1999. It’s really George, his werewolf friend, and Annie, his ghostly roomie, who offer a glimpse into the eternal closets of the undead.

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