Noire Fashion

Written by Cynella; PSHG Founder

Recently, Lockwood released a new line to their Drey collection, Drey Noire. Noire is different from what they have released in the past but it maintains the quality that Lockwood fans have come to expect. The collection includes several different variations of tweed. Tweed has been made popular over the years by detective movies and books, perhaps, it was no accident that Lockwood chose to name the collection Noire.

The term noir, without the letter “e” is a generic term to describe crime fiction, while the french word noire simply means black. A few of you may have played the game, LA Noire, a detective game based in the mid fifties, this time period is very typical of where I would expect to see the Noire collection.

When I first saw the trailer for Drey Noired, the first thing that came to my mind was the game CLUE from Parker Brothers. As a child, I was always fascinated by mysteries and if I wasn’t reading Nancy Drew, I probably could be found playing board games, my favorite being CLUE.

The idea that these outfits were based on CLUE characters is not as far stretched as it may seem. Although, there are only six main characters in the game and eight costumes released by Lockwood, six of the eight fit the characters almost perfectly.

First up is the:

Drey Private Eye Panache Mega Bundle- Black

Model: King_of_games30

• Drey Leather Gloves- Black
• The Private Eye
• Drey leather buckled loafers- Black
• Drey undercover sunglasses- Black
• Drey high collar trenchcoat- Charcoal
• Drey sleek fit trousers- Grey
• 3.99

This suit is very stylish and although it is black, it has a deep purple accent which makes me think of professor Plum.

Drey Private Eye Panache Mega Bundle – Brown

Model: King_of_games30

• Drey Leather Gloves- Brown
• The Private Eye
• Drey leather buckled loafers- Brown
• Drey undercover sunglasses- Black
• Drey high collar trenchcoat- Brown
• Drey sleek fit trousers- Brown
• 3.99

Although this outfit doesn’t have a green tie, Mr. Green is known to wear a brown suit.

Drey Fashion Detective Mega Bundle- Charcoal

Model: King_of_games30

• Drey detective trilby – Dark Brown
• Drey service watch  - Gold
• Drey gumshoes- Black
• Drey undercover sunglasses – Gold
• Drey office slacks- Charcoal
• Drey office waistcoat- Charcoal

Mr. Boddy is known to wear all black and since he is a millionaire, I can see him dressing snazzy in this outfit.

Drey Fashion Detective MEga Bundle- Tweed

Model: Ixarix

• Drey detective trilby - Light Brown
• Drey service watch  - Gold
• Drey gumshoes- Brown
• Drey undercover sunglasses – Gold
• Drey office slacks- Tweed
• Drey office waistcoat- Tweed

Colonel Mustard is a hunter and a war hero but he is also known to wear a tweed suit. Add a monocle and some mutton chops and I think ixarix would look just like him in the picture above.

Drey Fashion Detective Ultimate Bundle- $5.99

Drey Private Eye Panache Ultimate Bundle- $5.99

Drey Fashion Hunter Mega Bundle- Gray

• Drey High Heeled lace ups- Black
• Drey leather satchel- Charcoal
• Drey tweed flat cap- Gray
• Drey jodhpur jeans- Gray
• Drey hunter jacket – Red
• 2.99

Miss Scarlet is a young woman who loves to wear red, although this outfit is not promiscuous, the color favors her very well.

This outfit is also available in Beige.

Drey Fashion Hunter Mega Bundle- Beige

• Drey High Heeled lace ups- Tan
• Drey leather satchel- Brown 
• Drey tweed flat cap- Beige
• Drey jodhpur jeans- Beige
• Drey hunter jacket – Beige

This outfit in no way resembles any of the characters from CLUE, but even so it is a very nice outfit to go horseback riding in.

Drey Fashion Hunter Ultimate Bundle – 4.99

Drey Femme Fatale Mega Bundle- Aubergine

Model: Elmo-JO

Model: Elmo-JO

• Drey Belted Blazer – Aubergine
• Drey button pannel skirt – Aubergine
• Drey wedge boots – Brown 
• Drey leather clutch and gloves – Brown
• The Femme Fatale
• 2.99

Mrs. Peacock is known for wearing blue, but she is also known for wearing a puffy, busy body tweed suit. I can definitely see her sporting this lovely outfit.

This lovely belted Blazer is also available in Charcoal.

Drey Femme Fatale Mega Bundle- Charcoal 

• Drey Belted Blazer – Charcoal
• Drey button pannel skirt – Charcoal
• Drey wedge boots – Black 
• Drey leather clutch and gloves – Charcoal 
• The Femme Fatale
• 2.99

This is the outfit I chose to purchase out of all of them, it fits my avatar’s style. This outfit is also something that you would find Mrs. Peacock in, but since Lockwood seemed to leave Mrs. White out of the mix, I’ll go ahead and say it looks like something Mrs. White would wear, although I’d be lying.

Overall, all these lovely suits are definitely worth the purchase, the only thing that might hold you back from buying all of them is your color preference. Although the Aubergine outfit was calling out to me, I decided to go for the Charcoal version of the belted blazer because it will fit in more with the wardrobe that I have now.