And if you look at photos of the real-life mobsters those movies portrayed, you can easily see that it was indeed how they dressed in those years. Were they as good-looking? I don't know, I hardly pay attention to that part. Henry Hill for sure wasn't anywhere near as good-looking as Ray Liotta, but Tommy Desimone wasn't a bad-looking dude and wasn't a midget like Joe Pesci. So I suppose it could go both ways. Of course it doesn't compare to this day and age, but then again, people in general dress like slobs.