Extravagant, if not gaudy, suits and gold jewelry are Blaxploitation staples. Some critics have regarded his work as gaudy, oversized, extravagant champions of Manifest Destiny. He is known for his colourful gaudy costumes and excessive makeup. Tropicalism was a movement that focused on kitsch, bad taste and gaudy colors. Others found it to be gaudy, dated, cartoonish and ghastly. Evening wear for women were decorated with sparkling beads, bangles and gaudy embroideries. Later in the empire, following barbarian invasions, colorful and gaudy jewellery became popular. Also gaudy colored hair, dreadlocks, tattoos and piercings came into fashion with ravers. He routinely dresses in loud, gaudy colors, and now drives a Cadillac DeVille. Though not yet completed, the home has been called "gaudy" and "absurd". "Spin" gave the record an 8/10 rating, calling it "irresistibly gaudy" and "catchier, glitzier, ballsier". It was regarded and portrayed as a gaudy farce. Are the characters as gaudy and thin as cereal boxes? He attends Esteban and Nancy's wedding in a gaudy tuxedo. Watson later said he removed them because they were "big, gaudy, plastic arrangements".