The chain mail and shoulder armor are what people notice first, since that silver knight look is the exact costume from the film’s masquerade scene. Black clothing underneath keeps the armor pieces as the focal point instead of competing with them. Leave the armor off and wear just the black shirt and pants, and the costume reads as generic Renaissance clothing, not this specific film. A plastic, obviously fake sword with bright colors also breaks the look, the film’s version reads as simple and metallic.
Romeo spots Juliet through a fish tank at the Capulet’s masquerade party while dressed in this exact knight costume, and tells her he’s never seen true beauty until that night, almost word for word from Shakespeare’s original play. He’s impulsive from the start, marrying her within a day of meeting her and getting himself banished from Verona soon after for killing her cousin. At a party, leaning into that impulsiveness, moving fast and speaking with total sincerity, sells the character more than the armor does on its own.
