Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks wed usually refrain from recommending.
Weve got all the info you should probably be successfully unsavory.
So dont pull shenanigans when youre being booked.
venture to look as unassuming and not-guilty as possible.
Wear a shirt that wont wash out your face.
double-check your hair is on point.
Make yourself prettyyou only get one chance to make a first impression.
Look at how well-groomed disgraced ex-house majority leaderTom Delaylooks in the mugshot above!
He still got three years, though.
Mugshots are all about the expression
Mugshots generally arent the most flattering images.
The lighting is harsh.
But it’s possible for you to do a lot with a little.
Below are some pose choices to think about while you hang out in the holding cell.
The smirk
The coolest mugshots tend to feature a slight smirk.
Check outJimi Hendrixsiconic Can youbelievethis shit?
expression for an iconic example.
The smile
Do not smile in your mugshot.Even if it comes with free tacos.
TakeBrittany Wilsons mugshot above.
The Daily Mail in the U.K.even took the opportunity to take potshots at her from across the ocean.
The glamor shot
Reality show pioneer and cultural harbinger Paris Hilton knows how topose.
Even after an arrest of drug possession, she looks unflappable and chic in her2006 mugshot.
However, perfecting a pose like this might require a lifetime of living in unimaginable luxury.
Theres nothing more pathetic than trying to look tough and failing.
Even if they dont, youre just asking to be picked out of a photo lineup.
This picture was taken after Lewis was arrested for using a whites-only bathroom on a freedom ride.
It delivers, everything you know will crumble to dust energy.
He looks like hespityingthe asshole taking his picture.
That hetweeted it out laterin his life when he was a congressman only adds to his legend.
Its never going to happen.
Certainly no one will ever want tobuy your mugshot at auctionfor$6,100.
