Costume Tropes



""Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.""

- Mark Twain

Yes, things you wear can be tropes. Time, place, setting, characterization, situation, symbolism, and what the costumer/artist feels like can all dictate what characters wear.

Tropes
Related:
 * Anatomy Tropes
 * The Beautiful Tropes
 * Nudity Tropes
 * Rule of Glamorous

Categories:


 * Bejeweled Tropes
 * The Caped Index
 * Characteristic Clothing Colors
 * Clothing Reflects Personality
 * Coats and Jackets
 * Cranium Coverings
 * Disguise Tropes
 * Dresses, Gowns, and Skirts
 * Glasses Tropes
 * Glove Tropes
 * Let This Index Be Your Umbrella
 * Mink Becomes This Index Most
 * Partial Nudity Tropes
 * Stock Costume Traits
 * Standard Superhero Suits
 * Stripperiffic
 * Swimsuit Index
 * These Tropes Are Made for Walking
 * Tropes in Pants
 * Unmentionables
 * Villainous Fashion Sense
 * Who Was That Masked Index?


 * Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal
 * Action Dress Rip
 * Action Fashionista
 * Adults Dressed As Children
 * Adventurer Outfit
 * Age-Inappropriate Dress
 * All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats
 * All-Encompassing Mantle
 * All Cloth Unravels
 * All Women Love Shoes
 * Ammunition Backpack
 * And Your Reward Is Clothes
 * Animal-Eared Headband
 * Anti-Gravity Clothing
 * Appropriate Animal Attire
 * Awesome Anachronistic Apparel
 * Awesome Backpack
 * Badass Bandolier
 * Badass Cape
 * Badass in A Nice Suit
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Badass Long Robe
 * Bad Habits
 * Bad Job, Worse Uniform
 * Bandage Babe
 * Bandage Mummy
 * Bankruptcy Barrel
 * Barefoot Cartoon Animal
 * Barely-There Swimwear
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Battle Ballgown
 * Battle Strip
 * Becoming the Costume
 * Bedsheet Ghost
 * Black Bra and Panties
 * Black Cloak
 * Blatant Burglar
 * Blindfolded Vision
 * Bling of War
 * Blood-Splattered Wedding Dress
 * Body Paint
 * Bow Ties Are Cool
 * Braids, Beads, and Buckskins
 * Bring My Red Jacket
 * Bring My Brown Pants
 * Brown Bag Mask
 * Bubble Pipe
 * Bullet-Proof Fashion Plate
 * Brought to You By The Letter "S"
 * Caped Mecha
 * Cape Swish
 * Cape Wings
 * Cast As a Mask
 * Catholic School Girls Rule
 * Chained By Fashion
 * Chainmail Bikini
 * Changed My Jumper
 * Changing Clothes Is a Free Action
 * Charm Point
 * Cheap Costume
 * Chest Insignia
 * Chromatic Arrangement
 * Civvie Spandex
 * Clark Kent Outfit
 * Cleavage Window
 * Clingy Costume
 * Clothes Make the Legend
 * Clothes Make the Maniac
 * Clothes Make the Superman
 * Clothing Damage
 * Clothing Switch
 * Coat Cape
 * Coat, Hat, Mask
 * Coat Over the Shoulder
 * The Coats Are Off
 * Coincidental Accidental Disguise
 * Color-Coded Characters
 * Color-Coded Patrician
 * Collared By Fashion
 * Combat Stilettos
 * Commissar Cap
 * Conspicuous Trenchcoat
 * Convenient Color Change
 * Cool Crown
 * Cool Helmet
 * Cool Mask
 * Cool Shades
 * Costumed Nonsuper Hero
 * Costume Drama
 * Costume Inertia
 * Costume Porn
 * Costume Test Montage
 * Cosplay
 * Costumer
 * Culture Equals Costume
 * Curtain Clothing
 * Custom Uniform
 * Custom Uniform of Sexy
 * Dashingly Dapper Derby
 * Dastardly Dapper Derby
 * Dead Hat Shot
 * Defeat By Modesty
 * Detached Sleeves
 * Does Not Like Shoes
 * Domino Mask
 * Doomed New Clothes
 * Dramatic Dangling
 * Dramatic Necklace Removal
 * Dramatic Unmask
 * Dress Code
 * Dress-Coded for Your Convenience
 * Dressed All in Rubber
 * Dressed in Layers
 * Dressed to Heal
 * Dresses the Same
 * Dress Hits Floor
 * Easy Impersonation
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita
 * Empty Piles of Clothing
 * Ermine Cape Effect
 * Hair Decorations
 * Everything's Sparkly With Jewelry
 * Evil Costume Switch
 * Evil Mask
 * Exposed to The Elements
 * Expressive Accessory
 * Expressive Mask
 * Expressive Shirt
 * Eyepatch After Time Skip
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Fairytale Wedding Dress
 * Fan Service With a Smile
 * Fashionable Asymmetry
 * Fashion Dissonance
 * Fashion Hurts
 * The Fashionista
 * Fashion Magazine
 * Fashion Show
 * Fashions Never Change
 * Fashion Victim Villain
 * Feather Boa Constrictor
 * Fedora of Asskicking
 * Fingerless Gloves
 * Fluffy Fashion Feathers
 * Flung Clothing
 * For Halloween I Am Going As Myself
 * Forced Into Their Sunday Best
 * Form-Fitting Wardrobe
 * Frames of Reference
 * French Maid Outfit
 * Frilly Upgrade
 * From Dress to Dressing
 * Full-Body Disguise
 * Full-Frontal Assault
 * Fully-Clothed Nudity
 * Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal
 * Fundoshi
 * Fun T-Shirt
 * Fur Is Clothing
 * Fur and Loathing
 * Fur Bikini
 * Future Spandex
 * Gendered Outfit
 * Genuine Human Hide
 * Gadget Watches
 * Gas Mask Mooks
 * Giant Poofy Sleeves
 * Giant Waist Ribbon
 * The Girl Who Fits This Slipper
 * Giving Them the Strip
 * Gloved Fist of Doom
 * Glove Slap
 * Glove Snap
 * Going Fur a Swim
 * Good Colors, Evil Colors
 * Good Costume Switch
 * Goofy Suit
 * Go-Go Enslavement
 * Going Commando
 * Gorgeous Garment Generation
 * Gorgeous Period Dress
 * Graceful Ladies Like Purple
 * Gravity Is a Harsh Seamstress
 * Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal
 * "Happy Holidays" Dress
 * The Hard Hat
 * Hat Damage
 * The Hat Makes the Man
 * Hat of Power
 * Hat Shop
 * Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist
 * Hazmat Suit
 * Headphones Equal Isolation
 * Hell-Bent for Leather
 * Helmets Are Hardly Heroic
 * High-Class Glass
 * High Collar of Doom
 * Highly-Conspicuous Uniform
 * Hollywood Costuming
 * Hollywood Dress Code
 * Homemade Sweater From Hell
 * Horny Vikings
 * Hot Chick in A Badass Suit
 * Hypno Trinket (many are something worn)
 * An Ice Suit
 * Iconic Item
 * In the Hood
 * Impossibly Cool Clothes
 * Impossibly Low Neckline
 * Impossibly Tacky Clothes
 * Impractically Fancy Outfit
 * Improvised Clothes
 * Inside Shoes
 * Instant Cosplay Surprise
 * Instant Costume Change
 * Institutional Apparel
 * It's a Costume Party, I Swear
 * It's Fake Fur, It's Fine
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Fashionable
 * I Was Quite a Fashion Victim
 * Jacob Marley Apparel
 * Kicking Ass in All Her Finery
 * Killer Outfit
 * Kimono Fanservice
 * Kimono Is Traditional
 * Labcoat of Science and Medicine
 * Lady in Red
 * Latex Perfection
 * Latex Space Suit
 * Leotard of Power
 * Limited Wardrobe
 * Little Black Dress
 * Little Dead Riding Hood
 * Little Lord Fauntleroy
 * Loafing in Full Costume
 * Loin Cloth
 * Long Pants
 * Magic Pants
 * Magic Skirt
 * Making a Spectacle of Yourself
 * Malevolent Masked Men
 * Man in A Kilt
 * Man in White
 * Man of Wealth and Taste
 * Martial Arts Headband
 * Martial Arts Uniform
 * Mask of Power
 * Meganekko
 * Meido
 * Memetic Outfit
 * The Men in Black
 * Menswear Ghetto
 * Mini-Dress of Power
 * Modest Royalty
 * Modesty Shorts
 * Monster Modesty
 * Movie Superheroes Wear Black
 * My Breasts Are Down Here
 * My Suit Is Also Super
 * Naked Apron
 * Naked in Mink
 * Necktie Headband
 * Necktie Leash
 * Nemean Skinning
 * Nerd in Evil's Helmet
 * Never Bareheaded
 * Nice Hat
 * Nice Shoes
 * Nixon Mask
 * No Dress Code
 * No New Fashions in The Future
 * Nonuniform Uniform
 * Not-So-Badass Longcoat
 * "Not Wearing Pants" Dream
 * Not Wearing Tights
 * No Shirt, Long Jacket
 * Nubile Savage
 * Of Corset Hurts
 * Of Corsets Funny
 * Of Corsets Sexy
 * Official Cosplay Gear
 * Old-Timey Bathing Suit
 * Ominous Opera Cape
 * One Size Fits All
 * Only Six Helmets
 * Opera Gloves
 * Outdated Outfit
 * Painted-On Pants
 * Paint It Black
 * Pajama-Clad Hero
 * Pantsless Males, Fully-Dressed Females
 * Panty Shot
 * Paper-Thin Disguise
 * Parasol of Prettiness
 * Peacock Girl
 * People in Rubber Suits
 * Person With the Clothing
 * Pimp Duds
 * Pimped-Out Cape
 * Pimped-Out Dress
 * Playboy Bunny
 * Please Keep Your Hat On
 * Plot Pants
 * Popping Buttons
 * Post Apunkalyptic Armor
 * Power Makeover
 * Pretty in Mink
 * Princesses Prefer Pink
 * Proper Tights With a Skirt
 * Putting On the Reich
 * Qipao
 * Rage Helm
 * Rainbow Pimp Gear
 * Recursive Crossdressing
 * Red and Black And Evil All Over
 * Red Boxing Gloves
 * Redhead in Green
 * Requisite Royal Regalia
 * Richard Woolsey Effect
 * Right Through His Pants
 * Ring Around the Collar
 * Ring of Power
 * Rip Tailoring
 * Robe and Wizard Hat
 * Rummage Sale Reject
 * Russian Fashion
 * Sailor Fuku
 * Same Clothes, Different Year
 * Sarashi
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * School Swimsuit
 * School Uniforms Are the New Black
 * Seashell Bra
 * Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains
 * Sensual Spandex
 * Sex Dressed
 * Sexy Santa Dress
 * Sexy Shirt Switch
 * Sexy Whatever Outfit
 * Sharp-Dressed Man
 * Shock Collar
 * Shoulders of Doom
 * Showgirl Skirt
 * Sinister Shades
 * Skeletons in The Coat Closet
 * Skirts and Ladders
 * Skirt Over Slacks
 * Slave Collar
 * Sleep Mask
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps
 * Space Clothes
 * Spandex, Latex, or Leather
 * Spikes of Villainy
 * Spy Catsuit
 * Spy Tux Reveal
 * Staff of Authority
 * Star-Spangled Spandex
 * Still Wearing the Old Colors
 * Stock Underwear
 * Stocking Filler
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Stylish Protection Gear
 * Sudden School Uniform
 * Sukhomlinov Effect
 * Superheroes Wear Capes
 * Superheroes Wear Tights
 * Suppressed Mammaries
 * Suit-Up of Destiny
 * Suspiciously Similar Outfit
 * Sweater Girl
 * Sweet Polly Oliver
 * Symbol Motif Clothing
 * Tacky Tuxedo
 * Tan Lines
 * Teleport Cloak
 * Theiss Titillation Theory
 * Thief Bag
 * Thigh-High Boots
 * Tights Under Shorts
 * Tin Tyrant
 * Too Many Belts
 * Totem Pole Trench
 * Transvestite
 * Trench Coat Warfare
 * Tricked-Out Gloves
 * True-Blue Femininity
 * 24-Hour Armor
 * Two Men, One Dress
 * Underdressed for The Occasion
 * Underwear of Power
 * Unlimited Wardrobe
 * Useless Accessory
 * Utility Belt
 * Vapor Wear
 * Virtual Paper Doll
 * Walking Shirtless Scene
 * Waistcoat of Style (aka Power Vest)
 * Wardrobe Malfunction
 * We Will Not Have Pockets in The Future
 * Weaponized Headgear
 * Wearing a Flag On Your Head
 * Wet Sari Scene
 * White Gloves
 * White Mask of Doom
 * White Shirt of Death
 * Whole Costume Reference
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?
 * Wig, Dress, Accent
 * Woman in Black
 * Woman in White
 * WTH Costuming Department
 * You Must Be Cold
 * Your Costume Needs Work
 * Zettai Ryouiki
 * Zip Me Up
 * Zipperiffic