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* [[Prince]] and The Revolution did this in [[The Eighties]], in [[Rummage Sale Reject]] style. And it worked.
* National costumes from all parts of the world tend to fall into this territory and are often entirely made up in a much later period than what they are supposed to represent, as the national pride rears its head. Needless to say, they tend to be far too colourful and elaborate to have been remotely affordable [[Newer Than They Think|before the late 19th century]].
** Averted however in certain cases like Japanese ''kimono'' (variations of which have been around for several centuries) or the Filipino ''Barong Tagalog'' (which evolved from precolonial attire and is suited to the local climate).
* [[The League of STEAM]] are often written about and interviewed as leading examples of steampunk style.
* The "bluecoats" of Christ's Hospital boarding school in West Sussex, England are not only among the oldest school uniforms still in use. For while their present form's virtually unchanged for over 200 years, they've held up remarkably well to the point that when it was brought up to finally update the look in 2011, the vast majority of students refused.
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