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== Anime and Manga ==
 
* In ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei-sensei]]'', our main character, his sister, and his devoted stalker all wear old-fashioned kimono. But not just kimono, ''vintage'' and ''seasonally appropriate'' designs from the early 20th century. The accessories are no exception: the author will knot the obi differently on different occasions, and always matches the characters up with classic outerwear in winter, like Inverness coats and ''kakusode gaitou''. If you know much about traditional Japanese clothing, it can be quite the sight to behold. To be frank, in that universe Japan's [[wikipedia:Era name|era name]] [[Retro Universe|is still]] ''[[Retro Universe|Showa]]'', not ''Heisei''.
* Ryougi Shiki of ''[[Kara noKarano Kyoukai (Literature)|Kara no Kyoukai]]'' wears a kimono (usually light blue) under a bitchin' red leather jacket with fur fringe.
* Inverted in''[[Inuyasha]]'' Kagome wears modern day clothes in feudal era Japan.
* [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in ''[[Mushishi]]'', where the main character wears modern clothes in a feudal setting... [[Rule of Cool|For no reason other than that it looks cool.]] [[Word of God|According to the author]], [[Mushishi]] was originally set in the modern day, but they forgot to change Ginko's clothes when the comic changed to the feudal era. And, no, [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|nobody ever says anything]].
* Roderich/Austria in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' generally dresses in rather anachronistic suits, among the few constants being a cravat. No one else notices.
** Grandpa Rome meanwhile ''still'' manages to look badass in Roman armor.
* Inverted- Miaka and Yui (and presumably the other two priestesses as well) in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' were both dressed in their modern day school uniforms. These wouldn't stand out ordanirily, but when you consider that most of the book is set in ancient china, then you get the picture. At one point, Tamahome plucks at Miaka's bra strap and says 'What's this?' Miaka's reaction is to call him a pervert and give him an upper-cut.
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* The Shade and the Gentleman Ghost are both [[DCU]] supervillains who dress in old fashioned finery. Justified in that both men were actually alive when these clothes were first being worn.
* The Hellfire Club, enemies of the ''[[X -Men]]''.
 
== Film ==
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* Sam in ''[[Benny and Joon]]'' is first seen on a train reading a book entitled "How to Dress Like Buster Keaton". He seems to be succeeding at this. (Sam also embodies the other part of this trope, because of his odd personality and fondness for Keaton's style of comedy.)
* [[Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka]].
* [[Word of God]] has it that Mother Gothel of ''[[Tangled (Disney)|Tangled]]'' was intentionally designed with clothing from approximately 400 years before the movie's time period.
* The wizarding world in the ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]]'' films is full of this. The costume designers must have had a field day.
 
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'': Doctors One (Edwardian academic garb), Two (long coat and bowtie), Three(smoking jacket, ascot, and ruffled shirt with lace cuffs), Five (cricketer's costume and porkpie hat), Eight (frock coat, vest and cravat) and Eleven (tweed suit with leather elbow patches and a bowtie).
** Doctors Four, Six and arguably Seven subverted this trope with bohemian outfits that were ''never'' in style.
** Nine and Ten avert this with, respectively, leather jacket and contemporary suits which become anachronistic to their surroundings. Nine [[Changed My Jumper|dealt with it]] in ''The Unquiet Dead,'' and they travel so much, they'll end up going somewhere where they'll be out of style.
** Five ''really'' mixed this up with his choice of an Edwardian-era cricketer's outfit combined with (at the time) modern-day sneakers.
* The [[Badass Longcoat]], especially as worn in ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]''. Practically everyone on the show is wearing clothes from either the 1860s or the early 1990s. Or the Roman Empire, for the Companions.).
** And Jayne, who uses a [[Hand Cannon|Lemat Revolver]], which would be a very anachronistic [[Cool Gun]] in a show set today, is constantly seen in T-shirts and jeans. The best clothes to imagine having in a Western.
* Captain Jack Harkness of ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]''. It's more subtle than some of the other examples on this page, but he consistently dresses in 1940s style, complete with Royal Air Force greatcoat and suspenders. It's worth noting that his timeframe of origin is the ''51st'' century, so he presumably just likes the style. And when he has to wear more normal and contemporary clothing for a time in ''Children of Earth'', he is NOT happy about it.
** He spends the entire time pouting until Ianto finds replacements.
** It could also be because that's the clothing he met the Doctor and Rose in.
* ''[[Seinfeld (TV)|Seinfeld]]'''s Cosmo Kramer wears casual clothing from rougly the [[The Sixties|60s]] and [[The Seventies|70s]] throughout the [[The Nineties|90s]]. At one point, Kramer's regular clothes, while still casual, made it appear to office employees that he was working with them in an office with 90s formal business wear.
** Michael Richards, Kramer's portrayer, once rationalized this by explaining that his character developed a severe case of agoraphobia as a very young man and [[Limited Wardrobe|never again went out to buy new clothes]].
* The dentist in ''[[M*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'' loves Japan, so he wears a kimono in his spare time.
* ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]]'': The rangers wear color-coded garb from their ancient time when untransformed, and it looks pretty damn cool.
 
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== Video Games ==
 
* ''[[Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Ace Attorney]]'': The Von Karma clan is very partial to the cravat; [[Bishonen|Miles Edgeworth]] even has a spare with him after [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0gope0VlK1qb0azq.gif Kay uses it as a hanky].
** Jack Marshall and his late brother Neil wear [[Cowboy Cop|cowboyesque attire.]]
* Many clothes of attire in the [[Fallout]] series, especially more evident in ''Fallout3'' and ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' which cover a wide range of anachronistic clothes for the post-apocalypse, ranging from trenchcoat dusters to modern-day riot gear to 1950s parkstrolling outfits.
** Especially the Caesar's Legion in ''New Vegas''. Guess what their entire group decide to wear in the 23rd century.
* While the ''Final Fantasy'' series doesn't normally do this, some of the extra DLC costumes in [[Final Fantasy Dissidia]] do have some strange costumes as a [[Shout -Out]] to either their own games or others. Laguna can wear a knight's armour from his temporary film role in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', Tifa can wear a cowgirl outfit from her days as a mountain guide in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', and for the sake of a cross-reference, Lightning can wear Aya Brea's 20th-century jeans and black T-shirt from ''[[Parasite Eve]]''.
 
== Web Comics ==
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* Fedora hats, which fell out of mainstream fashion before [[The Sixties]] but have lately come into vogue with the hipster crowd.
* On a similar note, thin ties.
* [[GKG. K. Chesterton]]'s cape and swordstick.
* [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat|Trenchcoats]]. Add a fedora for good measure. Justified and no longer conspicuous if you're in the rainy season of a rainy climate.
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]].
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