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[[File:~~veronica_stepping_out~~.png|link=Archie Comics|frame|[[Pretty in Mink|Fur coats]] are available in C-cup?]]

[[File:veronica stepping out.png|link=Archie Comics|frame|[[Pretty in Mink|Fur coats]] are available in C-cup?]]

{{quote|''"Following that unseen sauna, we get to see the women with nipples poking through their towels, which apparently operate like shrink wrap, and conform to their bodies perfectly."''|'''Linkara''', ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' on ''22 Brides'' #1}}

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Another reason, particularly where superhero comics are concerned, is that artists are trained to draw human figures. It is faster and easier to add colors that imply spandex clothing than to actually draw the folds and wrinkles that come with wearing realistic clothing.

Some [[Live Action Adaptation~~|Live Action Adaptations~~]] try to sculpt the outfits to simulate the look in the comics. Some of you might know a [[Batman and Robin (film)|particularly infamous]] example.

Some [[Live Action Adaptation]]s try to sculpt the outfits to simulate the look in the comics. Some of you might know a [[Batman and Robin (film)|particularly infamous]] example.

A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]].

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== [[Comic Books]] ==

* It would be easier to list superheroes with outfits that ''don't'' follow this trope.

** A notable example would be Iron Maiden of ''[[Marvel Comics|Earth X]]'', though. She's wearing [[Breast Plate|a suit of Vibranium (fictional metal) armor]] which molds to her attributes. All of them, ~~apparently--the~~ style of art in the original series makes it hard to see, but a concept drawing shows nipples, navel, and ''cameltoe''. Only the armor's head, which looks like Iron Man's original helmet, is an exception.

** A notable example would be Iron Maiden of ''[[Marvel Comics|Earth X]]'', though. She's wearing [[Breast Plate|a suit of Vibranium (fictional metal) armor]] which molds to her attributes. All of them, apparently—the style of art in the original series makes it hard to see, but a concept drawing shows nipples, navel, and ''cameltoe''. Only the armor's head, which looks like Iron Man's original helmet, is an exception.

** In the Golden and Silver ages spandex usually wasn't so tight, and fit much more realistically. As time went on clothes got tight, to the point where a hero in spandex was essentially naked save for a few choice areas. Then it got even crazier and muscles just started appearing everywhere, reaching an apex with [[Rob Liefeld]] and his followers. Nowadays things tend to be more subdued, thanks to colouring techniques having enough depth to render all those muscles through subtle shading rather than hard lines.

** In many renditions of muscular males, you could even see their ''veins'' through the material of their sleeves.

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* In ''[[Twenty Two Brides]]'', it showed two of the heroines dressed in bath towels that managed to shrink around their bodies to the point that their nipples show.

* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] for the sake of [[Fan Service]] in ''[[Empowered]]'' - her semi-sentient suit is thinner than [[Real Life]] [[Sensual Spandex|lycra]] and actively forms itself to her skin. [[Fridge Logic|According to which rules]] it's actually ''less'' revealing than it should be...

** Specifically, it doesn't show camel ~~toe -- which~~, if it was really a few molecules thick and more or less a superpowered form of bodypaint, would definitely be visible. This is lampshaded in comic and by the author several times, and both characters and author promise to explain it in a future chapter. [[Running Gag|Every volume.]]

** Specifically, it doesn't show camel toe—which, if it was really a few molecules thick and more or less a superpowered form of bodypaint, would definitely be visible. This is lampshaded in comic and by the author several times, and both characters and author promise to explain it in a future chapter. [[Running Gag|Every volume.]]

* The comic book adaptation to ''[[Splinter of the Minds Eye]]'' puts Luke and Leia into "miner's uniforms". On Leia this outfit actually avert this trope, being tight but not apparently painted on. On ''[http://images.plurk.com/bcc9afd0b93629d7204ba1c42837eba9.jpg Luke]''...