Impossibly Tacky Clothes: Difference between revisions

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'''This is ''not'' when the viewer thinks an outfit is bad.''' That's [[WTH Costuming Department]]. This trope is when the writer/designer deliberately ''states'' that a costume is bad, either in direct narrative voice or via the reactions of the characters in the story.

Can overlap with [[Rummage Sale Reject]], [[Rainbow Pimp Gear]], [[I Was Quite a Fashion Victim]], [[Uncanny Valley Makeup]], [[Homemade Sweater From Hell]], [[Lounge Lizard]], [[Disco Dan]], [[Pimped Out Dress]], [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]] (the latter two when overdone).

Can overlap with [[Rummage Sale Reject]], [[Rainbow Pimp Gear]], [[I Was Quite a Fashion Victim]], [[Uncanny Valley Makeup]], [[Homemade Sweater From Hell]], [[Lounge Lizard]], [[Disco Dan]], [[Pimped-Out Dress]], [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]] (the latter two when overdone).

Compare [[Scenery Gorn]], [[Fashion Dissonance]].

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'''[[In Universe]] Examples Only.'''

== Film ==

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* While the outfit worn by Six in [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] was the subject of much fan derision, it actually got an [[In Universe]] nod in "[[Big Finish Doctor Who (Radio)/027 The One Doctor/Recap|Big Finish Doctor Who]]", when Banto calls on how ridiculous The Doctor looks in it.

** Also referenced in ''Short Trips and Side Steps'', with the mind-manipulating Javaman stating flatly that there are only a handful of beings in the known universe to dress as tastelessly.

* Paul Merton frequently wears these on ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' (the rest of the time he wears a [[Fun T Shirt]]). Once lampshaded when Paul wore a bright pink shirt with a yellow-gold dragon design on one shoulder.

* Paul Merton frequently wears these on ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' (the rest of the time he wears a [[Fun T-Shirt]]). Once lampshaded when Paul wore a bright pink shirt with a yellow-gold dragon design on one shoulder.

{{quote| '''Ian:''' ''I say, Paul, I think someone's thrown up on your shoulder.''<br />

''Paul turns to the plain shoulder and brushes away an imaginary piece of lint.''<br />

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== Western Animation ==

* One of the outfits ''[[Kim Possible]]'' tries after her regular mission duds are ruined is a mecha-style suit built by the Tweebs. The sight of it reduces [[Mad Scientist|Drakken]] and [[The Dragon|Shego]] to fits of hysterical laughter.

* The ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Suited for Success" had Rarity, the local fashion designer, make dresses for her friends. Her first dresses were fine but her friends couldn't see it, and gave her strict directions for a second go. She finishes up the garish designs just in time for a fashion show for a world-famous designer.

* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Suited for Success" had Rarity, the local fashion designer, make dresses for her friends. Her first dresses were fine but her friends couldn't see it, and gave her strict directions for a second go. She finishes up the garish designs just in time for a fashion show for a world-famous designer.

{{quote| '''Hoity Toity:''' Who is responsible for subjecting our eyes to such horrors?! Not to mention, wasting my valuable time!}}

* The [[Green Lantern]]'s outfit is this according to [[Duck Dodgers]]: "Yech! Black vinyl and latex. How cheesy can you get?"