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*** [[The Flash|Barry Allen]] was also associated with a bowtie long after they were popular. With his return, Geoff Johns has Barry explaining that he had to borrow an old bowtie on the fly for a court appearance where he met his future love, Iris West, for the first time. She liked the look. He said nothing.
** Superman himself. The "shorts over tights" thing was actually the outfit worn by athletes in the early 20th century and heavily associated with circus strongmen. So the "classic super-hero look" is [[Older Than They Think|actually over a century old.]] (And ironically the way that spandex outfits are sometimes worn with shorts brings the whole trope full-circle, with reality becoming fiction becoming reality again.)
* There is a scene from an old ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (
* It's come full circle with Superboy. His leather-jacket, colorful outfit, piercings and surfer cut suggest a completely different personality than the one he was originally going for. He has updated his look a couple of times since then and is now a T-shirt and jeans kind of guy.
* The [[Beehive Hairdo]] associated with Night Girl of the Legion of Substitute Heroes.
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