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No, this is not the [[White Dwarf Starlet]], but rather a character who is [[Memetic Outfit|identified with]] a type of outfit [[Limited Wardrobe|(or just one)]] and have kept the look for far too many years without getting an update. This is common in [[Comic Books]] where the story is set in the "[[Comic Book Time|Present Day]]" and the clothes become hilariously anachronistic.
If they ever ''do'' get some new duds, expect much poking fun at their hilarious past fashion sense, while said character adamantly maintains the look is "still cool!" and it's the world that's out of touch. On the flip side, if the outdated outfit [[Grandfather Clause|has become an intrinsically linked part of the person's image]], it can lead to fans crying that [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|they should have stuck with the old clothes]].
See also [[Grandfather Clause]]. Compare [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel]], where a character's clothes are so cool that, while they may be out of fashion, they are certainly never out of style. If a character has one oddly anachronistic detail on an otherwise unremarkable outfit, that's [[Bow Ties Are Cool]].
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See also [[Unintentional Period Piece]] and [[Popularity Polynomial]].
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== [[The DCU]] ==
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** In [[The Nineties]] Jughead got a backwards baseball cap. Fortunately [[The Powers That Be]] decided to change his hat back, given that [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/12/18/comic-book-legends-revealed-186/ he was named after it].
** Reggie's central parting seems to come and go.
* [[Tintin (Comic Book)]]'s plus fours. Tintin himself was slowly updated (he wore jeans instead in his last adventure, ''Tintin and the Picaros''), but the Captain and Calculus remained pretty unchanged.
* Additionally in [[Tintin (Comic Book)]], the Thompsons have tried a few times to blend in when investigating in a foreign country, but their outfits were often too "folkloric", and on at least one occasion, the national dress of the wrong country. Far from blending in, they've been known to attract crowds come to laugh at them.
** Nowhere more hilarious than The Blue Lotus, where they come wearing '''17th century Manchu era''' clothes, complete with ponytails and fans! The result?
{{quote| Thompson (with nearly the entire town parading behind them): "Don't look now, but something tells me we're being followed..."}}
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