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An outfit is repeatedly and obviously decorated with one or more different symbols, signifying something important about the wearer. ▼
▲An outfit is repeatedly and obviously decorated with one or more different symbols, signifying something important about the wearer.
Say a girl wears a floral-patterned dress. That wouldn't mean anything. But if she had a [[Green Thumb]], that would mean the dress is fitting to her nature. ▼
▲Say a girl wears a floral-patterned dress. That wouldn't mean anything. But if she had a [[Green Thumb]], that would mean the dress is fitting to her nature.
Now there isn't a hard minimum to count, but '''it has to be more than just one or two instances of the symbol on the outfit''', even if they are large. ▼
▲Now there isn't a hard minimum to count, but '''it has to be more than just one or two instances of the symbol on the outfit''', even if they are large.
These can be made by choice of the wearer, or be [[Rule of Symbolism]]. ▼
This trope is [[Truth in Television]], as some royalty would often wear [[Requisite Royal Regalia|capes and robes]] with symbols adorning them. ▼
▲This trope is [[Truth in Television]], as some royalty would often wear [[Requisite Royal Regalia|capes and robes]] with symbols adorning them.
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A [[Super-Trope]] to [[Star-Spangled Spandex]].
Compare [[Chest Insignia]], [[Gem-Encrusted]], [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head]]. ▼
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== Comic Books == ▼
* The Riddler of ''[[Batman]]'' would often be wearing an outfit that had question marks all over it. ▼
▲* The Riddler of ''[[Batman]]'' would often be wearing an outfit that had question marks all over it.
== Film ==
* The Wizard hat in ''[[Fantasia]]'' is decorated with star and moon shapes.
* [[Hancock]] incorporated eagles into whatever outfit he wore, even when he was homeless.
* Many versions of ''[[The Secret Garden]]'' feature Mary Lennox in a costume that has a floral design on it somewhere.
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== Video Games ==
* The Umbran Elder from ''[[Bayonetta]]'' on her shoulders there is also a crescent moon shape, on its side so the points are facing the sky.
* Emperor Solarius from [[Overlord II]] has a sun symbol on his chest to show his [[Light Is Not Good]] theme
== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', some of the ancestors' clothing is drawn with repeating patterns reminiscent of their symbol. For example, Orphaner Dualscar's symbol is the Aquarius wavy lines, and his outfit includes a lot of wavy lines.
== Western Animation ==
* As shown in the page image, the most regal outfits worn by the Queen and Princess of Heart in ''[[The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland]]'' have hearts adorning their [[Pimped-Out Dress|dresses]], [[Cool Crown|crowns]] and even [[Pretty in Mink|the ermine]] on their [[Pimped-Out Cape|capes]].
== Real Life ==
* Playing cards, at least the Anglo-American designs popularized by [https://web.archive.org/web/20141015124621/http://www.wopc.co.uk/goodall/index.html Charles Goodall], sometimes feature the queen, king and jack with their respective suit symbols on their clothes.
* The [[Fleur-de-Lis]] symbol on the robes of French royalty. Napoleon went with eagles and [http://csdart.blogspot.com/2011/07/thursday-threads-bastille-day-edition.html bees].
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