Theiss Titillation Theory: Difference between revisions

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This basic theory underwrites [[Stripperiffic]] clothing, [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]], and pretty much anything else you stick female characters into: what makes clothing sexy is the hope of a catastrophic [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]. The [[Trope Namer]] is William Ware Theiss, costume designer on ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', who first codified the concept.

 

 

Particularly common in [[Science Fiction]] and related genres. However in ''[[Will and Grace]]'', [[Debra Messing]] occasionally wore outfits that would not be anatomically feasible for a more-endowed woman.

** And yet [http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Rindou Rindou], her bazooka-wielding underling probably has her beat as far as this trope is concerned. Seriously, is her short jacket duct-taped to her nipples or something?

** And let's not even get ''into'' Sadi-Chan from the Impel Down arc. If you think [https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Sadi this devil-themed dominatrix outfit is unbelievable], you should see her in the fight scenes in the animated versions; it defies reality.

* Gaap in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' wears a dress that appears to have a pretty good-sized strip chopped out of it all the way down and very barely stitched back together with laces. It's been described as "a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen."

* In ''[[Macross Frontier]]'', [[Idol Singer|Sheryl]]'s stage outfits fit the trope enough. However, this is only an illusion as most of the time she's actually wearing a holographic body suit.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

 

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

** In [[William Shatner]]'s ''Get A Life'', he tells a story about how [[Gene Roddenberry]] talked that same outfit into a fashion show at a Sci-Fi con. According to one of the people there, the model apparently had to spend the evening [[That Came Out Wrong|"beating men off with a stick"]]. Notable is the fact that Star Trek ''hadn't even aired yet''.

** Similarly, the [http://bp2.blogger.com/_tBl_3BU6-1c/RZrYC6QnGFI/AAAAAAAAAME/n-3uZ-gdEiM/s1600-h/Carolyn+Palamas+3.jpg top part] of the Greco-Roman-style outfit worn by Leslie Parrish (playing Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas) in "Who Mourns For Adonais?" consisted of a single swath of cloth draped across her breasts and slung over her shoulder. Most people who were there believed that nothing held it in place except its own weight, and were absolutely certain it was going to fall off at any second. Parrish, on the other hand, knew that it was stuck to her skin via massive amounts of two-way tape which had torn off chunks of skin during the original fitting; this is why she instead wore a bathrobe during all rehearsals, even the dress rehearsal.

* In a male example, one scene in an episode of ''[[White Collar]]'' had Neal Caffrey wearing nothing but some very low-riding sleep pants, with a waistband that looked ''very'' loose. You could practically hear the fangirls pleading for him to bend just a ''little further''...

* With the amount of bouncing and jumping around [[Elvira, Mistress of the Dark]] does, it's a wonder her boobs never fell out of her dress.

* ''Soooo'' many red-carpet dresses, it's not even funny. Whether it be see-through or the slow edging of a nipslip, you know that the more TTT a dress is, the more likely that's what's gonna be leading on TMZ that night.

* In Brazil, this trope is invoked for strapless dresses/bikinis, being usually called "Tomara-que-caia" ("I-hope-it-falls-off").

 

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