History Main / CostumePorn

* ''Manga/GirlFriends'' is an interesting example - it focuses very heavily on all the different kinds of make-up and clothing the main characters play around with in luxurious detail...but since the girls are just normal middle-class Japanese high schoolers, the clothes involved are the sort that you'd expect girls in real life to be wearing, being pretty mainstream and relatively affordable. [[http://listlessink.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/the-girl-friends-of-shoujo-anna-sui-and-cecil-mcbee/ This article explains in a little more detail.]]

* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' includes costumes that are literally on ''fire''; CostumePorn is basically Cinna's entire job. Beyond that, Creator/SuzanneCollins uses this trope more generally to illustrate the absolute excess of the Capitol citizens.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' often gets into this, especially when Bella is whining about some spectacular designer outfit Alice forced her to wear and of course whatever beige ensemble Edward is wearing at the moment. Admittedly, Meyer manages to tone it down by the last book by staggering the descriptions instead of creating walls of text.

* FashionModel

* ''Manga/TrinityBlood'' combines this with SceneryPorn: all characters dress breathtakingly cool and the locations look like a tourist ad for wherever in Europe they happen to be.

* ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'', which politely tips its hat in the direction of actual Regency fashion and then skips on its merry way into a land of incredibly bright colors, ribbons, ruffles, and flashy embroidery. The costume designers deliberately went for aesthetics over historical accuracy.

* Nearly everyone in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' is wearing a bearskin vest, which must have been terrible for the animators considering how difficult fur is to animate. For individual characters, [[http://i45.tinypic.com/14kuqsy.jpg Hiccup's riding vest is meticulously detailed to the last buckle]]. Meanwhile, [[http://i46.tinypic.com/jigax0.jpg Astrid's distinctive shirt and armwarmers]] are made with naalbinding (a traditional Viking form of knitting), and the yarn is of many different shades and thickness to showcase a rough, homespun, and hand-dyed look.

* The Franchise/{{Barbie}} films are full of this. Good Lord are they ever. Usually there are characters who are supposed to be poor, but their regular clothes are just as opulent as the inevitable ball gowns they get at later points.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' movie is full of this. Most notable examples would have to be Anya's yellow silk DreamSequence dress, the svelte navy and sparkly Parisian Opera dress, her blue court dress at the beginning of the movie, and her yellow court dress at the end of the movie.

* Creator/MercedesLackey:
** Occasionally the more elaborate outfits worn by the Hawkbrothers in the Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar series will get this treatment. One particular example of this was during the many ceremonies held toward the beginning of ''Owlknight'', with each of the participants wearing a separate costume for each one, all described in detail.
** Lackey goes into enough detail on Tudor and Elven attire in the four-novel series about the young (Queen) Elizabeth that reproducing the outfits for a costuming competition would be child's play.
** And in her ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'' series, where the female protagonist's GorgeousPeriodDress (and most of the rest of her wardrobe) gets a loving description.
** And in her ''Literature/ElementalMasters'' series, which transcribes the [[BroadStrokes basic details]] of fairy tale plots into urban Victorian London.
** And in... well. Suffice it to say Mercedes Lackey really loves this trope.
* Creator/TamoraPierce describes all articles of clothing in great detail. This applies to both the ''Literature/TortallUniverse'' and the ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' series. In some cases, this is understandable for characterization reasons (Sandry, a seamstress and "stitch witch," naturally takes interest in fashion while Beka Cooper makes detailed observations of any suspect or persons of interest) but it's present no matter whose viewpoint you're looking through.

* In ''Literature/SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight'' the clothing worn by both of the title characters is described in loving detail.

* The Irish children's series ''The Drumshee Timeline'' series mainly centres around various poor or working class Irish children throughout history. But its third book ''The Secret of Drumshee Castle'' is about a young heiress to the titular castle. Despite her fondness for casual clothes (as she was raised on a farm) and hating the fancy dresses required for dinners - there's a sequence where she meets her cousin Judith, who then proceeds to have Grace try on multiple gowns that are described in great detail. ''Then'' they go to England for an audience with Queen Elizabeth I, which of course requires a lot of page time describing both Grace and Judith's gowns. And when they leave, the narration describes Grace's fancy dresses as she puts them in a chest to be sealed. The dresses show up in a later book ''Dark Days at Drumshee'', when Grace's granddaughter is to be married and selects which of them she'll wear (and her younger sister says which one she'll take too).

* Dr. Creator/LucyWorsley in her history documentaries just ''loves'' dressing up in period costumes and will get through at least half a dozen in a typical episode, along with a similar number of natty modern-day outfits in between.

* This became a calling card of [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling Zenjo]] after the Beauty Pair took off, and for a while, gaijin in Japan were baffled by the number of money promotions spent on multiple sets elaborate ring gear that could hold up under the pressures of ring work for decades. You'd much more likely see an Ayako Hamada's [[StandardBleedingSpots skin]] give way before the [[AnimalMotifs butterflies]] she wore look wrinkled yet she'd be in crosses the next show anyway. Even wrestlers with fairly plain ring gear like The Crush Gals Chigusa Nagayo and Wrestling/LionessAsuka would make up for it with lots of entrance attire. While promotions like Zenjo, GAEA, and even some tiny enterprises like REINA tended to cover the athletes from neck to toe([[MaskedLuchador sometimes head to toe]]) in eye-catching patterns and frills, a notable minority such as JD Star an infamously more fanservice driven direction.
* Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr is famous for all his unique outfits and masks that we wonder who comes up with them. He has a tradition of wearing a unique costume every Wrestling/WrestleMania. XIX he wore a Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} costume, XX he dressed as The Flash, etc. His most recent addition was a Na'vi-inspired costume from ''Avatar''.
* Macho Man Wrestling/RandySavage was known for his flamboyant clothes and hats.
* Wrestling/RicFlair had a thing for frilly, sparkly and flamboyant robes which he wore during his entrances.
* Wrestling/ExoticAdrianStreet and Miss Linda are well known for sowing designing ring gear for other wrestlers, at one point having a website dedicated to the business of doing so. Their most famous client was perhaps Wrestling/MickFoley, his Dude Love stuff especially.

* In the ''{{Webcomic/Buildingverse}}'' if the [[TheFairFolk fae]] "[[InstantCosplaySurprise choose]]" someone's wardrobe chances are it will be either this trope or {{Stripperific}}. Like [[http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND235-En-piste-432885919 this pink wedding cake dress]] from ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' but then again that happened at a fairy tale ball so probably ''everybody'' aimed at costume porn (some missed). And to be fair to the fair ones, even the regular characters can go overboard with clothing like [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-317-Gird-370793373 this]] incident from ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}''.

* ''[[https://www.wattpad.com/story/170783103-spongebob%27s-first-time-the-rebirth Spongebob's First Time]]'' is full of this. Every single thing Sandy wears is described in such exorbitant detail that it just gets funny after a while. Some of these things would probably look revolting if someone managed to even wear them.
-->Sandy was wearing an ivory-onyx tearaway striped crop top with a ruby ribbon around her neck. She also wore an onyx beret [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment studded with studs]], and short lingerie exhibiting a tad of her pussy. Her stockings were made of the most exotic french samite, with gorgeous french jewels cascading down the sides. She wore such divin, élégant chaussures with lots of bijoux on them. She wore a leather cape en cuir with sultry strass roses and hermine sexy that l'a bordée'd it. She also wore a sexy bra with holes so you could see her mamelons marrons and aréoles brun clair. She also wore jeweled gants esclavage ivoire with fingerless tips.
* ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'':
** Half of the text is the main character describing her "goffic" clothing and that of her friends (never mind that Hogwarts requires [[RobeAndWizardHat wizard robes as uniform]] in the source material). All descriptions are nearly identical.
*** Her outfit changes and those of her friends are rendered with such love and detail, that she didn't reserve any for the rest of the text.
** The best description of the "Black Leather Pajamas".
** Pfff, "black leather bar."
* The ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/MyInnerLife'' has loads of this when describing the lovely new dress and hairstyle Jenna currently has. Bonus points for the fact that some of the things she wears would look just horrid if drawn or worn in real life.
-->I went to the wardrobe closet and selected a low cut pink dress with long [[RougeAnglesOfSatin selves]] and the Triforce symbol over my right breast. A pink feathery lace ran underneath my breasts. And a crisscross pattern held the back together. I pulled my hair into a bun and went downstairs.

* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' and its sequel, the author occasionally indulges, particularly with the Yule Ball in the sequel, which features lovingly detailed descriptions of Harry, [[spoiler: Carol]], and [[spoiler: Diana's]] costumes.

* Although in ''Fanfic/EternalFlowers'' the author tends to go into DescriptionPorn, especially when it comes to food, in Chapter Thirty-Seven, the descriptions of the dresses for the Moonlight Gala for each female character get a lengthy paragraph.
* In ''Fanfic/ChlorineGrownRoses'', nearly every chapter describes every characters' outfits and hairstyles (particularly Azusa's), most of which consist of band tees and short skirts.

* {{Played for Laughs}} in the ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' fic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/9373517 Clothe Me With the Tainted Dress]]''
--> […] [[WholesomeCrossdresser Takasugi]]'s obstructive clothing: a ''[[KimonoFanservice furisode]]'' of deepest crimson whose sleeves and hem trailed on the floor thanks to its wearer's height, adorned with a detailed and grand ''surihaku'' depiction of a forest of golden autumn leaves and silver ''susuki'' grass - a striking and extravagant ensemble of [[GoldMakesEverythingShiny too much gold]] and ''even more'' silver that gave Takasugi's own butterfly robe a run for its money. That was not to mention the slew of ornaments whose material ranged from wood to brass to gold to tortoiseshell - ''every single one'' [[EverythingsSparklywithJewelry studded with]] [[GemEncrusted jewels]] to boot - stuck into his choppy hair. As if having his neck gone stiff carrying that load atop his head wasn't bad enough, there had to be this blasted ''kanzashi'' from which hung long beads of pearls reaching past his chin that kept swinging into his face and against each other, creating those irritating dull clacking noises every time he moved his head. And to top it all off, his face was caked with make-up even under his bandages - he was made to remove them as foundation and powder and ''eyeliner'' and ''mascara'' was ruthlessly applied onto the part of his face that would be concealed anyway.
* Used in the ''Series/LostGirl''/''Series/Merlin2008'' crossover fic ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', as Bo and Kenzi are sent back in time to Camelot and learn that they cannot return to the twenty-first century, with Kenzi in particular revelling in the opportunity to explore now outfits (the author notes that some of her costume designs draw inspiration from ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'')
* Fanfiction author Khaosomega is notoriously prone to this, especially if an outfit includes some hot high heels. This often comes at the expense of other areas, however, especially if said area relates to the porn half of the trope name.

* VisualKei
* Music/AliProject
* Music/{{Ashnikko}}
* Music/EltonJohn
* Music/{{Madonna}}
* Music/BritneySpears
* Music/CarlyRaeJepsen changes her costumes in her music video of "This Kiss."
* Music/ChristinaAguilera
* Music/LadyGaga
* Music/NickiMinaj
* Music/{{KISS}}, of course.
* And now care of America's Got Talent, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTgb2YURxH8&hd=1 Prince Poppycock]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhI3VTC-YUU&hd=1 Liberace may have some competition]] if he takes a few lessons from Alexander Bui...

* Revo from Music/SoundHorizon has taken to wearing elaborately embroidered AwesomeAnachronisticApparel just about any time he makes a public appearance.
* Music/{{Namgar}}
* Falco's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVikZ8Oe_XA Rock me Amadeus]].

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic does this on tour; his Jedi costume, the Fat suit, and more recently a Lady Gaga-inspired purple peacock outfit.
* Music/OneDirection's "Kiss You" video dresses the band up in various co-ordinated, FanService outfits. Sailors! Skiiers! Surfers! Prisoners! Naked! (?)

* Female-fronted metal bands are known for having their lead singers dress in numerous elaborate dresses, especially gothic, power, and symphonic metal bands. Music/WithinTemptation and Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} are two examples.
* Music/{{Gorillaz}} takes advantage of the fact [[VirtualCelebrity its members are cartoon characters]] and giving them an ever-increasing list of different costumes. [[ArtEvolution Especially as the project has gone on]], artist Jamie Hewlett has developed an obsessive fixation on detail, meaning that not only do [[UnlimitedWardrobe characters almost never wear the same outfit twice]], they tend to be very ornate and stylized.

* Depending on how skilled you are with a paintbrush, the BlingOfWar in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' can get downright ridiculous. Most of the signature characters have incredibly detailed models that are an amateur painter's nightmare.
** Of course, you can just paint on a few basic colors, use something different for the bling, and [[MemeticMutation slap on some DEVLAN MUD]].

* ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'' was designed to showcase a wonderful variety of both contemporary fashions and period stage costumes. Some of the dresses in the original production's "Loveland" number were so massive that they had to be lowered onto the performers from flies.

* Due to the pretty blatant AuthorAppeal, Ai Yazawa sometimes devotes endless panels and splash pages to showcasing the costumes her fashion designer characters create from every possible angle. Yukari modeling the PimpedOutDress from ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'' is probably the worst offender, but it happens many other times both in that series and ''Manga/GokinjoMonogatari''.

* ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'', which politely tips its hat in the direction of actual Regency fashion and then skips on its merry way into a land of incredibly bright colors, ribbons, ruffles, and flashy embroidery. The costume designers deliberately went for aesthetics over historical accuracy, and did so magnificently.

* ''Literature/TheBible'' has lovingly exact specifications for the garments of the priests in the Book of Exodus.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' The Elves, the Númenórians and the Dwarfs of Khazad-dûm all wear absolutely gorgeous clothing with elaborate golden embroidery and jewelry, while still keeping their cultural individualities. This reflects how those Races are at the height of their power and prosperity. In fact, Morfydd Clark declared in [[https://www.cbr.com/lotr-rings-of-power-galadriel-costume-challenge-cosplayers/ an interview that Kate Hawley]], the costume designer, intentionately wanted the keep costume designs complicated enough to challenge cosplayers, especialy for the character of Galadriel. Some costumes even seem to be inspired by arts, like Galadriel wearing the golden dress in Lindon, and Queen Regent Miriel wearing a white dress with golden applications with a blue paledamentum over her shoulder, pay homage to ''Girl With A Golden Wreath'' by Leon Francois Comerre, and respectively, to ''Zenobia's last look on Palmyra'' by Herbert Gustave Schmalz.

* ''[[Fanfic/UmeiNoMaisUnchained Unchained]]'' contains a lot of lavish descriptions of kimono and obi as Izuna enjoys clothing her concubine with garments worthy of his new station. On Tobirama's side, the narration often emphazises just how ''expensive'' his new wardrobe is -- something that horrifies him.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' The Elves, the Númenórians and the Dwarfs of Khazad-dûm all wear absolutely gorgeous clothing with elaborate golden embroidery and jewelry, while still keeping their cultural individualities. This reflects how those Races are at the height of their power and prosperity. In fact, Morfydd Clark declared in [[https://www.cbr.com/lotr-rings-of-power-galadriel-costume-challenge-cosplayers/ an interview that Kate Hawley]], the costume designer, intentionately wanted the keep costume designs complicated enough to challenge cosplayers, especialy for the character of Galadriel. Some costumes even seem to be inspired by arts, like Galadriel wearing the golden dress in Lindon and Queen Regent Miriel wearing a white dress with golden with a blue paledamentum over her shoulder pay homage to ''Girl With A Golden Wreath'' by Leon Francois Comerre, and respectively, to Zenobia's last look on Palmyra by Herbert Gustave Schmalz.

* NiceShoes

* ''Manga/TrinityBlood'' combines this with SceneryPorn: all characters dress breathtakingly cool and the locations look like a tourist ad for wherever in Europe they happen to be.
* ''Anime/VisionOfEscaflowne'' is slightly guilty, especially, with Allen's costume.

* In ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', while at first the armors (named cloths) were relatively simplistic looking, as the story advances, they became more and more detailed, having some pages at the end of each manga volume to show them in full detail.
* ''Anime/RoninWarriors'' '''loves''' showing off how complex and intricate the various armors are. A lot of the StockFootage revels in showing off the heroes suits from every conceivable angle.
* Due to the pretty blatant AuthorAppeal, Ai Yazawa sometimes devotes endless panels and splash pages to showcasing the costumes her fashion designer characters create from every possible angle. Yukari modeling the PimpedOutDress from ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'' is probably the worst offender, but it happens many other times both in that series and ''Manga/GokinjoMonogatari''.
* [[Manga/XxxHolic Yuuko]] [[Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle Ichihara's]] [[UnlimitedWardrobe wardrobe]] is a veritable catalog of ludicrously orgasmatastic clothing designs.
** Special points to ''Manga/XxxHolic'' because the ''only times'' Yuuko ever wears the same outfit twice is once in a dream sequence and once in real life, and it is in-universe memorable enough that Watanuki comments on it... and even gets worried because of it. [[spoiler: His fear is justified.]]
** Since [[spoiler:Yuuko's death, Watanuki has taken over not only her role as shopkeeper but also as CLAMP's mannequin for unique and frequent Costume Porn.]]
** Similarly, anything Tomoyo makes for Sakura in ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''. Really though, just Creator/{{CLAMP}} in general.
** The splash pages of many Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga are used primarily as an excuse to dress the characters up in elaborate and exquisitely detailed costumes. Pick up any of their artbooks and see.

* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' ''revels'' in this. (See the pictures on PimpedOutDress.AnimeAndManga and RequisiteRoyalRegalia pages for just an idea.)
** Likewise, ''Manga/DearBrother'' had the main characters [[http://robotsintutus.tumblr.com/post/16299689171/of-course-one-of-the-big-things-about-shojo-manga changing clothes very regularly]]. (The only exceptions would be [[BifauxnenAndLadette Rei and Kaoru]]).
* ''Manhwa/TheBrideOfTheWaterGod'' has a vast array of beautiful Korean costumes.
* ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'', both [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/725354a784ee2b890d76de99e56f749d1239297264_full.jpg D]] and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/062403_petshop02.gif the]][[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kirin-1.jpg pets]].
* Most MagicalGirl anime tend to have at least a little of this, but ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' takes it above and beyond normal usage. Every one of the seven [[HeroSecretService Leafé]] [[TransformationTrinket Knights]] transform with the MagicalGirl and give her a new costume based on their ElementalPowers. [[spoiler:And then to top it off she has a final ultimate form, the "White Prétear", who wears a regal PimpedOutDress]]. In fact, considering the TransformationSequence with the knights is packed full of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, you might consider it ''literal'' Costume Porn. The tagline when Creator/ADVFilms brought the show over to America was "Wearable {{Bishonen}}!"
* Most of the outfits in ''Manga/BlackButler''. Special mention goes to the gown Ciel wore at a ball when cross-dressing.
%%* Ditto ''Manga/PandoraHearts''.

* Mihara Mitsukazu's mangas (''Dokuhime, The Embalmer'') are filled with this, which is unsurprising since she's published in a Gothic Lolita magazine.
* The works of Creator/MiyabiFujieda tend to run into this fairly frequently. But it's so worth it.
* The Storas of ''Amuri in Star Ocean'' are essentially personalized space-suits that look like very elaborate (and rather revealing) MagicalGirl costumes. They also enhance and control the powers of their wearers, generate blunt projectiles seemingly out of thin air, as well as undress their users and neatly store their clothes away before covering them up again.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' features this. Nearly every character has a fancy elaborate outfit.
%%* ''Manga/DawnOfTheArcana'' also features this.
* ''Manga/AKB49RenaiKinshiJourei'' features intricate costumes for idol group members performing on stage, and a single performance will involve multiple costume changes as well.
* ''Manga/GirlFriends'' is an interesting example - it focuses very heavily on all the different kinds of make-up and clothing the main characters play around with in luxurious detail...but since the girls are just normal middle-class Japanese high schoolers, the clothes involved are the sort that you'd expect girls in real life to be wearing, being pretty mainstream and relatively affordable. [[http://listlessink.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/the-girl-friends-of-shoujo-anna-sui-and-cecil-mcbee/ This article explains in a little more detail.]]
* The Amawakuni clothing in ''Manga/ArataTheLegend'' are all beautifully designed and detailed in the Oriental fashion.
** This isn't new for someone like Creator/YuuWatase, as they often drew Miaka Yuuki from ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' wearing ''really'' pretty Chinese-styled robes. Yui Hongou's BellyDancer-like outfits were very easy in the eyes as well.
* In-universe case in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' the "Kimono Goddess" filler case happens in an inn that possesses [[KimonoFanservice LOTS of beautiful and very pricey female kimonos]] (which make Ran [[CutenessProximity squeal in amazement]]) and is near the shrine of the aforementioned Goddess. This becomes a plot-point when [[spoiler: the AssholeVictims, two {{Rich bitch}}es named Asuka and Ema, appear dead in carefully-arranged crime scenes that involve such kimonos: this is because they caused the death of Sakurako, a girl who was a big devotée of the Kimono Goddess, and her long-lost sister Chieri/Eri was also aware of the myth so she used it as criminal theme to signify her revenge against the two assholes who got her sister killed.]]
** Even more so, there's a backstory to the myth of the Goddess, and it also brings up the trope. According to it, [[spoiler: a NaiveEverygirl named Koharu received a trunk of beautiful kimonos [[BecauseyouWereNiceToMe as thanks from a daimyo whose life she saved.]] The [[AlphaBitch jealous daughters of the village leader]] accused her of theft to get them, and [[KillTheCutie poor Koharu]] [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished was executed.]] That same night, [[TheDogBitesBack the two girls were found dead]] — also in carefully-arranged scenes involving these kimonos, which were supposedly caused by Koharu's soul which had become a vengeful spirit. To appease her, she was from then on referred to and venerated as the Kimono Goddess, a Shinto minor deity who is generally seen as the protector of the area... but is believed to be willing to ''sponsor someone's revenge'' if they ask her to.]]
** Again invoked in another case, where we take a peek at the wardrobe belonging to an ElegantGothicLolita fangirl. It's a blink-and-you-may-miss-it moment in the manga version, but the anime gives us quite the tour of the girl's ''beautiful'' jewelry and clothes. [[spoiler: Too bad that she's actually the ''victim of the week''. And then her frilly black dress is [[ChekhovsGun vital to resolve the case]].]]
* ''Manga/{{Adekan}}'': Anri's, Shiro's, and numerous female characters outfits are a thing of beauty. Anri, Shiro, and Kojiro frequently get put on covers in [[HoYay suggestive positions around each other]] while wearing incredibly elaborate outfits.
* As a PeriodPiece about the relationship between a maid and a noblewoman in UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain, ''Manga/GoodbyeMyRoseGarden'' features a lot of examples of GorgeousPeriodDress, particularly in the chapter title pages.
* Generally speaking, it's a staple of otome isekai genre, particularly Main/RebornAsVillainessStory. Pick any title that got adapted to webtoon/manga/manhwa. It will have CostumePorn in it.

* ''Film/PhantomThread'' is rife with gorgeous 1950s haute couture dresses. Fitting, as it's the story of a renowned dressmaker.

* Another Lana Turner example is ''Film/ImitationOfLife1959''. In the book it was adapted from (and original 1934 film), her character was a businesswoman who became successful via a pancake empire. The 1959 remake decidedly made her an actress that becomes a Broadway star, allowing for a fancier wardrobe. Her clothes altogether cost over $1 million, making it one of the most expensive cinema wardrobes at the time. This also allows Sandra Dee as her daughter to have fancy dresses of her own, and Susan Kohner (whose goes from waitress to chorus girl) to wear more than one nice evening gown. This was a deliberate move by director Douglas Sirk to draw in more female viewers (as the film actually deals with very ahead-of-its time themes about racism and sexism).

* Video essayist WebVideo/{{Izzzyzzz}} wears incredibly detailed and artistic makeup for every video, with even her less dramatic looks being expertly crafted to fit the topic of that day's video. Sometimes she'll also dye her air to match. Much of her audience was intially drawn in by the cool makeup, before deciding to stick around for the discussion.

* NiceHat

** Lelouch's elaborate and nigh-ridiculous [[spoiler:emperor outfit]]. NiceHat too.

** ''Film/TheDuchess'' has her in a new dress in every single scene, with plenty of {{Nice Hat}}s to go with them. Naturally its only Oscar win was for the costumes.

* Likely to occur with anything [[TheDandy William Marsh]] is wearing in ''Literature/DarknessVisible'' - azure silk waistcoats and [[NiceHat nice hats]] abound.

* ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries'' features Phryne's absolutely ''glorious'' wardrobe, which is straight out of [=1920s=] fashion magazines. She seems to have two or three gorgeous new outfits per episode, and that doesn't include recurring pieces like her luxurious satin dressing gowns. All in all, your average period fashion enthusiast's response to her wardrobe can basically be described as "Hnnnngh". And then there's the [[SharpDressedMan natty suits]] and {{nice hat}}s Jack Robinson swans around in....

* The ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' series is the eastern version of Satoshi Urushihara's works in terms of extreme pornography. Even when someone has a plain and basic outfit there's an 80% chance of NiceHat after NiceHat after... It seems the only place they skimped on the clothing was for the create-a-character 'edit generals'. See also: Kessen and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but DW is where they save the most fantastical designs for.

* Artist Colleen Doran takes this UpToEleven in ''ComicBook/ADistantSoil''. TheAgeless HumanAlien rulers of the CrystalSpiresAndTogas Ovanan race wear outfits that are literally unbelievable. If only because they probably have to exert some [[MindOverMatter telekinetic]] effort just to keep all the crystals and gemstones from breaking their necks!

%%* ''Film/TheCell'', outfitted by the same designer, took ''Dracula'''s costumes UpToEleven due to being set mostly in a psychotic LivingDollCollector's MentalWorld.

** Ezio takes it UpToEleven in ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Brotherhood]]'' with [[http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RU8vXW4WLqU/TN1wS0JsqVI/AAAAAAAAXrg/2drn7P9QfKM/Ezio%20Auditore.jpg this outfit.]]

* Female-fronted metal bands are known for having their lead singers dress in numerous elaborate dresses, especially gothic, power, and symphonic metal bands. Music/WithinTemptation and Music/{{Nightwish}} are two examples.

* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''. Sakura has a different, detailed, cute costume for every episode, courtesy of her best friend [[AuthorAppeal Tomoyo]]. It's a rare instance of it being justified InUniverse: when your best friend is a highly talented costume designer ''and'' videographer ''and'' has heavy SingleTargetSexuality towards you ''and'' feels the camera loves you as much as she does ''and'' believes that you have to look your best when capturing magical cards that are wreaking havoc, you can expect to be the guinea pig for her new creations OnceAnEpisode. The anime even has a special segment at the end of many episodes dedicated to pointing out the design of Sakura's costumes.