History Main / CustomUniform

* The only ones that actually wear proper uniforms in ''{{Persona 3}}'' are the main character and [[RobotGirl Aigis]]. Junpei always wears a hat and a blue shirt instead of a white one; Yukari wears a pink sweater instead of the uniform jacket; Fuuka wears a green turtleneck instead of the white shirt; Akihiko wears a red vest and neither he nor Mitsuru ever wears the uniform jacket. Mitsuru at least has the excuse of "her father pays for this school," but the others don't.

* In ''TokimekiMemorial 1'' and ''2'', Rei and Mei Ijuin, as heirs of the filthy rich Ijuin Family, are allowed to wear variants of their respective schools' regular uniform. Becomes a plot point in ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'', as if Mei is in [[RelationshipValues Tokimeki Status]] with the main protagonist, [[spoiler: near the end of the game, he can give her a regular Hibikino School Uniform as a Christmas present, and she'll wear it out of love for him later in one of her special Events]].
* The only ones that actually wear proper uniforms in ''{{Persona 3}}'' are the main character and [[RobotGirl Aigis]]. Junpei always wears a hat, Yukari a pink sweater, Fuuka a shirt underneath her uniform, Akihiko a red vest, and Mitsuru boots. Mitsuru at least has the excuse of "her father pays for this school" but the others don't.

* Similarly, in ''FinalFantasyVIII'', all official members of the mercenary organization [=SeeD=] wear unique outfits, ostensibly to make undercover ops easier. Students who have yet to finish schooling may already have their {{Custom Uniform}}s ready in anticipation of graduation, but have to wear BlingOfWar during class and official functions in the meantime.
** Hey, weren't their outfits simply civilian and not uniform at all?

* HonorHarrington has had her uniform reinforced to protect her shoulder from Nimitz's claws, although the books make it clear that regulations permit it. Michael Oversteegen and other aristocrats seem to enjoy wearing uniforms modified for less practical reasons.
** A specially tailored uniform (for reasons other than purely utilitarian ones ''a la'' Honor's reinforcements) is one of the Honorverse's stock UpperClassTwit traits; it's ''not'' allowed by regs. Therefore powerful aristocrats wear them to flaunt being above the rules. Oversteegan is the only character who wears such a thing and isn't a complete asshole. (Having the Designated Asshole Traits and not actually being one is kind of Oversteegan's schtick).

* In the Japanese manga ''Hana Yori Dango'', as well as the anime and drama that are based on it, the four richest and most popular kids in the school, the F4, never wear their uniforms.

* Emile in ''{{Halo}}: Reach'' wears a set of EVA [[PoweredArmor power armor]] with a skull scratched on the visor.

* TruthInTelevision. It's only been very recently (in historical terms) that officers have had standardized uniforms, and even more recently that personal touches have been frowned upon. Patton and Montgomery are two of the more notable ones from as recently as WorldWarII. There is a joke in the British Army that if two officers from the Intelligence Corps appear at breakfast wearing identical clothing the junior officer must go and get changed.

* ''{{Persona 4}}'' is similar to its predecessor in that only TheProtagonist wears the correct uniform (although it's not buttoned up), whereas [[KickChick Chie]] wears a green jacket, [[{{Sidekick}} Yosuke]] is always wearing headphones around his neck, [[YamatoNadeshiko Yukiko]] wears a completely different red uniform, and Kanji wears his jacket like a cape.

* In ''ValkyriaChronicles'', many of the members of [[TheSquad Squad 7]] had some variation on their uniform. Avoided by Welkin, who wore his commander's uniform exactly as it was meant to be worn.

*** This doesn't just apply to the S.T.A.R.S., Player Characters [[ResidentEvil 2 Leon]] and [[ResidentEvilOutbreak Kevin]] are members of the normal RPD but still have mis-matched uniforms.

* In ''StarWars: Episode III'', Anakin is the only Jedi wearing black leather (except for Aayla Secura, who appears for a few seconds and then dies).
** ExpandedUniverse AllThereInTheManual info notes that the standard Jedi robes are not, in fact, a uniform. Any Jedi is free to wear whatever he/she/it wants, but they tend to wear the standard robes or variations on them to show solidarity. Anakin isn't breaking any rules, just traditions. One novel has the perspective character musing that they're made of such itchy wool to force Jedi to constantly maintain self-control and discipline.
** Back in the day, the story was that Jedi robes were selected precisely because they didn't stand out, effectively making them not uniforms at all. Anyone could wear robes or the cloaks that went over them. With the style Luke wore in the first film (being the non-Jedi ward of similarly dressed and similarly non-Jedi kin), it seems consistent. Of course, things changed.
** Back in the old days, if ''{{Knights of the Old Republic}}'' is to be believed, a Padawan walking around the Jedi academy on Dantooine could be reprimanded for not wearing the Jedi robes, so there was some notion of them as a uniform. Just to clarify, this was thousands of years before the movies. Bastila Shan still had a unique outfit, although for game technical reasons you'd typically see her wearing standard robes anyway (most armor looks the same on different characters, only just plain clothes look unique).

*** Which seems a prequel change...in ''ANewHope'' Obi-Wan Kenobi was wearing practical clothes for Tantooine: loose dust-colored robe over loose dust-colored tunic in coarse hard wearing material it would be easy to beat the sand out of. He's in hiding so wearing a Jedi uniform doesn't make sense and nobody in [[WretchedHive Mos Eisley]] recognizes it as such. In ''ThePhantomMenace'' though that outfit seems standard for Jedi and Qui-Gon Jinn wears a poncho to conceal his tunic and lightsaber.
* Darth Vader fitted somewhere outside of but very high up in Imperial Navy's command structure--somewhere below Grand Moff Tarkin--but never wore a uniform.
** Note that Vader's armor was life support, so he couldn't remove it. And a uniform tailored to fit over it would have made him look like a total dork.
** In DarkEmpire, when Luke briefly goes over to TheDarkSide and serves as an apprentice under Palpatine, he gets the same [[InTheBlood title and position as his father]] and is dressed in a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:SWDarkEmpireOmnibus.jpg very similar outfit]], missing only the helmet and life support. You could say it's just Palpatine rubbing it in, but maybe it ''is'' a uniform.

* Every SixthRanger in ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers'' has a different style of uniform than the main team. Sometimes it's just a color reversal or adding a chest piece, sometimes it's a full suit of armor or actually being a HumongousMecha or {{Metal Hero|es}}.
** ''[[DidNotDoTheResearch "Every"]]?'' Gaosilver's outfit matched the rest of Gaoranger ''exactly''; Megasilver also matched the rest of Megaranger. You could also make a case for the very first SixthRanger, from Zyuranger--although he had the golden shoulderplate, it could be removed and worn by the other Zyuranger. Also, Timefire is virtually identical to Timered, except for black accents in place of white accents and a serrated edge on his visor.
** You need to go back and watch that show again my friend, Gaosilver's suit has a second color to it (navy blue) as well as distinctive pattern in which that color was applied.

* In the {{WITCH}} comic and later television adaptation the Guardians each have a different uniform once they transform into their MagicalGirl selves; the uniform do share the same green and purple color scheme with striped socks and can be still considered uniforms, also qualifying for CustomUniformOfSexy for some. Their predecessors C.H.K.Y.N. (seriously) had the same setup and the WITCH fandom, of course, has created hundreds if not thousands of designs of their own in fanart and fanfiction ([[http://hapuriainen.deviantart.com/gallery/?q=WITCH#/d2rvknb and some flash games]]). Why the girls get different outfits is never really discussed in universe, but they certainly seem appreciative of both the clothes and the [[MostCommonSuperpower assets]] that come with them.

* Many of the knights in ''{{A Song of Ice and Fire}}'' wear distinctive custom-made armor and use distinctive personal weapons rather than any kind of standard-issue equipment.

* Each member of the [[GalaxyAngelGameVerse Moon]]''/''{{Galaxy|Angel}} and [[GalaxyAngelRune Rune]] Angels wears a ''very'' differentiated uniform. Other members of the White Moon militia wear matching uniforms like normal people.