History Main / CustomUniform

*** When [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact debuted]] the Starfleet crew of Deep Space Nine wore the uniforms which debuted in the movie, however, admirals didn’t get a similar redesign a few episodes into the sixth season. This design would finally be consistent for live action 24th century admirals.

* The uniforms worn by the crew of the ''Cerritos '' in ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' as well as the crews of most other starships seen on the show are full color with a commbadge that lacks a backing. However, [[spoiler:the crew of the Titan]] wears the uniforms that debuted in First Contact.

** Dr. T’ana wears a blue coat reminiscent of Dr. Crusher’s from the Next Generation.
** Calling back to Deanna Troi's initial Next-Generation outfit, ship's counsellor Dr. Migleemo also doesn't wear a uniform.

* Whenever someone temporarily joins the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', there's no guarantee that they'll adapt the standard uniform. Some do (like Crystal and She-Hulk), while others (like Ant-Man, Storm, and the ComicBook/BlackPanther) choose to keep their own costumes instead. When Franchise/SpiderMan joined the Fantastic Four, having been temporarily re-themed the Future Foundation (or ''FF''), they gave him a custom variation of their new mostly white uniforms, bearing a large spider symbol instead of the Future Foundation's three block logo.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', only the people in the same team (read: from the same game) wear close to the same uniforms (mostly the {{Latex Space Suit}}s), only the {{Mauve Shirt}}s have a standard uniform, and apparently even ''that'' seems different from the ones worn by the RedshirtArmy on the same side.
** Although there is a standard Earth Forces uniform that many of the characters wear, such as Kai, Gilliam, the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Alpha 1]] originals except for Yuuki and Carla (who are former DC), Latooni, and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsMX Aqua]]. Kyosuke and Excellen wear a kind of casual looking jacket uniform that both have customized (the other two on their team, being two of the aforementioned Alphas, wear the EF standard). On the SRX team, Ryusei and Rai wear the same uniform, and Viletta wears a female variant but Aya wears a casual skirt outfit thing. Lamia apparantly only has one outfit ever that she wears on both teams she was on, and casually. Arado and Seolla also wear only one outfit everywhere they go and on every team they were in, which seemed to be weird clothes but [=OGS2=] reveals to be a color-coded battle suit worn by the subjects of the School. For pilot suits, the SRX team have the same make in slightly different colors, ATX team have Kyosuke and Excellen wearing the same red pilot suit. All the Alpha 1 originals except Yuki and Carla wear a odd custom blue suit that they also wore in Alpha 1 (Yuuki and Carla wore this in earlier games but switched to the DC designed suits in [=OGS2=]). Katina has a custom red pilot suit with kill notches on a shoulder plate. And finally there's a generic green pilot suit that Kai, Latooni, Russel, and all the faceless grunts wear.

* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'': In ''[[VideoGame/WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga Heart of the Tiger]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/WingCommanderIVThePriceOfFreedom The Price of Freedom]]'', Blair (the player character) has his last name on the name tag of his uniform, but all other pilots have their callsign on the name tag. As the callsign was chosen by the player, it wasn't practical to allow customized callsigns on the nametag, with {{Live Action Cutscene}}s.
* In ''[[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes City of Villains]]'', the Arachnos Spider and Widow epic archetypes' primary costumes are restricted to standard Arachnos parts, but they can still make themselves look different from the rank-and-file Arachnos [=NPCs=], and their alternate costume slots don't have those restrictions at all, except for Crab Spiders having to have their trademark [[MultiArmedAndDangerous mechanical arms]] in all of them.
* If the player joins the Imperial Legion in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', he/she is required to wear a uniform Legion cuirass, otherwise fellow legionnaires and their superiors refuse to talk with the PC. However, in the final quests for the Legion, the player acquires the artifact Lord's Mail, which is basically the best heavy armor in the game and ''also'' a Legion uniform cuirass, thus being a truly unique custom uniform for a legionnaire. Story-wise the PC is becoming the Knight of the Imperial Dragon (commander of all Legion regiments in the region) at this point.
** This applies to [=NPCs=] too, alot of the named ones wear the chest piece with whatever patchwork of other pieces of armor (imperial chain, imperial steel, imperial leather, iron, steel, netch, even chitin).
** Not to mention that as Knight of the Imperial Dragon you outrank anyone who would otherwise care about your lack of uniform (this is a deliberate design of the dialogue function that makes legionnaires complain if you talk to them out-of-uniform — it only applies to legionnaires of equal or higher rank than you).
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
** In the first ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'', none of the S.T.A.R.S. wear matching uniforms at all. The U.B.C.S. Mercenaries in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' have a stricter dress code, but Carlos has a cut-down version of a typical uniform.
** The ones from HUNK's unit, however, all wear the same thing.
** Extra materials reveal that the team wore mismatched uniforms because the R.P.D. didn't have the budget for anything else at the time, and Chris' outfit in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' was the prototype for what would have eventually been the standardized S.T.A.R.S. uniform.
** This doesn't just apply to the S.T.A.R.S. either. Player characters [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Leon]] and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak Kevin]] are members of the normal R.P.D. but still have a different outfit from the other rank & file officers, and even then their two uniforms don't perfectly match (Kevin's has an Oxford-style collar, while Leon's has a Mandarin collar).
* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
** LaResistance in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' all wear standard green uniforms all except for Ciel, Elpizo, Zero and Alouette.
** This carries over to ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', where Prarie has a custom uniform from the other Guardians. Partially Subverted in ''ZX Advent'': While Ashe wears the same clothes as the other "normal" hunters, but without a helmet, a number of NPC hunters wear their own uniforms.
* ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}}'': Colonel Tendon Cobar and Colonel Mael Radek from ''Killzone: Liberation'' and ''Killzone 2'', respectively) get the awesome-est suits you'll see from any Helghast, the lot of whom wear really cool outfits anyway.

* In ''VideoGame/TheGodfather: The Game'', most of your contract hits as well as the four Dons don't wear outfits with the same colour as their Family. Of course, your VirtualPaperDoll man Aldo isn't constrained by the standard colourless Corleone costume, though it's still somewhat limited; you can't, say, go for [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard-]] / [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]-esque crimson or the yellow of [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]].
* In ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' one can create their own uniform out of several different pieces, styles (both from the shows and new), and colour schemes. This is even handwaved by one of the Loading Screens giving the year uniform regulations were relaxed.

* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** Emile in ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' wears a set of EVA [[PoweredArmor power armor]] with a skull scratched on the visor. While the player character is allowed to customize their armor, the armors of the rest of Noble Team can't ''quite'' be replicated with customized parts either.
** While this is generally downplayed by Spartans (the wide variety of armor permutations available to them are each specialized for a specific practical purpose), this is played straight in the sense that they can choose to paint their armor something like bright purple.
* It's not clear if the ThievesGuild in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' has a ''per se'' uniform, but Rosa and Antonio's outfits clearly deviate from the ones the generic thieves wear.
* Although ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'''s Jimmy will get a couple dirty looks from the Prefects and some teachers for not wearing the school uniform, he won't get into any major trouble from it. The main trio of Petey, Gary and Jimmy have uniquely colored vests, and the majority of the school make modifications to theirs—each clique has their own take on the uniform, and only the non-clique students wear the regular school uniform properly.
* ''VideoGame/SeriousSam3BFE'': Sam doesn't wear the standard military uniform the redshirts do. Instead, he opts for an ordinary t-shirt and jeans.
* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'', Fuka isn't able to become a proper Prinny because Hades ran out of Prinny suits. Thus, they just gave her a Prinny jacket and hat from the gift shop.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has hundreds of unlockable cosmetics obtainable to distinguish any willingly diligent player from his army of identical peers. The amount of gameplay-ignoring customization is so ridiculous there's now a [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/demopan meme]] parodying just how far Valve has gone with this.

* Everywhere in ''VideoGame/KanColle'', along with NonuniformUniform. It's probably easier to name the ship classes that ''don't'' have at least one special snowflake wearing a different outfit from the rest.

* ''Everyone's'' uniform in ''VideoGame/MegaTagmensionBlancPlusNeptuneVsZombies'' is colored differently, in a manner similar to their regular clothes.

* In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', the members of the Schwarzwelt Investigation Team all have stripes on the shoulders of their Demonicas signifying their specialization: yellow for command and navigation, blue for science, and red for military. The protagonist is a soldier and should theoretically have the red stripes, but he gets white instead because he's special.

* The Diamond and Pearl Clans in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' each have their own standard uniforms, but the Wardens are shown to have customized theirs to various extents; for example, the Diamond Clan Warden Arezu wears a top that bears a closer resemblance to a modern-day hoodie than that of her peers, while the Pearl Clan Warden Gaeric [[WalkingShirtlessScene forgoes a shirt entirely]] and has his clan's symbol shaved into his chest hair.
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando'' was the first piece of Star Wars media to have clone troopers in customized armor. The idea came from Creator/GeorgeLucas suggesting that the otherwise identical troopers would be easier for the player to identify and relate to if they looked and sounded different from each other. Subsequent works such as ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' would depict clones decorating their armor as standard practice.
* In ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'', the police are all shown to wear the standard uniform of suit jacket, tie, dress shirt, slacks, and dress shoes. The one exception is the playable detective Tanimura, who swaps out the suit jacket for a more stylish blue bomber. This shows him to be lax towards his work, makes him more distinct in comparison to the supporting detectives, and is also plainclothes enough that the citizens of Kamurocho don't immediately clock him as a cop.

* ''VisualNovel/MissingStars'': Annaliese wears a hoodie instead of a blazer like everyone else. It's so notable that Erik even questions it.
-->'''Erik:''' The first thing that catches my eye about her is how little she catches my eye. Sitting still and staring out the window, oblivious to the rest of the class, wearing a hoodie rather than the standard blazer everyone else seems to wear. I wonder how she gets away with that? Despite being out of uniform, she almost blends into the wall.
* Most of the cast in the Longinus Dreizehn Orden from ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' wears a slightly altered version of the infamous Waffen-SS uniform, with some members having a more customized version than others. Rusalka's uniform in particular looks next to unrecognizable compared to the historical one it is based on or those of her allies.

* The [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Dogs of War]] in ''Webcomic/CryHavoc'' all wear different gear over a standard unifrom. This is passed off due to their status as mercenaries who hand-pick their equipment and weapons.
* In ''[[http://thosedestined.pensandtales.com Those Destined]]'', the QuirkyMinibossSquad's uniform consists only of a badge (worn above their regular clothes, as the BigBad insists), while the standard {{mook|s}} uniform is much stricter.

* A mook wearing a medieval suit of armor while his comrades wear high-tech military stealth-suits does not escape the hero's notice in ''Webcomic/AntiheroForHire''. He claims he gets to do whatever he wants because he's an elite, although he actually goes down easier than most of the regular ones.

* ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'': In the Grand Arcane Library, the only strict requirements for your attire is that [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience you wear the proper color that corresponds to your department]] and that you adhere to the "white top, black bottom" combination. Otherwise, you can wear your uniform in any way you want, be it long sleeves, jackets, skirts, long pants, etc.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Shining Armor, Captain of the Royal Guard, has armor of a slightly different design than his subordinates, the badge on front is his Cutie Mark instead of a star, and it's purple with gold edges instead of all-gold or all-silver.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': The Fireside Girls are clearly recognizable as a unit, but all of their uniforms are different, with Isabella's uniform (being a PaletteSwap of her everyday clothes and having her trademark hairbow on the beret) standing out the most. In one episode, it's revealed that each girl makes her own.

* The government-sponsored ComicBook/XFactor group initially split the difference between custom and uniform — they all shared a common color scheme, with individual variations — Madrox's full cowl and BadassLongcoat, Havok's leather jacket and headgear, Strong Guy's coke-bottle glasses, etc. Quicksilver stuck out because he kept his traditional light-blue with silver lightning outfit. Although it fits his aloof and arrogant demeanor, it belies his grudging acceptance of membership in the group of TrueCompanions that develops. When it's noted that the uniform is optional, Strong Guy says he wished somebody had told him that before he got a uniform.
* In Franchise/TheDCU, ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' franchise has brought twists to this trope ''twice'':
** In the early issues of the "present day" {{Prequel}} comic, ''[[ComicBook/LEGIONDCComics L.E.G.I.O.N.]] '89'', characters wore a wide range of clothing styles reflecting culture, alien anatomy, and/or personal aesthetics, but they all shared the standard livery of black underlayer, white overgarments, and the L.E.G.I.O.N. symbol in gold. No two characters, even those in the background, ever wore quite the same outfit: despite this, they were all obviously members of the same force. Later artists got lazy and gave the rank-and-file grunts identical uniforms.
** In the main title, the Legionnaires had always had individual costumes. However, the early 90s younger versions of the team redesigned those costumes to have unifying elements: a three-part division with a center band of contrast running down the middle, from neck to bootline, and a thick black belt with Gadget Pouches and a very prominent Legion emblem on the buckle. All of these held on through the 1994 ContinuityReboot, and the last through the 2004 "threeboot", and in the AnimatedSeries, even Superman added it to his own classic costume.
* The bulk of the ComicBook/GreenLantern Corps wear the standard bodysuit, DominoMask and ring. The ring is the only mandatory part, as it's the source of their powers. This means that there are many members who choose to customize their uniform, a good example being [[https://comicvine1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/scale_medium/10/100647/5903538-gls24.jpg Guy Gardner]], whose uniform basically amounts to CivvieSpandex. And that's not even getting into the members of the Corps that aren't humanoid, and need a uniform that perfectly fits their unique anatomy.
* The ComicBook/DoomPatrol had a nominal uniform (red with a white stripe down the center), but this was hardly obvious because, of the original members, the Chief didn't wear a uniform and Cliff/Robotman didn't wear clothes at all. The only ones with a "uniform" were Larry, who wore a jumpsuit, and Rita, who wore a skirt version (it was TheSixties). Not-quite-member Mento wore his own getup. It took the addition of a fifth proper member, Beast Boy, to have two people actually wearing the same outfit. Since later iterations of the team went for CivvieSpandex, the uniform ended up TheArtifact, basically becoming Beast Boy's unique costume in ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' and, many years later, the stylistic basis for Rita's various non-uniform outfits.
* Whenever someone temporarily joins the ComicBook/FantasticFour, there's no guarantee that they'll adapt the standard uniform. Some do (like Crystal and She-Hulk), while others (like Ant-Man, Storm, and the ComicBook/BlackPanther) choose to keep their own costumes instead. When Franchise/SpiderMan joined the Fantastic Four, having been temporarily re-themed the Future Foundation (or ''FF''), they gave him a custom variation of their new mostly white uniforms, bearing a large spider symbol instead of the Future Foundation's three block logo.

* The ''MildlyMilitary'' Swedish comic strip 91:an (which could be described as a Swedish version of Beetle Bailey) have the namesake main character private 91 Karlsson still wearing the same old blue, glaringly anachronistic uniform he wore when the comic strip started back in 1932 (the cartoonist based it on the uniform he had worn as a conscript some decades earlier). The rest of the characters however, wear grey uniforms from the 1960s.

* Dust from the ''ComicBook/XMen'' is allowed to continue wearing her veil and abaya (it's not a burqa) as part of the junior team, due to her religion. She is sometimes drawn wearing the X-belt, however.

* In the ComicBook/{{WITCH}} comic and later television adaptation the Guardians each have a different outfit once they transform into their MagicalGirl selves; the uniforms 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.
* In ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron'', Ysanne Isard wore a red version of the Imperial officer's uniform, with admiral's insignia, despite not actually being in the military. As Director of Imperial Intelligence and answering only to the Emperor, she could get away with that.

* For much of the history of the ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' franchise, Captain Marvel Jr. stood out boldly with his gold-on-blue costume with red cape compared to the rest of the Marvel Family's gold-on-red motif and white cape.

* The cast of ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' all wear lurid costumes that fit what the author considers to be "{{goth}}ic" and don't in any way fit what [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] uniforms actually look like.

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* Howard W. Campbell, the American Nazi from ''Literature/SlaughterhouseFive'', wears a gaudy custom outfit instead of the standard German uniform.
* Literature/{{Olivia}} from the kids' books series of the same name wears red clothes instead of the color of her school team, because she [[strike:always wants to be the boss]] is strong-willed and independent.

* The Adumari Union pilots in ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Starfighters of Adumar]]'' are, technically, all wearing standard flight suits — although since they're part of a multinational force that has only recently come together, they're all different colors — but have no restrictions on decorations, medals, what have you; their commander had a bank of medals that could double as a bludgeon if it had to.

* Another ''Franchise/StarWars'' example comes from the ''Literature/RepublicCommandoSeries'': since the clone commandos whom the story is centered on all look identical (with the possible exception of any scars they've picked up), they express their induviduality by customizing their standard-issue armor with paint and add-ons, such as Fi's [[ItMakesSenseInContext skirt]].
* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'':
** Harrington has had her uniform reinforced to protect her shoulder from Nimitz's claws, although the books make it clear that this is a standard variation in uniform, for personel who have been adopted.
** 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. Oversteegen is the only character who wears such a thing and isn't a complete asshole. (Having the Designated Asshole Traits while actually being the complete opposite of one is kind of Oversteegen's schtick).
** The escapees from the Havenite prison planet of Hades had a lot of time on their hands, and access to programmable uniform manufacturing equipment, so they made themselves uniforms. These were proper, compliant uniforms — but since many of them came from defunct militaries from planets that had been conquered by Haven decades in the past, a lot of them wound up wearing totally one-of-a-kind looks anyway.
* The Wardens of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' arguably, as their only uniform is a grey cloak. Aside from that, they wear whatever they like.
* Craig Lowell, from the WEB Griffin ''Brotherhood of War'' series, is an obscenely wealthy, old-money type who was kicked out of college and drafted during WWII, then chose to stay in the army. While all of his uniforms are custom made, they are uniform. However, while most officers have dress blues for formal wear, he went a step beyond and purchased the dress mess uniform, which goes so far as to include a cape. This irritates people.
* Many of the knights in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' wear distinctive custom-made armor and use distinctive personal weapons rather than any kind of standard-issue equipment... which they wouldn't have had, anyway, being ''[[ShapedLikeItself knights]]'', rather than common levies in livery.
* Miles Vorkosigan of the Literature/VorkosiganSaga wore very expensively tailored custom uniforms, designed to conceal some of his physical deformities, while ''looking'' exactly like standard issue uniforms.
* In ''Literature/AHeroOfOurTime'' by Michael Lermontov, Cadet Grushnitsky chooses to wear a Private's coat over his uniform, much to the chagrin of his peers. Though granted this is more of an example of NonuniformUniform.
* The ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'', in the books by Mercedes Lackey, all wear white. Student heralds wear grey. Bards and Healers wear red and green, respectively, with students having a variation. This coding is commented on in-story, essentially saying that in stressful situation, such as a riot or fire, the townspeople can look for that color uniform. A few characters avert this in everyday wear, and are allowed to because of their teaching duties (weapon use). One character sort of subverts this plain white uniform (or has it subverted for her) by her uniforms being remade with embroidery and other designs, but all in white.
** Early in the ''Collegium Chronicles'', we learn that upper-class parents of a Heraldic Trainee often insist on providing their child with a custom-tailored version of the official uniform, in higher-quality fabrics. When Mags is invited to a councilor's home over the Midwinter holidays, a Herald collects enough of these outgrown custom Grays to let Mags dress appropriately for the surroundings. (This may be the "ancestor" of the Formal Grays that we see later in the chronology.)
* ''Literature/TheShipWho'': In ''The Ship Who Searched'', Chria Chance wears an identical uniform to everyone else in the Academy — except it's personally tailored and made of genuine animal leather. It's implied that she's allowed to get away with it for the same reason they ignore her patently fake name; she's almost certainly a BlackSheep daughter of a High Family who wants to make her own way.
* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'' is set at an evil WizardingSchool where all the new students who complete a certain test are given uniforms. Lily's clique of bullies changes things up by adding [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead flags]] to their uniforms to indicate their magical lineage, which they are very proud of.

* [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons The "Invasion!" adventure and supplementary material]] in ''Magazine/{{Dragon}} Magazine'' and ''Magazine/{{Dungeon}} Magazine'' focusing on the githyanki included this as one of the minor details about their society and military. There's a general uniform style among their soldiers, but each is allowed to customize it as a nod to the idea that they're not faceless conscripts, but all individuals working together voluntarily — an important distinction to the githyanki, given their history as a former slave race used as menial labor and cannon fodder. It crops up in how they fight, too, for in mass combat they perform a few big coordinated moves taking advantage of some innate magic powers they all share, then break up into individual styles and skirmishes.
* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'': According to an early sourcebook, this was more or less the dress code in House Marik. Not only did all of the different constituent states have their own uniform regulations, [[MildlyMilitary these were pretty much ignored]] almost [[{{Pun}} uniformly]] ensuring that any given service member of the Free Worlds League had some variant on a CustomUniform just by dint of ignoring or replacing some piece of the prescribed kit.

* ''Manga/ShugoChara'': Amu has one with a slightly higher skirt, a loosened tie and a black jacket and shirt combination, complete with "x" hair-clips, [[IconicOutfit of course]], rather than the usual Seiyo girl's uniform, which consists of a black jumper, a relatively long skirt, and a straighter, less crooked tie. She also wears legwarmers in the same red tartan as the skirt, something everyone else lacks. The other Royal Guardians probably also qualify, as the Royal Cape seems to be the only constant (mostly).

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', none of the main and few of the secondary characters wear the uniforms of their villages. The closest thing to uniformity is that everyone does wear a [[MartialArtsHeadband forehead protector]] with the symbol of their village somewhere on their body. After the timeskip Lee and Shikamaru wear the uniform's flak vest, but have customized the rest of the outfit.
** Many adults also have custom uniforms to a degree, such as Shikaku's torn sleeves and Minato's BadassLongcoat.
** However, when they all go off to [[spoiler:battle in the Fourth Ninja War]] everyone dons the uniform (except for Naruto, who isn't there). This seems to imply that in times of war, all active ninja become a formal military that must now adhere to regulations and uniform standards. The only real "customization" at this point is in the form of weapons or armor modifications required for certain jutsu.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** Once he starts attending Fūrinkan High School, Ranma never wears a school uniform in either the manga or the anime — barring the few times his [[SexShifter female form]] wore a girl's uniform as a disguise. He only wore a uniform normally in flashbacks, when he was at his old boys-only junior high.
** Tatewaki Kunō is rarely seen wearing a school uniform, opting instead for his kendo outfit. It appears he wears the actual uniform during class, but that's just something we rarely see because he's in a different grade than Ranma.
** Ukyō Kuonji wears ''a'' school uniform, but it's the [[{{Bifauxnen}} boy's]] uniform from her old school, not a Fūrinkan High uniform. (In the anime, she puts on the standard girl's uniform on two occasions.)
* In ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', Ryoma Echizen wears black shorts as opposed to the customary white shorts. Tooyama Kintaro also wears a leopard print tank instead of the uniform shirt.

* It should be noted that the AEUG of ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' actually didn't have a dress code (having originated as a rebel group of former Earth Federation and Zeon soldiers, along with whatever civilian volunteers they picked up along the way), so ''everyone'' wore a custom uniform, no matter what it was. [[TheCaptain Bright Noa]] actually stood out ''because'' he wore his standard EFF uniform, as it happened to be what he was wearing when the ''Argama'' rescued him and he joined up.
** Paptimus Scirocco, TheManBehindTheMan of ''Zeta Gundam'' is not officially a member of the Titans task force, and his uniform shows this off, being the Titans uniform but in white and gold rather than black and red. Two other pilots, PsychoForHire Yazan Gable and artificial SuperSoldier Rosamia Badam, also get their own unique uniforms in yellow/black and purple/red respectively. Two Federation pilots attached to the Titans, LadyOfWar Lila Milla Rira and ReasonableAuthorityFigure Buran Blutarch, also get custom uniforms (dark red and sleeveless and black/blue respectively) despite not being full-fledged Titans.
** ''ZZ'' starts out with most Neo Zeon forces wearing standard Zeon uniforms, with KnightInShiningArmor Mashymre Cello the only one shown with any embellishments, and CloudCuckooLander Chara Soon foregoing a uniform altogether. Once DragonWithAnAgenda Glemy Toto ditches his plain uniform for a custom armored one prominently featuring his personal crest, though, custom uniforms start spreading across the officer corps like wildfire.

* Unusually for a Gundam series, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' mostly subverts this trope throughout the first season. Only [[SuperSoldier Soma]] gets a custom pilot suit and that is necessary to stop her Quantum Brainwaves from affecting her in the same way Allelujah's does him.
** It gets a bit looser in the second series with Graham's "Mr. Bushido" attire and the Innovator's colour coded helmets. Celestial Being also get a uniform but each member has a different colour scheme and some further customise their outfits (Ian, Lasse, Mileina, Linda).
* In ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers'', 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.

* Hokuto from ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'' wears a white uniform instead of the ordinary black due to him having been mistaken about the school he transferred to... He now wears it to stand out of the "normal" people (he gave Mechazawa a white uniform as a birthday gift, too). Freddie and the Gorilla don't wear uniforms either [the former dresses to reference Freddie Mercury, the latter is nude presumably because that's how gorillas usually dress], but nobody knows whether they're actually students or not.
* Seras Victoria of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' and her blue (or khaki in the manga/[=OAVs=]) uniform with that [[ZettaiRyouiki crazy microskirt and black (or white in the manga/OAVs) stockings]].
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'':
** Manjoume still wore his North School uniform even after he returned to Duel Academia because he considered the red uniform from the Osiris dorm humiliating.
** In contrast, Rei wears her Osiris Red jacket even when in Obelisk Blue, instead of Obelisk Blue's original girl uniform. Additionally, although no other female Osiris Red is seen in the series, her entire Osiris Red uniform after she is officially accepted into the school, is different from the standard one seen in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Online''.
** The exchange students (Edo, Johan, Jim, O'Brien and Amon) do not seem to wear uniforms at all.
* ''Anime/RedGarden''. The AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil seems to dictate dress code down to the length of hair, but the main characters seem rather exempt.
* Team Rocket's TerribleTrio in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' don't use the traditional black uniform that normal mooks use. Instead they made their own white uniform to stand out.
* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''
** Mendou wears a white gakuran instead of Tomobiki High School's standard black gakuran, just to show off [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney how rich he is]].
** Ryuunousuke from the same series wears the standard boy's outfit... at [[WholesomeCrossdresser her]] father's insistence (the latter [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent being In Denial about not having a proper son]]).
* Each member of the ''[[VideoGame/GalaxyAngel Moon]]''/''Anime/GalaxyAngel'' and ''[[Anime/GalaxyAngelRune Rune]]'' Angels wears a ''very'' differentiated uniform, with the only common element being varied pieces of outerwear with a shared color scheme and military-style detailing. Other members of the White Moon militia wear matching uniforms like normal people. The two most notable cases are Ranpha, who wears a qipao and high heels, and Anise, who wears an almost bra-like tube top, pants, and sandals. Both have the quasi-uniform outerwear in the form of vests, but Ranpha usually doesn't wear hers.

* Partial example in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. The Barrier Jackets of most named characters are unique and very different from those worn by the generic [[HeroesRUs Space-Time Administration Bureau]] combat mage. However, when they're not in battle, they wear the standard military uniform of their branch.
** Nanoha tends to wear her instructor squad uniform most of the time, and only wears her Section 6 uniform on official business. Signum and Vita occasionally wear the "first class undersuit" as a less restrictive counterpart to the female uniform.
** After joining the Saint Church, [[spoiler:Sister Sein]] wears a nun outfit with short sleeves, for an unspecified reason relating to the rules.
* Several characters in ''Anime/MyHime'' have customized uniforms, mostly the head members of the student council, who wear different colored uniforms, including Shizuru (khaki) Haruka (green) and Reito (black). Natsuki also wears a hooded white sweatshirt with her uniform instead of the usual blouse, and Haruka's blouse is short-sleeved when she wears it with a vest.
** In ''Anime/MyOtome'', Arika's uniform has pink trim, unlike the green in most Coral uniforms. The top Pearl wears a white uniform instead of gray, with red trim instead of yellow. Mai, however, wears bright orange trim with her Coral and Pearl uniforms.
* Alice L. Malvin from ''Manga/PumpkinScissors'' wears a yellow military uniform while everyone else in the army wears an olive one.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': In the Part 3, Jotaro wears a heavily modified version of his school's male uniform. He even [[spoiler:hires a tailor to make an exact copy of it when the original is destroyed in a fight.]]
** This carries into part 4, where the main characters all use their school uniforms customized with Bling symbols (with the exception of Koichi).
* The Imperial Fleet Admirals of the ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'' OVA wear capes as part of their uniform. Each Fleet Admiral has his own color.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Although there seems to be a base design for the arrancar uniform, some of the personal tailoring of the uniforms are so extreme they can look like a different uniform entirely with nothing more than colour scheme in common with the base uniform.
** Among Soul Society, anyone not wearing a bog-standard uniform is either a captain or lieutenant (barring Yumichika and Ikkaku). Variations range from sleevless haoris or miniskirts to additional accessories such as a scarf or additional kimono worn over their uniform.
* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Toji Suzuhara is always wearing a track suit instead of the school uniform. Kensuke Aida has his school uniform shirt untucked and unbuttoned and wears blue pants instead of black ones.
** Only two NERV personnel are shown to deviate from the standard light-brown uniform with triangular crest: [[ColonelBadass Misato]] with her red jacket and Ritsuko with her labcoat. [[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent Kaji]] and [[NumberTwo Fuyutsuki]] merely wear a dark-brown version, while [[ManipulativeBastard Gendo]] has a black jacket (which, unlike the other characters, he habitually wears unbuttoned). Given Kaji and Fuyutsuki are particularly high in NERV command, and Gendo is even higher than they are, it's possible the color change is somehow indicative of rank.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', all Black Knights have an identical uniform, except for Zero and C.C., who aren't exactly Black Knight regulars. In R2, Kallen, Tohdoh and the Holy Swords have a unique pilot suit... which has custom colors for each of them. And also, Lelouch and C.C. also don't wear standard pilot suits — C.C. wears her normal dress, and Lelouch wears a special pilot suit of a different cut than Kallen and Tohdoh's, in Zero's black and gold color scheme.
** Suzaku also possess a white pilot suit which is different to that of regular soldiers. How fortunate he is that the Knights of Round ALSO have white uniforms that are different from that of their subordinates.
** Viletta's day uniform as a Britannian Knight of Honor probably isn't regulation. Jeremiah also wears a different uniform, although he gets away with it by being [[FeudalFuture nobility]].
* ''Manga/SketDance'':
** Shinzou, the Kendo club captain, is constantly {{cosplay}}ing as a samurai, so that even when he's in school he wears the traditional samurai outfit instead of the school uniform. In one episode he is even seen getting chastised by the martinet [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil Student Council]] vice-president for doing this.
** Also, the main character Bossun, who almost always wear knee-length shorts instead of the uniform pants, ''even in winter''. Gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when he wear both shorts and boots in the snow, and [[DeadpanSnarker Switch]] quickly calls it the ZettaiRyouiki of winter.
* ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' has Paladin [[AlliterativeName Arthur August Angel]], who has an extremely fancy uniform.
-->'''[[AntiAntiChrist Rin]]:''' ...when I'm also a paladin, it'd suck to hafta wear such lame-ass clothes [as yours].\\
'''[[{{Jerkass}} Angel]]:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Unfortunately for you, I had these clothes made-to-order.]]
* In ''Literature/AriaTheScarletAmmo'', Riko modified her school uniform to be more Lolita-like.
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the Demon Slayer Corps wear black gakuran with black hakama tucked into their sandals as standard uniforms. Many members add their own flourishes to their uniforms:
** For the main characters, Tanjiro wears a green-and-black checkered haori over his uniform, while Zenitsu wears a yellow/orange haori with white triangles. Inosuke, on the other hand, deviates a lot from the standard uniform, wearing a belt made from animal furs, toeless and heelless kneesocks with sandles, [[WalkingShirtlessScene no shirt]], and a boar mask.
** Kanao wears a knee-length pleated skirt and knee-high boots instead of the hakama and sandals.
** Muichirou Tokitou's gakuran has wide Japanese-style sleeves and he wears his hakama loose; since he's the Mist Hashira, he prefers wearing long clothing that covers his limbs so his Mist Breathing techniques can be more effective.
** Amusingly, the "approved" uniform for female Hashira is a short skirt and gakuran completely open in the middle so their cleavage is exposed. [[MsFanservice Mitsuri Kanroji]] is the only woman who actually wears it, Shinobu Kocho burnt hers right in front of the pervy seamster who gave it to her and wears a dark purple version of the standard uniform with a butterfly themed haori.
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
** Generally, within any given team, the magical uniforms can vary in (besides just color) shoes, arm wear, skirts, sleeves, earrings, and head wear.
** Itsuki from ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' wears a white version of the male uniform, not just to show her status as granddaughter of the principal and StudentCouncilPresident, but also to emphasize her {{Bifauxnen}} nature.
** In ''Anime/SmilePrecure'', Akane, Yayoi, Nao and Reika all wear differently-colored neckties, along with other additions to their school uniforms that no one else does. Akane wears a sweatshirt tied around her waist, Yayoi wears a large sweater, Nao wears a blazer and Reika wears another shirt. And it's all in their Cure colors.
* Yusuke Urameshi from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' wears a green school uniform instead of the standard blue uniform. His reputation as a violent delinquent keeps the staff from trying too hard to enforce the dress code on him.
* ''Manga/MysteriousJoker'': Momo wears a pink variation on what appears to be the standard uniform for policewomen in the setting.
* In ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'', the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil wear distinctive white-and-gold ''[[SailorFuku gakuran]]''.

* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'' is an odd example in that there's clearly meant to be ''some'' kind of uniform since all the girls wear the same kind of skirt (red/blue plaid) with matching ties, but otherwise no two people wear the same outfit.
** [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Youko]] wears a blue jacket, a bowtie, shows a fair bit of cleavage (but due to her [[FemininityFailure utter lack of sexiness]] it's easy to miss), high heels, and has ProperTightsWithASkirt.
** [[AlienAmongUs Aizawa]] wears her blouse with no jacket, has a necktie, and knee-high socks.
** [[IntrepidReporter Mikan]] wears an orange jacket, bowtie, knee-high boots and a wide belt slung unevenly across her waist.
** [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Shiho]] basically just added the student skirt to her regular clothing, which consists of a white jacket with a violet leopard-print strip running down the shoulders, [[TheVamp a low-cut crimson top]], and [[ChainedByFashion a collar and bracelets with broken chains]].
** [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Akane]] (who's the Principal but [[OlderThanTheyLook looks like a student]]) wears a pink sweater vest, necktie, and thigh-high stockings.
** [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong Rin]] wears a yellow jacket, a purple turtleneck, a low-hanging talisman, ModestyShorts, knee-high ugg boots, and a belt slung around her waist, which has a loop for her sword (it's implied she got the boots and belt from [[spoiler:future Mikan]]).
** [[FallenAngel Karen]] wears a white jacket, an orange brooch, [[ProperTightsWithASkirt proper tights, a shin-length solid-colored skirt]], and high heels.
** Among the male students, [[UnluckyEverydude Asahi]] has the closest thing to a standard uniform with a brown jacket, khakis, and a necktie (worn loose). Between [[ThoseTwoGuys his friends]], [[TheSmartGuy Okada]] wears a black jacket and a wallet chain, [[NiceGuy Sakurada]] wears a cherry blossom-patterned shirt, and [[CasanovaWannabe Shimada]] wears a light green vest; none of the three wear ties.
* Yuki from ''Manga/SchoolLive'''s uniform has a blue sailor collar and skirt, while the other three girls' uniforms have green sailor collars and skirts instead. It has yet to be explained why Yuki's uniform is different.
* ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'': Kirito's Ririmasu uniform has all of the components of any other, but the fact that he never claps it at the neck and wears it all loose and baggy mean he can't be mistaken for another messenger even at a distance.

* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' and its sequel ''Eikou no Napoleon — Eroica'', as part of [[ShownTheirWork the work the author put in researching French history]], features this trope:
** During ''The Rose of Versailles'', the various officers of the French army all wear different clothes, with Oscar having ''five'' outfits during her career (her initial white uniform as a lieutenant of the ''Gardes du Corps'', a red one after being promoted to colonel, a white dress uniform, a blue one after transferring to the French Guards, and another dress uniform for a party), the only constant being a cross necklace on the service uniforms, ''her sword'' and the blue one being the only one that even somewhat resembles the uniform of her soldiers... In that they wore blue. Changing uniform with the rank seems a common practice, as lieutenant Girodelle of the ''Gardes du Corps'' gets a new uniform after being promoted to colonel.
*** Oscar's French Guards dress uniform is actually a plot point: her father, having realized the French Revolution was coming, was trying to get her married so she wouldn't get involved in the fighting and threw a party so she could choose a fiancee, and she commission an outfit for it... And it being revealed as a dress uniform signaled her complete refusal of leaving the military and marrying. it specifically for a party
** The various regiments all have different uniforms too, being in different colors and often with completely different styles, and of course their officers wearing something different. On the latter the French Guards are the closest to a standardized uniform, in that their officers all wear the same blue of the troops.
** As it starts in the latter parts of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, ''Eroica'' starts with the trope {{Averted}} for the French, as the Republic standardized the uniforms... Or at least tried, as the Army of Italy, due its poor supply situation, has uniforms with various customizations up until Napoleon leads them to Milan and uses the money got from the Sardinian surrender to order new ones for his men. As Napoleon's rise to Emperor starts, however, the trope starts to reappear, with first regiments getting differently colored uniforms and later officers adding their own touches, culminating with the Empire when the officers wear customized uniforms that at least still resembles those of their troops... And [[ModestRoyalty Napoleon constantly wearing the basic uniform of an artillery officer]].
** Played straight with non-French troops, where no two regiments have the same uniform and no two officers wear the same clothes.
* In ''Manga/AkebisSailorUniform'', Komichi's SailorFuku is essentially this; while she and her mother were under the mistaken impression that Roubai Academy still used sailor uniforms, her mother still made the uniform by hand. At the entrance ceremony, they find out that Roubai Academy students no longer wear sailor uniforms and now wear blazers instead. Despite the misunderstanding, the principal still allows Komichi to keep wearing her sailor uniform since it's technically one of the school's official uniforms, even though it's an older one which is no longer in use.
* It seems like that in ''Manga/{{Watamote}}'', Tomoko’s school has a really lax dress code, with hoodies and other articles of clothing being allowed alongside the main uniform. Students are also allowed to wear their uniform in a variety of ways, with a shirt and trousers or skirt being the bare minimum.
* In ''Anime/DeathParade'', while most of the staff members wear some variation of the standard uniform, [[TheNameless The Black-Haired Woman]] stands out for wearing a crop top, short skirt, and high heels. She ends up being the {{Deuteragonist}} of the show.

*** Generally, while ''personal'' modifications are met with disapproval[[note]]at least beyond a certain point; hair decorations like Alice bands are apparently permitted if they're in matte colours that match the weaerer's uniform[[/note]], ''cultural'' modifications are accommodated. Ro's case was largely due to unfamiliarity with Bajoran culture (including Bajorans listing their surnames first), and was largely corrected for, as future Bajorans seen in Starfleet uniform generally sport their earrings, such as Kira Nerys when she is given a battlefield commission of Lieutenant Commander. Worf was almost never seen without his baldric, which displayed his Klingon heritage, and later on in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', when Nog enrolls in Starfleet, he replaces his traditional Ferengi headwear with a piece that matches the shoulder fabric. Some captains go so far as to ''enforce'' cultural wear upon any subordinates native to that culture, and consider them out of uniform if ''not'' wearing, such as one PlayedForLaughs scene in ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'' where Worf oversleeps and rushes to the bridge late for his duty shift, only for Picard to order him to straighten his baldric.

* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Toji Suzuhara is always wearing a track suit instead of the school uniform.

** Is Tatewaki Kunō rarely seen wearing a school uniform, either, opting instead for his kendo outfit. It appears he wears the actual uniform during class, but that's just something we rarely see because he's in a different class and grade than Ranma.

** Tatewaki Kunō rarely wears a school uniform, either, opting instead for his kendo outfit.

* Team Rocket's TerribleTrio in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' don't use the traditional black uniform that normal mooks use. Instead they made their own white uniform to stand out.

** However, when they all go off to [[spoiler:battle in the Fourth Ninja War]] everyone dons the uniform (except for Naruto, who isn't there).

* In ''Literature/TheShipWhoSearched'', Chria Chance wears an identical uniform to everyone else in the Academy — except it's personally tailored and made of genuine animal leather. It's implied that she's allowed to get away with it for the same reason they ignore her patently fake name; she's almost certainly a BlackSheep daughter of a High Family who wants to make her own way.

* ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'': In the Grand Arcane Library, the only strict requirement for your attire is that [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience you wear the proper color that corresponds to your department]]. Otherwise, you can wear your uniform in any way you want, be it long sleeves, jackets, skirts, long pants, etc.

* The ComicBook/DoomPatrol had a nominal uniform (red with a white stripe down the center), but this was hardly obvious because, of the original four members, the leader didn't wear a uniform, the robot didn't wear clothes at all, and of the two remaining, one was female and therefore had to get a skirt (it was TheSixties). It took the addition of a fifth member to have two actually wearing the same outfit.

* In ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo'', Riko modified her school uniform to be more Lolita-like.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'', all named units (your units, potential recruits, and bosses) have a custom color scheme, while everyone else on the bad side gets their uniforms colored based on their affiliation. It can get a bit odd in cases where potential recruits start out fighting on the enemy's side; they are the only one aside from their general to wear a custom uniform.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' takes place predominantly at the Officers Academy in Garreg Mach Monastery. Being a MilitaryAcademy, the students naturally wear school uniforms, consisting of black button-up dress shirts with gold accents and either matching slacks or dresses. Many students, however, add their own touches to their uniforms. To name some examples: Dorothea wears jewelry and a flat cap while unbuttoning the top of her uniform to show her cleavage, Mercedes wears a tan cardigan over a black vest with a white blouse, and Raphael foregoes wearing the uniform coat, instead only dressed in slacks and a white shirt that strains against his bulging muscles. The house leaders (Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude) wear custom uniforms that closely resemble military uniforms and include a shoulder cape in the color of their respective houses. The female uniforms also include knee-high boots, most of them high-heeled, but Edelgard's pair is only ankle-high and paired with red leggings. The Ashen Wolves, meanwhile, dress predominantly in white with silver and violet accents. Following the TimeSkip, the now-former students replace their uniforms for unique outfits that are more par for the course of ''Fire Emblem''.
* In ''VideoGame/WingCommanderIII'' and ''VideoGame/WingCommanderIV'', Blair (the player character) has his last name on the name tag of his uniform, but all other pilots have their callsign on the name tag. As the callsign was chosen by the player, it wasn't practical to allow customized callsigns on the nametag, with LiveActionCutscenes.
* In ''VideoGame/CityOfVillains'', the Arachnos Spider and Widow epic archetypes' primary costumes are restricted to standard Arachnos parts, but they can still make themselves look different from the rank and file Arachnos NPC's, and their alternate costume slots don't have those restrictions at all, except for Crab Spiders having to have their trademark [[MultiArmedAndDangerous mechanical arms]] in all of them.

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' none of the S.T.A.R.S. wear matching uniforms at all. The U.B.C.S. Mercenaries in ''[=RE3=]'' have a stricter dress code, but Carlos has a cut down version of a typical uniform.
** The ones from HUNK's unit however, all wear the same thing.
** Extra materials reveal that the team wore mismatched uniforms because the R.P.D. didn't have the budget for anything else at the time, and Chris' outfit in ''Code: Veronica'' was the prototype for what would have eventually been the standardized S.T.A.R.S. uniform.

* LaResistance in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' all wear standard green uniforms all except for Ciel, Elpizo, Zero and Alouette.

* Colonel Tendon Cobar and Colonel Mael Radek from ''VideoGame/KillzoneLiberation'' and ''VideoGame/Killzone2'', respectively) get the awesomest suits you'll see from any Helghast, the lot of whom wear really cool outfits anyway.

* ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'': In the Grand Arcane Library, the only strict requirement for your attire is that [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience you wear the proper color that corresponds to your department]], otherwise you can wear your uniform in any way you want. Be it long sleeves, jackets, skirts, long pants, etc.

** During ''The Rose of Versailles'', the various officers of the French army all wear different clothes, with Oscar having ''four'' outfits during her career (her initial white uniform as a lieutenant of the ''Gardes du Corps'', a red one after being promoted to colonel, a white dress uniform, and a blue one after transferring to the French Guards), the only constant being ''her sword'' and the blue one being the only one that even somewhat resembles the uniform of her soldiers... In that they wore blue. Changing uniform with the rank seems a common practice, as lieutenant Girodelle of the ''Gardes du Corps'' gets a new uniform after being promoted to colonel.

** As it happens after UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, ''Eroica'' starts with the trope {{Averted}} for the French, as the Republic standardized the uniforms... Or at least tried, as the Army of Italy, due its poor supply situation, has uniforms with various customizations up until Napoleon leads them to Milan and uses the money got from the Sardinian surrender to order new ones for his men. As Napoleon's rise to Emperor starts, however, the trope starts to reappear, with first regiments getting differently colored uniforms and later officers adding their own touches, culminating with the Empire when the officers wear customized uniforms that at least still resembles those of their troops... And [[ModestRoyalty Napoleon constantly wearing the basic uniform of an artillery officer]].

* Seen with some squads and such in ''LARP/HumansVsZombies''. Even then, it's normally all up to recognizing faces or maybe a hat or color scheme to tell who's with you and not with you. Even generic "we all wear camo jackets"-type guidelines will give you a lot of room to maneuver.

* Played straight in ''FanFic/RhythmicPrettyCure'' with the rhythmic gymnastics side of Altair Private Academy; the only thing all the uniforms have in common are classical pink (theatrical pink for exhibitions and competitions) tights and pink ballerina shoes. Generally averted with the general education side and American football side uniforms.