History Main / ImpossiblyLowNeckLine

** Her recent "[[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry Jeweled]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]]" gown seems [[http://joechip.net/liana/uploads/disney-princess-jewels-snow-white-cinderella-belle-sleeping-beauty-kleenex.png like this]] [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/tina_als_girl/Wallpapers/AllSix_Jewel_Wallpaper_by_Joy_01.jpg as well]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'', Bunnie Rabbot's default clothing is a [[SexyBacklessOutfit backless, strapless leotard]], the front of which [[http://archive.is/qNLuP completely ignores the laws of physics]].[[/folder]]

--> '''Lois''' ''(about Lana)'': "The only thing holding that dress up is ''faith!''"

* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', Yumi's neckline was already pretty low to begin with, but it kept descending steadily until her kimono was more or less completely off the shoulders. [[WordOfGod Watsuki]] mentioned in a commentary that he heard from several cosplayers who remarked how impossible it was to maintain their modesty while dressed as her.
* Ogin of ''Anime/KyogokuNatsuhikoKosetsuHyakuMonogatari'', when not in disguise, exclusively wears a very low kimono. Made all the more impressive by Ogin moving around more than most examples of this trope: she frequently shows off her ability to run, crawl, drag people away and even swim without falling out.
* In ''Manga/XxxHOLiC'', anything and everything ever worn by Yuuko. Then again, AWizardDidIt.

* [[Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo Izumo no Okuni]]. Of course, given that she's also seen hovering in midair at times, she's probably levitating the kimono to hold it in place.
* Meet [[http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Belladonna Belladonna,]] a minor character in ''Manga/OnePiece''.
* Lust from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' wears a LittleBlackDress below her armpits. Technically speaking, she and at least some of the other Homunculi are naked because their "clothes" are really part of their body, as shown when they're injured and their clothes regenerate with the rest of them.

* ''Manga/BlackButler II'': Ran Mao's outfit at the Trancy costume ball in episode 5.
* Mei Terumi, the Fifth Mizukage, in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
* Current time line Athena sports this in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''.

* Ikaruga from ''Manga/FairyTail'' wears her kimono this way.
* Alcyone from ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'', specially in the anime. [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f0O9wZGKSF0/Sk9nVNCZZ8I/AAAAAAAAAwI/9_e3V_bagVI/s320/magic_knight_rayearth-cephiro-alcione03.jpg See here.]]
* Angel Mort's uniform in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', pretty similar to [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Lust]]'s dress.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' has [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081204222326/digimon/images/8/8a/Lilithmon_Bo-1002_%28DM%29.jpg Lilithmon]]/[[DubNameChange Laylamon,]] the series' embodiment of lust. Despite having that descriptor, her outfit isn't all that revealing and mostly resembles a more winged version of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Lulu's outfit]] pictured above as this page's trope image.
* [[spoiler:Fabia Crozelg's adult form]] in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' is shown in Chapter 50 to have a barrier jacket whose top is worn this way. Considering how she's [[spoiler:a WickedWitch]], it probably is held in place by magic.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has Dark Magician Girl, who wears an outfit that hangs off her shoulders (past her armpits, to be precise). Since Dark Magician Girl is one of the most animated monsters in the series, her breasts always look like they're [[MsFanservice about to jump out]]. The only reason she doesn't have any wardrobe malfunctions is because her costume is also skintight.

* The title character of ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty''[='=]s uniform resembles a one-piece bathing suit with this included.
* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'', Kuroka always wears her kimono this way. She [[GoingCommando doesn't wear any undergarments]] and [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl wouldn't care if she got exposed anyway]].
* ''Anime/FatePrototype'': In the prequel, ''Fragments of Sky Silver'', Manaka Sajyou wears her dress normally. In the present, she unbuttons it and lets it hang past her shoulders.

* In ''Comicbook/XMen'', the Hellfire Club outfits include bustiers that are like this, worn by Emma Frost, Selene, and Phoenix (and Jean Grey, depending on continuity). Some got even more ridiculous recently, although that's supposedly just Emma playing mind tricks... even though it doesn't explain any other impossible comic heroine costume.
** [[ComicBook/NewMutants Surge]]'s costume also frequently involves tube tops that would require a substantial amount of double-sided tape to keep her contained.
* Franchise/WonderWoman's strapless bustier is sometimes drawn too low to stay on while she's fighting without having been surgically glued to her breasts.
* Sersi of ''Comicbook/TheEternals'' was designed with a strapless green bustier that's sometimes drawn in this manner. Interestingly, while her new costume from the 2006 relaunch by Creator/NeilGaiman is still rather revealing, it at least has straps this time to explain how it actually stays on her body during combat.

* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' villain the Wanderer may have the excuse of using skin contact to kill people for choosing a neckline that is open to her shorts but she'd require a massive amount of nearly super powered tape to keep her boobs in the thing she wears as a shirt while flipping around and fighting.
* DependingOnTheArtist, Literature/DominoLady's signature white gown can be this. The original pulp stories specify the gown is backless, and almost all artists have taken this to mean strapless as well. Some artists have drawn the neckline so low it would be impossible for her to move, let alone run or fight, without popping out.

* Jessica Rabbit from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. It's okay for her, firstly because she's an animated character, and secondly because she's not really meant to be all that realistic anyway.
* Meg's Masquerade dress and Christine's black dress in Joel Schumacher's ''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera|2004}}''. Christine's neckline in the graveyard scene is highly [[HollywoodCostuming anachronistic]], since it's a mourning dress, which were at the time of the film's setting supposed to be modest.

* Miss Scarlet's dress from ''Film/{{Clue}}'' looks like this.
* In ''Film/HappyDeathDay2U'', [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AfzuDueIJ3g/hqdefault.jpg Danielle]] wears a college T-shirt cut enough to make one nerd very distracted ("hey, [[MyEyesAreUpHere head's in the middle"]]).

* In ''Literature/JinxHigh'' by Creator/MercedesLackey, the villainess commissions a costume straight out of the American Revolutionary period for the school dance. The bodice is cut so low that one of her boyfriends has almost complete access to her boobs while she's wearing it (handy when you need to distract said boyfriend while the mind control spell takes effect).
* Parodied in Creator/PoulAnderson and Creator/GordonRDickson's ''Literature/{{Hoka}}'' series: "pirate wench" Anne Bonney has to have a low neckline, but Hoka females are quadrimammarian. Her dress has ''two'' bodices.

* The [[BareYourMidriff half t-shirt]] that Kris Munroe's wearing in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXTMUHbnAa0 this scene]] from the "Mother Goose is Running for His Life" episode of ''Series/CharliesAngels''.
* A costume drama set at court in the Tang Dynasty was censored by the Chinese government for its low necklines even though the producers showed with contemporary paintings that their costumes were based on historically correct outfits.

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Artemis' dress to a ridiculous extent. Her outfit doesn't even connect to her shoulders, and looks like the outfit is practically glued onto her breasts.
* Lulu from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', as you can see above. She keeps up her dress with a heavily boned corset and belts on the upper arms. But it's basically the [[PrettyInMink fur trim]] that keeps her from total exposure. One wonders if she is capable of using her black magic to prevent sunburn that would otherwise occur from dressing her pale self like that [[ExposedToTheElements on a tropical island.]]
* Amy in ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur IV'' also has a low neckline, with the fur trim being the only thing keeping the players from seeing everything.

* Rouge from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''. Might be justified by the fact a high neckline would be inconvenient for winged characters.
** And, to a lesser extent, Marine the Raccoon. Hers isn't played for fanservice though - she's only seven, so there's nothing to show off anyway.
* Morrigan from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' has such a low-cut outfit that, if she wasn't a HornyDevil, would be a walking wardrobe malfunction. Of course, she's not actually wearing ''clothes''...

* Sumire Kanzaki from ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'', when wearing a kimono.

* Several of [[BlackMagicianGirl The Sorceress']] outfits in ''[[{{VideoGame/Gauntlet}} Gauntlet: Dark Legacy]]'', but better displayed by the Blue Sorceress.

* Rose's [[http://www.capcom.co.jp/blog/sf4/img_upload/0212rose.jpg alternate costume]] in ''Super StreetFighter IV'' features this.
** One of her ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'' winposes had her wearing a similar dress in pink.

* The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series has archers, and ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'' has Rozalin. ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'' has Seraphina, whose top is cut so low that magic is the only explanation for why she isn't constantly subjected to a WardrobeMalfunction.
* Kai and Nou in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors''.

* Petra Johanna Lagerkvist from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''.
* Cerebella from ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}''. Her design notes explain that it's literally taped on.

* Matriarch Benezia from ''Videogame/MassEffect''. Her ex-wife reminisces fondly about it in the sequels.
* Shih-na from ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' wears an impossibly skimpy dress that provides no method of holding itself up. Presumably, there's a generous amount of tape involved.
* Tamamo-no-Mae from ''VideoGame/FateEXTRA'' (her default outfit) and ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' (all her outfits) sports one.

* It's justified in the 18th-century parts of ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'' due to it being in vogue.
* [[http://drowtales.deviantart.com/art/Ch44-sasi-412416320 One of the cameos]] in Webcomic/{{Drowtales}} has an outfit similar to the header picture. It never moves despite that she's an air specialist who can more or less fly and jump great heights.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'', Bunnie Rabbot's default clothing is a [[SexyBacklessOutfit backless, strapless leotard]], the front of which [[http://archive.is/qNLuP completely ignores the laws of physics]].[[/folder]]

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* Jessica Rabbit from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. It's okay for her, firstly because she's an animated character, and secondly because she's not really meant to be all that realistic anyway.

* Meg's Masquerade dress and Christine's black dress in Joel Schumacher's ''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera|2004}}''. Christine's neckline in the graveyard scene is highly [[HollywoodCostuming anachronistic]], since it's a mourning dress, which were at the time of the film's setting supposed to be modest.
* A lot of the women in Film/HammerHorror films would wear outfits that would hover just at that right spot to expose enough flesh to interest any vampires/werewolves/monsters passing by.

* For a large portion of the second half of ''Film/JewelRobbery'' (1932), Baroness Teri von Horhenfels (Kay Francis) wears a gown which is backless, off the shoulders, and has a low front neckline. There are no visible means of support, yet the gown stays firmly in place. One possible answer is that the tops of the sleeves are tightly held to her upper arms, perhaps with elastic, and this is the support for the gown as a whole.
* Miss Scarlet's dress from ''Film/{{Clue}}'' looks like this.
* In ''Film/HappyDeathDay2U'', [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AfzuDueIJ3g/hqdefault.jpg Danielle]] wears a college T-shirt cut enough to make one nerd very distracted ("hey, [[MyEyesAreUpHere head's in the middle"]]).

* In the stage version of Theatre/WestSideStory, Maria nags at Anita about her new dancing dress.

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* * ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Artemis' dress to a ridiculous extent. Her outfit doesn't even connect to her shoulders, and looks like the outfit is practically glued onto her breasts.

* Rouge from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. Might be justified by the fact a high neckline would be inconvenient for winged characters.

* In ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', Kuroka always wears her kimono this way. She [[GoingCommando doesn't wear any undergarments]] and [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl wouldn't care if she got exposed anyway]].

* [[http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3429 Gemini Storm's]] artist posted the inks for one of the pages. How are her breasts [[http://hdub7.deviantart.com/art/Gemini-Storm-pag-11ink-127224376 staying there?]]

* WonderWoman sometimes has this.

* Lulu from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', as you can see above. She keeps up her dress with a heavily boned corset and belts on the upper arms. But it's basically the [[PrettyInMink fur trim]] that keeps her from total exposure.

* Lust from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' has both this ''and'' AbsoluteCleavage. Possibly justified as the clothing being part of her Homonculus body (watch Sloth's clothes for reasoning).

* ''[[Manga/BlackButler Black Butler II]]'': Ran Mao's outfit at the Trancy costume ball in episode 5.

* Meet [[http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Belladonna Belladonna,]] a minor character in ''OnePiece''.

This trope lends itself best to still images or animation, but it can be done in live action. In RealLife, sleeveless bodices with gravity-defying decolletage are held in place by transparent straps or hidden adhesive. Another method is to make the top itself rigid and corsetlike. Strips of plastic or metal are sewn into the seams to hold the shape, called "boning," owing to the bodice's skeletal structure and the fact that they were made with whale bone originally (and yes, [[HehHehYouSaidX all the jokes have already been made]]).

* Keira Metz of "VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt". While all of Geralt's love interests sport form-fitting outfits, Keira's stands out due to its neckline that dips well past her bust line to show off not just her cleavage but most of her sternum. Ves too, to Roache's [[AngerBornOfWorry fury]].

* Keira Metz of ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt". While all of Geralt's love interests sport form-fitting outfits, Keira's stands out due to its neckline that dips well past her bust line to show off not just her cleavage but most of her sternum. Ves too, to Roache's [[AngerBornOfWorry fury]].

* Alcyone from ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'', specially in the anime. See [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_f0O9wZGKSF0/Sk9nVNCZZ8I/AAAAAAAAAwI/9_e3V_bagVI/s320/magic_knight_rayearth-cephiro-alcione03.jpg here]].

* [[http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Belladonna Belladonna]], minor character in ''OnePiece''.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' has [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081204222326/digimon/images/8/8a/Lilithmon_Bo-1002_%28DM%29.jpg Lilithmon]]/[[DubNameChange Laylamon]], the series' embodiment of lust. Despite having that descriptor, her outfit isn't all that revealing and mostly resembles a more winged version of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Lulu's outfit]] pictured above as this page's trope image.

-->-- '''Webcomic/VanVonHunter's sidekick''' [[http://www.vanvonhunter.com/vvh75.html dressing up as Lulu]].

* ''Disney/TheHunchbackofNotreDame'': Esmeralda has a very low neckline, not just with her main Gypsy dress, but also with her poledancing dress and her white dress as well.

A neckline that is so low that the wearer seems to be one deep breath away from a WardrobeMalfunction (which almost never actually happens). Held up mostly by gravity and good posture.

* [[Disney/TheHunchbackofNotreDame Esmeralda]] also has a very low neckline as well, not just with her main Gypsy dress, but also with her poledancing dress and her white dress as well.