History Main / ImpossiblyLowNeckline

* 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''...

* 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.

* 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.

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* Matriarch Benezia from ''Videogame/MassEffect''. Her ex-wife reminisces fondly about it in the sequels.

* Rose's [[http://www.capcom.co.jp/blog/sf4/img_upload/0212rose.jpg alternate costume]] in ''Super StreetFighter IV'' features this.

* ''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.

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* Dixie's outfit in ''ComicStrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie'' after she's become LawfulGood combines this with an AbsoluteCleavage. As she remarks, being übergood still gives you the [[EvilIsSexy fashion perks of evil]].

A SisterTrope to AbsoluteCleavage, {{Sideboob}}, {{Underboobs}}, and CleavageWindow.

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 using boning [[note]]yeah, yeah, get it out of your system[[/note]] (strips of plastic or metal sewn into the seams to hold the shape -- so-called because they were originally made from whalebone.)

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 using boning, [[note]]And yes, [[HehHehYouSaidX all the obligatory "boning" jokes have already been made]], so shut up.[[/note]] strips of plastic or metal sewn into the seams to hold the shape)

[[caption-width-right:315:You using [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape]] to hold that up?]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': Esmeralda has a very low neckline, not just with her main Gypsy dress, but also with her pole-dancing dress and her white dress as well.

* Miss Scarlet's dress from ''Film/{{Clue}}'' looks like this.

* Missi in [[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2009-12-30 this]] ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' strip. Oddly, in the first panel, there appear to be (extremely thin) straps, [[OffModel but in the second panel]], the trope applies. Not that there's much to fall out…

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

* [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Sneakily]] brought up in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' where Clark and Lois are covering a FashionShow:

* 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]].

The actual outfit is not important for this trope. It could be a [[WalkingSwimsuitScene bathing suit]], a SpyCatsuit, a MiniDressOfPower, a LeotardOfPower, a SexySantaDress, a halter top, T-shirt or even a PimpedOutDress, FairytaleWeddingDress, or HappyHolidaysDress. All that matters is that its neckline seems to be held up by magic (or duct tape). This trope can even overlap with VictoriasSecretCompartment, though that will strain the viewers' WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief even further than it strains the fabric.

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 using boning, [[note]]And yes, [[HehHehYouSaidX all the obligatory "boning" jokes have already been made]], so shut up.[[/note]] strips of plastic or metal sewn into the seams to hold the shape)

* Ogin of ''Literature/RequiemFromTheDarkness'', 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.

* ''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.

* ''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.

* ''WesternAnimation/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.
* The dresses worn by Elizabeth and her WickedStepmother in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic''. Keep in mind that this is 1912, and that both of them are high society ladies.

* 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.
* 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.

* ''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.

** One of her ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'' winposes had her wearing a similar dress in pink.

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* 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]].

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** Even in [[http://silverwingfox.deviantart.com/art/In-the-Black-for-the-Last-Time-215300222?q=gallery%3Asilverwingfox%2F8638920&qo=9 fanart]], Belle still gets this.

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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 using boning (strips of plastic or metal sewn into the seams to hold the shape) and yes, [[HehHehYouSaidX all the jokes have already been made]].

* 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 ''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]].

* Belle's yellow ball gown in Disney's ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' looks this way in [[http://larryfire.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/beautybeastdancinglow.jpg some shots]], but higher up in others.

* ''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.

* 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.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' brings us Primm from ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' as well as Angela and Riesz from ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana''. [[VideoGame/SwordOfMana The original heroine's]] redesign in ''Adventures of Mana'' also features this (which is concealed by her capelet, of course).