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* The costume Sulley and Mike use to disguise Boo in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' appears to be made of chair fabric and desk lamps.

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* The costume Sulley and Mike use to disguise Boo in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' appears to be made of chair fabric and desk lamps.
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Compare RummageSaleReject, ClothingDamage.

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Compare RummageSaleReject, ClothingDamage.
ClothingDamage. Often a result of ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing.
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* Italian {{fashion designer}} UsefulNotes/ElsaSchiaparelli, before she started her career as a couturier, once made a dress for a party consisting of only fabric and a pin.

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* Italian {{fashion designer}} fashion designer UsefulNotes/ElsaSchiaparelli, before she started her career as a couturier, once made a dress for a party consisting of only fabric and a pin.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'': Ariel's first dress is an old sail strategically tied up with rope.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'': ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Ariel's first dress is an old sail strategically tied up with rope.

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** A few times with Homer:
--->'''Belle:''' Your son was trespassing on my property and destroyed a very valuable stone gargoyle and... are you wearing a grocery bag?\\

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** A few times with Homer:
In "Bart After Dark", [[TrashOfTheTitans the house goes to pot]] while Marge and Lisa are away, and Homer is shown wearing a grocery bag over his crotch. In one scene,
--->'''Belle:''' Your son was trespassing on my property and destroyed a very valuable stone gargoyle and... are Are you wearing a grocery bag?\\



** In another episode he fashions a swimsuit out of a welcome mat after forgetting his trunks.

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** In another episode he "Summer of 4 Ft. 2", Homer fashions a swimsuit out of a welcome mat after forgetting his trunks.trunks.
** In "Pixelated and Afraid", Homer and Marge get stranded in the woods without clothing. They soon come cross the ruins of an abandoned [[LoveHotels love hotel]], and they fashion some new clothes out of the shag carpeting.
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* In the Froggy book Froggy Goes To The Doctor, Froggy forgot to wear underwear when he had to undress and change into a hospital gown, so his mother makes him underwear from the exam table paper.
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* ImprovisedDiaper

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* ImprovisedDiaperImprovisedDiaper: A baby needs to be changed and you're all out of diapers? Wrap something else around their lower area in the meantime!
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Changing a cutely worded Zero Context Example into one with context


* Three guesses how this trope figures into ''Literature/ThePaperBagPrincess'', but the first two don't count.

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* Three guesses how this trope figures into ''Literature/ThePaperBagPrincess'', but as the first two don't count.title implies, is a story about a princess sporting only a paper bag, as it is the only thing left after her castle is thoroughly torched by a dragon, clothes on her back included.
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* In one arc of ''Manga/OnePiece'' Nami's blouse and skirt are damaged in a fire after she and Luffy are freed from a book, she uses an unconscious henchman's overalls to cover herself.

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* In one the Whole Cake Island arc of ''Manga/OnePiece'' ''Manga/OnePiece'', Nami's blouse and skirt are damaged in a fire after she and Luffy are freed from a book, so she uses an unconscious henchman's overalls to cover herself.

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* In the opening of ''Chuck Rock'', Chuck's LoinCloth is in the wash, so he puts on some leaves instead.

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* ''VideoGame/ChuckRock'': In the opening of ''Chuck Rock'', opening, Chuck's LoinCloth is in the wash, so he puts on some leaves instead.instead.
* ''VideoGame/PikminBloom'': Some of the "accessories" for the decor Pikmin include wearing things like acorns, popcorn, and toothpaste on their heads.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I have misplaced my pants"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I have misplaced my pants"'']]pants."'']]
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* ''Webcomic/DeanNalaVinny'':
** Since Dean has sent Nala's warmer clothes home, the cat has to make do in the snow with his sock as a hat, plastic baggies on her paws, and the final insult: his underpants, which she has to hold up as she walks. Vinny does point out that if she turned them around, she would have a place for her tail.
** Dean goes for a dip in a river and loses his shorts in the process. Vinny and Nala [[GardenGarment make him a "bonny green kilt" from some leaves.]] Earlier Vinny tried to teach Nala how to weave the leaves together so they wouldn't come apart. Predictably it ends in a WardrobeMalfunction.
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* In ''Anime/DirtyPair'' Project Eden, after a monster attack while they are bathing Yuri and Kei are forced to leave their clothes behind, Yuri makes a bikini out of her towel while Kei takes master thief Carson's clothes cutting them down to her size.

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* In ''Anime/DirtyPair'' Project Eden, after a monster attack while they are bathing Yuri and Kei are forced to leave their clothes behind, Yuri makes a bikini out of her towel while Kei takes master thief Carson's clothes cutting and cuts them down to her size.



* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': [[spoiler: In [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaRevengeE05 episode 5 of ''Revenge'']], [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Lily]] is able to retrofit her outfit into a cutesy jazz-dancer costume, complete with a improvised song and dance routine.]]

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* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaRevengeE05 episode 5 of ''Revenge'']], [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Lily]] is able to retrofit her outfit into a cutesy jazz-dancer costume, complete with a improvised song and dance routine.]]



* Whenever ComicBook/SpiderMan has ClothingDamage, he can usually make up for it using his webs. In more extreme cases, losing his mask forces him to take up the mantle of "[[https://jpderosnay.wordpress.com/whos-this-bombastic-bagman-anyway/ The Bombastic Bag-Man]]"; at least once this also involved a borrowed ComicBook/FantasticFour outfit.

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* Whenever ComicBook/SpiderMan has ClothingDamage, he can usually make up for it using his webs. In more extreme cases, losing his mask forces him to take up the mantle of "[[https://jpderosnay.[[https://jpderosnay.wordpress.com/whos-this-bombastic-bagman-anyway/ The com/whos-this-bombastic-bagman-anyway "The Bombastic Bag-Man]]"; at Bag-Man."]] At least once this also involved a borrowed ComicBook/FantasticFour outfit.



* During the Great Depression, many families [[https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/ used the burlap bags from buying flour and vegetables to make clothes]]. Some food providers, in response, started packaging their products in more comfortable and fashionable gingham and floral-print cotton, with enclosed instructions how best to wash out the brand labels without damaging the patterns.

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* During the Great Depression, many families [[https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/ used the burlap bags from buying flour and vegetables to make clothes]]. clothes.]] Some food providers, in response, started packaging their products in more comfortable and fashionable gingham and floral-print cotton, with enclosed instructions how best to wash out the brand labels without damaging the patterns.
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* ''Literature/DungeonCrawlerCarl'': On the third floor, waves of chaos are doing random things to magic, so Carl has to take off all his magic items before they explode. He doesn't have any non-magical clothing, meaning he spends the last twenty minutes of do-or-die on the floor [[NakedPeopleAreFunny completely naked]]. Right before the floor ends, Donut reminds them that they'll be teleported directly to Odette's show, where he won't have access to his inventory. And he's still naked. He ends up wrapping himself in toilet paper and paper towels from the bathroom.
-->'''Carl:''' Goddammit, Donut.
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* ImprovisedDiaper
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* EdibleThemeClothing: Where food is turned into clothes.

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* EdibleThemeClothing: Where food is [[UnconventionalFoodUsage turned into clothes.clothes]].
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* EdibleThemeClothing: Where food is an ImprovisedClothing.

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* EdibleThemeClothing: Where food is an ImprovisedClothing.turned into clothes.
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* EdibleThemeClothing: Where food is an ImprovisedClothing.
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* ''Series/GilligansIsland:'' In the first season of the show, Ginger wore an outfit which had "SS Minnow" stenciled on it, indicating she assembled it out of canvas or somesuch from the eponymous boat's supplies. In later episodes, she somehow acquired an UnlimitedWardrobe.
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** Dressing in sack-cloth is a frequent indication that a mourner was too depressed to put clean clothes on.


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* During the Great Depression, many families [[https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/02/22/flour-sack-dresses/ used the burlap bags from buying flour and vegetables to make clothes]]. Some food providers, in response, started packaging their products in more comfortable and fashionable gingham and floral-print cotton, with enclosed instructions how best to wash out the brand labels without damaging the patterns.
* Creator/MarilynMonroe wore a (tailored) potato sack for a photoshoot after one of her detractors insisted that ''anyone'' would look as good in designer dress and makeup.
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* In ''Anime/DirtyPair'' Project Eden, after a monster attack while they are bathing Yuri and Kei are forced to leave their clothes behind, Yuri makes a bikini out of her towel while Kei takes master thief Carson’s clothes cutting them down to her size.

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* In ''Anime/DirtyPair'' Project Eden, after a monster attack while they are bathing Yuri and Kei are forced to leave their clothes behind, Yuri makes a bikini out of her towel while Kei takes master thief Carson’s Carson's clothes cutting them down to her size.
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* In episode 145 of Anime/LupinIIIPartII Fujiko has been captured by Lumbach and his men who have searched her for weapons taking off her pants and panties in the process, leaving her bottomless, later as she makes her escape, freeing herself and knocking out his men, she grabs a curtain and makes a makeshift skirt out of it.

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* In episode 145 of Anime/LupinIIIPartII ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'', Fujiko has been captured by Lumbach and his men who have searched her for weapons taking off her pants and panties in the process, leaving her bottomless, later as she makes her escape, freeing herself and knocking out his men, she grabs a curtain and makes a makeshift skirt out of it.
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* In episode 145 of Anime/LupinTheThirdPartII Fujiko has been captured by Lumbach and his men who have searched her for weapons taking off her pants and panties in the process, leaving her bottomless, later as she makes her escape, freeing herself and knocking out his men, she grabs a curtain and makes a makeshift skirt out of it.

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* In episode 145 of Anime/LupinTheThirdPartII Anime/LupinIIIPartII Fujiko has been captured by Lumbach and his men who have searched her for weapons taking off her pants and panties in the process, leaving her bottomless, later as she makes her escape, freeing herself and knocking out his men, she grabs a curtain and makes a makeshift skirt out of it.
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* In episode 145 of Anime/LupinTheThirdPartII Fujiko has been captured by Lumbach and his men who have searched her for weapons taking off her pants and panties in the process, leaving her bottomless, later as she makes her escape, freeing herself and knocking out his men, she grabs a curtain and makes a makeshift skirt out of it.

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* Whenever ComicBook/SpiderMan has ClothingDamage, he can usually make up for it using his webs. In more extreme cases, losing his mask forces him to take up the mantle of "[[https://jpderosnay.wordpress.com/whos-this-bombastic-bagman-anyway/ The Bombastic Bag-Man]];" at least once this also involved a borrowed ComicBook/FantasticFour outfit.

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* Whenever ComicBook/SpiderMan has ClothingDamage, he can usually make up for it using his webs. In more extreme cases, losing his mask forces him to take up the mantle of "[[https://jpderosnay.wordpress.com/whos-this-bombastic-bagman-anyway/ The Bombastic Bag-Man]];" Bag-Man]]"; at least once this also involved a borrowed ComicBook/FantasticFour outfit.



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* ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} manages to make an [[ImprovisedUmbrella improvised raincoat]] out of a garbage bag.
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* ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} manages to make an [[ImprovisedUmbrella improvised raincoat]] out of a garbage bag.
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* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': [[spoiler: In [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaRevengeE05 episode 5 of ''Revenge'']], Lily is able to retrofit her outfit into a cutesy jazz-dancer costume, complete with a improvised song and dance routine.]]

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* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': [[spoiler: In [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaRevengeE05 episode 5 of ''Revenge'']], Lily [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Lily]] is able to retrofit her outfit into a cutesy jazz-dancer costume, complete with a improvised song and dance routine.]]

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