History Main / KillerOutfit

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': It doesn't actually kill her, but after she and ComicBook/SteveTrevor led a successful Saturnian slave revolt the Saturnian slavers managed to poison Wonder Woman's boots while looking for revenge, which knocked her out and left her unconscious for at least a day.

* ''Series/JonathanCreek'': Used as a murder weapon in [[spoiler:"The Coonskin Cap"]]. The killer a policewoman's protective vest with an airbag that he can inflate remotely. When he does so, it constricts her chest to the point where it cannot expand for her to breathe and she asphyxiates. He then deflates the bag and it looks as if she has been [[LockedRoomMystery strangled while alone in an empty locked room]].

* The obscure 1973 movie ''Arnold'' has Creator/RoddyMcDowall's character killed by a suit that shrinks and strangles him (and possibly dismembers him, though we don't see that). An odd little [[http://www.angelfire.com/de3/kriegerg69a/arnold/arnoldindex.html fansite]] for the film has some stills of the death scene in question.

** #313: Rolled Death: A new bride has her head ripped off when her bridal veil snags in the wire wheels of the vintage open convertible she is riding in.

* According to some fan sites, this trope was averted with [[Series/DoctorWho the Fourth Doctor's]] trademark scarf. The original scarf wrapped snugly around Creator/TomBaker's neck. The switch to a loosely-wrapped scarf supposedly happened after the original scarf snagged on a set piece and almost choked Baker.

* In the version of ''Literature/SnowWhite'' recorded by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, the wicked queen first tries to kill her beautiful step-daughter with a corset laced tightly enough to suffocate. When that fails, she tries a poisonus hair comb.

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Till Death Do Us Part," the first VictimOfTheWeek is murdered when the killer tightens the laces of the corset to the point where her chest cannot expand enough for her to breathe and she asphyxiates.

* Theatre/{{Medea}} killed her ex-husband new wife this way: she sent her a poisoned dress who caught on fire when she wore it. The dress is so murderous, it killed two people: the poor wearer and the wearer's father, who tried to suffocate the flames and got engulfed in them instead.

* This trope and an urban legend based on it were used in an episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}''. The first victim was a bride on her wedding day. It turned out that she had bought her wedding gown used, and it was severely contaminated with formaldehyde. (The gown's original owner had been buried in it, and then dug up so the the gown could be stolen for resale.) The episode ends with Mac interrupting another wedding to save the groom from suffering the same fate from his suit.

** In "The Spirit of Christmas", during his solo number as Mr. Snowman, a spin move causes his scarf to be caught in a toy-making machine, which nearly consumes him. Fortunately, he slips out of his costume right before it's engulfed, [[ComedicUnderwearExposure leaving him in his underwear for the rest of the play.]]

* This trope and an urban legend based on it was used in an episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}''. The first victim was a bride on her wedding day. It turned out that she had bought her wedding gown used, and it was severely contaminated with formaldehyde. (The gown's original owner had been buried in it, and then dug up so the the gown could be stolen for resale.)

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Till Death Do Us Part", the first VictimOfTheWeek is murdered when the killer tightens the laces of the corset to the point where her chest cannot expand enough for her to breathe and she asphyxiates.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}'', a woman got strangled in an elevator, when her scarf got caught in the closing door [[spoiler: ...supposedly. She was strangled in the elevator before, and the accomplice of the murderer appeared as her double. ]]
** In "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad", Ben Glaser starts to cut Kenneth Woods' tie loose when it gets caught in a running semi engine, then stops. (The two were co-owners of the same trucking company, and had just found evidence that Ben was defrauding the company by buying used parts and pocketing the difference.) Ben ultimately kicks Kenneth's feet out from under him, just to be on the safe side.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In "My Heart Will Go On", Anne Witting is strangled to death by a scarf caught in a copy machine.

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''. While fighting Indiana Jones, the GiantMook's sash is caught in the rock crusher and he's pulled to his doom.
* ''Film/DeepRed'' has this with jewelry rather than with clothes: [[spoiler: the murderer]] is killed when [[spoiler: her necklace]] gets stuck in a moving elevator, which beheads them.
* The obscure 1973 movie ''Arnold'' has Creator/RoddyMcDowall's character killed by a suit that shrinks and strangles him (and possibly dismembers him, though we don't see that). An odd little [[http://www.angelfire.com/de3/kriegerg69a/arnold/arnoldindex.html fansite]] for the film has some stills of the death scene in question.
* As part of the TraumaCongaLine in the "Mondo Condo" segment of ''Film/AmazonWomenOnTheMoon'', Arsenio Hall is almost strangled when his tie gets caught in the garbage disposal.

* Averted (so far) and lampshaded by Victarion Greyjoy in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. He is fully aware that fighting sea battles in full plate is TemptingFate but finds nothing unreasonable about it. After all, he is a faithful of the sea god (the baptism of his religion is getting drowned unconscious and then resuscitated) and he would be no true warrior if he feared going under. So far his plate has served him better than the lighter garments did to his enemies.
* Theatre/{{Medea}} killed her ex-husband new wife this way: she sent her a poisoned dress who caught on fire when she wore it. The dress is so murderous, it killed two people: the poor wearer and the wearer's father, who tried to suffocate the flames and got engulfed in them instead.

* Mentioned in ''Literature/TheElenium'' as the reason why the Genidian Knights wear chainmail instead of the other orders' traditional platemail: a previous precentor tried to order them to align with the other orders. Thalesia has a lot of rivers, so the majority of the order refused, as platemail is a bit hard to remove when you're drowning. The precentor, in his platemail, and another knight in chainmail were dumped into a river. The latter shucked off the chainmail and swam to the surface. The former... didn't. They then elected their current precentor, who was smart enough not to suggest something so foolish.

* This trope and an urban legend based on it was used in an episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}''. The first victim was a bride on her wedding day. It turned out that she had bought her wedding gown used, and it was severely contaminated with formaldehyde. (The gown's original owner had been buried in it, and then dug up so the the gown could be stolen for resale.)
* In ''Series/CriminalMinds'', the modus operandi of the [=UnSub=] in one episode was to sew his victims into nicotine-laced dresses and wait for them to die.
* In one episode of ''Series/NewsRadio'', the action revolves around a person who had just died from having a tie snagged in a copier.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}'', a woman got strangled in an elevator, when her scarf got caught in the closing door [[spoiler: ...supposedly. She was strangled in the elevator before, and the accomplice of the murderer appeared as her double. ]]
** In "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad", Ben Glaser starts to cut Kenneth Woods' tie loose when it gets caught in a running semi engine, then stops. (The two were co-owners of the same trucking company, and had just found evidence that Ben was defrauding the company by buying used parts and pocketing the difference.) Ben ultimately kicks Kenneth's feet out from under him, just to be on the safe side.
* ZigZagged in ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'' (and presumably the other series) when it comes to shoes: Several drivers have played it straight with high-heeled shoes, they're taught to avert it, and some drivers have defied it when they say (correctly) that wearing high-heels robs them of their pedal control. In fact, in Season Eight, Cam Wooley explained that if wedge-shaped shoes are considered a contributing factor in an accident, the driver can be charged for that.
** Shoes as a cause of car wrecks was busted on ''Series/MythBusters''; Jamie and Adam noticed a two-second reduction in their reaction times when wearing high heels or wedges, but had no problem completing their test course. But [[BadassDriver neither of them]] is exactly an "average driver" these days.
* On ''Series/OrphanBlack'', Aynsley is strangled when her scarf catches in a garbage disposal.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E12WhatYouNeed What You Need]]" has it twice. The little man has a case that gives a person what they will need in the near future, and his ability is proven when he gives a gambler a pair of scissors, which narrowly averts this trope when his scarf gets caught in an elevator. [[spoiler: Played deadly straight later when said gambler tries to kill the peddler, only to be tripped up by the new pair of shoes the peddler gives him, which leaves him to be killed by a speeding car. The shoes, you see, were what the ''peddler'' needed to escape.]]
* In ''Series/GeneralAndI'', Bai Ping Ting attempts to kill Chu Bei Jie by soaking one of his outfits in poison.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In "My Heart Will Go On", Anne Witting is strangled to death by a scarf caught in a copy machine.

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Till Death Do Us Part", the first VictimOfTheWeek is murdered when the killer tightens the laces of the corset to the point where she cannot breathe and she asphyxiates.

* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Till Death Do Us Part", the first VictimOfTheWeek is murdered when the killer tightens the laces of the corset to the point where she cannot breathe and she asphyxiates.

** #313: "Rolled Death": A new bride has her head ripped off when her bridal veil snags in the wire wheels of the vintage open convertible she is riding in.

* #330: Paper or Spastic: A {{Jerkass}} grocery store shopper (suffering from "Little Emperor's Syndrome" as she was an only child in a Chinese family and was spoiled rotten) throws a tantrum when the clerk and manager tells her that they don't take checks for purchases. When they finally relent, the scarf she planned on shoplifting gets stuck in the checkout conveyor belt and strangles her.

** #612: "Gone Green": A rich socialite named Sharon throws a St. Patrick's Day party and plans to show off the $3,000 antique green dress she shoplifted, which contains Paris Green dye (a poisonous dye containing a chemical called copper acetoarsenite, common in rat poison). During the raucous party, everyone gets drunk and hurls champagne all over Sharon and her dress. In the morning, while everyone wakes up with severe hangovers, Sharon wakes up to find that she's been dyed green, then vomits green slime, and finally dies of organ failure from the dye seeping into her skin.

** #614: Dead on Arrival: A drug runner (who eerily looks like Creator/RussellBrand) tries to sneak LSD through an airport by absorbing it into his tie-dyed shirt. His perspiration causes the acid to get absorbed into his system, enough to fry his brain, but not before rambling and making a scene at airport security.