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It can be very restricting if this is a Web site where male avatar bases can't wear female clothing. Usually a contrast to GenderedOutfit, where the same clothing looks different depending on the sex of the wearer, but both can be at play at once if the female version of outfits are more varied.

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* ''Videogame/AnimalCrossing'': ''New Leaf'' averts this problem by making most of its in-game clothing unisex. What gendered clothing they do have [[WholesomeCrossdresser can be worn by either gender]], and although villagers sometimes acknowledge your crossdressing, they don't seem to mind it.

* ''VideoGame/TheSims'' zig-zags with this. ''VideoGame/TheSims4'''s base game has considerably less variety in hair and clothes with males than women, however a June 2016 update did away with gender restrictions for hair and clothes.

* This used to be in effect on ''Website/{{Subeta}}'', until the artists heard complaints about it and took action. Fortunately, their clothing has always been unisex.
* On ''meez'', male avatars don't have half the options females do. This is particularly confusing considering that things like certain sneakers and sunglasses are restricted to females.
* In ''VideoGame/MagiciansQuestMysteriousTimes,'' there's a whole sub-type of clothing dedicated to skirts, but no shorts. Also, the vast majority of the "long clothes"-style outfits are dresses. However, male characters can [[WholesomeCrossdresser still wear anything.]]
* Averted in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Since three of the four playable characters are male, the majority of clothing is unisex. And since the game lacks fully GenderRestrictedGear, ''any'' character can potentially wear ''anything'' (as long as their Bravery stat is high enough). GameplayAndStorySegregation and InformedEquipment, however, prevents hilarity from ensuing.

* Inversion: When Phil and Kaja Foglio introduced a fashion-designer clank into the ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' side stories, Gil got [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080507 two]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080509 pages]] of outfits. Interestingly, Zeetha, Krosp and Agatha only got one page each. Nice turn-about.
* In the early days of ''Website/GaiaOnline'', there were separate clothes for male and female avatars, with only the appropriate clothing showing up in stores, so if you wanted to see all the clothing, you had to have two accounts. They stopped doing that pretty early on, and all later clothing is unisex. That said, ''masculine'' items became rarer and rarer in the site's later years.

* ''VideoGame/TheSims'' zig-zags with this. ''VideoGame/TheSims4'''s base game has considerably less variety in hair and clothes with males than women, however a June 2016 update did away with gender restrictions for hair and clothes.

** {{Inverted}} in ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'', where male avatars have significantly more clothing options than female ones. For example, the same backpack is available in six colors for males, and four for females. You want it in black, ladies? Sorry, only pastels for you!

* In the early days of ''Website/GaiaOnline'', there were separate clothes for male and female avatars, with only the appropriate clothing showing up in stores, so if you wanted to see all the clothing, you had to have two accounts. They stopped doing that pretty early on, and all later clothing is unisex.

* This used to be in effect on ''VideoGame/{{Subeta}}'', until the artists heard complaints about it and took action. Fortunately, their clothing has always been unisex.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Since three of the four playable characters are male, the majority of clothing is unisex. And since the game lacks fully GenderRestrictedGear, ''any'' character can potentially wear ''anything''. GameplayAndStorySegregation, however, prevents hilarity from ensuing.
** The ability to wear women's clothing is notably locked behind a "Bravery" stat. Shiki starts out with an incredibly high Bravery stat compared to the male characters, who in turn need to eat a lot of food to raise their Bravery. Essentially, the boys need to become brave enough to wear women's clothing in public.

** Steampunk and other genres set around the Victorian England era have always had lots of design choices for both men and women, since many men back then were TheDandy.

** Many users will agree, though, that the female clothes tend to be superior. Even the unisex clothes often look better on female avatars, unless the clothes were designed specifically with the male avatar in mind.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' plays this straight, but gets around it: For every skirt (which can only be crafted by girl characters), there is a corresponding kilt (which can only be crafted by boys). Any given skirt/kilt combo will have the same stats as each other and the corresponding unisex pants.
** And while there are a few items that only drop for/can only be crafted by one gender, once they enter the game world they can be ''worn'' by anyone. There's [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Vinyl_boots one item]] that penalizes males for wearing it, though. This explains why the StopHavingFunGuys always play women.

* Men simply don't have as many clothing options as women, and for the most part, men are called 'unmasculine' for wearing a skirt unless culturally accepted (such as a Scottish kilt).

* ''Franchise/TheSims'' zig-zags with this. ''VideoGame/TheSims4'''s base game has considerably less variety in hair and clothes with males than women, however a June 2016 update did away with gender restrictions for hair and clothes.

* Men simply don't have as many clothing options as women, not being able to wear skirts outside Scotland without allegations of transvestism.

* While not customizable, this appears in several ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' sports spinoffs. Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina receive sporty dresses while Mario, Luigi, Waluigi, and Wario wear their standard overalls.

* Averted with ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', in which anyone can wear anything regardless of gender; however, the same item of clothing in the inventory becomes a wholly different thing on a female character, with regard to appearance, as opposed to a male.
** For an example, go to [=WowHead=] or another ''World of Warcraft'' database and look up "Black Mageweave Leggings". On a female character, these will look like a pair of [[ZettaiRyouiki sexy black thighhighs]]. On a male character, they look like...sweatpants.
** Similarily, ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' gets around this problem by having clothes that transform depending on what gender the wearer is, which means that most clothing for the lower body slot shows up as pants on a man but a skirt on a woman. And since any NPC's clothes are items that can be taken from them if they're killed, it's entirely possible for you to kill a random townswoman ([[VideoGameCrueltyPotential and don't say you haven't]]), steal her skirt, and put it on as pants. Don't ask how that works.
** A similar thing happens in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim.'' Though, thanks to the modding community, additional armors for females vastly outnumber unisex or male custom armors, especially when it comes to "armors" that can be described as sexy.

* This isn't just a video game trope. If you have a series where multiple characters have an UnlimitedWardrobe or generally avert the "LimitedWardrobe" rule, male characters tend to have rather stationary attire or outright barely change clothes.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', unsurprisingly considering it's made by the same team as ''Animal Crossing''. All the attire is unisex, though many male hats involve hiding their hair-tentacles under them. There is an issue though with the Squid Girl cosplay outfit being considered "ugly" on males as they tried to masculinize it instead of going with crossplay.

It can be very restricting if this is a Web site where male avatar bases can't wear female clothing.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Given a high enough Bravery stat, ''any'' character can wear ''anything''. GameplayAndStorySegregation, however, prevents hilarity from ensuing.

** The female protagonist of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' both has more clothing options and hairstyles than the male playable character.

** '''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' notably suffer from this trope. While male and female characters have access to a roughly equal number of articles of clothing, males are mostly restricted to {{Palette Swap}}s of a handful of patterns for each type of clothing (i.e. shirts, pants, etc.), in contrast to the diverse pool of options available to female characters. There are also twelve possible hairstyles for female characters, but only four for male ones.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' notably suffer from this trope. While male and female characters have access to a roughly equal number of articles of clothing, males are mostly restricted to {{Palette Swap}}s of a handful of patterns for each type of clothing (i.e. shirts, pants, etc.), in contrast to the diverse pool of options available to female characters. There are also twelve possible hairstyles for female characters, but only four for male ones.

* ''Videogame/AnimalCrossing'' averts this problem by making most of its in-game clothing unisex. What gendered clothing they do have [[WholesomeCrossdresser can be worn by either gender]], and although villagers sometimes acknowledge your crossdressing, they don't seem to mind it.

* ''Videogame/AnimalCrossing'' averts this problem by making most of its in-game clothing unisex. What gendered clothing they do have [[WholesomeCrossdresser can be worn by either gender]], and villagers don't seem to mind it.

* ''Franchise/TheSims'' zig-zags with this. ''VideoGame/TheSims4'''s base game has considerably less variety in hair and clothes with males than women.

* In the early days of ''GaiaOnline'', there were separate clothes for male and female avatars, with only the appropriate clothing showing up in stores, so if you wanted to see all the clothing, you had to have two accounts. They stopped doing that pretty early on, and all later clothing is unisex.