History Main / SexySweaterGirl

A special note as there are cultural differences: in Asian countries, school girls (and even boys) wear a sweater to cover up their developing figure, especially when they are growing to be more mature and starting to show differences in their bodies. So it is not uncommon to see school girls and boys wear sweaters when it is 30 degrees Celsius or higher. This has nothing to do with sexiness, and the wearers actually want the opposite. It is the authors that draw them to be much more revealing (as fanservice, obviously), but the hidden meaning is still cultural. Most of the Anime and Manga examples are actually girls that are more introverted, traditional and shy. However, it's not unknown for young Muslim women from liberal backgrounds, in both Asia and the West, to wear sweaters in the Western sense, as it is quite alluring while conforming to the letter of Islamic dress requirements by not showing any skin between the neck and wrists.

* ''Website/TheOnion'''s book ''Literature/OurDumbCentury'' had a headline about the "Growing bombshell gap between the US and Russia." The picture was Jayne Mansfield in a tight sweater.

* ''Website/TheOnion'' had a headline in its faux-historical archive ''Our Dumb Century'' about the "Growing Bombshell gap between the US and Russia." The picture was Jayne Mansfield in a tight sweater.

Commonly worn by the SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl. And the DorkInASweater may be EndearinglyDorky if it flatters their figure.

* Shizuna-sensei of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' is often shown with a sweater, which really accentuates her ''ahem'' maternal figure.
%%* [[OlderAlterEgo Adult form]] Vivio's casual outfit in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid''. Is she showing off to her mamas?
* In ''A's: The Battle of Aces'' Reinforce (I/Eins) takes to this fashion, as can be seen [[http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/Liinna/Nanoha/Hayate/1264208642230.png here]] (no, not the LethalChef with the [[IncendiaryExponent flaming dish]]). It's less... perky than her usual outfit.
* In ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', this is one of the fashion styles that Miu frequently sports when being in public. (The other two are her school outfit and her training suit.) Of course, the FormFittingWardrobe rule applies here as well.

%%* Safu in ''Literature/{{No6}}''.
%%* Rinko Iori in Anime/GundamBuildFighters.
%%* Ami's school uniform in ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' had a sweater added to it.
* After being transferred to snowy Lyrias in ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'' Shirayuki wears a number of sweaters that look quite good on her.

%%* Onodera from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is always shown wearing a button down sweater over her uniform during the colder months.
%%* Ruka of ''Manga/RentAGirlfriend'' frequently wears a turtleneck sweater.

%%* ComicBook/PowerGirl, [[MostCommonSuperPower although it's not like she can help it.]]

* ''ComicBook/PaulaPeril'' from the independent pulp comic of the same name wears very tight red sweaters as her default outfit.

* In ''Film/LordLoveADuck'', Barbara Ann (Tuesday Weld) wants sweaters so that she'll fit in with the 'in' crowd, and goes shopping for them with her father. The scene with her trying on the sweaters in front of him is rather disturbing.
* Creator/KristenBell's character in ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'' refers to her breasts as "Sweater yams".
* As Corey in ''Film/EmpireRecords'', Creator/LivTyler wears a tight, midriff-baring cropped blue sweater, which is featured prominently [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/empire_records_1995.jpg on the poster]].
* Denise (Creator/DeniseDarcel), the Frenchwoman whom the men of the 327th bivouac with in ''Film/Battleground1949'', puts some strain on her sweaters. This is played for a gag when Denise is busily slicing a loaf of bread for the men, knife repeatedly coming close to her prominent bosom, while Pfc. Holley winces nervously.
* Creator/LanaTurner in a bunch of movies starting with her film debut ''Film/TheyWontForget''. She was even ''called'' the Sweater Girl, which makes her the {{Trope Namer|s}}.
%%* In ''Film/WalkTheLine'', Music/JohnnyCash is quickly seduced backstage by a Sweater Girl Groupie.
* Jennifer of ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'' once she gets TrappedInTVLand as "Mary Sue". She even comments on the effect of one such sweater in one scene.
%%* Tracy Flick in ''Film/{{Election}}''.
%%* Creator/EdWood pulls off a WholesomeCrossdresser version in his film ''Film/GlenOrGlenda'', which is cheerfully reprised by Creator/JohnnyDepp in the {{Biopic}} ''Film/EdWood''.

%%* Susan Abbott wears a purple fuzzy sweater in ''Film/AnchorsAweigh''.
* Angie Dickinson wears the standard tight sweater with pointy bra in SexComedy (and very BlackComedy) ''Film/PrettyMaidsAllInARow''. The sexually frustrated student who's the protagonist of the movie can't stop staring at her breasts. She manages to accidentally hit him in the face with her breasts not once, but twice.
%%* Creator/SonjaHenie was one of the earliest in her films.
%%* Creator/JanetLeigh was dressed this way in several films, including ''Film/HolidayAffair'', ''Film/TouchOfEvil'', and ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''. A biography of her ''Holiday Affair'' co-star Robert Mitchum [[http://www.outofthepastblog.com/2010/12/there-is-reason-why-janet-leighs.html revealed]] that ''Holiday Affair'' producer Howard Hughes, who was notorious for his [[BuxomBeautyStandard obsession with breasts]] and his predatory habits with young starlets, forced Leigh to wear an absurdly tight sweater after she rejected his advances.
* Creator/KimNovak was often dressed this way in the 1950s.
** When playing Judy Norton, Novak has the tight sweater when she meets [[Creator/JimmyStewart Scottie]] in ''Film/{{Vertigo}}''. This serves to contrast Judy's earthy sexuality with Madeline Elster (also played by Novak), the icy blonde that Stewart became obsessed with before her death. She also chose [[EnforcedMethodActing to go braless as Judy]], which helped.
** In ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenArm'', evidently the tight sweater wasn't fanservice enough, so in one scene Novak's character has three of the five buttons of the sweater undone.
* ''Film/TheBarefootContessa'': Vincenzo is instantly enchanted with Maria after seeing her perform a flamenco dance with Romani peasants, while clad in a very very tight yellow sweater.
* ''Film/Grease2'' features Paulette, who goes in for tight sweaters under her Pink Ladies jacket. Said jacket is usually worn open and folded back to reveal the sweater and the contents of the pointy bra worn beneath it. Paulette's sister tries more than once to moderate this display by flipping the jacket forwards, but Paulette immediately folds the flaps back again.
%%* Showing that it's possible for men to get in on this trope, ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' put Professor X in a tight lilac sweater for most of its running time - prompting delighted reactions from fan girls.
* Creator/JulieAndrews of all people pulls this one in ''Film/TheAmericanizationOfEmily'' - Emily wears a tight sweater when on a romantic picnic with Charlie (who's got an IntimateOpenShirt to complete the image).
* In ''Film/ViolentSaturday'', Emily claims to hate golf, and says she only plays it because she looks good in a sweater. And she does.
* In the film adaptations of the ''Paula Peril'' pulp comic, Paula (played by the busty Valerie Perez) wears sweaters during her investigations which accentuate her figure.

%%* Neighbor girl Lisa Hoober in ''Literature/ThenAgainMaybeIWont'', Creator/JudyBlume's subsequent novel.
* In Creator/WilliamGoldman's ''Magic'', the narrator flashbacks about seeing his love interest in a sweater and being aroused for the first time in his life.

* The seventh book in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' introduces Sheila, [[HotLibrarian an assistant at an antique book store]], and one of the first things [[OccultDetective Harry Dresden]] notices is how well she fills out a sweater. [[spoiler:Though it probably helped that she was a [[YourMindMakesItReal construct]] built by a fallen angel [[EnemyWithin Lasciel]] who chose a form that Harry would find [[DamselInDistress ultimately appealing]].]]
* In Piers Anthony Mode Series Colleen uses a too small sweater to convince the 'mob boss' to give her an appointment to make a deal.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Harriet Conklin often favors a tight sweater.

* Midge Pinciotti of ''Series/That70sShow'' is introduced to us in the first episode through the [[MaleGaze eyes of Eric]] clad in a sweater and quite... jiggly.
** In a later episode, when Midge left Bob, [[BuxomBeautyStandard the boys lament over losing "her sweet uptown rack]]".
---> '''Fez''': Oh, good God, man, what a marvelous set of kittens. Remember that sweater?\\
'''Kelso''': Oh. Remember the other sweater?\\
'''Eric''': Yeah. Remember that time she ran up to us in a sweater?\\
'''Hyde''': Remember the week she took up jump rope? In a sweater?\\
This is followed by a montage of said sweaters.
** Later in the same episode, after deciding they want to want to chase older women, Fez and Kelso decide that [[spoiler:Kitty is hot]] and maybe they should buy her a sweater.
%%* Jennifer Marlowe of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' wore a few sweaters, including a pink sweater dress.
* Joanna Loudon in ''Series/{{Newhart}}'' (played by Mary Frann) wore sweaters all the time, to the point where in the AllJustADream finale, Bob tells Emily she should wear more sweaters.
%%* Sara Rush (played by Lydia Cornell) in ''Series/TooCloseForComfort'' was the mistress of the tight sweater.

* ''Series/Millennium1996''. A female friend of Katherine Black mentions that she was the "favourite student" of (male lecturer at college). Katherine replies: "I wore tight sweaters."
* Christina Hendricks' character Joan Holloway on ''Series/MadMen'' deploys sweaters coupled with a variety of form-fitting but tasteful business skirts to [[MsFanservice devastating effect.]] Once she tells a cleavage-flaunting new secretary to button up, saying that less is more if you know what you're doing. Said secretary ends up getting company partner Roger Sterling, Joan's former lover, to leave his wife for her, which says something about Roger's tastes.

%%* The girls of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' like wearing sweaters. In one episode, Phoebe wore a white sweater with [[PrettyInMink fur-trimmed sleeves]].
* Jack was often distracted by sweater girls on ''Series/ThreesCompany'', resulting in {{Freudian Slip}}s on several occasions: "You need to separate the yolk from the sweater." "I just came to button up my coffee."
* ''Series/{{Spooks}}'': In "Spiders", Zoe is undercover as a schoolteacher and needs to get close to a particular target who also works there.
-->'''Tom''': [[ThinkOfTheChildren The kids' lives are in danger.]] ''(beat)'' So, wear a tight sweater tomorrow.\\
'''Zoe''': What?\\
'''Tom''': I've been watching him all day. He obviously fancies you. [[HoneyTrap We need to build up on that connection.]]\\
'''Zoe''': ''(sarcastically)'' Any particular sweater in mind?\\
'''Tom AND Danny:''' The blue one.
-->''(Cut to Zoe in a blue sweater, to the [[EatingTheEyeCandy visible appreciation]] of her [[HormoneAddledTeenager male students]])''

* The attractive Annie in ''Series/{{Community}}'' has a wardrobe that appears to mostly consist of cardigans, in keeping with her prim, type-A personality.
%%* Donna and Adrienne in ''Series/NYPDBlue'' often wear tight sweaters. Diane usually wears skin-tight T-shirts for the same effect.
* One episode of ''Series/GrowingPains'' had teenage [[AllMenArePerverts horndog]] Ben excited for his class field trip to the planetarium, which he intended to spend "picking fuzzballs off of Sasha Sorecki's sweater."
* Inverted on ''Series/WillAndGrace'': Will's been deceived into thinking he's going to be a Barney's model, and explains to Jack's boss that his broad shoulders and slim waist (IIRC) are perfect for sweater modeling.
* One of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'''s girlfriends was said to really fill out a mohair sweater in high school (specifically, he said the sweater in question was tighter on her than the goat.)
%%* Nikki Faber and Stacy Paterno of ''Series/SpinCity'' both favor sweaters.
%%* Kris Munroe on ''Series/CharliesAngels'' wears sweaters from time to time.

* The number "Anything You Can Do" from the musical ''Annie Get Your Gun:''

* [[Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee Marigold Coneybear]]
-->'''Chip''': Hey, Leaf, is that your sister in the fourth row wearing the fuzzy sweater?

%%* Judith Mossman in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''. ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'' pointed this out a [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-11-04 couple]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090203040933/http://hlcomic.com/cast.html times]].

* [[spoiler:Arcueid]] returns in ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' as a [[TheBerserker Berserker]], but still in this mode of dress (though a little stained and fraying at the edges). The overall effect is that of a suburban mother gone feral and eager to rip you apart with her bare hands.
%%* Ashley Graham wears a sleeveless sweater in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. While she covers it under a jacket in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake the remake]], Ada Wong replaces her iconic dress for [[https://pcgameabout.com/media/filer_public/78/1d/781d0aa8-94e0-48a4-bd49-0da58014e62e/in-the-files-of-the-resident-evil-4-remake-traces-of-a-future-addition-about-ada-wong-were-found_0.jpg a sweater dress]].

%%* Arcueid Brunestud from ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', showing that vampires don't have to wear leather to be sexy. Hisui also fits the bill when she puts Arcueid's clothes in the sequel.
%%* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
%%** Rider in her 'civilian' guise. Combined with {{Meganekko}} for that extra little fetish twist, and the end result is just... wow.
%%** [[IconicOutfit Rin Tohsaka]].
%%* Angela Victoire Bledin from ''VisualNovel/PrincessWaltz'' wears this as part of her civilian attire.

%%* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
%%** AxCrazy [[PirateGirl Pirate Queen]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040123#.Vu7mc-KLTIV Bangladesh DuPree]].
%%** [[DarkActionGirl Zola]] has this in a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100628#.Vu7n7eKLTIU sleeveless pink variant]].
%%* [[CuteMonsterGirl Galatea's]] Parisian striped sweater in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.''
%%* Mora from Webcomic/LasLindas [[http://laslindas.katbox.net/index.php?strip_id=106 pulls this off occasionally.]]

%%* Velma Dinkley in Franchise/ScoobyDoo, at least after her subtle redesign in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' and the more recent animated features. This to the point she wears one over her dress to the prom in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' has a male variant with Patrick "Crash" [=McCaren=] from Season 6. Both Lana and Ray, a straight woman and gay man, immediately fall for his good looks, including how his sweater accentuates his chest muscles.
* In ''Yankee Doodle Daffy'', WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck claims that his client, Sleepy Lagoon, is the biggest thing since the sweater girl.

* A ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' comic mocked the ''VideoGame/Diablo2'' remaster censoring a character's outfit by suggesting other 'remasters', including ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'''s Widowmaker in a sweater. Tentajo is ''shocked'' when it turns out fans love and want more of Sweater Girl Widowmaker.

* [[spoiler:Arcuied]] returns in ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' as a [[TheBerserker Berserker]], but still in this mode of dress (though a little stained and fraying at the edges). The overall effect is that of a suburban mother gone feral and eager to rip you apart with her bare hands.

Compare FurBikini, HappyHolidaysDress, SexySantaDress, HomemadeSweaterFromHell, FormFittingWardrobe.

!This trope is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16883285390.29148800 under discussion]] in the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop.

%%* Mina in ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is always seen wearing her sweater.
%%* Dawn in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''

* Used quite often in ads, as a milder form of SexSells.
* Parodied by "Wanda the Weather Bunny" in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VVP13sm0KI 1971 commercial]] for Channel 7 Eyewitness News in Chicago. It was one of the earliest commercial productions of legendary producer Joe Sedelmaier.

* Shizuna-sensei of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' is often shown with one, which really accentuates her ''ahem'' maternal figure.

* Onodera from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is always shown wearing a button down sweater over her uniform during the colder months.

* ComicBook/PowerGirl, [[MostCommonSuperPower although it's not like she can help it.]]

* Paula Peril from the independent pulp comic of the same name wears very tight red sweaters as her default outfit.

* At the end of ''Film/{{Tron}}'', Lora wore a white angora sweater, seen in the picture above.

* In ''Film/WalkTheLine'', Music/JohnnyCash is quickly seduced backstage by a Sweater Girl Groupie.
* Creator/ReeseWitherspoon
** Jennifer of ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'' once she gets TrappedInTVLand as "Mary Sue". She even comments on the effect of one such sweater in one scene.
** Tracy Flick in ''Film/{{Election}}''.
* Creator/EdWood pulls off a WholesomeCrossdresser version in his film ''Film/GlenOrGlenda'', which is cheerfully reprised by Creator/JohnnyDepp in the {{Biopic}} ''Film/EdWood''.

* Susan Abbott wears a purple fuzzy sweater in ''Film/AnchorsAweigh''.

* Creator/SonjaHenie was one of the earliest in her films.
* Creator/JanetLeigh was dressed this way in several films, including ''Film/HolidayAffair'', ''Film/TouchOfEvil'', and ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''. A biography of her ''Holiday Affair'' co-star Robert Mitchum [[http://www.outofthepastblog.com/2010/12/there-is-reason-why-janet-leighs.html revealed]] that ''Holiday Affair'' producer Howard Hughes, who was notorious for his [[BuxomBeautyStandard obsession with breasts]] and his predatory habits with young starlets, forced Leigh to wear an absurdly tight sweater after she rejected his advances.

* Showing that it's possible for men to get in on this trope, ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' put Professor X in a tight lilac sweater for most of its running time - prompting delighted reactions from fan girls.

* In the film adaptations of the ''Paula Peril'' pulp comic, Paula (played by the busty Valerie Perez) wears these during her investigations which accentuate her figure.

* Neighbor girl Lisa Hoober in ''Literature/ThenAgainMaybeIWont'', Creator/JudyBlume's subsequent novel.

* Jennifer Marlowe of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' wore a few sweaters, including a pink sweater dress.

* Sara Rush (played by Lydia Cornell) in ''Series/TooCloseForComfort'' was the mistress of the tight sweater.

* Christina Hendricks' character Joan Holloway on ''Series/MadMen'' deploys sweaters coupled with a variety of form-fitting but tasteful business skirts to [[MsFanservice devastating effect.]]
** Once she tells a cleavage-flaunting new secretary to button up, saying that less is more if you know what you're doing. Said secretary ends up getting company partner Roger Sterling, Joan's former lover, to leave his wife for her, which says something about Roger's tastes.

* The girls of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' like wearing sweaters. In one episode, Phoebe wore a white sweater with [[PrettyInMink fur-trimmed sleeves]].

* Annie in ''Series/{{Community}}'' has a wardrobe that appears to mostly consist of cardigans.
* Donna and Adrienne in ''Series/NYPDBlue'' often wear tight sweaters. Diane usually wears skin-tight T-shirts for the same effect.

* Nikki Faber and Stacy Paterno of ''Series/SpinCity'' both favor sweaters.
* Kris Munroe on ''Series/CharliesAngels'' wears sweaters from time to time.

* Judith Mossman in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''. ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'' pointed this out a [[http://www.screencuisine.net/hlcomic/index.php?date=2005-11-04 couple]] [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090203040933/http://hlcomic.com/cast.html times]].

* Ashley Graham wears a sleeveless sweater in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. While she covers it under a jacket in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4Remake the remake]], Ada Wong replaces her iconic dress for [[https://pcgameabout.com/media/filer_public/78/1d/781d0aa8-94e0-48a4-bd49-0da58014e62e/in-the-files-of-the-resident-evil-4-remake-traces-of-a-future-addition-about-ada-wong-were-found_0.jpg a sweater dress]].

* Arcueid Brunestud from ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', showing that vampires don't have to wear leather to be sexy. Hisui also fits the bill when she puts Arcueid's clothes in the sequel.
* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
** Rider in her 'civilian' guise. Combined with {{Meganekko}} for that extra little fetish twist, and the end result is just... wow.
** [[IconicOutfit Rin Tohsaka]].
* Angela Victoire Bledin from ''VisualNovel/PrincessWaltz'' wears this as part of her civilian attire.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
** AxCrazy [[PirateGirl Pirate Queen]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040123#.Vu7mc-KLTIV Bangladesh DuPree]].
** [[DarkActionGirl Zola]] has this in a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100628#.Vu7n7eKLTIU sleeveless pink variant]].
* [[CuteMonsterGirl Galatea's]] Parisian striped sweater in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.''
* Mora from Webcomic/LasLindas [[http://laslindas.katbox.net/index.php?strip_id=106 pulls this off occasionally.]]

* Velma Dinkley in Franchise/ScoobyDoo, at least after her subtle redesign in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' and the more recent animated features. This to the point she wears one over her dress to the prom in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.
* Mina in ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is always seen wearing her sweater.
* Dawn in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''

%%* [[OlderAlterEgo Adult form]] Vivio's casual outfit in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid''. Is she showing off to [[HasTwoMommies her mamas]]?

[[quoteright:325:[[Film/TheGirlCantHelpIt https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jayne_39.png]]]]

* Creator/JanetLeigh was dressed this way in several films, including ''Film/HolidayAffair'', ''Film/TouchOfEvil'', and ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate''. A biography of her ''Holiday Affair'' co-star Robert Mitchum [[http://www.outofthepastblog.com/2010/12/there-is-reason-why-janet-leighs.html revealed]] that ''Holiday Affair'' producer Howard Hughes, who was notorious for his [[BuxomBeautyStandard obsession with breasts]] and his predatory habits with young starlets, forced Leigh to wear an absurdly tight sweater after she rejected his advances.

* Motoko from ''Manga/{{Change 123}}''. Once it got her into trouble when she (as her {{Bokukko}} SplitPersonality Hibiki) got its thread hooked up on a fence when [[OutsideRide jumping onto the top of a truck]]. The consequence was that all her sweater got torn away, which was only one in the series of {{clothing damage}}s she had in that chapter.
%%* Safu in ''LightNovel/{{No6}}''.

* In ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub,'' Yuri (the canonically [[DCupDistress largest-breasted character]]) wears a sweater outside of school, contrasting with the others who wear t-shirts. While her clothing style reflects her [[ShrinkingViolet shy personality]] and gives her CuteBookworm looks, she heavily insists on hiding her arms, and [[spoiler:when you make the connection with her [[KnifeNut knife collection]], you guess the [[SelfHarm darker implications]] behind this [[FanDisservice sexy outfit]]]].

* In ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub,'' Yuri (the canonically [[DCupDistress largest-breasted character]]) wears a sweater outside of school, contrasting with the others who wear t-shirts. While her clothing style reflects her [[ShrinkingViolet shy personality]], she also needs to wear long sleeves [[spoiler:to hide [[SelfHarm the scars she made herself]] with her [[KnifeNut knife collection]]]].

* In ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub,'' Yuri (the canonically [[DCupDistress largest-breasted character]]) wears a sweater outside of school, contrasting with the others who wear t-shirts. While her clothing style reflects her [[ShrinkingViolet shy personality]], she also needs to wear long sleeves [[spoiler:to hide [[SelfHarm the scars she made herself]] with her [[KnifeNut knife collection]].

* In ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub,'' Yuri (the canonically [[DCupDistress largest-breasted character]]) wears a sweater outside of school. [[spoiler:Of course, that might also be due to [[SelfHarm the long sleeves...]]]]

* Ashley Graham wears a sleeveless sweater in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.

* As Corey in ''Film/EmpireRecords'', Creator/LivTyler wears a tight, [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] cropped blue sweater, which is featured prominently [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/empire_records_1995.jpg on the poster]].

-->"It must be remembered that the well-bred girl is always fully clothed in the office. The broken shoulder strap, the deeply split skirt, and the [[BareYourMidriff bare midriff]] are ''de trop'' in most businesses. The bright girl soon learns that these devices are not only in bad taste, but are not necessary.

* Creator/JanetLeigh was dressed this way in several films, including ''Film/HolidayAffair'', ''Film/TouchOfEvil'', and ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate''. A biography of her ''Holiday Affair'' co-star Robert Mitchum [[http://www.outofthepastblog.com/2010/12/there-is-reason-why-janet-leighs.html revealed]] that ''Holiday Affair'' producer Howard Hughes, who was notorious for his [[BuxomIsBetter obsession with breasts]] and his predatory habits with young starlets, forced Leigh to wear an absurdly tight sweater after she rejected his advances.

** In a later episode, when Midge left Bob, [[BuxomIsBetter the boys lament over losing "her sweet uptown rack]]".

* ''VisualNovel/VA11HallA'': Alma is noted to have an [[BuxomIsBetter outrageously oversized chest]], which she chooses to emphasize with tight turtleneck sweaters. This goes neither un-noticed nor unappreciated by the rest of the cast. Even Dana is not above EatingTheEyeCandy, and ignores that Alma didn't dress up for the Mega-Christmas Party because "Ribbed sweaters get a free pass."