History Main / SignificantWardrobeShift

* {{Invoked}} by Marinette in ''[[https://salthaven.tumblr.com/post/190458693897/ A Lady's Scout (and the Salt within her Soul)]]''; after [[BetrayalFic her friends and classmates]] believe [[ManipulativeBitch Lila]] over her, she channels her frustration into making special clothes for each of the temporary heroes referencing their alter egos... and giving them to them around the time that their replacements debut. Thus, each new outfit signifies that each hero has lost Ladybug's favor. This culminates in her making a new outfit for ''herself'' after [[spoiler:she's ''exposed'' as Multimouse]], further driving home the symbolism to her classmates.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': While [[Characters/AmphibiaAnneBoonchuy Anne Boonchuy]] has dresses and even a tuxedo either packed in her backpack or commissioned from tailors in Wartwood, she tends to stick to her school uniform in most episodes, showing that she is still a good person at heart. She only changes her outfit in "Bessie and Microangelo", adding a chestplate to symbolize her CharacterDevelopment.

* The protagonist and his family go through an overnight wardrobe change, even losing their house to a fire the previous night and they were busy on the antagonist's IslandBase since then. They sport their new clothes while actively grieving the loss of their property.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': At the start of the third season, Luz starts wearing Eda's grudgby jacket with sweatpants and a beanie, gaining a significantly duller color scheme as well. This reflects her HeroicBSOD over [[spoiler:being indirectly responsible for helping Belos]] and her drive to find a way back to the Demon Realm where some of her loved ones are.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': While Anne has dresses and even a tuxedo either packed in her backpack or commissioned from tailors in Wartwood, she tends to stick to her school uniform in most episodes, showing that she is still a good person at heart. She only changes her outfit in "Bessie and Microangelo", adding a chestplate to symbolize her CharacterDevelopment.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': While Harley was with the Joker, he made her wear a clown-themed, form-fitting catsuit to show her off as his property. When she severs her ties to him and starts making a name for herself in the underworld; she changes to a short black and red crop top with a black choker around her neck, black and red fingerless leather gloves, black and red tight spandex booty shorts and black and red sneakers. This outfit reflects her sexual liberation from the Joker since she's no longer his property, it's designed in-universe as an affront to her original costume since the original costume covered her entire body and presented her as an object for the Joker, and it shows off her eagerness to fight.
* In the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Korra goes from the traditional Water Tribe look to an anonymous Earth Kingdom one, and cuts her hair -- symbolically cutting her ties to her friends and family.

* Ashi undergoes a massive transformation in ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' when she signifies her HeelFaceTurn by destroying her clingy assassin's shroud of utter darkness and donning a dress made of leaves. Jack himself went through this between seasons 4 and 5, trading his white robes for heavy armor to signify his DespairEventHorizon. He regains his white robes after he gets over it.

* Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka get this in Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. Albeit, Anakin and Obi-Wan's wardrobes start to resemble what they wore in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', while Ahsoka adopts a more modest outfit.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' normally wears a pink shirt with a star, which was left over from his dad's music days and also signifies he is a Crystal Gem. After the fifth season, he wears a pink jacket over a black-colored shirt.

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', Zenitsu at the beginning of the story was a meek, whining and reluctant demon slayer, he only became a warrior to show gratitude towards his master Jigoro, who once saved him, wearing a bright yellow haori, given to him by Jigoro which is themed after his own haori. [[spoiler:In the very end of the series Zenitsu takes up his master's haori, who died before Zentisu could show how much stronger and courageous he grew to be, but Jigoro could see that from the afterlife, personally congratulating his pupil, thus Zenitsu has successfully inherited his master's will after he has helped to kill the source of all demons]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'': Raditz has switched from wearing the Saiyan armor he wears in ''WebOriginal/DragonBallZAbridged'' to simple jeans and a t-shirt, as a symbol of how being in HFIL for so long has caused him to lose his ego. His armor is now on display in his bedroom.

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediSurvivor'': The trailers show that all the main characters have updated their outfits to show how they have changed since ''Fallen Order''.
** The Reveal trailer shows that Cere has shaved her head and donned Jedi robes as she works on a new archive, showing that she has regained her belief in the Order and is working to restore what she can.
** The Reveal trailer shows Cal's default outfit has also drastically changed since ''Fallen Order''. Whereas in the first game, Cal wore his drab and utilitarian scrapper's uniform, in ''Survivor'', he wears a more distinctive and grown-up jacket vest and cargo pants combination.
** The Story trailer shows that Merrin has ditched her Nightsister garb for a more conventional look, donning a jacket and pants and cutting her hair shorter.
** Greez has a much more relaxed outfit in the Story trailer, reflecting the diner Cal sees him in, and is sporting a prosthetic arm [[spoiler: that he earned in the interquel novel ''Literature/StarWarsJediBattleScars'']].

* Used by ''WebVideo/PhilosophyTube'' (Pre-Transition) on her video on DomesticAbuse and DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale. The video, which was done in a single take, sees Abigail Thorn starting out in a Franchise/{{Superman}} T-shirt, and explaining the many pitfalls of the double standard trope, including the societal idea that men are able to 'handle it' if they find themselves stuck in an abusive relationship. Halfway through the video, after [[spoiler:revealing how she herself had been a victim of domestic abuse and almost killed herself over it and having a breakdown on camera]], the camera slowly does a pan away and does a 360-degree overview shot of the studio he films in. By the time the camera has returned to Abby, she has dressed herself up as Clark Kent, representing that she no longer accepts a Superman-type image of men in relationships.

* Used by ''WebVideo/PhilosophyTube'' on his video on DomesticAbuse and DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale. The video, which was done in a single take, sees Oliver Thorn starting out in a Franchise/{{Superman}} T-shirt, and explaining the many pitfalls of the double standard trope, including the societal idea that men are able to 'handle it' if they find themselves stuck in an abusive relationship. Halfway through the video, after [[spoiler:revealing how he himself had been a victim of domestic abuse and almost killed himself over it and having a breakdown on camera]], the camera slowly does a pan away and does a 360-degree overview shot of the studio he films in. By the time the camera has returned to Olly, he has dressed himself up as Clark Kent, representing that he no longer accepts a Superman-type image of men in relationships.
** Used even more significantly by ''Abigail'' Thorn in ''her'' video "Identity", in which she comes out as UsefulNotes/{{transgender}}.

* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': Accomplished despite dog characters only really wearing one article of clothing. While serving the commands of the goddess Dragon, Tarot wore a collar adorned with an Eye of Horus, a motif frequently associated with Dragon (Who even had a base in Egypt). When Tarot overthrew Dragon, she traded it out for a tarot card collar, representing her newfound independence.

* When ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' first introduces [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Raiden]] as a new protagonist, he wears a [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091019140715/metalgear/images/9/9f/Model_Raiden.jpg "sneaking suit"]] that's noticeably similar--in design and color palette--to [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130102172428/metalgear/images/d/d2/MGS2_Solid_Snake.png the one that Solid Snake wore]] in the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. This can't be a coincidence, considering [[spoiler: the Patriots' plan to psychologically condition Raiden into Snake's replacement]]. After Raiden's story arc takes a divergent turn from Snake's around the time of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', he shows up again in an enhanced cyborg body, which comes with [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080620064342/metalgear/images/c/c0/Ninja_Raiden.jpg noticeably sleeker, tighter clothes in a much lighter color palette]], contrasting with [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090410042650/metalgear/images/7/76/Solid_Snake_(GOTP).JPG Snake's black battle gear]] in the same game. Even later, his {{spinoff}} game ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' has him donning [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140121084847/metalgear/images/1/1f/Metal_gear_rising_revengeance_raiden.png a black version of the same costume]] as he comes to embrace his new warrior status.

** Nijima initially only wears a simple school uniform, but for the founding of the Shinpaku Alliance he exchanges it for a faux military outfit as his ego inflates. When his ego is popped he returns to the school uniform, only with a cape to identify him as the Shinpaku Alliance leader. [[spoiler:The cape he wore for the D of D turned out to be a new Shinpaku Alliance flag to replace the old one]].
** Diego Carlo is a MaskedLuchador that never shows his face, even when taking a shower (he gets a shower scene and is ''still'' masked), so what mask''s'' he's wearing at any moment is ''extremely'' important: he's normally seen wearing a dark red mask and smiling to signify his happy-go-lucky attitude, when he fights seriously he removes the red mask and reveals his "angry mask" underneath while he stops smiling, and when he's defeated he [[DramaticUnmask removes the angry mask]] and [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope reveals his simplicistic "naked mask"]], as he refuses to let himself seen without a mask]].

** Issue #51 one of the original series has the Thinker and the New Warriors discussing how much they've grown and evolved since they started out. This is accompanied with panels showing the various costume changes the New Warriors have undergone.

* In the very early days of ''ComicBook/XMen'', Professor Xavier's five original students [[note]]Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel and Iceman[[/note]] initially wore [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/uncanny-x-men/3-1.jpg identical black and yellow uniforms]] meant to show their shared allegiance to Xavier's School. Around 1968, as the kids gradually grew up and became more independent, Xavier eventually decided to give them all [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/uncanny-x-men/49-1.jpg their own unique costumes]] to acknowledge how far they had come since beginning their training [[note]]Cyclops got a full-body blue costume, Jean got a green MinidressOfPower, Beast got a blue and red costume, and Angel got a yellow costume with red suspenders[[/note]]. The individual costumes would come to be a mainstay of the X-books as time wore on, showing Xavier's movement away from the rigidity of boarding school life.

** Shortly after boarding, Chloe swaps her school uniform with blue anchors to a white beach dress with blue sealife to signify that she's no longer staying in her comfort zone or bound by everyone's expectations of her and is ready to explore the other cars on the Infinity Train. Late in Act 2, following an ImportantHaircut, she changes her appearance again, donning a yellow dress and striped stockings (stating that she's dressed up as VideoGame/FranBow) and adding blue streaks to her hair to signal how she is heading off to her destiny in the Fog Car and ready to take on all challenges to get home.
** Lexi dresses up as a {{expy}} of Specter, symbolizing how he's the dark ghost of Chloe's dreams and relating to her horrors of darkness and nightmares. At the same time Chloe gets her new wardrobe, she changes him into a ''kyorinrin'', which shows her trying something new. In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainVoyageOfWisteria'', he decides to make his own outfit based on a crane, getting rid of the spite and anger associated with Chloe and hoping to turn into something new and hopeful.

* ''Fanfic/ImpenetrableWalls'' has Wei Wuxian being stripped from his tattered black and red robes after being given as a concubine to the Imperial Brother, and being dressed with very high-quality, pristine garments from the kind his new husband wears and enjoys.

** Chloé starts braiding her hair up into a crown-like hairstyle and tones back her makeup, switching her bright blue eyeshadow for a subtler, smoky brown. She also adopts a more muted color palette.
** Adrien starts picking out his own wardrobe more, letting it reflect his own personal tastes rather than wearing whatever his father prefers.

** Following their first C-Rank, Sakura follows Naruto's lead by picking up a PaletteSwap of her own IconicOutfit that's a darker shade of red, with black markings instead of white. She also adds a lacy half-cover to her hairbun, and later dons a couple of senbon disguised as hairpins.
* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': Rei moving away from [[SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack wearing her school uniform at all times]] in favour of more casual clothes is a major step in her pathway to recovering from the emotional abuse she'd been subjected to for most of her life and in the development of her relationship with her fellow Pilots. The same is true of Shinji, albeit to a lesser extent, as letting himself be talked into varying up his own LimitedWardrobe kicked off a sort of mini-arc that forces him to come out of his shell a bit.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': In the first act, Meilin Lee dresses relatively plainly, with a red cardigan, pink shirt and dark blue skirt. Her only jewelry is a couple of plastic or fabric bracelets. After she starts embracing her red panda form, she takes off the cardigan, puts on star-shaped stick-on earrings, and starts wearing a black choker around her neck--except at home, where she removes the jewelry and reverts to being "perfect little Mei-Mei". In the epilogue, she's wearing the choker at home and the stick-on earrings have been replaced by real ones, meaning she has gotten her ears pierced and strongly implying the change is permanent.

* At the end of ''Film/TheGettingOfWisdom'', [[spoiler:Laura throws away her hat and gloves to express her relief at finally being free from stuffy, confining environment of the boarding school]].

* When retired from his job as a Mafiya hit man, ''Film/JohnWick'' wears simple but neat casual clothes; jeans, T-shirts, leather jackets, and the like. After he's beaten, robbed, and has his puppy killed by his old boss's thuggish son, Wick starts [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge thinking he's back]], and switches over to very stylish and expensive suits from then on.

** ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Barry's Season One costume was more muted with some differences from the standard comics version of the Flash costume. Come Season 2, when he's firmly established as a respected and beloved superhero, Barry dons the white and gold emblem used in the comics. In Season 4, Cisco Ramon creates a brighter and streamlined suit upon Barry’s return from the Speed Force. A redesigned suit is used for Season 5, created sometime in the future by an unseen Ryan Choi.

** Howard's typical ensemble involved jeans, a button-up shirt, extravagant belt buckle, and a turtleneck dickie, all in very garish and loud colors. He doesn't grow out of it completely but in later seasons as he married Bernadette and had a family his color choices became more fashionable, typically by wearing more complementary colors like darker jeans or turtleneck with a red or purple shirt.

** Giles started off the series predominantly wearing tweed suits, giving the impression of him as a relatively buttoned-up and stuffy mentor figure that contrasted with the younger Buffy, Xander, and Willow. After he gets fired by the Watchers Council in Season 3, he starts to loosen up a bit in wearing non-tweed clothing. It's played up further in Season 4 following the loss of his other job as school librarian due to Sunnydale High blowing up in the Season 3 finale, where he's even shown dressing in casual wear

* In ''Series/TheDropout'', designer Ana Arriola suggests to Elizabeth that she should dress more like a CEO, but Elizabeth is not interested in spending energy in her appearance. By the end of the "Green Juice" episode, after convincing Sunny to join the company and invest $12 million, Elizabeth has gone from untucked button down shirts and sweaters to a female version of UsefulNotes/SteveJobs in black turtlenecks and slacks, complemented by red lipstick.
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'': Joan's on-the-job clothes changed dramatically from season 1 to season 5. She originally dressed casually but has since begun dressing formally (and somewhat more masculinely) in suit jackets and ties. This shift goes with her CharacterDevelopment. Joan becomes a better detective and begins becoming more independent from Sherlock.
* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' John Crichton spends much of the first season wearing parts of his IASA flight suit, but shifts over to darker-colored native clothing similar to Aeryn Sun's as he gets used to being part of Moya's crew and loses some of his innocence.

* Rikki Chadwick in ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' is at first presented as a tomboy who wears mainly jeans and baggy pants. As her relationship with Zane blossoms, she'll be shown in short-shorts and skirts a bit more.

* In ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'', Halbrand enters the story wearing tattered clothes, symbolizing his status as a [[PrincessInRags Prince In Rags]]. Then he shifts his clothing into wearing Numenorian blacksmith clothes as he wants to build a life in Numenor and live there forever. After Galadriel finally convinces him to accepts his rightful place as king in the Southlands, he is clad in a golden shining armour looking every inch as the "returning lost king" as Aragorn does.

** Done with Gwen; in the first season they intentionally dressed Angel Coubly down, only to gradually give her appearance more care and attention as the romance with Arthur progressed.

* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy'': Allison went from wearing modern haute couture in season 1 to wearing more traditional 1960s style clothing in season 2, something most of her siblings notably did not do. Justified since she was both trapped in and had a fully fledged life in the 60s by the time season 2 started.

* Castiel on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has several of these despite his IconicOutfit of the suit with a blue tie and a trench coat, usually signifying either a change in his mental state or his power level. The first time we see Cas without the outfit, for instance, he's an amnesiac going by Emmanuel and wearing a blue sweater and casual pants. When he gets his memory back but goes into the mental hospital, having taken on Sam's Hell-induced trauma, the trench coat is back, but instead of the suit, he's wearing hospital issue white scrubs. Upon his return from purgatory, literally the first thing he does after greeting the boys is to go into a bathroom and freshen up, coming back in the IconicOutfit, showing he's back to normal. In season 9 after losing his powers and becoming human (meaning he [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished can't keep his clothes neat and clean with his powers]]) he starts wearing casual clothes, including hoodies, t-shirts, and jeans or a simple white shirt and jeans with his work vest for his job at the Gas 'N Sip. Once he gets his powers back, the suit makes a reappearance as he tries to work with his fellow angels against Metatron, but his tie is still conspicuously absent, a signifier that he's not all there - considering his returned powers are actually the result of stealing someone else's, and, subsequently he's also dying. (And that's without bringing in the instances where absence of bits of the outfit mean Cas isn't present in or in control of the body we typically see him in at all- like the trench coats absence on Jimmy when he temporarily leaves Jimmy's body and possesses Claire Novak, or the absence of the trench coat when Lucifer's in control of Cas's vessel. ItMakesSenseInContext, really.)

* Music/{{Eminem}} started out with a garishly bleached blond caesar cut, a white tshirt, baggy jeans, silver hoop earrings and a dog tag necklace - sort of a hip-hopped-out parody of an AllAmericanBoy. In 2000, he swapped the white tshirt for a white wifebeater to play up his white-trash machismo and distinguish him from the [[CustomUniform million others dressing like him]], with the dog tags now taking on a militant tone. By 2002, he felt comfortable enough as part of hip-hop culture to spend most of his time in baggy hip-hop clothing, sagged pants and dorags, but reinforced his PsychopathicManchild persona by sticking to cartoonish colours like bright reds, emerald greens, and baby blues; he also stopped wearing his earrings and changed his hair colour to a more golden shade of blond, signifying his increasing emotional maturity. For his CareerResurrection in 2009, he came back at first in baggy, bold-coloured tshirts and baseball caps similar to what he'd been wearing before, but signalled his recovery from drug addiction with a buzz cut in his natural dark brown colour, and the addition of a crucifix necklace. After a CreatorBacklash to the music he made in that era, he drastically overhauled his wardrobe to a black leather jacket and grey and black tshirts - the kind of thing a rock star might wear instead of a rapper, to show off his more rock-influenced [[NewSoundAlbum new sound]] and his new role as a mature RecoveredAddict [[TheParagon Paragon]]. In 2013, for ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'', he merged this with elements of his 2000 look, going blond again (this time a silvery blond to play up his increasing age) and returning to his white tshirt and dog tags, but with his AA sobriety coin chip embedded in the dog tag and with boom-bap-era influences like Timbs and luxury padded coats to match the old-school vibe of the album. When making a comeback in 2017, he returned in an all-black tracksuit, tshirt and Kangol cap, now wearing a gold rope chain (a gift from his childhood hero Music/LLCoolJ) and matching Rolex, with dark hair and a [[BeardOfSorrow beard]] to signal his advancing age and insecurity; he also started wearing tshirts with the covers of his childhood favourite hip-hop albums on them, as a means of exposing his influences and spreading his love for the culture. In his 2020 song "These Demons" he acknowledges the Kangol and rope chains as the fulfilment of a childhood dream he'd had watching ''Series/SoulTrain'', saying that his current look proves to everyone that he's made it.

* In ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'', characters of different ranks and cultures wear different clothing in their portraits, and will change clothes accordingly if these change. For example, a Celtic duke wears drab clothing and a brown leather circlet with gold studs, but a Celtic king has brightly colored clothing and a gold circlet. {{Game mod}}s like [[http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=242601880 Better Looking Garbs]] can add to this, such as making Catholic bishops shift to the famous red robes upon elevation to cardinal.

** All of the [[RomanceSidequest love interests]], except Anders and Sebastian, change their default outfits after the RelationshipUpgrade to mark their new relationship with Hawke. Merrill, who goes from tattered khaki rags of an elven hedge mage outcast to an intricate white-and-silver attire sending a clear message to everyone not to mess with the significant other of the Champion of Kirkwall. Fenris wears a red wristband and the Hawke emblem, symbolizing that while he walked away from Hawke after their first time, it is also a fact that this is not a dalliance for him and it is his nonverbal way of DeclarationOfProtection towards Hawke. Meanwhile, for Isabela, it represents her conflicted feelings between getting tied (symbolized by the red wristband) and her freedom (symbolized by her corset that enhances her already sexy persona) as she develops genuine feelings for someone who will not use her for personal gain.
** Anders, instead, trades his healer clothes for a much darker set upon completion of his Act 3 personal sidequest, [[spoiler:foreshadowing his self-inflicted martyrdom and the sad fact that he chooses his cause more than his relationship with Hawke if he's romanced. Note that he doesn't switch his outfit after his RelationshipUpgrade with Hawke during Act 2 and still retains his initial outfit.]] Likewise with Sebastian despite finishing his own RomanceSidequest, which also alludes to his greater loyalty towards the Chantry. [[spoiler: If the player chooses to spare Anders after he blew up the Chantry during the endgame, Sebastian will angrily leave the party and swear vengeance upon Kirkwall.]]

** Genji's appearance is indicative of how he feels about himself and his condition. Back before he was injured he was carefree and loose, with clothing that showed his lack of attentiveness towards his actions. After first getting a cyborg body his mechanical attachments are misshapen and asymmetrical as a reflection of his hate filled psyche. Later as he came to terms with his condition, he is smoother and complete but not showing any personal effects as he has accepted his cyborg self but is not quite ready to be Genji Shimada again. During ''Overwatch 2'', his appearance now includes clothes to show that he has embraced his humanity once again.

** The Reveal trailer shows Cal's default outfit has also drastically changed since ''Fallen Order''. Whereas in the first game, Cal wore his drab and utilitarian scrapper's uniform, in ''Survivor'', he wears a more distinctive and grown up jacket vest and cargo pants combination.

*** Ken, meanwhile, has since been accused of criminal activities and has since gone on the run. He now wears a brown hoodie, work boots and black shirt, a far cry from his old fighting gi's. He still retains his red pants as a reminder that he has not lost his fighting edge.

** The TimeSkip between Volumes 3 and 4 show characters in new outfits as befits their new circumstances. Yang and Weiss are trapped at home, each wearing clothing suitable to their home lifestyles and states of mind: Yang's being a low maintenance grunge style and Weiss wearing extremely elegant, wealthy dresses. Team RNJR have been on the road for months, so their clothes are practical, travel-worn attire; both Team RNJR and Cinder sport clothing changes that refer to the traumas they've experienced during Volume 3. [[spoiler:Jaune, Nora, and Ren adopt elements of Pyrrha's design and weapons, while Ruby adopts elements of Penny's; Cinder adopts a long gown that covers the left side of her body, which has been badly maimed by Ruby's TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening.]]

* In ''Webcomic/BeyondTheEnd'', Hal changes his outfit multiple times. The first time [[https://beyondtheend.gay/index.html?pg=284#showComic brought on by the rain]] as his hair dye washed out and his dad bringing him a change of clothes. Then again later when he returns from being PutOnABus [[https://beyondtheend.gay/index.html?pg=1935#showComic he's changed his hair and outfit again]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': While Anne has dresses and even a tuxedo either packed in her backpack or commissioned from tailors in Wartwood, she tends to stick to her school uniform in most episodes, showing that she is still a good person at heart. She only changes outfit in "Bessie and Microangelo", adding a chestplate to symbolize her CharacterDevelopment.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'': In season 3 both the heroes and Hexadecimal got new looks to reflect the new DarkerAndEdgier status quo [[spoiler:as Megabyte forced Bob into the Web and began an all out war with Mainframe]]. The heroes got new tactical gear and Hexadecimal was put into a new outfit that looked like bondage gear to show how she was forced to do Megabyte's bidding. Later on they got new looks again, [[spoiler:as Enzo is forced to ride the games after losing one. He and [=AndrAIa=] have new adult wardrobes that speak "Renegades without a home", Bob is found with warped clothing he merges with Glitch to become a shining light in their darkest hour and Dot is even more armored to show how much more hope she lost.]] This is given a minor deconstruction in the next season, as they had become so different that turning back towards peace was difficult with so many reminders physically on them, Bob in particular.

* Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka get this in Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. Albeit, Anakin and Obi-Wan's wardrobes start to resemble what they wore in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', while Ahsoka adopted a more modest outfit.

** Dr Mrs The Monarch goes through quite a few outfits as her relationships and professional status change. At first as Dr Girlfriend she wears an all pink ensemble with a pillbox cap, which makes her stand out next to The Monarch's yellow, black, and orange aesthetics. As the Phantom Limb's girlfriend, Queen Etheria, she has a see through lingerie outfit to show that he considers her arm candy at most. After marrying The Monarch and becoming Dr Mrs The Monarch she has an outfit to match his with yellow, black and orange to show their commitment to each other. After becoming a part of the Council of Thirteen she takes on a black and red version of her first outfit, showing how she has moved up in the world beyond The Monarch.
** Dean and Hank take new outfits in the later seasons. [[spoiler:As the clones they used and depended on to cheat death have been destroyed]] this shows that they have changed and aged since the old days.

* Music/{{Eminem}} started out with a garishly bleached blond caesar cut, a white tshirt, baggy jeans, silver hoop earrings and a dog tag necklace - sort of a hip-hopped-out parody of an AllAmericanBoy. In 2000, he swapped the white tshirt for a white wifebeater to play up his white-trash machismo and distinguish him from the [[CustomUniform million others dressing like him]], with the dog tags now taking on a militant tone. By 2002, he felt comfortable enough as part of hip-hop culture to spend most of his time in baggy hip-hop clothing, sagged pants and dorags, but reinforced his PsychopathicManchild persona by sticking to cartoonish colours like bright reds, emerald greens, and baby blues; he also stopped wearing his earrings and changed his hair colour to a more golden shade of blond, signifying his increasing emotional maturity. For his CareerResurrection in 2009, he came back at first in baggy, bold-coloured tshirts and baseball caps similar to what he'd been wearing before, but signalled his recovery from drug addiction with a buzz cut in his natural dark brown colour, and the addition of a crucifix necklace. After a CreatorBacklash to the music he made in that era, he drastically overhauled his wardrobe to a black leather jacket and grey and black tshirts - the kind of thing a rock star might wear instead of a rapper, to show off his more rock-influenced [[NewSoundAlbum new sound]] and his new role as a mature RecoveredAddict [[TheParagon Paragon]]. In 2013, for ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'', he merged this with elements of his 2000 look, going blond again (this time a silvery blond to play up his increasing age) and returning to his white tshirt and dog tags, but with his AA sobriety coin chip embedded in the dog tag and with boom-bap-era influences like Timbs and luxury padded coats to match the old-school vibe of the album. When making a comeback in 2017, he returned in a dark tracksuit, dark tshirt and Kangol cap, now wearing a gold rope chain (a gift from his childhood hero Music/LLCoolJ) and matching Rolex, with dark hair and a [[BeardOfSorrow beard]] to signal his advancing age and insecurity; he also started wearing tshirts with the covers of his childhood favourite hip-hop albums on them, as a means of exposing his influences and spreading his love for the culture.

* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' before it, Clark Kent initially had no costume at all as a high-school student in Smallville. Later after he becomes "the Blur" in Metropolis, he adopts a black BadassLongcoat with the House of El insignia in white on a black T-shirt. Early in season 10, he shifts to a red and blue jacket and trousers as the Blur gradually morphs into Superman, and he finally receives the classic Superman outfit in the GrandFinale.

* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', Wonsu, the depressed man who wants to be [[EmotionSuppression Fixed]] against his mother's wishes, removes his hoodie when [[spoiler:he goes through with it after being arrested by AVAC]]. Jane then interprets this as him [[spoiler:"coming out of his cocoon to be reborn as a Saera"]] and forms a cult around it as a coping mechanism.

* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': Accomplished despite dog characters only really wearing one article of clothing. As an avatar of Dragon, Tarot wore a collar adorned with an Eye of Horus, a motif frequently associated with Dragon (Who even had a base in Egypt). When Tarot overthrew Dragon, she traded it out for a tarot card collar, representing her newfound independence.

* ''Webcomic/IWillSurvive'': In the final entry, ''Never Say Goodbye'', Judy's wife Shay is introduced in a pink suit and cap identical to Jackie Kennedy's famous outfit. On top of showing how she's come into the life of being married to the mayor, [[spoiler: it also foreshadows the events at the end of the comic.]]