History Main / TheissTitillationTheory

** not nude. they did wear underwear.

* In ''OnePiece'' there is nothing holding up Boa Hancock's robe except the sheer cruelty of the universe. This is MUCH more apparent in the animated version.
** And yet [[http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Rindou Rindou]], her bazooka-wielding underling probably has her beat as far as this trope is concerned. Seriously, is her short jacket duct-taped to her nipples or something?

* [[FemmeFatale Mitarashi Anko]] of ''{{Franchise/Naruto}}'' is always depicted wearing nothing more than a miniskirt, fishnet shirt, and trench coat. Despite all of the acrobatics she gets into, that coat '''never''' swings fully open. (Averted, however, in the anime where all of the mesh shirts are filled in with grey, leaving some fans to believe that they're a form of chain mail.)
** An even more blatant example would be Yamanaka Ino's outfit as of The Last: Naruto the Movie. Her shirt and skirt almost fully exposes her hips and abdomen, is barely above her groin and looks like it could slip off at anytime, yet somehow stays on.

* [[FemmeFatale Mitarashi Anko]] of ''{{Franchise/Naruto}}'' is always depicted wearing nothing more than a miniskirt, fishnet shirt, and trench coat. Despite all of the acrobatics she gets into, that coat '''never''' swings fully open.

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* Kuroka from ''Anime/HighSchoolDxD'' has the classic kimono example, not only is [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline nothing keeping it up]], but it should [[MagicSkirt fly open pretty much any time she moves]]. Maybe magic demon powers are keeping it in place.

* Likewise {{Discussed}} in ''[[EightWorlds Steel Beach]]'' as part of a larger exposition on why OurNudityIsDifferent in Lunar society. In a closed environment with NoNudityTaboo, actual nudity is considered a sign of either stodginess or poverty, neither of which are particularly attractive.

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* In one episode of SupermanTheAnimatedSeries, Lois and Clark are attending a fashion show, where Lois opines of one garment, "The only thing holding that dress up is faith."

* Ancient Greek tunics and dresses were open at one side. While there was enough fabric that nothing was actually going to show, the suggestion of it was always there (particularly on a windy winter day). Presumably this was just how they liked it. The mens' tunics invoked this trope much more strongly than the womens' dresses, because the tunics were cut no longer than absolutely necessary. Again, they did wear underwear so there was no danger of actual nudity: but if the wife had done her job correctly, there would be a strong suggestion of it. Greek painting and statuary also made heavy use of this trope: particularly in depictions of heroes, gods and goddesses. Paintings and statues of course [[Vaporwear never wear underwear]], and often wear only a strategically placed cloak. The most common style is to have a male wearing a cloth draped on the hips held in the left hand. Since the statue is immobile, the simulated cloth can't actually fall. But, we all know that if a guy did this in [[RealLife]] it would stay up for about five seconds. It's never used on female statues, since there is no suggestion that the cloth would fall because women have wider hips. The female equivalent is to have the dress hanging by one shoulder pin.

* In ''WebVideo/HolyMusicalBatman'', Robin is a rare male example of this trope. All he's got on is a shirt, cape, mask, shoes, and ''briefs'' the whole musical. It gets worse after a scene where we see Superman and Batman rip off each other's UnderwearOfPower.

* In TheBBC's impressive library of music films, there is a late 1970's recording of Music/MeatLoaf and Karla de Vita performing his “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” sometime around 1979, from the music show ''The Old Grey Whistle Test.'' This is an energetically acted song. What makes the clip especially mesmerizing is that Karla is performing in a filmy black top slashed to below the navel in front and open at both sides. She gets within millimetres of inadvertent exposure several times but, perhaps due to strategic tape, never quite gets there.

* Non-fiction example: in the documentary series ''Harlots, Housewives, and Heroines'' about women in the 17th century, Dr. Lucy Worsley tries on the style of gown worn by the ladies at Charles II's court.

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* Czech artist Creator/AlphonseMucha, often considered a trope codifier for the UsefulNotes/ArtNouveau movement, produced [[http://www.muchafoundation.org/gallery/themes/theme/art-posters a large number of posters]] showing attractive women in flowing robes which quite often illustrate this principle. (They’re never fully nude, although there’s a very occasional flash of actual nipple.) These posters have become hugely popular, and are often the subject of {{Pastiche}} or AffectionateParody to this day.

* The entirety of the female cast of ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' -- with the ''possible'' exception of [[LadyOfWar Hilde]] -- are participants in this trope, thanks to the implementation of female-focused clothing damage in ''Soul Calibur IV''. In addition to, you know, the huge quantities of cleavage and the rather [[FetishFuel unusual designs]] that were carried on from earlier games.
** The award goes to resident FetishFuel {{Stripperiffic}} MsFanservice, Ivy Valentine, who, with the exception of ''V'', loses more and more of her already amazingly revealing default costume. By the time ''[[{{Pun}} IV]]'' rolled around, her dominatrix outfit has been diminished into ''strips'' of leather held together by ''strings''. (She was covered up more in ''V''; the developers likely realized by then that if they made her outfit any ''more'' revealing, they'd probably have to change the game's ESRB rating.)

* ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Was there any more to Leia's dancing-girl costume beneath the panels of cloth hanging from front and back of the waistline? According to Carrie Fisher on the DVD commentary, there wasn't, and at times, crews standing behind her could see "all the way to Florida", as it were. Oola suffers a wardrobe malfunction as she is being dragged towards Jabba the Hutt, and again as she falls through the trap door. You can still see a short bit of the first malfunction in the current special edition. Older editions have longer scenes.

* Creator/UrsulaAndress in ''Film/TheBlueMax''. There is a protracted scene where she has a folded towel looped around her neck so that the two lengths of towel, draped strategically in front of her, both conceal most of a breast, or at least the nipples. Despite how she moves or speaks, despite how her unsupported breasts jiggle and move, ''her nipples are always concealed by the towel as if it was glued in place'' (and probably was).

** After Wol's outfit in ''VideoGame/MobiusFinalFantasy'' had to be changed for being "too sexy" for the playtesters, it's worth observing that he's actually slightly ''more'' dressed than some previous ''FF'' protagonists like Vaan or Tidus. The difference might have been how it looked like it was one gust of wind and two bootlaces away from falling off his body - Vaan and Tidus's outfits might be scant, but look secure, giving a sort of a more innocent, schoolboy feel as opposed to the stripper effect that Wol ended up with.

* Ursula Andress in ''Film/TheBlueMax''. There is a protracted scene where she has a folded towel looped around her neck so that the two lengths of towel, draped strategically in front of her, both conceal most of a breast, or at least the nipples. Despite how she moves or speaks, despite how her unsupported breasts jiggle and move, ''her nipples are always concealed by the towel as if it was glued in place'' (and probably was).

* Dear God, ComicBook/EmmaFrost. As a member of the Hellfire Club, her outfit, while skimpy, was believable. (It was white lingerie resembling the kind that anyone could buy at Victoria's Secrets, combined with knee-high boots and a cape.) However, after her HeelFaceTurn, her outfits got more daring and more improbable in design. One good example was when she first joined the ComicBook/XMen: her outfit combined AbsoluteCleavage and ImpossiblyLowNeckline, using a few strategically placed scraps of fabric to form a reverse "X" with her exposed skin. (Of course, the lingerie was a dress code for the Hellfire Club, but being the [[AttentionWhore type of person she is]], quitting the Club actually gave her a chance to be ''more'' daring.)

* Several female superheroes fall under this. Notable examples include ComicBook/{{Starfire}} (whose outfit is part lingerie, part bondage gear) and ComicBook/PowerGirl and [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/Power%20Girl/fairygrl_2006/powergirl.jpg her]] infamous [[CleavageWindow boob window]].

* Katsuragi of ''[[VideoGame/SenranKagura]]'' wears an open dress shirt with AbsoluteCleavage. You would think that with all of her flipping around, her nipples would pop out any second, or at least she'd suffer an areola slip, but somehow her top always stays in place.

* Katsuragi of ''[VideoGame/SenganKagura]'' wears an open dress shirt with AbsoluteCleavage. You would think that with all of her flipping around, her nipples would pop out any second, or at least she'd suffer an areola slip, but somehow her top always stays in place.