History Main / WaistcoatOfStyle

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* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', Shizuo Heiwajima is almost never seen without his bartender waistcoat, given to him by his younger brother. [[BerserkButton Ripping it is not advisable]].

** Jenny ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar the katana-wielding Victorian lesbian crimefighter]], [[NamesTheSame not]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter the Doctor's clone]]) wears a very nifty waistcoat when she's headed into battle.

** Many incarnations of the Doctor wear a waistcoat as part of their regular costume at least sometimes, including the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, [[spoiler:War]], [[http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/isite-downloads/doctorwho/d11s03/wallpapers/080612_wallpaper_16x9.jpg Eleventh]] and Twelfth Doctors. The Fifth Doctor [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TcWHiqyb4Ag/TPyDf0rerhI/AAAAAAAAGXo/FJpG_0OALRI/s1600/Planet+Of+Fire+-+Pt1+443.jpg wears a rather natty tapestry waistcoat]] when on holiday in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E5PlanetOfFire "Planet of Fire"]], and [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m85kph2KBq1qepzg9o1_500.png so does the Sixth Doctor]] when on holiday in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors "The Two Doctors"]]. [[https://44.media.tumblr.com/2d054334975e06cb344aa88631d9d03f/553b333a72db3b73-7f/s400x600_f1/0efa832c97c3c6019b3b49e5321e832c009f7220.gifv The Thirteenth Doctor wears one]] during [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E8TheHauntingOfVillaDiodati "The Haunting of Villa Diodati"]].

* Creator/MartinFreeman sports one on his Wiki/TVTropes page.

* Franchise/DocSavage wore a multi-pocket vest in many of his adventures that served as his UtilityBelt.

* A staple of [[AffablyEvil Raymond "Red"]][[VillainProtagonist Reddington]] on ''Series/TheBlacklist''. Combined with his [[NiceHat collection]] of [[FedoraOfAsskicking fedoras]], it makes Red into a SharpDressedMan.

*** This was taken UpToEleven during the summer of 2018 (which was also one of the hottest ever recorded in the UK), when during the England football/soccer team's astonishing [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup World Cup]] campaign [[note]] starting the tournament with low expectations, they made it all the way to the semi-finals - England's best performance in any international tournament for over twenty years[[/note]], thousands of fans celebrated by wearing waistcoats similar to the one worn by [[SharpDressedMan manager]] Gareth Southgate (who habitually wore one on matchdays as part of his three-piece suit), on what became known as 'Waistcoat Wednesday'.

The waistcoat is an article of clothing that has been around since the Restoration in England. In the United States it is called a vest (in UK English, a vest is the equivalent of the American tanktop). A waistcoat provides extra warmth, an extra layer, and extra pockets (for that most important of gentlemanly accessories, the gold pocket watch).

** Gilderoy Lockhart in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''
** Sirius Black in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''
** Horace Slughorn in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''
** Harry and Ron at Bill and Fleur's wedding in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows''.
** A younger Albus Dumbledore in ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald''.

** Steven Stone, the Champion of the Hoenn region and heir to the Devon Corporation, wears a light purple one underneath his suit jacket in his redesign from ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'', the remakes of ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' have the Striaton Gym Leaders, who are also brothers, all wearing black ones, as they're waiters.
** Steven Stone, the Champion of the Hoenn region and hair to the Devon Corporation, wears a light purple one underneath his suit jacket in his redesign from ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'', the remakes of ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''.

* The Striaton gym leaders have this in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', as they're waiters.

** Akihiko Sanada from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' wears a bright red one with his school uniform.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Arsène, a GuardianEntity reflecting the protagonist's stylish GentlemanThief personality traits to the point it's an AnthropomorphicPersonification of Literature/ArseneLupin, wears a black waistcoat. Party member Makoto Niijima also wears a black waistcoat over her school uniform.

* Gene Kranz, a flight director with [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace NASA during the capsule era]] (Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo; best known for being in control during the Apollo 11 landing on the moon and getting through the Apollo 13 accident), was well known for wearing a waistcoat during his shifts.

* By the final arc of ''Anime/DigimonSavers'', Thomas has taken to wearing a loose, unbuttoned waistcoat.
* In ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'', Shizuo Heiwajima is almost never seen without his bartender waistcoat, given to him by his younger brother. [[BerserkButton Ripping it is not advisable]].

* In a rare female example, [[{{Ninja}} Kaede]] in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' wore one for the first TournamentArc.

* Arata Miyazaki and Shigeru Kitagawa of ''FanFic/DespairsLastResort'' both wear one of these.

* In ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', Miles Edgeworth wears a different waistcoat depending on the time frame. Throughout most of the Phoenix arc, it has a simple black design, but it was a lot more ornate in his younger days (and can still be seen hanging with its accompanying jacket on his office wall in the present).
** Apollo Justice wears a bright red one.
** Ema Skye is a fan of waistcoats too; she wears a different one in each game she appears in.
** Godot has quite the snazzy waistcoat. [[spoiler:He also had one during his days as Diego Armando.]]
** In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'', [[http://www.capcom.co.jp/gyakutensaiban/5/images/bg_naruhodou01.png Phoenix Wright himself gets one]].
** Simon Blackquill wears one as well.

** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': Arsène, a GuardianEntity reflecting the protagonist's stylish GentlemanThief personality traits to the point it's an AnthropomorphicPersonification of Literature/ArseneLupin, wears a black waistcoat. Party member Makoto Niijima also wears a black waistcoat over her school uniform.

** Leon in ''Videogame/ResidentEvil6'' wears one of a different kind. Is it a bulletproof vest or a waistcoat? [[http://www.biohazardfrance.net/NEWS_IMAGES/RE6/2012.08.02/Leon.jpg Nobody knows for sure]], but it looks awesome.

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* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' has [[https://nookipedia.com/wiki/Item:Waistcoat_(New_Horizons) 5 variants]] of this that your villager can wear as part of their outfit. The grey variant is also the default outfit of the EnsembleDarkhorse cat villager Raymond.

** Many incarnations of the Doctor wear a waistcoat as part of their regular costume at least sometimes, including the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, [[spoiler:War]], [[http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/isite-downloads/doctorwho/d11s03/wallpapers/080612_wallpaper_16x9.jpg Eleventh]] and Twelfth Doctors. The Fifth Doctor [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TcWHiqyb4Ag/TPyDf0rerhI/AAAAAAAAGXo/FJpG_0OALRI/s1600/Planet+Of+Fire+-+Pt1+443.jpg wears a rather natty tapestry waistcoat]] when on holiday in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E5PlanetOfFire "Planet of Fire"]], and [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m85kph2KBq1qepzg9o1_500.png so does the Sixth Doctor]] when on holiday in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors "The Two Doctors"]].

* Film/JamesBond, fairly frequently.

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