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| 7 | ->''"Ugh, two different plaids? I'm a naked robot and even '''I''' know that's a fashion no-no!"'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Tom Servo''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E21TimeChasers Time Chasers]]" |
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| 10 | So you're watching a movie, and, hey, maybe it's pretty good. The writing is snappy, the actors really seem to have settled into their roles, and all in all it's shaping up to be an enjoyable experience. And then the hero walks in wearing a [[SillySimian gorilla suit]], a Fu Manchu moustache, and [[WholesomeCrossdresser high heels]]. |
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| 12 | And the thing is, ''it's not for the sake of a joke.'' The costuming department thought — mistakenly! — that this combination would make the character look badass, and somehow managed to persuade the director. No, they're not being sarcastic, comical or parodic ([[ParodyRetcon at least not at the time]]): it's an entire team of costume designers being totally, completely 100% damn serious about it. The audience, however, remains unconvinced. |
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| 14 | That is the essence of "What the Hell, Costuming Department?" Maybe it's an [[DerivativeWorks adaptation of another work]] where the costumers decided, for no apparent reason, to make the character look entirely unlike he or she does in the source material. Maybe it's an original work where the costumers were evidently insane. Either way, confusion and dismay ensue. |
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| 16 | Related tropes include: RummageSaleReject (where the characters at least have the excuse that maybe they got dressed in the dark), CostumePorn (which provides a possible explanation for some examples), FashionVictimVillain (a bad guy whose costumes attract WTH moments) and QuestionableCasting (where the confusion arises over who's ''in'' the costumes). Specific to video games is RainbowPimpGear, where the best combination of items for gameplay purposes results in a visual eyesore. |
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| 18 | Compare ImpossiblyTackyClothes and IWasQuiteAFashionVictim, which is when characters within the work treat the costumes as bad, and CostumeBacklash when it's the actor themselves who hates their look. |
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| 20 | When it comes to inserting Main/RealLife and/or Main/{{Sports}} examples, avoid Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike! |
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| 23 | !!Examples: |
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| 27 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 28 | * In ''Manga/BlackButler'', Sebastian Michaelis' demon form is never fully seen, but it is supposedly incredibly frightening and very [[MindScrew mindscrewy]] in the effect it can have on the person who sees it... the parts of his demon form that we ''have'' seen to date include [[FemmeFatalons long black fingernails]], some kind of leathery arm and hand covers and CombatStilettos. Some may call it sexy, but frightening...? |
| 29 | * ''Manga/FairyTail'' get hits with this a few times with all the costume changes the characters go through. |
| 30 | ** After two good Edolas outfits, Natsu abandons his jacket near the end of the Edolas arc to reveal...a Blue Shirt with Yellow X's that looks wildly out of place with the rest of his outfit. |
| 31 | ** With Erza's variety of armor it not surprising she's got a few instances. Her Nakagami Armor has a CleavageWindow so enormous it looks like she's one wrong move away from a WardrobeMalfunction. The Giant Armor's color scheme makes her look like a giant bumblebee. |
| 32 | ** Jose Porla's first outfit with batwings and a long drooping pointed hat can cause a few giggles. His second outfit with its military theme looks much better. |
| 33 | ** Gray's Grand Magic Games outfit with exposed shoulders, detactacted sleeves held on by belts, and baggy Hakama pants looks ridiculous and nothing like anything else he's worn. Thankfully he looks better once he inevitably loses the top. |
| 34 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' had always had some strange fashion styles, but [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Part 5]] and [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean 6]] probably take the cake. Almost all of the characters have a revealing outfit to some extent, but the real kicker is Fugo. He wears a suit with holes all over it, and only wears a strawberry themed tie underneath. And if WordOfGod is to be believed, he wears a thong to make it seem like he's not wearing any underwear at all. |
| 35 | -->'''[[WebAnimation/SoThisIsBasically Jello]]''': [=JoJo=] characters dress on the cutting edge of fashion. Which is to say the clothing has been all chopped up with a straight razor. Like this poor boy (Fugo) who is dressed as a cheese. But do not weep for Cheese Boy, they replace his clothes with [[PutOnABus kicking him out of the series]]. |
| 36 | * In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Mineta/Grape Juice definitely has this going on with his costume. His power gives him rubbery purple spheres that grow from his head, leading to his code name, and his costume consists of a purple body suit and mask with a bright yellow cape, boots, and gloves (the latter two both being about three sizes too large) and a metal hemisphere around his waist that's apparently supposed to be a bowl but instead makes him look like he's wearing an armored diaper. |
| 37 | ** Also Todoroki's BoringButPractical [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/bokunoheroacademia/images/c/c8/Shoto_Todoroki_hero_profile.png hero costume]], to a lesser degree. It was very bland and all-white, with his entire left side encased in ice to cover the fire Quirk he inherited from his dad. It has garnered such reactions from some audiences feeling like it was too plain. But this all changes when his [[SignificantWardrobeShift second improved costume]] comes into the picture, which is way better looking and more well-received than the first. |
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| 40 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 41 | |
| 42 | * [[TheNineties The 1990s]] spared ''no one'' in comics. [[https://i.imgur.com/phiTnVy.jpg Not even gods.]] Yes, that's [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]. |
| 43 | ** [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] got it pretty bad as well - circa 1992-93, he shaved his beard, grew his hair long, and ditched his traditional shorts/skirt and straps for long pants and [[ShouldersOfDoom giant shoulder pads]] that looked like ComicBook/{{Cable}}'s cast-offs. He later dropped the shoulder pads for an Avengers tank-top, but that just made him look more like [[Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys some guy who was on TV by then]]. |
| 44 | *** Pretty much anybody affiliated with ComicBook/TheAvengers between ''Galactic Storm'' and ''Onslaught'' entered the AudienceAlienatingEra of [[Creator/RobLiefeld Liefeldian]] comic-book costumes during this period. Yes, even ComicBook/CaptainAmerica went strap-and-pouch-crazy at one point, and then had to wear [[ComicBook/IronMan life-sustaining armor]] after that. |
| 45 | ** The 1990s were quite bad for style when it came to hair. ''ComicBook/BeastBoy and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} with mullets''. And ''those'' are considered iconic. |
| 46 | ** ComicBook/{{Artemis}}'s most iconic '90s costume included bands of large sharp spikes around her thighs, and some other questionable choices. How awkwardly she would have had to walk to keep from tearing deep gouges in her inner thighs with every step was never addressed. |
| 47 | ** In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' animated series, ''New Teen Titans'', a short has the Titans being tossed through time, donning costumes and looks from each era. In the '90s era, ComicBook/BeastBoy laughs at Robin's mullet (as he was wearing Tim Drake's ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} costume with Dick Grayson's Nightwing mullet) before noticing his own. When they get to the '80s, ComicBook/{{Starfire}} sees what she's wearing and promptly freaks out, using her hair to cover herself up. |
| 48 | * Speaking of Starfire, this was the consensus on her new outfit in ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'', which managed to take her costume, already one of the most notoriously {{Stripperific}} outfits in comics, up a notch since she now effectively had only a pair of pasties covering her nipples, and the bikini she wears late in the first issue actually manages to be more modest than her default costume (and it could have been worse, since before it got an ExecutiveVeto said bikini was supposed to be transparent). When it was announced she would be getting a LighterAndSofter solo series [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/02/06/new-starfire-comic-harley-quinnpower-girl-amanda-conner-jimmy-palmiotti/ with a new costume that's something of a halfway between her animated and comic versions]] it was received much more positively. |
| 49 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 50 | ** The assorted attempts to design Kryptonian formal garb, especially from the Byrne era, have caused more than a few snickers. Most of them tend to either Parodied in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', where "Kryptonian formalwear" apparently consists of wearing your underwear outside your pants. Either that, or Bar-El was screwing with ComicBook/JimmyOlsen's head. (Leo Quintum's borrowed outfit is just as silly, but not in the same way, something he's grateful for -- it's actually the outfit of obscure Kryptonian hero and occasional Jimmy Olsen alter-ego Flamebird.) |
| 51 | ** The New 52 redesign of Superman got a lot of this. This was apparently because of AuthorAppeal from Jim Lee, who has commented on finding the traditional Superman design boring to draw, so he added his own embelishments and a busy armored suit is the result. The most common critique was that it attempted to go for an "armored bodysuit" look which was in vogue at the time, but on top of looking needlessly fiddly and being harder to draw, it had many people wondering why ''Superman'', of all characters, would need to wear body armor. It also threw off the colour balance of the Superman look, with the reds now being vastly overshadowed by the blues, and making him look somewhat scrawny under many artists. The costume was eventually changed when the pre-Flashpoint Superman took over for the New 52 Superman, however... |
| 52 | ** The first ''Rebirth'' costume also had this result. While the trunks were still absent and threw off the colour balance, Superman's boots were now also blue, which made things ''even worse''. The consolation was a different belt to break up some blue and no armour lines or random collar like the New 52 suit had. This may have been deliberate, to sell the idea that his Superman was the Superman Blue to the New 52 Superman's Superman Red. When the two fused, the result was Superman's classic outfit sans trunks, with a sci-fi belt to break up the blue (and later down the line, the original suit was brought back in its entirety). |
| 53 | ** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s New 52 outfit got some scorn for the odd design choices, notably the cut-out knees on the high boots, the strange red patch on the crotch (that seems separate from the rest of the outfit, like... a crotch flap) that almost evokes the image of panties but just looks off, and the general armoured look that, like Superman's costume, doesn't really make much sense. Although some fans liked the armoured and distinctive look of the costume, Kara reverted to her traditional suit at the beginning of ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth''. |
| 54 | ** During her mini-series, the Matrix ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} dons [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081031051036/marvel_dc/images/0/01/Supergirl_Vol_3_4.jpg this strange spike-laden]] ensemble when she goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against ComicBook/LexLuthor. This was strangely reminiscent of some of the Doppelgangers from Marvel's ''ComicBook/TheInfinityWar''. |
| 55 | ** ComicBook/PowerGirl has had several particularly hideous costumes, as shown [[http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/8300000/Power-Girl-costumes-dc-comics-8306224-827-340.jpg here.]] The one fourth from the right deserves special mention for having way too much going on at once and making the usual CleavageWindow look downright tame in comparison, and as one blogger wrote, making her look like "an ''ComicBook/XMen'' reject from the 1990s." |
| 56 | ** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vartox Vartox.]] Not too surprising, since he's an {{Expy}} of Zed from ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' (see Film below). This gets thoroughly mocked when he shows up in the ComicBook/PowerGirl series. |
| 57 | * ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': Steve "Mento" Dayton has undergone a lifelong struggle to find a [[http://www.freakinawesomenetwork.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/patrol0005.jpg costume]] [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/6/63/Steven_Dayton_(New_Earth)_004.png/revision/latest?cb=20090731163243 that]][[http://mysticmanor.tripod.com/garfieldlogan_b/comicgallery/earlygar/dp102p17.jpg isn't]] [[http://www.heromachine.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/bad-mento.jpg ridiculous.]] It's possibly justified as he is mentally unbalanced at ''best,'' and use of the helmet doesn't really help matters. |
| 58 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': Some of the clothing Luke Skywalker's worn in ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'' and other contemporary works is... amazing. Like [[http://images.plurk.com/7b2d40136deb2f82ecf50bc28febe615.jpg what he wore]] in ''The Return of Ben Kenobi''. Then there's the [[http://images.plurk.com/bcc9afd0b93629d7204ba1c42837eba9.jpg absurdly tight outfit]] that is honestly referred to as a ''miner's uniform'' in Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye. |
| 59 | * ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'': In the fandom, the outfits of [[http://www.comicvine.com/elfquest-hidden-years-daughters-day/37-37544/ Rayek]] and [[http://www.comicvine.com/elfquest-shards-/37-40872/ Mender]] are not the most popular. |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': |
| 61 | ** Mike Grell's [[http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=33361 rather infamous]] ComicBook/CosmicBoy costume from TheSeventies. There's a reason fans call this period [[FanNickname the Naked Legion]]. You can't ''not'' look at that Cosmic Boy costume and start having vivid mental images of Creator/TimCurry [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow reclining on a giant pair of lips.]] |
| 62 | ** [[http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/001Tyroc/Tyroc27.jpg Tyroc]] was pretty {{Stripperific}} too, though in that case it was a deliberate [[WriterRevolt Artist Revolt]]. |
| 63 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': There was one story, during the comic's AudienceAlienatingEra, that gave Rotor and Bunnie some cringeworthy outfits when they went to school. Rotor's seen wearing what is easily stereotypical "rapper" clothes and Bunnie donning a sleeveless blouse and Daisy Dukes. [[SarcasmMode A kid's comic!]] |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'': |
| 65 | ** Deathwing, Nightwing's [[BadFuture evil future]] self, managed to assemble a truly laughable costume. It would have been an uphill battle making an EvilCostumeSwitch out of Dick Grayson's infamously camp "Discowing" outfit, but the end result was, well, [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/c/cc/Deathwing01.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120828163429 look at it]]. SpikesOfVillainy, thigh-high boots, a big flared collar, and an enormous CleavageWindow, complete with visible pierced nipples. |
| 66 | ** Another alternate reality Dick had a costume problem -- the Dick Grayson of the pre-Crisis Earth-2. His first costume was [[https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/2/2c/Justice_League_of_America_v.1_55.jpg this little number]], which was essentially Batman's normal uniform, but with a red circle with the Robin 'R' with bat wings and a yellow scalloped cape with a scalloped collar. Thankfully, his second costume looked a ''lot'' better. |
| 67 | * ''ComicBook/MaxRideFirstFlight'': For some reason, Ari – the head Eraser - is shown wearing what appears to be a red buttoned up dress. |
| 68 | * [[http://i.imgur.com/wwPKXvT.png These little numbers]] from DC's first ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' comics. |
| 69 | * Almost ''everyone'' in the main ComicBook/New52 ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica line-up had this going in ''ComicBook/DCYou'', with only ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} being spared. All of these changes were thankfully undone for ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'': |
| 70 | ** ComicBook/{{Batman}} (Jim Gordon, not Bruce Wayne) had a suit of PoweredArmor that more resembled a bunny than a bat. And since his identity was kept secret in solicitations, and fans needed a nickname for him (e.g, Azbats for Azrael Batman, Dickbats for Dick Grayson Batman), people resorted to calling him Batbunny. Thankfully, he wore a more traditional Batman suit underneath. The bunny resemblance was also mocked in-universe. |
| 71 | ** ComicBook/{{Superman}} decided having extremely short hair would be nice, along with wearing a t-shirt and jeans in an attempt to emulate his Golden Age look (he actually already did this once in the New 52). |
| 72 | ** ComicBook/WonderWoman was given a more conservative outfit with sleeves and leggings, which had the unfortunate effect of making her look like a trick-or-treater wearing street clothes under a Halloween costume. She also was given wrist-mounted blades for some reason, with fans likening them to the ones sported by [[Franchise/MortalKombat Baraka]]. |
| 73 | ** ComicBook/GreenLantern (Hal Jordan) looked like an entirely new character, with long flowing hair, a green hood and power glove. |
| 74 | ** ComicBook/TheFlash (Barry Allen). While many didn't like the busy line-work on his previous costume, this time, it was even busier, with the lines being much more prominent and distracting. At the same time, he had streaks of dark red on parts of his costume, making it look like he literally just smeared random red paint on himself. His eyes, which have always been visible through his costume, now had some kind of lens over them, making this more resemble a costume Wally West would wear. And his symbol was changed to more closely resemble [[Series/TheFlash2014 the TV show]]'s, which funnily enough changed to more resemble the ''comic's'' in its second season. |
| 75 | ** And of course, there's ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. In a seeming attempt to have the same tone as the costume Creator/JasonMomoa wears in [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse the movies]], Arthur had a barbarian theme going on. His previous gold armor was replaced with brown plating. His symbol on his belt was much larger, so his green pants now looked like a penis. His trident was even made to look DarkerAndEdgier and instead looked like someone pulled the thing out of the forge too soon. The new suit was done away with after just one story arc. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': |
| 77 | ** [[Characters/TheFlashBarryAllen Barry Allen]]'s ComicBook/New52 suit, specifically the line work. While everyone admits it looks cool when he's actually running, a lot of people just thought it was way too busy for normal scenes. His ''Rebirth'' suit is basically this suit, but toned the line work way, way down. |
| 78 | ** Jesse Quick has not had a good time of it. |
| 79 | *** People generally liked her first two outfits (leather jacket and ZettaiRyouiki), but her third was... ugly, to say the least. It was a red leotard that had a 'Q' on it, with the 'Q' weirdly circling one of her breasts, and being composed of a white circle and lightning bolt. Her goggles were now ugly sunglasses, and she wore these really ugly yellow boots that seemed to prove that you can't do ZettaiRyouiki with yellow boots and nothing to break them up. |
| 80 | *** Her fourth Jesse Quick outfit, while generally seen as better than the previous, is also this. It's basically just a read shirt with her Jesse Quick symbol on it and yellow shorts, gloves and boots. A lot of people derided it for looking like she was going to do the dishes. |
| 81 | ** [[Characters/TheFlashEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]]'s New 52 suit, which is basically Barry's DC You suit, but worse because of off colours and "extreme" additions, like the busy black lightning and weird take on his symbol. |
| 82 | * ''ComicBook/WonderMan'': Wonder Man is generally considered to have had some of the worst costumes in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, with his first two generally being considered the worst. Proving that even Creator/JackKirby can have an off day, his original outfit consisted of a sleeveless green body suit with a large red 'W' on his upper chest and swirling infinity symbols adorning his lower body. He wore a red belt, wristbands and boots. A green cowl covered all of his head except his face, combined with a bright red visor. However, this was surpassed by his second costume, which is generally regarded as one of the worst superhero outfits of all time. The basic green of his body suit remained, but with red sleeves and leggings. His boots swapped to green, with gold trimming to the top of the boots, his wristbands and his belt. An extremely large 'W' and 'M' rested atop each other in a stylized design edged out in gold on his chest. His cowl now also had a gold stripe down the center, while the red goggles remained. Perhaps it's no wonder that his most fondly remembered outfit is essentially just civilian clothes with a red leather jacket and sunglasses. |
| 83 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'': From ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' to ''ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier'', Barbara Gordon swapped out her popular purple practical "Burnside" costume for a boring gray and yellow ensemble that included what appeared to be a domino mask with tiny bat-ears that popped up from her hair. Coming off of the more popular "Burnside" costume, it was seen as a major step back for the character with the mask being the major mocking point. |
| 84 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': In one of ComicBook/KittyPryde's earliest appearances in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'', it's PlayedForLaughs, as Kitty, sick of wearing the generic X-costume, decided to throw together what to a 13-1/2 year old girl of 1980 probably thought looked cool, but to everyone else it was... well... [[https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Kitty-Pryde-80s-costume.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=738 just see for yourself]]. It's notable in that ''ComicBook/ProfessorX'' for the first, and possibly last time, has to order an X-Man to go and change before being allowed to come on a mission. |
| 85 | [[/folder]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 88 | * ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' gives [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] [[SissyVillain high heels]] in one scene. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment These only appear once and are never mentioned again.]] That's just one example; the whole thing is filled to the brim with fashion failure to round out its general StylisticSuck. |
| 89 | * Try reading a lengthy outfit description (and there are many) in ''Fanfic/BecomingFemale'' without wanting to poke your eyes out while visualizing it. An example from the first chapter: |
| 90 | -->''"I was wearing a cream-colored blouse with bright purple polka-dots, a fleece jacket with pink and red horizontal stripes and an olive green mini. I was wearing lavender flip-flops with lime green tube socks over my mustard yellow tights. I also had on a bra and panties, [[CaptainObvious but they were under the rest of my clothes so you couldn't see them]]. I had dyed my hair blue and put it in buns like Princess Leia from Franchise/StarWars."'' |
| 91 | * ''Fanfic/ErasedPotential'': Aizawa reacts this way to the {{Canon}}ical costumes, seeing them as emphasizing 'marketability' over function. He's especially disgusted by what was designed for Yaoyorozu. This is blamed upon U.A. branching out and working with other suppliers; when Aizawa contacts their original supplier, they share his horror, and help salvage what they can while completely redesigning other outfits. |
| 92 | * ''Fanfic/MetalGearGreen'': |
| 93 | ** When looking at Roland's costume for his internship with Infini Leap, Snake notes how it's not only impractical and dangerous, but also makes him more of a liability in the field if he wears it, even noting his uniform in the ''60s'' offered better protection than that. |
| 94 | ** When Ocelot looks at the costumes for the UA students, he's left wondering who the fuck was making the costumes for the girls if at least two of them look more like strippers than heroes. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Films — Animation]] |
| 98 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'': |
| 99 | ** Opinions on the human outfits in ''Equestria Girls'' in general aside, there's been some controversy about putting the two tomboys of the group Rainbow Dash and Applejack in skirts. Applejack arguably gets a pass since presumably being set at a high school we won't be seeing her on the farm much and Rainbow Dash has always been a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak and she at least is wearing shorts longer than the skirt, but it's still odd seeing them in skirts for lots of fans. Applejack's skirt actually gets shortened intentionally by Rarity in the scene where they dress for the school dance. With the new redesigns, Rainbow gets to trade out her skirt for a pair of sweatpants. Applejack still has a skirt, though. |
| 100 | ** Similarly, the designs of the princess characters who were given a lot of makeup and large lips to make them appear older than the students. Celestia and Luna [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/383579 look okay]] since their colors don't contrast, but Princess Cadance's design has way too many colors that contrast way too much and make her look like [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/1926058 a gaudy bimbo]] who was shot in the face by [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson's]] [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E2TheWizardOfEvergreenTerrace Make-Up Gun]]. Fan-made show-accurate artwork of [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/1949180 Celestia and Luna]], and ''especially'' [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/1948066 Cadance]] are a massive improvement. |
| 101 | ** Much later when Daring Do's [[https://derpibooru.org/1375350 Equestria Girls counterpart]] rolled up to the party, pretty much everyone called out in unison "Why is the Franchise/IndianaJones/[[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] monster-fighting adventurer ''slathered in make-up''?" Fans were quick to [[https://derpibooru.org/1385914 do a make-up free version]] which looks worlds better. Ultimately, the special featuring her aired and revealed why this was the case InUniverse -- it's not the ''real'' Daring Do, it's a diva actress playing her for a movie. The actual Daring Do made a cameo on a book cover later on, revealing that -- just like her pony counterpart -- she was actually a PaletteSwap of Rainbow Dash, lack of makeup and all. |
| 102 | ** And then there's Applejack from "[[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSummertimeShorts Make Up Shake Up]]". It's practically a given that she was meant to look [[https://trixiebooru.org/1498936 absolutely]] [[https://trixiebooru.org/1513849 garish]], but she ended up looking way too much like a ''prostitute'' to land in anyone's comfort circle. [[https://conikiblasu-fan.deviantart.com/art/This-is-a-misunderstanding-Applejack-Gif-738443671 Fans wasted no time pointing this out]]. |
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| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 106 | * ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': |
| 107 | ** ''Film/SpiderMan1'' gives Spider-Man a very comic-accurate supersuit that looks like it costs as much as a Lexus without ever explaining where Peter got it, while also making Spider-Man look like an action figure. ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' tried rectifying these issues, as noted below. |
| 108 | ** The same movie turned the Green Goblin into something that makes him look like an action figure than a comic-book supervillain. Granted, the comic-accurate look probably wouldn't have translated well, but neither did the final result. Fortunately, ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' fixed this issue, by giving the Goblin a visual makeover. |
| 109 | ** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' gives Spider-Man [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack muted, dark-colored suit, complete with yellow lenses]]. While the look is justified InUniverse and was probably done to differentiate it from the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' outfit, the end result was not very pretty. The sequel updated the costume, which was much better received [[spoiler:and was also used when the character showed up in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.]] The Lizard's look was also not very well received, looking less like The Lizard from the comics and more like the lovechild of [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 the Abomination]] and [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 a 90's live-action Goomba]]. [[spoiler:When he too shows up in ''No Way Home'', his appearance is also updated to look more like his comic book counterpart.]] |
| 110 | ** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' has its take on the Green Goblin, which is a man with really bad teeth who looks perpetually dirty, with hair akin to a Troll doll. Instead of looking properly menacing, half the time he looks like he just has terrible hygiene. |
| 111 | * Ah, ''Film/TheApple''! Where to start with that one? Perhaps with Dandi's ComicStrip/BuckRogers-as-porn-star performance outfit, or the golden banana hammock he wears in Hell (Don't ask!) or Boogalow's purple velour jackets with the huge lapels, or Bibi's studded leather and bad eye make-up, or any and everything worn by Shakes... Suffice it to say, this is one ass-ugly movie. |
| 112 | * ''Film/TheEyeCreatures'' has a drifter wearing a floor-length sweater nightgown, with [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy stripes]] on the front. And several of the titular Eye Creatures wearing [[SpecialEffectsFailure nothing but black clothes and sneakers]]. |
| 113 | * ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' features superhero suits with nipples sculpted into the chest pieces, which received quite a bit of ribbing from viewers and critics. Creator/GeorgeClooney was more concerned with the sculpted butts and ''enormous codpieces'' that the suits also featured, but these got barely any reaction. |
| 114 | * ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' is drenched in lavish CostumePorn, but there are major missteps. |
| 115 | ** The Prince's getup in the newly dramatized Prologue is for a MasqueradeBall, and he's described as decadent -- but thanks in part to his makeup he looks like [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} The Joker]] cosplaying [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]] in that movie's ballroom scene. |
| 116 | ** Finally, the film gets to Belle's IconicOutfit from [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the animated original]]: The golden ballgown so faithfully recreated by generations of cosplayers, Ride/DisneyThemeParks, Franchise/DisneyPrincess merchandise and live-media adaptations. And it's been redesigned (with the help of her actress, Creator/EmmaWatson) to look like, as Uproxx's Donna Dickens put it, "a deflated balloon", or a modern teenager's prom dress. Yay? |
| 117 | * In the words of Jay Pinkerton, the ''Film/{{Catwoman|2004}}'' film "boldly [reinterpreted] the heroine as some sort of crime-fighting badger." With shredded pants and TooManyBelts. |
| 118 | * ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|2010}}'' has made viewers both laugh and cringe at the utterly baffling plastic-looking "[[ArtisticLicenseHistory armor]]" of the Olympian gods. It looked like the production team raided the local costume shop. |
| 119 | * Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse: |
| 120 | ** During close-up shots in ''Film/ManOfSteel'', you can see Superman's chest hair just poking up from the lower collar area. Fortunately, this was corrected for his costume in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. |
| 121 | ** While a lot of the characters in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' were heavily redesigned from their comic incarnations, the most controversial new take was easily ComicBook/TheJoker. As part of an effort to modernize the character and distinguish him from past live-action portrayals (such as in ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight''), director Creator/DavidAyer chose to depict the Joker with a hip-hop-inspired gangster aesthetic, complete with gold teeth and a bunch of tattoos. Needlessly to say, this decision that did ''not'' go over well, and quickly became the subject of mockery from fans, audiences, and critics, with ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' infamously (and accurately) describing him as a "manorexic {{UsefulNotes/Juggalo}}". Even Ayer himself eventually admitted that the infamous "Damaged" tattoo on the character's forehead was a mistake, calling it "One step too far." |
| 122 | ** ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'': While most of the costumes have been well-received, ComicBook/TheFlash and ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}'s looks have probably gone over the worst. They both look pretty over-designed (with some saying Flash looked like an action figure), while Cyborg in particular was criticized for being much smaller than he usually is in the comics. Though the InUniverse explanation makes sense (the Mother Box replaced the damaged parts of his body with metal and wasn't going for aesthetics), the fact is that he looks less like a superhero and more like you just took a whole bunch of tinfoil and crumpled it around him, then stuck on a few red lights. Though in Cyborg's case, this was partly a result of the TroubledProduction leading to [[SpecialEffectFailure less than ideal VFX]], which was later fixed in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''. |
| 123 | * ''Film/DeadPresidents''. Apparently, the chic disguise for New York City bank robbers in the early 1970s was "albino raccoon makeup". |
| 124 | * ''Film/DeathMachines'': With the exception of Madame Lee, all the crime bosses and gangsters are given costumes more in line with ordinary insurance salesmen or used car dealers. [[WebVideo/BrandonsCultMovieReviews Brandon Tenold]] in particular had a field day with this in his review of the film. |
| 125 | * Whose idea was it behind the scenes of ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' to put Creator/TobyStephens in a getup that looks like WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd costumed up in his [=NES=] accessories? This wardrobe is meant to be taken seriously, by the way -- they even [[{{Narm}} attempted an emotional scene involving the costume]]. |
| 126 | * Richard Burton's film version of Marlowe's ''The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Theatre/DoctorFaustus'' involves some of the absolute silliest costumes known to man. Particularly {{narm}}ful: when Envy, Wrath, and Pride show up in the garden of the SevenDeadlySins, they are wearing... interesting... helmets. They're ''huge'' and oddly shaped. It's very hard to see how {{Pride}} could possibly be persuaded to wear something that requires that little dignity. |
| 127 | * ''Film/{{Dune|1984}}'' (1984) puts a lot of creepy fetishistic flourishes on the costumes as a general part of its overall weirdness. Behold the majesty of Music/{{Sting}}'s [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm159094784/tt0087182 bronze speedos!]] Marvel at Creator/KyleMacLachlan's [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm175872000/tt0087182 logic-defying bare midriff]]! (And bare ''nipples''!) Scratch your head in puzzlement at [[http://imgur.com/iSTxHJJ the Fremen's weird black leather stillsuits]] -- in the middle of the damn desert -- with nary a hood, cloak, or burnoose in sight! |
| 128 | * Damodar, TheDragon from ''[[Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000 Dungeons & Dragons]]'' is a pretty standard evil warrior, but with inexplicable blue lipstick.[[note]]Well, not entirely inexplicable within the ''D&D'' game, where abuse of a drug called Sannish can cause permanent discoloration of the lips. It's never made clear if it's the case in the movie, though.[[/note]] |
| 129 | * ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2005}}'' (2005): The uniforms worn by the team looked fairly good and true to the comics, but the latex Thing costume looked rather fake and corny, with many detractors saying it looked like Creator/MichaelChiklis was wearing a costume made of basketballs. Doctor Doom also suffered, with his iconic metal mask looking like cheap plastic and his armor and green robes being replaced with a green overcoat worn over business slacks. |
| 130 | * All the costumes in ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2015}}'' (2015). Mr. Fantastic, the Human Torch and the Invisible Woman all have [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack boring black body suits]] that look like leftovers from the original ''X-Men'' movies, which were fine in the early 2000's, but now just look outdated in an era where film studios have finally embraced colorful, comic-accurate superhero costumes. The Thing looks fairly faithful to his comic counterpart, but has no pants for some reason, drawing attention to his BarbieDollAnatomy. And the less said about ComicBook/DoctorDoom, the better. |
| 131 | %%* ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'': Why does Godzilla have ''irises''? |
| 132 | * The title character's suit in ''Film/{{Green Lantern|2011}}'', overlapping with SpecialEffectsFailure. Because it's ''entirely'' CGI (as opposed to a physical costume with CGI touch-ups), it looks very fake at times, especially with the painted-on feel of the mask. |
| 133 | * The killer in ''Hacked Off'' spends almost the entire film wearing the uniform of a telephone repairman he had murdered. Not a particularly threatening ensemble for a SlasherMovie villain. |
| 134 | * In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', the twins at Slughorn's Christmas party can be seen wearing two ghastly green outfits that appear to be pear costumes. |
| 135 | * ''Film/TheHungerGames'': |
| 136 | ** Played with in-universe at one point. A sizable chunk of the Districts' chariot ride costumes are either laughable, hideous, or both. [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/thehungergames/images/a/a0/ApUYyVbCQAAwewx.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120402231133 See for yourself]]. Standouts include: both District 5 costumes (sparkly silver tunics with gigantic, glittered circular... ''things'' with the wearers' faces peeking out), both District 8 costumes (eye-searing pink and blue motley with frilled hats, in colors that look suspiciously like Sweet-Tarts packaging), both District 10 costumes (shiny rodeo outfits with gold-painted cowboy hats), and Rue's District 11 costume (denim overalls with puffed-up silk sleeves and a laurel wreath made of hay). Cinna himself made mention of not wanting to dress Katniss up in "some stupid costume", indicating that the excess in the costumes was a recurring concern for him. |
| 137 | ** Also the everyday wear of the Capital citizens. Just about everyone wears very loud colors, with hair having wild styles and color. More often than not there is a lot going on, giant hair accessories, poofy skirts and just over-all tacky by a lot of standards. However, it's obvious this is the point. |
| 138 | * The costumes in ''Film/{{Immortals}}'' could have been considered HamAndCheese actors just by themselves. |
| 139 | * ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet'': [[https://static.hitek.fr/img/actualite/ill_m/1553358410/unnamed.jpg Lancelot's outfit]] comes off as particularly impractical and just plain ridiculous (though the latter effect is very much on purpose). Also, dishonorable mention to Lancelot's royal guards, who look like refugees from Oz. |
| 140 | * For some reason, somebody thought it would be a good idea to the have the villain of ''Film/KillerParty'', which occurs during a college frat party, dress as a deep-sea diver. And no, it wasn't a costume party. |
| 141 | * Creator/RayPark's Rugal in ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'' [[Film/TheKingOfFighters2010 movie]]. While it's forgivable that they couldn't convince Park to grow a foot taller and gain a hundred pounds of muscle for the role, they could've at least thrown a red dinner jacket and a blond wig on the guy. |
| 142 | * Jocelyn's hairstyles in ''Film/AKnightsTale'' have certainly evoked this response from many viewers. As someone on the movie's page put it, "It's time for me to style my hair. Handmaiden, fetch me the fork and the royal toaster!" Several of her dresses also qualify, making one wonder why she wasn't thrown out of the courtly areas after being mistaken for a street walker. Might help that she's a TomboyPrincess and the whole thing is a huge AnachronismStew. |
| 143 | * ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' still draws a lot of chuckles for Music/DavidBowie's skin-tight leggings and crotch bulge in what is supposed to be a kids' film. That said, Bowie's Jareth ''is'' something of a sexual predator, and his costume is very popular among fans of the film. |
| 144 | * ''Film/TheLoneRanger'': Tonto's look is inspired by [[http://kirbysattler.sattlerartprint.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/nativeamericanart2011.jpg a painting]] by an artist named Kirby Satler. It was evidently Creator/JohnnyDepp's idea to model Tonto's wardrobe after the painting. What he didn't realize is that the bird in the painting was meant to be flying ''behind'' the man's head. Of course, this is a deliberate artistic choice; Tonto in this version is ''insane'', and nobody, Comanche, white, or otherwise, tries to claim anything different. |
| 145 | * When the characters from ''Film/MadameWeb2024'''s superhero costumes were revealed, fan reaction to Mattie Franklin and Anya Corazon's costumes was receptive aside from the lack of eye lenses. Julia Cornwall's costume, however, was largely negatively received not only for the lack of eye lenses but for her chest emblem being overdetailed compared to the costumes worn by her comics counterpart, and the exposed cheeks making the mask look goofy. |
| 146 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 147 | ** In ''Film/{{Thor}}'', the trousers of Loki's armor seem to be channeling King Jareth's costume in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. Creator/TomHiddleston has mentioned getting teased about them on set. [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/63280631b9354dddb8f270a6cfafc802/tumblr_mwnrxc3qgy1qlq0eio1_1280.jpg Yeah.]] It was to the point that he was obviously "retouched" in the final film. His trousers are also ill-fitting, have what looks like mesh saddle bags down the sides, don't match the top part of his armour, and manage the should-be-impossible feat of making Tom Hiddleston's mile-long legs look short. |
| 148 | ** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' has ComicBook/CaptainAmerica's new suit. While it's probably one of the most accurate comic-to-film adaptations ever... that doesn't make it ''good''. Other characters have darker colours and more realistic costumes, or retain their less-silly outfits from previous films. Creator/JossWhedon preferred that Cap look more like he does in the comics than his grounded World War II costume, and the result is a bright costume that not only looks like an ''actual costume'', but incredibly out of place. Even Creator/ChrisEvans couldn't wear it well, with people realizing that without some kind of strap on his chin, a cowl makes his face look pudgy. It even gets a kind of TakeThat in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', which had Cap not use it and say, "if you're gonna go to war, you have to wear a uniform." The costume was changed for ''Age of Ultron''. |
| 149 | *** The 2012 costume comes back in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', for a series of [[Main/PublicServiceAnnouncement PSA films]] that Cap presumably filmed prior to the events of ''The Winter Soldier''. Being viewed with the visual artifacts of a worn VHS tape just enhances the inherent goofiness of the costume. |
| 150 | *** The costume also comes back in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', in which while the Avengers are [[spoiler: time-traveling to 2012]], Tony snarks that Steve's 2012 suit [[TakeThat did nothing for his ass]]. Ant-Man disagrees, saying that Steve looks great and that as far as he's concerned, "that's America's ass." [[spoiler:Steve eventually fights his past self, and after [[DistractedByMyOwnSexy staring at his 2012 ass]], ''ends up agreeing with Scott''.]] |
| 151 | ** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': ComicBook/ScarletWitch and ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} wear [[CivvieSpandex outfits that are closer to regular clothes]] than superhero costumes. [[spoiler:Wanda dons a more traditional outfit at the very end.]] |
| 152 | ** Some feel this way about the Black Panther suit introduced in ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}''. His first suit, shown in ''Civil War'', was very popular for just looking outright cool and unique while sticking to the MCU aesthetic. The new one has a stranger helmet that elongates his head and ''visible eye holes'' that just make it look sort of goofy. |
| 153 | ** Not a superhero outfit, but just a general outfit -- Bucky's appearance in TheStinger of the aforementioned ''Black Panther''. He's in a robe that's barely hanging on, his hair is flowing all over the place and has ''a lot'' of volume and he just looks like caveman Jesus. A lot of people find it distracting and hard to take seriously. |
| 154 | ** ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}'': ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}}'s outfit has been derided for its generic appearance and not resembling the one from the comics. The face mask, in particular, makes him look like [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]] and doesn't resemble a skull. On a lesser note, he doesn't even wear his white cape. It really doesn't help that other adaptations like ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'' gave Taskmaster a realistic, utilitarian costume that included a mask that actually resembles his skull face from the comics. |
| 155 | * ''Film/{{Once Upon a Time|2017}}'' has many costumes which are tacky, weird, or both. Cases in point: [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9v6xLXGsJWM/XMBTEqFM1VI/AAAAAAAABpM/0tKKR8Ks8Aw1CVNUIZCG8gLncuoD6mKUwCLcBGAs/s1600/o1.png Su Jin]], [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0WPjFh8kMlg/XL-Wh694KUI/AAAAAAAABoo/ZQOYhA983z0XHIHtiMNdy4JTOIQc9n7swCLcBGAs/s1600/o1.png Xuan Nu]], and [[https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ITmJeivqVjo/XL-mqdhQHuI/AAAAAAAABpA/a37DgLIwYigxqY3xb2wc7ubz7q0sqPrpgCLcBGAs/s1600/o1.png Bai Qian]]. |
| 156 | * ''Film/ThePhantom1996'' makes an honest effort to preserve the look of the titular character from [[ComicStrip/ThePhantom the original 1930's comic strips]], but given that said look is adapted very literally and consists of purple spandex, black UnderwearOfPower, and a DominoMask... it's not a very flattering guise for a live-action 90's movie. The fact this is supposed to be [[HighlyVisibleNinja his sneaking outfit in]] ''[[HighlyVisibleNinja a jungle]]'' makes the questionability of this decision and the quality of the execution even more gaudy and ridiculous. |
| 157 | * ''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera|2004}}''... which, like ''Batman and Robin'', was directed by Creator/JoelSchumacher: |
| 158 | ** Also most of the costumes from the operas within the film, leading Creator/CleolindaJones to refer to them as "giant pink poodle-lady" and "[[Film/ThePrincessBride The Dread Pirate Roberts]] Corps de Ballet." Of these, the "Il Muto" costumes take the cake. It's about pre-French Revolution aristocracy so some flamboyance for all genders is expected...but really, blue and green lipstick? |
| 159 | ** Then there's the costumes for "Masquerade." The lyrics, which describe the ball with lines like "every face a different shade" and "grinning yellows, spinning reds" are being sung by revelers... dressed almost entirely in black and white. |
| 160 | ** Most of the Phantom's outfits accentuate instead of conceal his figure (especially the Red Death suit, which in the stage version was huge and included a full death's head mask). |
| 161 | ** All the women's costumes, except Madame Giry's, somewhat anachronistically show a lot of cleavage, and the slave girl outfits are altered from those of the stage show such that they show midriff. Christine in particular runs around half-dressed far more than would be expected for a naïve young [[TheIngenue Ingenue]]. |
| 162 | * Most of the outfits in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' stick reasonably close to historical accuracy, which makes Angelica's outfits in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' deeply incongruous. Sure, the elasticated corset was meant to help hide Creator/PenelopeCruz's pregnancy, but it's an underbust style that wouldn't be invented until a century and a half after the film is set. Compared to what the other female characters wear, it looks like a Sexy Pirate Girl costume from Spirit Halloween. |
| 163 | * ''Film/PowerRangers2017'': |
| 164 | ** The look of Creator/ElizabethBanks as Rita Repulsa angered fans, with some comparing it to Marvel villainess Viper and not resembling her costume from the source material. |
| 165 | ** While some fans like the Rangers' suits, many have expressed a strong distaste for them and believe they are far too overdesigned and barely look like any of the costumes from the show. One review described them as looking like "if Creator/HRGiger designed Iron Man suits". |
| 166 | ** Goldar's look in the film is also widely disliked, mainly due to looking literally nothing like the character and not having much to his design besides being a giant sentient blob. |
| 167 | * ''Film/ThePumaman'' features the world's cheapest superhero costume ever, including slacks and loafers. Some viewers were shocked he wasn't wearing a bath towel for a cape. |
| 168 | * ''Film/RedDragon'': Hannibal Lecter's ponytail look in the early scenes was met with derision by a substantial part of the audience, who considered it to be improperly tacky for such a refined character. Fortunately, once the story leaps forward, Dr. Lecter gets a more fitting haircut. |
| 169 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJfDBSWYqU8 trailer]] for the 2018 ''Film/{{Robin Hood|2018}}'' movie has what is clearly Robin Hood in a striped, green suit jacket [[ArtisticLicenseHistory in the Middle Ages]]. And that suit only scratches the surface. |
| 170 | * ''Film/TheRoom2003'': |
| 171 | ** While many of the outfitting choices are on the eccentric side, the one that stands out the most is the combination of a business jacket (which is about two sizes too large), black vest, and white cargo pants that Johnny wears during the "I did not hit her" sequence. Apparently, Creator/TommyWiseau just grabbed a random selection of clothes off the rack when they went to film the scene -- the costume designer had taken the morning off to run errands, as Wiseau normally was late to filming -- and insisted on sticking with them despite Creator/GregSestero politely trying to point out how ridiculous he looked. |
| 172 | ** Meanwhile, Wiseau insisted that Juliet Danielle, who plays love interest Lisa, wear seductive outfits that were incredibly unflattering to her body type, leading to the cast of ''Podcast/{{Rifftrax}}'' to compare her to "the bloated corpse of Music/BritneySpears." Even worse, Wiseau proceeded to attack Danielle for not looking sexy enough in the clothing ''he'' chose for her, bringing Danielle to tears. |
| 173 | * All of Simon the Magician's outfits in ''Film/TheSilverChalice'', especially the infamous "sperm suit" he wears at the end. |
| 174 | * The dreary [[SpaceClothes Starfleet pajamas]] from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. Compared to those, the red-tunic-black-trousers getup is practically the height of style. Supposedly, they were intentionally bland because director Creator/RobertWise wanted the audience to focus on the characters' faces (which [[DullSurprise backfired just a bit]]). They were so uncomfortable (the hidden zippers were so long that cast members needed assistance when going to the bathroom) that the main cast refused to do another film unless the uniforms were changed, which is one of the first things Nicholas Meyer and Harve Bennett did for ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. |
| 175 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 176 | ** In one DeletedScene from ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', the usually impeccably dressed Padmé Amidala is wearing some kind of headdress that several viewers think makes her look like [[Franchise/{{Predator}} the Predator]]. |
| 177 | *** Padmé's costumes are [[CostumePorn so gorgeous and elaborate]] that sometimes they go to the other extreme, to the point where they're rather inappropriate to the situation. In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' she infamously wears a rather revealing halter-topped leather [[OfCorsetsSexy corset]]... [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage During the scene where she tells Anakin where she can't be with him.]] In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' she wears a blue nightie that's beautiful and very flattering, but the beaded straps falling off her shoulders make it seem like it would be very uncomfortable to sleep in. |
| 178 | ** Snoke's costume in ''Film/TheLastJedi'' is a golden robe that looks much like a bathrobe, which causes fans to not take him seriously and mock him even though he is supposed to be this intimidating overlord on par with TheEmperor. It's known that his outfit and pose was based on [[Magazine/PlayBoy Hugh Hefner]], but what isn't known is why anyone thought that would work on any level. |
| 179 | ** There are also Snoke's {{Elite|Mooks}} PraetorianGuard with two of the guards having helmets that look like oversized drooping graduation caps and all of them with armor plates on their arms that bring to mind the flower petal cape Queen Amidala wore at the end of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. |
| 180 | ** Amilyn Holdo's purple hair and loose-fitting dress go a long way towards undermining the image of her supposedly being a competent and professional military officer, particularly when compared to Leia's prim haircut and her rough-and-tough military-style coat. In contrast, Holdo's outfit looks both impratical and sloppy, and has been compared by many as making her look like a giraffe. Especially since so much had been made in the supplemental materials about the Republic government being run by pretentious politicians and the Resistance is depicted as dirt poor. This may have been the point, given Holdo's character arc over the course of ''The Last Jedi''. ''The Art of the Last Jedi'' reveals that Holdo was going to wear a military uniform in [[WhatCouldHaveBeen early sketches]] of the character. |
| 181 | ** During Kylo Ren's shirtless scene in ''The Last Jedi'', roughly 1/3 of his chest is blocked by high-waisted pants. Apart from not suiting his overall appearance... the fangirls were not pleased. |
| 182 | ** While not the most ridiculous outfit in ''Star Wars'', some viewers think that Zorii Bliss's outfit in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' looks more like she's cosplaying as a sexy Power Ranger than a tough gang boss, or that she forgot to put anything over thermal underwear; the outfit doesn't look like it would offer much protection in a battle or keep her particularly warm on Kijimi, the snowy planet she's based at. |
| 183 | * Creator/NealMcDonough in ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi''. [=McDonough=] really does resemble M. Bison from the games, except for the beard and business suit. And even if the pseudo-Nazi uniform was deemed too silly for the movie -- and that'd take some doing -- there's no real excuse for the beard. The usual comment on [=McDonough=]-Bison is that the costumers appear to have gotten him mixed up with [[Characters/FatalFuryGeeseHoward Geese Howard]]. |
| 184 | * Creator/TimBurton's unmade ''Superman Lives'' would have featured Superman in a black, [[Franchise/StarTrek Borg-inspired]] suit, designed by Jon Peters. This was probably inspired by the similar costume he wore in the comics during ''Reign of the Supermen''. Still, when they got then-lead actor Creator/NicolasCage into their concept suit for a photo shoot, the results... were not pretty. |
| 185 | * The 1969 version of ''Film/TrueGrit''. Not only does she have an obviously 1960's hairstyle, Mattie also wears black nylon tights at the end of the movie. |
| 186 | * In ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga: Literature/NewMoon'', when Alice shows Aro her vision of Bella being a vampire, Bella and Edward are seen running through the forest in slow motion... wearing clothes that look like they came right out of 18th-century Colonial America. Needless to say, this scene drew much unintended laughter from the audience. [[http://www.pulpconnection.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Edward-Bella-running.jpg Here's a screenshot of the narmful scene.]] |
| 187 | * ''Film/TheWildWorldOfBatwoman'': Batwoman. See [[http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2015/batwoman.gif here.]] The best part? Actress Kathryn Victor assembled that thing ''from her own personal wardrobe.'' |
| 188 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' |
| 189 | ** The costume Erik wears in the last scene of ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' has a bright purple cape and modified the helmet so that it's magenta ''and has little horns'', which are straight out of the comics, as seen [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-liQr7Sgxobs/TegAbsQSrnI/AAAAAAAAHFc/xNE3MTD0Vr8/s1600/75575-178432-magneto.jpg here]]. The rationale for the costume in-universe is that humans think mutants are spawn of the Devil, so Magneto plays up to it with a red horned costume. In real life, the color scheme was probably chosen because the artists had an extremely limited palette to work with and needed something that contrasted with the X-Men's blue and yellow outfits. |
| 190 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': ComicBook/{{Magneto}}'s chest piece gets flak for looking cheap and silly. |
| 191 | *** Likewise, Magneto of both past and future has a cape with one half full and the other half only a half cape, making some bizarre 3/4 cape. It sort of makes sense for Future Magneto (fashion choices are limited in a BadFuture) but then his '70s' self rolls out with it and we're left to assume that, no matter how many options Magneto has, he just has no taste in clothing. |
| 192 | *** While the future outfits aren't ''bad'' by any means, there's been a lot of flak for them being rather dull and unmemorable; of course, this is a problem people have had with the costumes since the first film. |
| 193 | *** ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}'s outfit also got a lot of flak over the silver jacket and such, though this dialed down after the released film, which made him into a OneSceneWonder. |
| 194 | ** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', which may just be the most hated comic-to-screen translation of all time. His mask and red tights were done away with and replaced with red pants and a shirtless look. He was given forearm blades and a sewn-up mouth, as well as weird eye markings that were meant to make his face resemble his mask from the comics. To say fans were displeased would be an understatement. This incarnation was even given a TakeThat in the later and better-received ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}''. |
| 195 | * ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' has this in spades. Creator/SeanConnery + thigh high boots + what looks like a red diaper and suspenders made out of pipe insulation = BrainBleach. For this, [[WordOfGod John Boorman]] has no excuse, but he does have an explanation (paraphrased): "Um, it was TheSeventies, and I was doing a ''lot'' of drugs. Frankly, even I'm not entirely sure what parts of the movie are about." |
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| 199 | * Deathlok in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Season 1. His initial costume was rather cheap-looking, leading fans to joke that he looked like a grown man wearing laser tag gear. His revamped design from Season 2 was better received. |
| 200 | * ''Series/{{Angel}}'' had a similar problem as ''Buffy'' (see below), but apparently after Doyle left they ditched the second bag and gave everything to Cordelia. |
| 201 | ** One particularly notorious one was the dress she wore when revealing she was pregnant with Connor's baby. It was referred to by fans as [[FanNickname the black widow dress of doom]]. |
| 202 | ** Cordelia's various hairstyles after season 1 in general weren't (always) bad in and of themselves, but considering her previous fashionista persona and the fact that she was supposed to be in her early twenties, they weren't great either. Giving Creator/CharismaCarpenter, already 10 years older than her role, matronly bobs didn't help sell her as someone just out of high school. |
| 203 | * ''Series/BlakesSeven'' often had strange costumes. But [[http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff74/swordznsorcery/blakes7/2x03/vlcsnap-2012-08-17-03h09m15s85.jpg two]] in the episode "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E3Weapon Weapon]]" take the cake: those of the weapons designer (the man in the picture) and the bond-slave (the woman). (As someone wrote, "It's hard to perform manual labor when you're dressed like Ming the Merciless.) |
| 204 | ** Part of the explanation for this was that ''Series/BlakesSeven'' was often getting by on [[PropRecycling leftover props]] and costumes intended for (and sometimes '''rejected by''') ''Series/DoctorWho''. |
| 205 | * The costumes of ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'' were praised for their color and detail but also drew criticism for how poorly most of the dresses fitted. The iconic Regency waistlines, which traditionally sits directly below the breasts, often ended up in the middle of the actresses' busts making it look like their gowns are several sizes too small. Additionally, the actresses were all made to wear [[OfCorsetHurts tightly-laced corsets]] even though Regency shilouettes don't require them, which contributed to the fitting issues of the dresses. |
| 206 | * There was a long-running joke on Website/TelevisionWithoutPity about the wardrobe bag game on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': one bag had a list of ridiculous wardrobe items, the other had a list of cast members. |
| 207 | ** It made a bit more sense for Xander and Willow (in early seasons) to dress like {{Rummage Sale Reject}}s, since they were supposed to be unfashionable nerds. But we were supposed to see Buffy and Cordy as TheFashionista… |
| 208 | ** Necessary as they were, given that Spike and Angel's usual hair would have looked ''extremely'' out of place with 17th and 19th century fashion, the wigs used for their historical flashbacks were distractingly fake-looking. They only look worse next to their female vampiric counterparts Drusilla and Darla, who were able to have their natural hair styled to the time-period's fashion. And no, it does ''not'' get better even in Spike's season 7 flashbacks, when the show had considerably higher production values. |
| 209 | * ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'': Many of the Halliwell sisters' costumes were criticised for being extremely skimpy, often inappropriately so for the scenes they're worn in, or just outright tacky. In the years since the show ended all four lead actresses have admitted to [[CostumeBacklash hating some of the things they had to wear]]. |
| 210 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'' runs into this sometimes, especially in the old series. Alien fashion or no alien fashion, some of those costumes were just plain hilarious. Usually it just adds to the show's NarmCharm. |
| 211 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators "The Dominators"]] is known for having unusually bad costume design for the era. For the Dulcians, it consists mostly of curtains. The Dominators wear horrible fringe-covered plastic jumpsuits with ''massive'' foam collars and a lot of eyeliner. |
| 212 | ** In the same season, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E5TheSeedsofDeath The Seeds of Death]]" puts most of the human guest characters into absolutely hideous SpaceClothes whose design around the hips makes them look like nappy fetishists. |
| 213 | ** The Doctor [[SexShifter themself]] has often worn fairly ridiculous outfits. They generally get away with it, with the exception of the Sixth Doctor, whose costume is usually regarded as being too crazy and hideous for even the Doctor to pull off. Even Creator/ColinBaker realized this, arguing for a basic black ensemble for the Doctor to showcase his [[DarkerAndEdgier darker persona]] in this regeneration. He was overruled by Creator/JohnNathanTurner, who felt that the "Technicolor Timecoat" fit Six's "fractured personality"; ironically, Nathan-Turner himself would come to regret the eyeball-searing coat after learning that it forced the set designers to push everything to a similar level of intensity. Judging from the other Time Lords, it seems to be a species trait. |
| 214 | ** Creator/JohnNathanTurner is particularly un-fondly remembered for his desire to give the Doctor SymbolMotifClothing for MerchandiseDriven reasons. This led to Doctors from the time of the Fourth's burgundy outfit onwards to incorporate red question marks, usually on the shirt lapels and braces, though by the time of the Seventh Doctor they'd leaked out into a fair isle design on a HomemadeSweaterFromHell and onto the handle of his umbrella (Four, by contrast, typically buried them under his scarf). |
| 215 | ** The Third Doctor's plaid overmantel which simply does not go with any of his velvet jackets. |
| 216 | ** Some fans do not like [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOMouxaXcAArJkz.jpg the Thirteenth Doctor's outfit]]. The decision to give her trousers that are too short make her look like a child playing dress-up and highlight Creator/JodieWhittaker's stature. Furthermore, the decision to give her a fanny pack in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E4ArachnidsInTheUK Arachnids In The UK]] is not only unfashionable, but redundant seeing as her pockets are supposed to be bottomless. |
| 217 | ** The Twelfth Doctor's polka dot shirt in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E7KillTheMoon Kill the Moon]]". Thankfully he's in the Sanctuary base 6 suit for most of the episode. |
| 218 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E4TheAndroidsOfTara "The Androids of Tara"]]: The planet Tara gives new meaning to the phrase PlanetOfHats, with the absurd royal crown, the spiked helmets, Romana's apparently fashionable giant purple hat, and above all, the Archimandrite's tall, sparkly, rainbow-coloured hat. |
| 219 | *** In Creator/PaulCornell's sequel "The Trials of Tara" in ''Decalog 2: Lost Property'', the Taran IsTheAnswerToThisQuestionYes question is "[i]s the Archimandrite's hat not silly?" |
| 220 | ** Creator/LallaWard said later that the costume department let her wear pretty much whatever she wanted. This got her into a little bit of accidental embarrassment, as in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath City of Death]]", she decided to wear a [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule Victorian girls' school uniform]], innocently unaware of the reaction that some adult male fanboys would have to it. |
| 221 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalvan]] leaders wear various silly plastic bucket hats. The Portrieve, their leader, is signified by a ''two-tiered'' silly plastic bucket hat. |
| 222 | ** Lampshaded to an extent in the episodes featuring the Eleventh Doctor — after proclaiming that "bowties are cool" and "fezzes are cool" in series five, the fandom embraced those statements and now the Doctor's penchant for ridiculous headgear is a running joke. This, however, is far more tame than most examples, as Eleven's base, nerd-chic outfit isn't bizarre, and his attempts to accentuate it with kooky headgear are invariably curtailed by River Song taking his newest hat away from him and shooting it. |
| 223 | ** The Time Lords' high-collared robes and ornate headpieces that appeared in any Gallifrey story from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin The Deadly Assassin]]" onwards. In "The Deadly Assassin", these are explicitly supposed to be ceremonial garb, so the impracticality can be forgiven. However, later stories make them the standard everyday wear for Time Lords in a costume example of {{Flanderization}}. |
| 224 | * Nearly every costume of the nobles in the ''Frank Herbert's Series/{{Dune}}'' miniseries looks completely insane. This has led to it being dubbed the Funny Hats version of ''Series/{{Dune}}''. Theodor "Dodo" Pistek, the film's costume designer (he really lives up to that name), also did Those Hats in ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}'', designed the uniforms of the Czech Castle Guard... and was a Formula 1 driver. (Note to everyone: just because the work is set 22,000 years in the future does ''not'' mean you are entitled to have people wear whatever ridiculous costumes you please.) |
| 225 | * ''Series/TheEternalLove'': Some of the costumes are too colourful, too weird, or just plain ugly. Take Jing Xuan's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/costumes.png costume (right)]] (yes, he really does have yellow pompoms on his shoulders) and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jingxin.png Jing Xin's costume that looks like two different outfits (right)]] for example. Then of course there's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hat.png the emperor's glittery hat]]. |
| 226 | * In what are otherwise stunningly beautiful costumes on ''Series/GameOfThrones'', the outfits worn by Margaery Tyrell in season two could only be described as wrapping Creator/NatalieDormer (an actress whose characters appear not once but [[Series/TheTudors twice]] as examples on the HotConsort trope page--and is the page image, at that) in an ugly brown burrito. However, this is actually a JustifiedTrope: costume designer Michelle Clapton has [[https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Costumes/Major_characters#Margaery_Tyrell stated]] that this was supposed to be a deliberately unsuccessful design InUniverse, a flawed prototype design that Margaery moves away from as she develops her royal persona. |
| 227 | ** When the Sand Snakes were introduced in season five their costumes were criticised for having what appeared to be false nipples on their breastplates. The costume designer eventually revealed that this was due to a mistake and ''not'' part of the design. Apparently the way the breastplates were constructed left bumps on the chest that were supposed to be sanded down but for some reason this didn't happen. |
| 228 | ** While not ugly per se, Cersei's black outfits in the later seasons look oddly anachronistic, given their glossy and plastic-like textures (the fact that she wears her hair in a very modern short haircut further heightens the AnachronismStew effect). |
| 229 | * ''Series/GoPrincessGo'': Some of the costumes are so crazy they make you wonder if the costuming department was trolling everyone. Cases in point: [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/06e68cb7ddd030bfe12d0b007821f9bd/tumblr_oo5wnf4hIf1rxl507o1_1280.png this red and black thing]], [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/508e0f6d8579b6266de5b7dd299371aa/tumblr_onywndU5Cr1rxl507o5_1280.png this purple thing]], and [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/19b2caba6d80723cc14cd768fde18ca9/tumblr_ont61es4aU1rxl507o1_1280.png this black thing]] (yes, that wooden frame is ''part of the outfit''). |
| 230 | * The outfits the heroes of the ''Series/{{Inhumans}}'' wear day-to-day were derided even before the show premiered. [[https://hips.hearstapps.com/digitalspyuk.cdnds.net/17/20/1495207944-inhumans.jpg Feast your eyes.]] Between Medusa's shoulder pads making her look like she has too short a neck, Black Bolt's jacket seemingly having a pillow stuffed in and Gorgon's stylish carpet-poncho-thing, they all look like beginner cosplayers. |
| 231 | * ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': |
| 232 | ** Just like on its predecessor show, the Targaryen white wigs continue to be a problem area, with one critic even stating that the dragons looked more realistic than the hair. Additionally, the RaceLift of House Velaryon has led to some highly questionable white wigs with curly and dreadlock textures, particularly for the Velaryon children, which were criticized and, unsurprisingly, memed by the audience due to how ridiculous they looked in some scenes. Even Rhaenyra's brown-haired sons get in on it with Jacaerys for some reason having a brown wig even though Creator/HarryCollett's natural brown hair (which is also curly, similar to Jace's biological father Harwin Strong) would have done just fine on its own. |
| 233 | ** Most of the costumes themselves are gorgeous, but there have been multiple issues with improper fitting, likely due to [[TroubledProduction COVID guidelines restricting the usual fitting sessions]] with the actors. One example is the sleeved yellow dress worn by young Rhaenyra; the way it sits on her shoulders makes it seem too big for her and the construction of the bodice causes the material to bunch up in the wrong places, looking too tight across the bust and rumpled around the collar and stomach. Considering Rhaenyra is the princess of a family at the height of their power (and all her other clothes look fabulous), it raises questions as to why she'd be wearing what looks like someone else's hand-me-downs. |
| 234 | ** The crown of Aegon the Conqueror received mixed reviews. With a lot of people pointing out its lack of trademark square rubies even though it looked like it had slots for them. The fact that its shape is more ornate than described[[labelnote:From the books]]a Valyrian steel circlet with big square-cut rubies[[/labelnote]] played a role as well. |
| 235 | ** Unlike on ''Series/GameOfThrones'', where the showrunners alone oversaw the costuming department, on [=HotD=] each episode director passed on their own guidelines for the dresses worn in the episode, leading to the main characters' wardrobes appearing disjointed. While on the predecessor show, each region, house and character had a cohesive set of fabrics, patterns and historical influences used in their costume design, Rhaenyra and Alicent ''do'' display some color coding, but otherwise their dresses are all over the place, ranging from 6th century Byzantine influences, to Tudor era and Renaissance designs. |
| 236 | * ''Franchise/KamenRider'': |
| 237 | ** Shows in the late Heisei and Reiwa era have a habit of making use of PropRecycling for less important costumes, particularly near the tail end of a show when the budget runs thin and needs to be saved for the typically special effects-intensive final episodes. Sometimes the recycling comes together beautifully and you get a well-received fusion costume like [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Grease Blizzard]]. Sometimes you get a [[Series/KamenRiderSaber Solomon]], whose costume is mostly made out of parts from a previous show's MonsterOfTheWeek that are visibly lower-quality than a Rider suit's ought to be. |
| 238 | ** The costumes that main Riders typically get as an extra final form in movies are often made of new parts, but since there's no further up to go from the real final form, the results are less than impressive. [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Decade Complete]] is already considered to be among the most gaudy-looking final forms, with the cards of the past Riders on his chest and helmet without really adding anything else to complement or enhance the card additions, but Decade Complete 21 fits 11 more cards on him by making the chest even bulkier, the helmet even taller, and taping a bunch of cards onto the inside of a cape. A BadassCape this is not. |
| 239 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'': Diend's look has been joked that he looks like a radiator-themed Rider instead of a barcode. |
| 240 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' plays the PropRecycling variety for StylisticSuck, since the recycled props are painted in an obviously cheap single color and come with the Armed Raise Buckles that nobody wants. Then it plays it straight later when the budget runs out, but it's the thought that counts. |
| 241 | * ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': |
| 242 | ** Gil-Galad's seemingly Roman-inspired headpiece has been the subject of a great deal of mockery, as have Celebrimbor and Elrond's hairstyles, with some noting the strong resemblance to Steve Harrington's [[EightiesHair hair]] in ''Series/StrangerThings.'' |
| 243 | ** The Three Rings of Power look more like something you can buy on Etsy than the pinnacle of Noldorin craftsmanship. Even the metal and stones appear noticeably cheap in the closeups. |
| 244 | ** The armor worn by the Numenoreans (specifically [[https://gobookmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/6.jpg Miriel's]]) is a visible mix of ''some'' plate armor and undershirts with the armor design printed on them. |
| 245 | * ''Series/LostLoveInTimes'': Some of the costumes are very strange. ''Especially'' [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X1lZRWxsQMU/maxresdefault.jpg these bizarre headdresses]]. |
| 246 | * ''Series/MenWithSword'': Two words. [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/ffeda4b31d6dbdc8d4fcb6e16299efd6/d0d4915dd9b2a7d5-b3/s540x810/c15f25737d98c40daf7e9b62c17dc02164e2e3ac.png Feather boa]]. Not exactly the sort of fashion you'd expect to see in ancient China. |
| 247 | * ''Series/NovolandEagleFlag'': |
| 248 | ** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/asule_headdress.png Asule's wedding headdress]] is a case of "good idea, poor execution". [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/05e1da4352e41cf2b99857a81f699624/90a2b3c9ce978eb1-45/s1280x1920/1db82d37bfaae56f55446e6b0f8d897c82f06d2e.png It's almost as big as his head]], leaving the viewer to wonder how he's able to turn his head or walk through doors. |
| 249 | ** Zhang has a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eagle_flag_hairstyle.png distracting and oddly modern hairstyle]]. |
| 250 | * ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Emma Swan's wardrobe declined in quality in the later seasons of the show, [[https://darthmelyanna.tumblr.com/post/181782321218/sieben9-congratulations-you-have-unlocked-the but the crowning injustice has to be]] [[https://sartorialonce.tumblr.com/post/172056666043/emma-swans-wedding-gown-an-astonishing-failure the wedding dress]] she wore [[Recap/OnceUponATimeS6E20TheSongInYourHeart when she became "Mrs. Captain Hook"]] - not only is it an poorly-made and ill-fitted knock-off of [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/c34f756f31bc9f8623f956ee5602cc31/tumblr_oopxdtEjHT1u5o4jeo1_1280.jpg Grace Kelly]]'s dress, the style doesn't seem to suit Emma's character at all. |
| 251 | * ''Series/{{Player}}'': Reporter Shin's atrocious hairstyle. Ha-ri wears a wig replicating it when he impersonates Shin, and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/player08_01211.jpg looks equally ridiculous]]. |
| 252 | * On the 2015 version of ''Series/{{Poldark}}'' : |
| 253 | ** Most gowns featured in the show are hopelessly old-fashioned for the 1790s, until everyone suddenly starts wearing classic Empire line Regency costumes from one moment to the next, ''without'' showing the transition in fashion that took place during the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth. |
| 254 | ** A lot of Demelza, Elizabeth and Morwenna's maternity gowns are laced quite bizarrely, and in some cases it's painfully obvious that their pregnancies are fake since a) no one during production seemed to take into account that pregnancy often causes a person's breasts to increase in size, meaning the normally slender actresses stay flat as a pancake up top and b) the fake stomachs are positioned far too low down on their abdomens. The result is that it seems as if their stays are actually trying to squeeze their babies out of them, like a tube of toothpaste! |
| 255 | * ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' has gained a following of people who watch the show ''just'' to see the garish, WAY over the top outfits the girls wear each episode, with Aria being usually the worst offender. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in an episode where Aria's mother Ella comments that she shouldn't ask her daughter about fashion, since "she wears forks as earrings". |
| 256 | ** The series can be a little bizarre to watch for anyone who's been in high school recently, as the girls often wear outfits that would violate most schools' dress codes, including but not limited to high heels, hoop earrings, very short miniskirts and shorts, and spaghetti straps. |
| 257 | * ''Series/ThePrincessWeiYoung'': Tuoba Yu's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tuoba_yu_7.jpg hairstyle]]. Not only is it historically inaccurate, it's so bizarre it leaves you wondering if the costume department was short of wigs and decided to use bits of rope instead. |
| 258 | %%* Pat Fields also put the stars of ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' into bizarre clothes. |
| 259 | %%* ''Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance'' has frequently suffered from this since season one. |
| 260 | * A lot of viewers have pointed out that the majority of the costumes worn on ''Series/{{Reign}}'', especially Mary and her ladies' outfits, don't look ''remotely'' like actual clothing from 16th-century Europe. Many of the dresses are actually quite pretty, but most of them resemble 21st-century prom dresses rather than Renaissance fashion. The costume designers later admitted they had a very small budget for the costumes by period piece production standards, and very little time to make them. In order not to hold up production, they often had to buy prom dresses from various clothing stores and modify them for the show. |
| 261 | * The BBC's 2006 ''Series/RobinHood'' series had some truly dire costuming that's been compared to "The 11th Century Gap". Marian occasionally had some nice, reasonably period-accurate dresses but was also stuck in the likes of a bright yellow cropped cardigan that looked like it was bought on the high street. There's also the Sheriff of Nottingham wearing Birkenstock sandals and a soldier from the Crusades wandering around in modern camo-print trousers. The worst example may be the all-female squad of assassins who wore halterneck, spandex jumpsuits in teal-green. |
| 262 | ** In season three, village girl Kate joined the outlaw team, donning a brand new dress that... well, let's put it this way: if you were living rough in the forest, regularly running away from soldiers and engaging in plenty of arduous physical activity, would ''you'' wear a heavy ankle-length dress with weird little tassels on the sleeves that could easily snag the undergrowth? The costume clearly impeded the actress's ability to move, leading to no small degree of {{Narm}} at the sight of her lumbering clumsily around, and securing her position as the show's least popular character, especially in the wake of former female characters Marian and Djaq, who were each intelligent enough to '''wear pants''' in the forest. |
| 263 | * ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' has a lot of ''intentional'' examples because, well, being over-the-top is sometimes par for the course of being a DragQueen. However, a few examples have left fans scratching their heads wondering what made the queens think wearing them was a good idea. Some notable examples include: |
| 264 | ** Kennedy Davenport's "Death Becomes Her" ensemble which she tried to describe as a hooker "who was thrown in a fire and crystallized" seemingly invoking a phoenix, but the outfit and coagulated blood made her look more like roadkill chicken. |
| 265 | ** Kandy Muse's "Beast Couture" saw her walk in a blindingly-green jumpsuit attached to who she calls "her alien Judy" which just looks bizarre and not fitting with the theme. |
| 266 | ** Design challenges are usually exempt from this as sometimes a vision just doesn't come together and queens are under time pressure (even though with the show being over a decade old, many agree queens should be wiser to at least having passable sewing skills). Still, fans couldn't help but gag (for the wrong reasons) at [=LaLa=] Ri's "Bag Ball" dress which was literally just paper bags glued to a jumpsuit. It was so bad, Ru created the [[MedalOfDishonor Golden Boot Award]] at the reunion just to "honor" the garment. |
| 267 | * NBC's live 2013 broadcast of ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' seemingly ignores the script regarding Maria's dress when she first arrives at the von Trapps' home. In the real Maria von Trapp's autobiography that inspired the musical, she claims to have worn an old-fashioned blue dress trimmed with "funny latticework," which made her feel very self-conscious. Accordingly, the musical has comic dialogue about the ugliness of her dress, with Captain von Trapp requesting that she put on a different one before she meets the children, and Maria explaining that she has no other "worldly clothes" and only has this dress because EvenBeggarsWontChooseIt. The original Broadway production gave Mary Martin a dress very close to the real Maria's description, while the beloved 1965 movie put Creator/JulieAndrews in an even more homely gray dress with an equally unflattering jacket and hat. But the 2013 NBC version dressed Music/CarrieUnderwood's Maria in a smart-looking, short-skirted brick red dress, not at all old-fashioned and only slightly drab at worst. Yet the dialogue about its supposed ugliness is still intact. |
| 268 | * Many civilian outfits on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' are very tacky and garish.[[http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/3x13/deja_q_hd_045.jpg This outfit Q wore in]] "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E13DejaQ Deja Q]]" was the reason for Picard's [[MemeticMutation legendary]] FacePalm. |
| 269 | ** It's worth noting that once Q gets his powers back, the very first thing he does is use them to switch outfits. |
| 270 | ** The Next Generation also has the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of the man skirt, [=AKA=] [[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Starfleet_uniform_%282350s-2370s%29#Skant the skant]]. It was created on the reasoning that with complete gender equality, a skirt uniform would have to be unisex. |
| 271 | * ''Series/StrangerThings'': By Season 4 of the series, many viewers remarked that the child actors had noticeably aged too much (some even into their twenties) to be convincing as the younger kids they still had to play, with their youthful clothing only making their real ages clearer and more awkward. Especially bad is Will Byers' unchanged hairdo, with the bowl cut that once looked cute on prepubescent Season 1 Noah Schnapp being very ill-suited to the now late teens actor; Schnapp himself tried in vain to get it changed. |
| 272 | * ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': |
| 273 | ** ComicBook/RedTornado, whom critics likened to a cheap [[ComicBook/TheVision Vision]] Halloween costume. [[https://i1.fdbimg.pl/hxd4wyu1/2000x2997_o3x5wf.jpg He has to be seen to be believed]]. |
| 274 | ** The real Hank Henshaw's "Cyborg Superman" look was a cheap-looking metal half-mask. Creator/DavidHarewood, who played the character, has publicly [[CreatorBacklash criticised]] the look. |
| 275 | * ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': "[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E4Cyberwoman Cyberwoman]]" features the eponymous character in a metal... [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cyberwoman_9526.jpg thing...]] and high heels. What the costume department were likely going for is a sort of metal version of the 1950s evil dominatrix leather wear. If so, it's a painful misfire. It gains bonus demerits for making absolutely no sense whatsoever for the people who designed it in-universe. One of the things the Cybermen want to remove is ''gender distinctions''. A sexy dominatrix look would not exactly be in line with that aim. It could almost be explained by the fact that she was rescued in the middle of assimilation, meaning a half-naked partially-complete look might be justified, if not for the fact that every other partial Cybermen conversion seen in the franchise was designed as pure BodyHorror. |
| 276 | ** The outfit is a ShoutOut to the work of the Japanese BDSM/cyborg-fetish erotic artist Hajime Sorayama, which sadly points out how those outfits wouldn't work in real life. |
| 277 | * ''Series/UglyBetty'' is supposed to be a fashion victim, but Season 3 took it way too far when Patricia Fields took over as costume designer. Betty went from frumpy to looking like a deranged clown. And though she's supposed to be poor, these monstrosities were obviously expensive designer items, which she never wore more than once. Also, the people on the show who are supposed to be fashionable didn't look much better. |
| 278 | * ''Series/TheUntamed'': |
| 279 | ** While it depends on the viewer's sense of fashion, many do share the opinion that most of Lan Xichen's wardrobe looks like he's wearing curtains for robes. |
| 280 | ** Depending on who you ask there are also some fans who don't like how the crew decided to give both Nie Mingjue and Wen Ruohan a mustache, pointing out that they look more silly than intimidating and would actually come across as more properly imposing if they didn't have the facial hair. |
| 281 | * Costuming for TV productions of ''Literature/WarAndPeace'' is usually fine, but many viewers found the female costumes in the [[Series/WarAndPeace2016 2016 BBC version]] utterly bizarre. In her very first scene, Anna Pavlovna Scherer wears a satin gown that totally exposes one of her shoulders. Helene Kuragina wears practically nothing ''but'' anachronistic and scandalous outfits, frequently looking as if she's dropped in from the 20th century rather than living in the early 19th. [[spoiler:It says a lot that Helene's most period-accurate dress is the one she ''dies'' in.]] |
| 282 | * On ''Series/TheXFiles'', for some unknown reason, Scully spends the first few seasons wearing some incredibly boxy, unflattering pant suits in outrageous colors--including brown plaid and various shades of maroon. It got better over the course of the series, where the odd colors were traded in for mostly black and gray. |
| 283 | ** In the latter part of season one and early season two, the cuts were to [[HideYourPregnancy hide]] Creator/GillianAnderson's pregnancy. No excuse for the rest of the time, though. In IGBN's Duchovny-Anderson conversation DVD, Creator/DavidDuchovny mentions he'd want Scully's wardrobe "after season four". |
| 284 | * ''Most'' of the costumes on ''Series/TheWitcher2019'' look pretty good, but there are some exceptions: |
| 285 | ** The [[WordOfGod mass-produced]] [[https://www.gamepressure.com/gallery/html/news/bigphotos/188298859.jpg Nilfgaardian armour of the regular infantry]]. They look utterly ridiculous; comparisons range from tree bark to even veiny scrotums. This was so bad that the showrunner confirmed they were having the armour redesigned for season 2. |
| 286 | ** Cahir's own helmet has a large drooping plume and ''tiny'' wings, yet Ciri, in stark opposition, still mentions it looked like a terrible bird of prey when it looks ''anything'' but. This was likely done to make the helmet [[BoringButPractical more practical]], but it's hard to deny that they ended up with something that looks far less impressive than it was intended to be. |
| 287 | ** Jaskier somehow acquires a pair of brown baggy trouser pants for Geralt to wear at Pavetta's birthday feast. To clash with his shimmering turquoise doublet. Mousesack ''does'' make fun of this outfit, so it's possible it's meant to be this in-universe. |
| 288 | ** Many agreed that Yennefer has many beautiful clothes, but they look more like gowns for a Hollywood awards show than a medieval-inspired high fantasy. Probably the worst offenders are the lacy Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey mask she wears in episode five and the rope dress in episode 8. On a similar note, many wondered who decided to put Yennefer in unflattering makeup (especially the eyeshadow), as it doesn't suit the actress. |
| 289 | * The actual costumes for ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' are mostly fine, but the ladies hairstyles in Series 1 are distractingly modern. Grace in particular sports a very mid-2010's mid-length beachy wave 'do with dark roots and highlights in what is supposed to be 1919. |
| 290 | * ''Series/Space1999'': The first-season uniforms were designed by famous fashion designer Rudy Gernreich, so you'd expect something really cool and interesting. That was far from the case -- the result was rather boring, with drab-coloured, rather generic jumpsuits. It didn't help that the uniforms were designed not just to be unisex, but to de-emphasize the women's bodies (they were rather loose-fitting and worn without bras) -- the effect was more bland than interestingly androgynous. Both the Andersons admitted later that Gernreich's involvement was far more for the "marquee value" of his name in the opening credits, making the show look as prestigious as possible, than because they thought he'd be the best person to design the uniforms. The fact that Gernreich was a personal friend of Barbara Bain also played some part in it. It was not entirely surprising that for the second season, the uniforms were changed without Gernreich's involvement, both to make the somewhat more colourful and more feminine or masculine depending on the wearer. |
| 291 | * ''Series/WhenCallsTheHeart'': A lot of the costumes are very obviously modern, off-the-rack clothing. The costume designer has said Hallmark wants the series to be somewhat visually in line with their other media (especially regarding color palette), and it doesn't break their budget trying to continuously come up with new clothes for a decent-sized cast. The costume staff modify a lot of it as best they can, but it can be very jarring to see an obviously anachronistic cut or fabric. It doesn’t help that despite TheGay90s setting, no woman is ever seen with their hair up or a hat and all of the men are clean shaven. |
| 292 | [[/folder]] |
| 293 | |
| 294 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 295 | * Dahvie from Music/BloodOnTheDanceFloor wear long hair, tattoos and makeup with facial paint, that looks incredibly bizarre. |
| 296 | * Music/{{Slipknot}} wears matching uniforms with bizarre masks for each individual member of the band. It should be noted that they were deliberately invoking this trope to show off their eccentricity. |
| 297 | * A lot of Music/LadyGaga's notorious outfits (the meat dress, the Kermit the frog top, the gun bra), though it's more "What the fuck!" instead of "What the hell?" "What the fuck" implies genuine disbelief that someone would wear something so outrageous while "What the hell" is more "{{What were you thinking}}?" |
| 298 | * Music/{{Bjork}} appears in bizarre outfits, most famously her swan dress. |
| 299 | * Music/PeterGabriel, especially during his days with Genesis, where he would dress as a flower or elf on occasions. He said he did this to conquer his stage fright, since he wasn't afraid of people having a laugh at the costume, because the costume isn't him. A lot of musicians create personas for themselves on stage to compartmentalize the fear of performing. |
| 300 | * Music/{{Kiss}} have said that their 1979-80 Music/{{Dynasty|Album}}/Music/{{Unmasked}} era costumes were when they started going downhill. The outfits were supposed to make them look like superheroes, but they instead looked like something from a Las Vegas casino show. |
| 301 | * [[KoreanPopMusic K-Pop artists]] are often given strange outfits for their album concepts. Case in point: Music/{{SHINee}}'s outfits in 2013's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhxjEXDAy6s "Dream Girl"]] MV, and... whatever [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T0KPOmECg3c/VD4zBLjEXbI/AAAAAAAADvc/9eHm_WOZH8c/s1600/Hat.png this]] is on [[{{Music/VIXX}} Ravi's]] head in the MV for their late 2014 comeback [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF8kySIcWNw "Error"]]. The former looks like [=SHINee=] robbed a fabric store in the dark, while the costume department definitely made quite the, ahem, ''[[{{Pun}} error]]'' with the latter. |
| 302 | * A lot of recent [[HeavyMetal metal]] bands perform with very nerdy, "{{emo}}" fashions, contrasting quite startlingly with [[HeavyMetal some]] of their music. This is a drastically inverse approach to those of older acts, who took upon themselves "badass" {{Leatherman}} and PostApocalyptic-style imagery to match the feel of the music they played. While it does share similarities to the stripped-down "jeans, t-shirts and long hair" approach {{Thrash|Metal}} bands took in reaction to the overly elaborate HairMetal of the time, even those acts had looks which fit the music. Current bands (both the "emo" type and the "casual" type[[note]]which is mostly the Thrash style with short hair and goes all the way back to the early '90s band Music/{{Helmet}})[[/note]] seem to take the "anti-image" approach to the furthest possible extreme. |
| 303 | * Music/EltonJohn in his glam period often went in this direction, especially during the ''Leather Jackets'' tours of 1986 (just before he gave up on the crazy costumes altogether). |
| 304 | * Emmanuel Pahud's performances of [[https://youtu.be/aw53VrbI4l0 Debussy's Syrinx]] and [[https://youtu.be/dS1YAapVcCs Lensky's Aria from Tchaikovsky's Evgeny Onegin]], in which he inexplicably wears ''Chinese'' clothes. |
| 305 | * Music/WeirdAlYankovic mocks the Green Goblin's design from ''Film/SpiderMan1'' in "Ode to a Superhero"[[labelnote:*]]To the tune of "[[Music/BillyJoel Piano Man]]"[[/labelnote]] thus: |
| 306 | -->''And he's ridin' around on that glider thing\ |
| 307 | And he's throwin' that weird pumpkin bomb\ |
| 308 | Yes, he's wearin' that dumb ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' mask\ |
| 309 | But he's [[Creator/WillemDaFoe scarier]] without it on!'' |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 313 | * Poor [[Wrestling/GiantGonzalez Jorge González]] went through this in both WCW and WWE. As El Gigante in WCW, he had this silly armor that he wore to the ring. As the Giant González in WWE, he had that infamous Bigfoot-like muscle suit. |
| 314 | * Even if The Shockmaster (Wrestling/FredOttman, a.k.a. "Typhoon" and "Tugboat") hadn't face-planted in his debut entrance at Wrestling/{{WCW}}'s Clash of the Champions in 1993, it's hard to believe that anyone would have taken him seriously when his costume consisted of a black vest, a pair of jeans, and a silver-painted [[Franchise/StarWars Stormtrooper helmet]] covered in glitter. |
| 315 | * [[Wrestling/TerriPoch Tori (Terri Poch)]]'s cat bodysuit deserves honourable mention from ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]] XV''. She should have just worn one of Wrestling/{{Sable}}'s catsuits. |
| 316 | * When Wrestling/{{Goldust}} became "The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust" he wore some very disturbing outfits including his infamous silver body suit at ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]] XIV'' complete with silver and red face paint and a black leotard. |
| 317 | * Wrestling/MollyHolly. At a time when the WWE Divas were moving to a sexier image, Molly ran in the opposite direction. She adopted a prude persona following her 2002 heel turn and wore the most matronly, unappealing outfits she could. One person on Website/YouTube described her sense of style as "Soccer Mom". Check out her swimsuit from the competition against Wrestling/TerriRunnels and her 2002 Santa's Little Helper dress as shining examples. |
| 318 | * Wrestling/ImpactWrestling giving Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} a [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Confederate flag uniform]], especially since she was paired with Americas Most Wanted, who had a ''[[ArtisticLicenseGeography western]]'' [[TheGimmick gimmick]]. |
| 319 | * A lot of Wrestling/{{Layla}}'s more recent outfits where the theme seems to be a combination of snake skin and coloured tinfoil. |
| 320 | * [[Wrestling/KarleePerez Maxine]] from ''Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}'' season 3 was introduced to us wearing an open blouse with a neon bra underneath, topped off with a skirt and suspenders. Then her ring gear for the evening appeared to be an ice dancer costume. |
| 321 | ** Speaking of NXT, Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}} deserves a mention from the HalloweenEpisode. For the costume contest, she showed up dressed as the Hamburger Helper hand - yes she wore a giant foam hand. And she wrestled in that very costume. First of all, if she knew she'd be wrestling in her costume why didn't she wear something more sensible? And secondly, has she never seen a WWE costume contest before? [[{{Stripperiffic}} Less is generally more in those things]]. |
| 322 | * Wrestling/AliciaFox and her piñata gear. |
| 323 | * Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter's infamous purple and silver "[[Franchise/PowerRangers Power Ranger]]" costume. |
| 324 | ** Justified however, as MVP has several potentially inflammatory tattooes that needed to be covered. |
| 325 | * Jay Cruz and Eddie Rios have no idea how any of you can wear those dull pants. On the flip side, the rest of the locker room finds the bright and oddly patterned outfits of Los Ben Dejos (Dos Ben Dejos?) distracting at best. |
| 326 | * When actress and journalist Creator/MariaMenounos wrestled a match at ''Wrestlemania,'' she honored her Greek heritage in her [[http://static.wetpaint.me/dwtsthree/ROOT/photos/630/WM28Photo1141--458802147972952978.jpg ring gear]] by wearing white pants and a Greek-flag-themed top. The outfit itself wasn't bad, but the problem came when she and Wrestling/KellyKelly did a double stink face on their competition and Eve's makeup rubbed off on the seat of Maria's pants, making it look like it had a giant skid mark. |
| 327 | * Wrestling/BraunStrowman of Wrestling/TheWyattFamily wears tweed colored trousers with dark patches on the inner sides of his thighs, [[https://twitter.com/TableofJapan/status/653210032763441152 making it look as though he pissed himself]]. |
| 328 | * Invoked by Wrestling/AlSnow during his issue with [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]] on the June 15, 1998 ''Raw,'' as he had shown up dressed as Avatar, complete with Head wearing an Avatar mask. |
| 329 | -->"The last time I wore this outfit you could have stuck a magnet up my ass and dragged me through Fort Knox and I still wouldn't have drawn any money." |
| 330 | * Invoked on commentary by Wrestling/EddieKingston at ''Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} Running In The Red'', November 13, 2005, when Dragon Dragon's mask fell off during his debut match[[note]]Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}}[=/=]Hydra[=/=]Icarus[=/=]Doctor Cheung defeating Lancelot (Lance Steel AND Lance Steel)[=/=]Angel de Fuego[=/=]Dragon Dragon.[[/note]]. |
| 331 | -->"Oh no! Oh no! His mask is off! Oh, someone's getting fired!" |
| 332 | * Wrestling/VedaScott wore mismatched socks as the special referee for a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1iJBxKoZIA match]] between Wrestling/SkylarMarie and Luscious Latasha. Subverted, though, since the camera work showed that one of the socks depicted ''[[CoolVersusAwesome a Flying Saucer using a tractor beam to pick up dinosaurs!]]'' |
| 333 | * Wrestling/LouThesz' referee shirt for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-h.html AWA World Heavyweight Title]] match between Nick Bockwinkel (w[=/=]Wrestling/BobbyHeenan) and Wrestling/BruiserBrody that is included on ''Volume 1: Busted Open'' of the ''[[http://www.vcientertainment.com/Film-Categories/Wrestling?product_id=663 Wrestling Gold]]'' [=DVD=] series was covered with many different shapes and really didn't resemble a normal referee shirt. |
| 334 | * When Wrestling/TheUndertaker made his entrance in [=WrestleMania=] XXX, he kinda looked like [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/The_Undertaker_WM30_entrance.jpg a cool cowboy in a jeweled leather jacket]], but when the hat and jacket came off, he looked more like an old-aged delinquent punk with [[DelinquentHair dark red mohawk hair]], a bushed goatee, gray eyeliner, body tattoos, a black sleeveless shirt and black pants with red marks on them and tall black boots with leather gloves on, and [[https://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wweppvs/article_77521.shtml "a super-tanned body bordering on deep-fried"]]. Some people thought [[https://atletifo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Undertaker-wrestlemania-streak.jpg he was out of place as a]] RummageSaleReject. |
| 335 | * CHIKARA 2014-2015: The outfit Wrestling/JukeJointLucasCalhoun wore as Volgar. As Kevin Ford wrote in his [[https://chikaraspecial.wordpress.com/2014/10/26/moonraker/ review]] of ''CHIKARA Moonraker'' (October 26, 2014): |
| 336 | -->"Volgar's gear is horrible. It’s hard to take someone seriously when they look like a baked potato or Franchise/{{Power Ranger|s}} putty." |
| 337 | * Crossed with BizarroEpisode: At ''Wrestling/{{CZW}} Allentown Project'', January 16, 2004, Wrestling/SumieSakai lost a match to Eddie Edwards as the masked [[Franchise/PowerRangers Yellow Michinoku Ranger]]. The Michinoku Rangers were an established team in Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling, but broke up and unmasked ''a year beforehand''. Why anyone thought to bring back ''one'' member while working with a locker room that had no one else associated with Michinoku Pro in it is anyone's guess. You can see more [[http://www.parkproductions.co.uk/zeoranger/pics/prelsewhere/2000/yellowranger/yellow.htm here]] |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[folder:Sports]] |
| 341 | * The UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague has seen its share of uniforms that teams would like to forget. One of the most notorious examples is the New York Islanders 1995 uniform change from [[http://www.nhluniforms.com/Islanders/Images/Islanders11.png an outline of Long Island behind a stylised "NY"]] to [[http://www.nhluniforms.com/Islanders/Images/Islanders16.png a hockey stick-holding fisherman]] who bore more than a passing resemblance to the mascot of frozen seafood company Gorton's of Gloucester, prompting New York Rangers fans to nickname their crosstown rivals "the Fishsticks". The Islanders wisely reverted to the old logo two years later. |
| 342 | * The St. Louis Blues would have worn [[http://bp1.blogger.com/_r8tWGVHrjGI/RtMc_JXYK9I/AAAAAAAABfk/rwuJreFa2fQ/s1600-h/bluesunused.jpg THIS]] during a game in 1996 if it weren't for their head coach stepping in and refusing to let his players wear that. Score one for good taste. |
| 343 | * If only the [[http://nhluniforms.com/1995-96/MightyDucks.html Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] and [[http://nhluniforms.com/1995-96/Kings.html Los Angeles Kings]] had stood up and said no to these. Yes, the Great One himself wore that goofy "[[FanNickname Burger King]]" jersey (coincidentally, Gretzky was soon traded to St. Louis), though some fans don't see that short-lived Kings jersey as [[NostalgiaFilter all that bad]] these days. The Ducks' third, though, isn't fondly remembered at all, between the cartoony depiction of team mascot Wild Wing, and the nigh-unreadable Mistral font for the player name and number. Though they wound up [[https://pucksofafeather.com/2021/03/18/anaheim-ducks-reverse-retro-steal-show/ bringing the jersey back as their Reverse Retro!]] (7 years after [[https://lakingsinsider.com/2014/01/26/more-photos-from-manchesters-burger-king-night/ one of the Kings' farm teams wore an updated Burger King]]) |
| 344 | * The [[http://nhluniforms.com/Canucks/Canucks04.html Vancouver Canucks]]' [[FanNickname Flying V Jersey]], liberally covered in "V" symbols, is considered among the ugliest in the history of not just hockey but North American pro sports. The San Francisco design firm that came up with the look supposedly claimed that the Vs stood for "victory". The Canucks did actually reach the Stanley Cup Finals in this look in 1982, being ousted by the dynastic (and classier-looking) New York Islanders. The Canucks [[http://nhluniforms.com/Canucks/Canucks08.html toned things down considerably]] in 1985, before removing the V-stripes altogether (and going back to a white jersey) in 1989. |
| 345 | * When Reebok's Edge uniform system was being introduced into the NHL, many teams took the opportunity to utilize the different templates available. Several teams opted to stick with traditional designs, but a few teams embraced the new templates, with decidedly mixed results at best. One unpopular aspect of most new uniforms has been vertical piping down the front, often derided as [[FanNickname Bettman stripes]] (named for the unpopular commissioner). A few examples: |
| 346 | ** The Edmonton Oilers went from [[http://nhluniforms.com/Oilers/Images/Oilers20.png this set]] (a DarkerAndEdgier version of their [[http://nhluniforms.com/Oilers/Images/Oilers05.png classic getup]], with a Creator/ToddMcFarlane-designed third jersey) to [[http://nhluniforms.com/Oilers/Images/Oilers21.png this]]. The half-stripes on the sleeves would work if the [[http://nhluniforms.com/Stars/Images/Stars02.png sleeve numbers filled the gap]], but overall, this was unpopular enough that the team brought back their [[http://nhluniforms.com/Oilers/Images/Oilers25.png classic royal-blue-and-orange look]], and as of 2012, the navy design has been retired altogether. |
| 347 | ** The Dallas Stars, meanwhile, went from [[http://nhluniforms.com/Stars/Images/Stars08.png this flashy, yet popular design]] to [[http://nhluniforms.com/Stars/Images/Stars11.png the blandest uniform set ever]]. Of course, they previously had [[http://nhluniforms.com/Stars/Images/Stars06.png this third (center image),]] which inexplicably tried to add red to their color scheme, and had a logo dubbed the [[FanNickname Mooterus]]. |
| 348 | ** The Buffalo Sabres actually changed their design one year ahead of the Edge uniforms, and while the decision to drop the red and black of TheNineties in favor of returning to blue and gold was well-received, the [[http://nhluniforms.com/Sabres/Images/Sabres24.png execution]] left something to be desired. Fans immediately dubbed the new logo the [[FanNickname Buffaslug]], and compared it to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's toupee. In 2010, the 'Slug was retired in favor of an updated version of the team's original uniforms. |
| 349 | * The success of the Pittsburgh Penguins' 2008 Winter Classic throwbacks, which became [[http://www.nhluniforms.com/Penguins/Penguins23.html their third jerseys the next season,]] led to the [[http://www.nhluniforms.com/Panthers/Panthers06.html Florida Panthers]] and [[http://www.nhluniforms.com/BlueJackets/BlueJackets04.html Columbus Blue Jackets]] deciding to borrow some of the jersey concepts. The Panthers' thirds (which were sponsored by [=JetBlue=]) weren't well-received by their fans due to their lack of red, the team's original jersey color which had been de-emphasized in favor of blue.[[note]]The backlash eventually led to the third's retirement and a return to a red jersey in 2011.[[/note]] The Blue Jackets' uniform has been criticized for its liberal use of "Vintage white"[[note]]meant to evoke imagery of faded and discolored 80-year-old wool sweaters, except that the Jackets began play ''in the year 2000''; "vintage white" is itself a source of severe YMMV[[/note]] mixed with modernized fonts, but the biggest WTH goes to the new mascot they introduced with the jerseys... [[http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/687696/boomer_medium.jpg Boomer the Cannon!]] Yes, the Jackets actually thought an inflatable cannon mascot was a good idea at the time, but [[http://www.fullmentaljackets.com/2010/12/blue-jackets-marketing-no-way-but-hard.html it backfired spectacularly]] due to the mascot's... suggestive connotations. The Jackets management apparently even hoped he might replace [[http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=48224 Stinger,]] their original mascot, but Boomer was quietly retired after the 2010-11 season. |
| 350 | * When the Oakland Seals were purchased by Oakland Athletics owner Charles Finley (who admitted to knowing nothing about ice hockey) in 1970, he decided the two teams needed co-ordinating uniforms, and changed the Seals' Kelly green and royal blue uniforms to the Athletics' Kelly green and California gold, re-branding the team the California Golden Seals. If that wasn't bad enough, the uniforms included matching green and gold skates. Then, in January 1972, things got even more ridiculous when the Seals started taking to the ice in ''white'' skates. Hockey fans of the day recall that the skates had a camouflage effect with the ice that made the players look as though they had stumps for legs, and they regularly got scuffed or stained and had to be re-painted, with some Seals players claiming that the many coats of paint made the skates noticeably heavier as the season wore on. When Finley sold the Seals to the NHL in 1974, the white skates were mercifully done away with, but their uniforms were re-coloured to ''teal'' and gold, and remained so until the team was relocated to Cleveland in 1976. |
| 351 | * Coventry City FC's 1970's away [[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/premiership/from-celtic-to-manchester-united-the-worst-football-kits-ever-14882432.html?action=Popup&ino=15 strip.]] Liverpool FC's late '80's home strip wasn't much [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FhusC2a2cyg/TMk2-cioQmI/AAAAAAAABnM/MWKp0W1bSO4/s1600/candy.1.jpg better]]. |
| 352 | * The 1994 UsefulNotes/FIFAWorldCup [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3a/db/bf/3adbbf7beeb09db02a36485b4d734426.jpg uniforms]] for some national teams. Particularly for Brazil, Spain, and the hosts themselves, the USA. |
| 353 | * The [[https://www.shortlist.com/media/images/2019/05/50-worst-football-kits-ever-4-1556697289-BL0d-column-width-inline.jpg Australian football team (Socceroos) kit in 1990]] was a horrid mish-mash of random strokes of gold, green and white that became forever known as the 'spew jersey', which is Australian slang for vomiting, called so because that's what the shirt resembled. |
| 354 | * Because many baseball fans and owners are so stuck in the past, teams think it's a good idea to hold "Turn Back the Clock Day" and make the players dress in baggy, oversized old-fashioned uniforms for one game. Most fans born after 1950 can only roll their eyes at them. A lot of the bagginess actually comes from how modern players wear their unis, as many of the recent throwbacks have come from the 1960s or later, when jerseys were generally streamlined. |
| 355 | * Probably the most infamous case of a baseball throwback concept - the 1976-81 Chicago White Sox. Eccentric owner Bill Veeck decided to introduce uniforms inspired by the franchise's [[http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/images/al_1906_chicago.gif first World Series winner]]. [[http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/images/al_1976_chicago.gif This is the result.]] The collar flaps stopped at the shoulder seam, and were sewn on flat; the cap logo was [[AnachronismStew incongruously modern]]; and for one game, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQiX62Y1N_Q they even wore shorts]]! (The leg scrapes after that game convinced them to stick to long pants.) These uniforms were so bad that when the team tried to bring them back for a throwback uniform night in 2016, their own starting pitcher, Chris Sale, grabbed a pair of scissors and cut them up himself rather than pitch in them. |
| 356 | * The late 1970s and into the early 1980s was not a good time for cricket uniforms, specifically the one-day format where coloured uniforms are the norm. [[http://www.retrocricket.com/images/nz1-big.jpg New Zealand's beige and brown]] and the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160122080120/http://retrocricket.com/wi3.jpg West Indies]] grey pajamas (with the maroon fading to pink fairly quickly) are considered the low points. However, the New Zealand beige has come full circle to retro coolness - as practised by the "[[http://www.beigebrigade.co.nz Beige Brigade]]" -- to the point an official game (albeit of the "Twenty Twenty" format) was played in 2005 with both Australia & New Zealand wearing the retro uniforms of the 80's. |
| 357 | * Nike tried beige for the 2008 Australian Open tennis championships, which looked good on [[http://www.womenstennisblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/sharapova-in-her-aussi-open-dress.jpg Maria Sharapova's publicity photos]], but unfortunately did [[https://cornedbeefhash.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/nike-hantuchova-sydney08.jpg show up sweat]] rather too well. |
| 358 | * Because the University of Oregon football team has the support of alum and Nike founder Phil Knight, it has become infamous for breaking out new, outlandish designer uniforms every single ''game." Listing the number of ridiculous combinations they have worn may require its own page. |
| 359 | * The Fremantle Football Club entered the Australian Football League in 1995, and for the next 15 years had the team colours of purple, green, red and white, with their uniforms having a huge anchor on the front. In 2010, the club thankfully changed to a more conservative purple and white chevron design. |
| 360 | * The Houston Astros' infamous [[http://content.fathead.com/blog/nl_1980_houston.gif "Rainbow Guts"]] uniforms (alternatively known as the "[[FanNickname Tequila Sunrise]]") which they wore from 1975 through 1986. This look has made a comeback in recent years thanks to the NostalgiaFilter, as many teams at lower levels of play have imitated the striped design, and the Astros themselves have worn it as a throwback from time to time. |
| 361 | * The San Diego Padres, since 2008, have trotted out on the field every Sunday home game in ''camouflage''. |
| 362 | ** Most likely they are (literally) PanderingToTheBase, as San Diego has a significant Naval base just across the harbor from Petco Park, with a large Marine Corps presence just up the road at Miramar and Camp Pendleton. |
| 363 | ** The Padres' original colors of yellow and brown led to some fairly awful [[http://caglaze.cts.com/ uniforms]] in the 70s and early 80s (Of course, it ''was'' TheSeventies). This era is now looked upon more fondly through the NostalgiaFilter, as many Padres fans consider brown more appropriate than navy blue for a team named after the robe-wearing missionaries that helped found the town. The team reverted back to the original colors in 2020, to widespread approval from the fans. |
| 364 | * The original Denver Broncos colors were mustard yellow and "barnyard brown", and came with incredibly ugly, vertically stripped socks.[[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hAQgYQFfuqg/TOrlbwFnmSI/AAAAAAAAAFg/R-KAVaDiyAU/s1600/broncos-throwback.jpg Observe]]. After a few games the players held a pregame ceremony where they tossed the socks onto a pile and ''ritually burned'' them. One of the few surviving pairs is on exhibit at the Hall of Fame in Canton. The Broncos brought this original look back in 2009 to celebrate the 50th season of the original AFL teams, and it was as ridiculed in 2009 as it was in 1960 (with the added visual oddity of several players twisting the vertical-striped socks). The team changed their uniforms again in 1997 with a [[http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/937760/broncos.jpg radically new logo]], swapping the blue from royal blue to navy, adding streaks to the jersey and pants sides, and changing the home jersey color from orange to navy. The fans and press despised the uniforms until the team [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap wound up winning the Super Bowl that same season]] (they lost their previous four tries). Eventually they reverted back to orange home jerseys, but in the same style as the navy ones. |
| 365 | * For the Parade of Nations in the 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, most countries' teams wore clothes based off their traditional garb, or at least reflecting their flag...and then came the Swedish team, wearing pastel blue and yellow striped shirts. And they weren't alone; consider [[http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2012/07/28/291473-parade-of-nations-at-london-olympics-2012.jpg Mexico's parade of nations outfits]]. There's also [[http://cdn.ph.upi.com/collection/pv/upi/6897/91fd35f13f3422d467a721374a9d2d8f/Parade-of-Nations-at-the-London-Olympics_11_1.jpg Germany's]] PinkGirlBlueBoy outfits. |
| 366 | * Also in the 2012 Olympics, Brazil's handball team mixed the traditional yellow with green stripes... [[http://groselhasfashion.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/uniforme_handebol_afp.jpg with multicolored animal prints]]. |
| 367 | * In the field of mascots, we have the Leland Stanford Junior University's football team's. You would think, with the team name being the "Stanford Cardinal" (singular, in the sense of the color--as part of Stanford's conscious attempt to be the Harvard of the West, it's a straight rip-off of the Harvard Crimson) that you'd get something of that color, maybe a cardinal (as in a bird) or a cardinal (as in the Catholic kind) or maybe even just Leland Stanford, Jr. dressed up ''in'' cardinal (since Harvard does the same with John Harvard in crimson). Nope, they don't have a mascot. So they use the Marching Band's instead. Ladies and gentlemen, [[http://cdn.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/stanford-tree.jpg the Stanford Tree]]. Honestly, what can be said that the image does not already convey? |
| 368 | * To celebrate their 80th season the Pittsburgh Steelers donned the gaudy black and yellow prison stripe throwback jerseys for a few games in 2012. |
| 369 | * The Tampa Bay Buccaneers original creamsicle-orange jerseys. Perhaps it's not a coincidence that within a decade of ditching them, they won their first Superbowl and ended their run as the NFL's officialy ButtMonkey. Their new uniforms debuted in 2014 were also considered very odd. While the uniforms overall are debatable, using a ''digital readout'' font for the uniform numbers was considered a bit questionable. |
| 370 | * The [[http://blogs.20minutos.es/quefuede/2013/03/20/camisetas-para-la-historia-athletic-club-de-bilbao-ketchup-2004/ "ketchup" away kit]] of Athletic Club (that is, Athletic Bilbao of [[UsefulNotes/EuroFooty La Liga]]; they used this in 2004 at the inspiration of a local "artist" before switching back to the more traditional red-and-white stripes). |
| 371 | * A lot of things went wrong for the [[UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion New Zealand All Blacks]] in 2007. Many fans think that all bar one of them can be traced back to the first: going from their classic, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin [[http://www.allblacks.com/dnaImages/page-haka-2.jpg all black]] kit to... [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31M8Abc6m2L.jpg this]]. Many New Zealand rugby fans claim that the despair at seeing the Mighty All Blacks playing in that kit was a greater cause of shame than their highly controversial exit from the World Cup to France in the quarter final stage. |
| 372 | * For one game in 2007, the Philadelphia Eagles decided to honor their earliest days as the Frankfort Yellow Jackets from the pre-1940's era with these [[http://uniformcritics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/eagles-throwback-620x862.jpg eye-searing baby blue and yellow]] uniforms. The fact that they won their only game in these uniforms 56-21 is presumably unrelated. |
| 373 | * Similar to the above, the Seattle Seahawks decided to wear these [[http://halfmanhtalfdog.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/seattle-seahawks-green-jersey.jpg garish, lime-green]] jerseys for one game in 2009. |
| 374 | * In 2007-2008 the Renault UsefulNotes/FormulaOne team drivers and mechanics sported [[http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Giancarlo+Fisichella+Heikki+Kovalainen+Renault+kaW0CkxMwSSl.jpg white, yellow, blue and orange]] uniforms, topped off by a completely pointless-looking blue band across the middle of the chest. |
| 375 | * For the 2015 season, the NFL debuted a new line of one-game only uniforms for the teams playing in some of the Thursday Night games called "Color Rush", meaning each team would wear uniforms that are almost entirely one color. The results were...mixed. |
| 376 | ** Perhaps the most infamous game played was the New York Jets against the Buffalo Bills. [[https://cbsboston.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/bills-jets-thursday-night-color-rush-uniforms-625-x-352.jpg?w=625 The Jets wore all green and the Bills all red]], which didn't look too horrendous on its face. However, these two colors going against each other made the game practically unwatchable for people with certain types of colorblindness, to whom the two teams' players ended up looking [[http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Bills-Jets-Color-Rush-Colorblind-view.jpg basically the same]]. In response, the NFL changed the concept so that any game where this could happen again would have one team wear all white. |
| 377 | ** Another was the St. Louis Rams against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This color combination (Rams in bright yellow, Bucs in bright red) was dubbed the [[https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/gty_501807732_78354826.jpg?w=1000&h=600&crop=1 "Ketchup vs Mustard" game]]. |
| 378 | * The jerseys in just about every European hockey team are so utterly eye-searing that it's a wonder how any of the clubs can keep a sense of dignity and stoicism and not have the fortitude to protest the idea of having them made into officially sponsored uniforms. Just look at [[http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/179136/jokerit_gaolie.jpg these]] [[http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/slides/photos/002/682/996/citimarket_original_crop_north.png?w=350&h=276&q=75 for]] [[http://hockeyadventure.com/wp-content/themes/otherthemes/eurojersey.jpg example]]. Never has a jersey been so utterly cluttered in ads that it makes players look like [[http://hometracks.nascar.com/files/imagecache/story_top_image/2011_nascar-champions_group-photo_uniforms.jpg NASCAR drivers]]. And since the NHL is even about to consider putting ads on jerseys in the future, this resulted in a MASSIVE backlash across the league, since fans do not want to see their favorite teams ruined by corporate-sponsored profligacy on their uniforms and look exactly like the aforementioned garish looking Euro-hockey teams. |
| 379 | * In 1978, the Colorado Caribous of the NASL wore jerseys with a faux-leather fringe around the midriff. |
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| 381 | |
| 382 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 383 | * The costuming for the Broadway version of ''Theatre/TheLionKing'' is largely fantastic and truly captures the Savannah feel of the show...until you get to the hyenas and Timon; the former are all decked out in painted hillbilly longjohns with horrible paper maché masks (they're supposed to be ratty and ugly, but couldn't they do with a more primal version of the native garb the other characters had?), while the latter was essentially a 4 foot Timon plushie sewn onto the front of a man in green hillbilly longjohns and clown wig (it kinda looks like [[RuleThirtyFour Timon is being molested by the Jolly Green Giant]]). They are really jarring when put beside the fantastic costumes of the other characters. |
| 384 | ** Timon's actor's greenness works in ''one scene'' in which the actor is surrounded by plants (it is great camouflage in that one scene). Never mind that when we first meet him, he's standing in a '''desert'''. For about five minutes or so. |
| 385 | * ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'': |
| 386 | ** The Hungarian versions have Death wearing [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkly make-up]]. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools This isn't necessarily a]] ''[[Administrivia/TropesAreTools bad]]'' [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools thing]]; depending on the actor, it may emphasise Death's inhuman nature. Unfortunately, there's no denying that some actors look utterly ridiculous in it. |
| 387 | ** Not to be outdone, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0YTzYEBm0 this]] Berlin production inexplicably has Death sporting a bizarre hairstyle. It makes it hard to take him seriously. |
| 388 | ** In the 2013 Korean production, Death spends half his scenes providing a male example of a NavelDeepNeckline for no apparent reason. |
| 389 | * The Broadway version of ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' had the same costume designer as its West End counterpart, but redesigned the Bucket family's costumes to have brighter color schemes -- leaving poor Charlie stuck in a hideous orange-and-purple sweater that looks better suited to a Muppet for almost the entire running time. |
| 390 | * ''Theatre/{{Frozen}}'': MANY people were displeased when Elsa switched from her iconic dress to pants from "Monster" till the end of the musical. An especially weird example, as there was seemingly no reason for this change, except to vary her wardrobe and [[RealWomenDontWearDresses "empower"]] her. |
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| 392 | |
| 393 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 394 | * ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has [[WTHCostumingDepartment/{{Overwatch}} its own page]]. |
| 395 | * ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has [[LittleBitBeastly squirrel girl]] Makoto Nanaya. Her {{Stripperiffic}} battle outfit is ''ridiculously'' impractical. Example: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/blazblue/images/f/fb/Makoto_Nanaya_%28Story_Mode_Artwork%2C_Normal%2C_School_Uniform%2C_Type_A%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20170414194402 here]] is her costume in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger Calamity Trigger]]'', [[https://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100623160749/blazblue/images/0/08/Makoto_Nanaya_%28Story_Mode_Artwork%2C_Normal%2C_Coat%29.png here]] is her NPC costume in ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'', and [[https://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120215213123/blazblue/images/a/a8/Makoto_Nanaya_%28Story_Mode_Artwork%2C_Normal%29.png here]] is her playable character costume. The impracticality of it is even [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] in one episode of ''[[FourthWallMailSlot Help Me, Professor Kokonoe!]]'' |
| 396 | --> '''Kokonoe''': Who the hell goes around dressed like that!? How do you live knowing you're always one slight breeze or sudden cough away from a massive WardrobeMalfunction!? |
| 397 | * ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' features bizarre new outfits for several classic ''Castlevania'' characters. The series has never had very period-accurate costumes, but Judgment takes it to hilarious new levels in addition to outright contradicting established character traits. Highlights include Simon (a 17th century monster hunter) wearing what looks like armored versions of a biker jacket and shorts, and almost nothing else; Trevor wearing an eyepatch not seen in any other game and having his entire upper body being [[TooManyBelts covered in belts]]; Grant (who came from the 15th century) being covered head-to-toe in wrappings and wielding shurikens making him look like a mummified ninja; Shanoa (a witch recognizable for her unholy power source and extremely long hair) being dressed like a nun, complete with crosses and a veil covering her hair; Carmilla, who has a miniature Iron Maiden strapped to her shoulder; and the new character Aeon, who sports comically massive shoes, stitches up the front of his pant legs for no reason, a monocle that isn't held up by anything, a gigantic clock on a stick that goes to 13:00 for some reason (along with a regular pocket watch), and no fewer than ''three'' popped collars nested within each other. |
| 398 | * In both ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' and ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', the player can make some ''questionable'' wardrobe decisions. Nothing says intense zombie fighting action like a pink women's business suit and a servbot helmet. |
| 399 | ** This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FNWm3ML6HU video]] from ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' hilariously depicts the sort of RefugeInAudacity this game can become when it comes to inappropriate outfits to fight the zombie apocalypse in. |
| 400 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' has a lot of strange fashions, which is at least somewhat excused by its {{Retreaux}} style. Still, whoever designed the Recon Armor from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has a rather morbid preoccupation with the human buttcrack. |
| 401 | * Unique and memorable character designs are usually a good thing in fighting games, unless the designers interpret that as "ludicrous, eye-searingly garish and ugly mismatches of colors and patterns for half the cast" like they did in the ''VideoGame/FightersDestiny'' games. Day-glo, animal prints, and odd choices like thongs over tights or full Native American headdresses are just a few of the highlights, and if you're lucky, [[RummageSaleReject these won't all be on the same character.]] |
| 402 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' |
| 403 | ** Tifa's cowgirl outfit was bad enough in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', especially given she's wearing it during a series of events that are generally very dramatic and it seems [[{{Narm}} completely out of place in such a context]]. However, it was made even worse when she appears in it during flashback scenes in the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake remake]], because if you've not played ''Crisis Core'', it's even more inexplicable and doubly ruins the drama. |
| 404 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has, well, every main character except ''maybe'' Balthier, depending on your tolerance for large arrays of coloured rings. Basch is a RummageSaleReject with what appears to be a flattened Rubik's cube strapped to his chest, Vaan and Fran wear "armour" with no actual ability to defend vital organs, Ashe sports a neon pink miniskirt, and Penelo's wing-things ''cannot'' make sitting down comfortable. |
| 405 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' has one of the worst and most baffling costumes ever in [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/e/e0/Cindy_Aurum_Render_FFXV.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170601003930 Cindy]], the franchise's first female Cid/"Cidney". She's a car mechanic in a desert location, yet she wears a long sleeve yellow jacket that goes up to her gloves, yet her jacket is a crop-top and is open revealing her breasts and bra. She also wears charcoal-grey leather/pleather leg warmers and very white calf high boots (that look like cheap fashion boots, not steel-toed boots you'd wanna wear working around grease and oil all day). On top of that, she's wearing very skimpy daisy duke jean shorts with her bright pink thong poking out. It looks like about the most uncomfortable thing someone could wear to work on cars in the desert heat all day. |
| 406 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' |
| 407 | ** Poor [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Nowi]], many do agree she genuinely has a compelling and tragic story, but to most it is undermined by the baffling decision to give her what amounts to a dragon-scale bikini top, short shorts and garter boots, which on their own wouldn't be too bad, had Nowi [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld not had the body]] [[AgeInappropriateDress of a pre-teen]]. While manaketes who look like children aren't anything new to the franchise, her look along with her child-like personality have made it hard for many to take her seriously. |
| 408 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' had plenty of head-scratching fashion decisions that seemed to be made with fanservice above practicality, from [[MsFanservice Camilla]] wearing nothing but panties and long boots from the waist down, to female armor knights also having a similar problem despite wearing otherwise practical and bulky armor. |
| 409 | ** Compared to ''Fates'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' toned down the fanservice considerably, which only makes [[PlayerCharacter Female Byleth's]] outfit even more jarring by comparison. While the male version at least wore a practical if plain-looking outfit, the female outfit has plenty of odd quirks that while not bad if taken on their own, when combined make it hard to take her seriously as a skilled mercenary. These include a large opening around the chest area, a gratuitous [[NavelWindow cutout around her belly]], and a shorts/floral tights pattern that makes her look more like a raver than a mercenary, and combined with her blank expression in most cutscenes, it makes scenes with her in it [[{{Narm}} hard to take seriously]]. |
| 410 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''. The player can take over this role. Utterly serious cutscenes can have the protagonist standing around in any number of insane outfits. The possibilities are in the hundreds, such as: boxers only, a Groucho Marx face mask and tuxedo pants, or even a gimp suit. This last, in a business meeting with his sister. |
| 411 | * Gelu in ''[[VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Heroes 3]]'' wears what might be the silliest waste of leather in video games that doesn't involve players crafting leather swords. |
| 412 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xetp4WsUD6Q&list=UU3Q13RAmFVfDkYOWnnqFM2A And then they put him on the title screen.]] |
| 413 | * ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' doesn't suffer as much, but it does suffer. Upgrading the armors can help make them look more sensible, or a lot worse. There's also a color option in case you think Calista's bright pink armor is too insufferable. Honorable mention goes to the Dragon greaves, which looks like half of a bad Dragon costume that was used at a furry convention. Of course, you could just make them invisible, which just makes the characters run around in incredibly boring underwear. |
| 414 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': |
| 415 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' shows us [[https://www.pidgi.net/wiki/File:Ganondorf_-_The_Legend_of_Zelda_Twilight_Princess.png this incarnation]] of [[BigBad Ganondorf]]: while the character himself remains the DiabolicalMastermind we know and LoveToHate, his headdress gives the impression that he styled his hair in curlers. |
| 416 | ** [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/12/29/2011s-worst-dressed-video-game-characters IGN rated]] the outfit Link wears at the beginning of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' as making him one of the worst-dressed video game characters of 2011, calling it a "burlap sack disaster" and saying that "dressing like an Arizona grandma" was bad for the [[{{Bishonen}} already effeminate]] hero. |
| 417 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' gives the player the [[https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/53598945/zelda_tunic.0.jpg Tunic of the Wild]] as a reward for completing all 120 Shrines in the game. It's basically the original, green tunic, only with dorky, toddler-like short sleeves and pantaloons. Some players found the design to be baffingly underwhelming, to say the least. |
| 418 | * ''VideoGame/MassEffect'': |
| 419 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has taken some flak for putting several ([[{{Fanservice}} female]]) characters in outfits utterly impractical for fighting in. The first game was good about giving characters practical outfits - every team member wore armor, flattering figures be damned. Then in ''Mass Effect 2'' you have Miranda in a sexy SpyCatsuit, Samara in... another sexy catsuit with a NavelDeepNeckline, and Jack with just some ''leather straps'' over her nipples. However, Miranda and Jack have unlockable alternate costumes that are much more reasonable; in Jack's case, she puts a shirt on, and a downloadable costume pack gives Miranda form-fitting composite armor and more sensible boots. |
| 420 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' received similar criticism when trailers featured Ashley Williams not only wearing what essentially came off as the Alliance's version of Miranda's uniforms but also letting down her hair, which would be impractical during combat. There were alternate outfits available, however; though they only added armor and didn't adjust the hair. There was also the form-fitting hospital gown that was see-through enough that her nipples were visible. It really clashed with the tone the scene was trying to set when you visited her in the hospital. |
| 421 | * The infamous Varia Suit from ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion''. What normally set the Varia apart in other games was a more pink color or its trademark tall shoulderpieces. Fusion didn't have the shoulders, so it went for a far more garish look, with a lime-green primary color, with wine-red spots everywhere. [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/metroid/images/e/e8/FusionVaria.png/revision/latest?cb=20061201044809 No, seriously.]] It was so bad that when ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' brought the Fusion Suit back for Fusion Mode, the Varia was changed to be [[https://i.imgur.com/6pu2bJ4.png a dark forest green, with actual pink spots instead.]] |
| 422 | * ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' has a few of these. Specifically, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mkwikia/images/a/a6/Sonya-blade.png/revision/latest?cb=20121213232555 Sonya Blade's primary costume]]. Does Special Forces not require their female operatives to at least wear bras or something? And ''high heels'' too? Seriously? |
| 423 | ** ''Mortal Kombat'' got into the game as early as part 3. Kabal, Stryker, Unmasked Sub-Zero, and especially Shang Tsung stand out the worst, and the weird spandex-y ninja outfits even managed the previously unthinkable feat of making ''[[EnsembleDarkhorse Scorpion]]'' look like a dork. |
| 424 | * In ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndMoon'', several of the alternate costumes after you complete the game have been criticised, most notably the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/7xkefu/is_it_just_me_or_is_this_the_biggest_waste_of_of/ Kommo-o outfit]] for males that you have to have $1,700,000 for the whole set, with some saying that the [[{{Stripperiffic}} main character looks like a stripper wearing it]] or that the outfit looks like a bondage suit despite the fact [[{{Squick}} that the main character is 11 years old.]] Many prefer the girl-exclusive Lurantis outfit despite showing a similar amount of skin due to looking less ugly, while being relatively feminine overall. |
| 425 | * In ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'', the narrator suddenly dons a chicken mask for no reason. |
| 426 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': |
| 427 | ** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity'', most of the [[VillainProtagonist U.S.S]] have costumes that are fairly intimidating, if not exactly [[AwesomeButImpractical practical in a military sense]]. Except for [[SinisterSurveillance Spectre]]. [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ze goggles]] [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb57087/residentevil/images/4/4c/Umbrella-spectre.jpg look goddamn ridiculous]]. |
| 428 | ** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' takes place in a Castilian-speaking village from some [[WordOfGod European country]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that is not Spain]]. Excluding the odd ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' knock off, everyone is dressed like in 18th century New England. |
| 429 | ** Jessica Sherawat in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations''. Black skin tight outfits (with or without high heels) are kind of a dime a dozen such that those aspects aren't worth commenting on, but hers adds the "additions" of one leg of fabric being completely sliced off (wouldn't that cause severe frostbite in cold water?), and a random purple accent on her other leg. |
| 430 | ** As is her teammate Rachel Foley, who wears a similar outfit. While she at least had the sense to not hack one of the legs off for no reason, she's instead wearing a suit that is about three sizes too small and thus can only be zipped up to about her nipple, and has scraggly messy hair with bangs that completely obscure her eyes. It's no frigging wonder she dies within about five seconds of starting their mission, considering she probably can't see and is wearing such a tight suit as to constrict her movements and cut off blood flow to her head. |
| 431 | ** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' has Jill Valentine's infamous [[{{Stripperific}} tube-top and mini skirt]] combo. She has a more situation-appropriate long-sleeved top, but for some reason she has it tied around her waist. This one is actually given a nod in the novel, mentioning that Jill chose this ensemble for ease of movement. Whether that's a good justification or not is up to the reader. |
| 432 | * ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' is the first in the series to allow players to select a male or female protagonist at the start of the game ([=RF2=] allowed you to play as your seven-year-old daughter in the second half of the game). Except...the female protagonist has soda can tabs on her nipples. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Frey_2697.png Um, what?]] |
| 433 | * The ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series, with its insane degree of CharacterCustomization, features equally insane wardrobe choices depending on the player's whim. Including hot dog suits and gladiator helmets. This has the potential to ruin the mood of many story cutscenes. A character's funeral is a hell of a lot less of a TearJerker when it's attended by a hugely muscular ScaryBlackMan [[RealMenWearPink wearing a bra and a miniskirt]] with a [[LampshadeWearing traffic cone on his head]] and [[EveryoneHatesMimes mime makeup on his face]]. ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' allows you to rewatch cutscenes whenever you want, so you can try out different outfits and see what ruins the mood in just the right way for you. |
| 434 | * ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' and its remake/continuation, ''Secret World Legends'', allow you to do this. And given how darkly horrific and serious the game's [=NPCs=] can be, HilarityEnsues. |
| 435 | * The clothing provided in nearly all games from ''VideoGame/TheSims'' franchise are often regarded as ugly, unfashionable or just plain ''weird''. The modding community for the games heavily focuses on creating clothes, shoes and hairstyles to make up for this. Other creators have developed mods to outright hide the developer-created clothing. |
| 436 | * Before wearing [[https://www.pidgi.net/wiki/File:Amy_Rose_-_Sonic_Frontiers.png her iconic red dress, red boots, ring bracelets and bob haircut,]] [[SmittenTeenageGirl Amy]] [[StalkerWithACrush Rose]] from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' used to [[https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/File:Amynew.png wear a green shirt, an orange tutu, violet shoes and spiky hair]], making her look like [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics a pink-colored Sonic dressed like a schoolgirl]]. While this example is more benign than many on this page (mainly because her classic design still has fans), people who are used to her modern design can find it too tomboyish and/or childish for the character, forgetting that this design was used before [[CharacterizationMarchesOn her modern characterization]]. |
| 437 | * The ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]]'' series has been getting worse and worse in this topic with each new entry. It reached its lowest in ''Soul Calibur IV'', specially with Ivy's ridiculous strip-bra. In ''Soul Calibur V'' they seemed to recover from it, although there are still some characters with ludicrous outfits. |
| 438 | ** ''VI'' makes this worse by removing alternative costume options (which traditionally were more modest than the main ones), though Create-a-Soul allows you to make your own. Even Hilde, the TokenWholesome of the series, got a new design that embroiled her in the recent "boob armour" debate. |
| 439 | ** Another real standout was Asteroth's alternate costume in ''Soul Calibur III''. In the first two games, his alt costume consisted of an executioner's hood (granted, one with stupid looking antennae that curved over his back) and SpikesOfVillainy protruding from his shoulders. In three, the hood was changed to a giant claw hammer and the spikes were replaced with nails. Actual giant metal nails. |
| 440 | ** On another note, designs for ZWEI and Viola (''V'') and Groh (''VI'') have been complained about for looking too much like [[EasternRPG JRPG]] characters in a game based on HistoricalFantasy and MagicRealism. Groh particularly has been criticised for looking more like a [[KoreanPopMusic K-Pop idol]] than a medieval warrior from Denmark. |
| 441 | * Who sends a bunch of mercenaries to fight, probably to the death, with paper bags or rubber gloves on their heads? ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' in a nutshell. The most iconic example is probably [[MemeticMutation Demopan]]. [[http://i.imgur.com/f05xm.jpg Just LOOK at it]], and you will see why some of the diehard fans see him as the symbol of everything that is wrong with the game today. |
| 442 | * ''VideoGame/TormentedSouls'': While this Chilean GenreThrowback to classic SurvivalHorror (like ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' and the older ''Franchise/SilentHill'' and ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' games) was well-received, a major criticism was directed to [[https://allgamersin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Tormented-Souls_caroline-walkers-2.jpg Caroline's outfit]], which looks impractical, overtly sexualized and has an anime-ish look which clashes strongly with the dirty and gritty atmosphere. The developers responded with a free update which added a [[https://rusgameah.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/unnamed-file-767.jpg second costume choice]]. |
| 443 | * ''VideoGame/TrailsOfColdSteel II'': |
| 444 | ** Fie is 15, and her default outfit includes a crop-top and shorts, both very small. A more modest alternative outfit is available. |
| 445 | ** Altina Orion's age is not given, but she describes herself as a "younger sister" to Millium, who is 13. She wears a hooded leotard with cut-outs on the front. It would look sexy on an adult woman, but she's a ''child''. She is also a recurring enemy instead of a party member, so no alternative costumes are available. |
| 446 | * ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Diasomnia dorm's school uniform is colored a strong shade of neon green that might take time to get used to looking at. |
| 447 | * ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' has one set of each kind of armor, which looks different depending on the type of vampire and gender you're playing. Some variations are perfectly reasonable, others are odd-looking (the female Toreador's red pseudo-Chinese outfit looks kind of like pajamas, a weird choice for the most fashionable clan) or bizarre. An armor option that's a leather jacket on a Brujah or a BadassLongcoat on a Ventrue will for some reason be a sexy cop costume on a female Malkavian, or a bondage harness and hood on a male Nosferatu. Just the thing for hack'n'slashing your way through hostile vampires, flesh-crafted abominations, and religious fanatics? [[note]] Although there are justifications in the lore itself for those last two, Malkavians being nutjobs who usually show a good sense of humor for whatever that word means to them and Nosferatu being a clan that looks so ugly from the moment of undeath that it beaks the masquerade and they tend to be bitter over it, that doesn't make it any less jarring even for those steeped in the lore upon first seeing it.[[/note]] |
| 448 | [[/folder]] |
| 449 | |
| 450 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 451 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': From Volume 7, Jaune's appearance is altered to give him a more mature appearance. He is given short blond hair, skin-tight jeans and top, heavy knee-high boots, and a more HeroicBuild appearance overall. The fandom's response wasn't to regard his new appearance as cool or badass, but to instead view it as a walking Chad meme -- a reaction that the creators admitted took them by surprise. |
| 452 | [[/folder]] |
| 453 | |
| 454 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 455 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', male [[PhysicalGod God Tier]] outfits range from the [[BoringButPractical basic]] t-shirt and pants of the Heir outfit to the absolutely humiliating codpiece-centred Bard. Female outfits [[DoubleStandard range]] from the tomboyish Thief outfit (which Meenah still complains about and refuses to wear whenever possible) to the Sylph's elegant dress. |
| 456 | * In addition to often ripping on Liquid and Raven's habits of not wearing shirts, ''WebComic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' takes a good jab at the unit's, erm, "casual" dress-code by explaining that Sniper Wolf actually wore a normal outfit [[http://www.doctorshrugs.com/foxhound/comic.php?id=402 until someone shrank it in the wash]], preventing her from zipping it up and forcing her to wander around showing off half her bust. Meryl, having previously been chastized for not wearing a balaclava because of her hair, is not amused: |
| 457 | --> '''Meryl:''' She's dressed like that... and you're gonna yell at me about my ''hair?'' |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 461 | * In Creator/AllisonPregler's reviews of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}},'' this becomes a RunningGag to the point where all of the later seasons have a "Horrible Phoebe Phasion" segment. Lupa even puts them together into a {{Montage}} in the final video. |
| 462 | * Creator/{{Linkara}} calls out ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'' for this in his crossover with ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', because the Baku look identical to humans and even dress exactly like human beings: |
| 463 | -->'''Linkara:''' And on top of that, the original series got away with people who looked exactly like humans because it was a low-budget '60s TV series. This is a multi-million-dollar movie! Buy some damn forehead bumps or something! |
| 464 | [[/folder]] |
| 465 | |
| 466 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 467 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 468 | ** The normally fashion-conscious Rarity gets butterfly wings that quickly go to her head during "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom Sonic Rainboom]]," which leads to her entering the Best Young Fliers' Competition in [[UncannyValleyMakeUp heavy make-up]] and a gaudy Carnival dancer outfit. There is some logic behind it as it's meant to be noticeable by the in-universe audience who are watching from far away, but the poor viewers in real life are forced to get [[https://trixiebooru.org/130989 up close and personal with it]]. |
| 469 | ** The outfits that the Royal Sisters wear to Twilight's coronation in "Magical Mystery Cure" have been criticized for having rather tacky designs. [[https://derpibooru.org/245914?q=luna%2Ccoronation+dress Luna's dress]] is a shade of purple that clashes with the rest of her design, while the crescent moon on her crown has an unfortunate resemblance to a banana. Meanwhile, the swirling pattern on [[https://derpibooru.org/554168?q=celestia%2Ccoronation+dress Celestia's dress]] looks more appropriate for a curtain or rug, and the crown she's wearing instead of her usual tiara is absurdly massive. A [[https://derpibooru.org/247089?q=celestia%2Ccoronation+dress fan comic]] had a ball with this. |
| 470 | ** The pony's [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/1795178 Rainbow Power forms]] took some criticism due to looking like the designer just made their manes larger and then threw sparkles and extra colors at them. This was clearly a MerchandiseDriven move, but the [[https://trixiebooru.org/images/544813 actual Rainbow Power toys]] have far more subdued designs, and the only time Rainbow Power's [[AbortedArc even been mentioned since]] is for a brief gag where it's brought up [[BitingTheHandHumor to annoy an evil clone of Twilight Sparkle]]. |
| 471 | ** The designs of [[spoiler:Twilight's friends post-TimeSkip]] in the show's [[GrandFinale final episode]], "The Last Problem", are disliked due to [[spoiler:having exaggerated eye bags, making them look too old given how much time has passed]]. |
| 472 | * In ''WesternAnimation/SpacePOP'', [[https://twitter.com/spacepopgirls/status/996151955092361217 Rhea]] invokes this to some degree with her steampunk-inspired clothing, but the pinks and purples contrast terribly with the blue of her outfit, hair, and body, while the blue also doesn't contrast ''enough'' with the rest of her to stand out. Her princess outfit is just as bad, with the contrasting purples and pinks mixing with the blue of her shirt, her leggings being solid blocks of blue, and her heels being way too high. |
| 473 | [[/folder]] |
| 474 | |
| 475 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 476 | * The definition of "fashion" (at least in the context of "the fashion industry" and "fashion shows") seems to be "wearable modern art that no actual person would be caught dead wearing." |
| 477 | ** Some designers have admitted that their work is intended for and looks best on hangers, not on people. This is called "haute couture." Fashion is a more watered-down, more affordable version of the same thing with saner makeup, and sizes meant for people that aren't fashion models (who are infamously thin). |
| 478 | * Two U.S Military digital camouflage patterns have received criticism for being this. |
| 479 | ** The first is the [[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/acu-pic02.jpg Universal Camouflage Pattern]], commonly known as UCP or ACUPAT. Criticism is mostly leveled at the pattern's inability to camouflage the wearer in anything other than an urban environment (or, it would seem, [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SHdfHiI00XI/TfZHOFKgl9I/AAAAAAAAEeo/T3cMujwX0s4/s1600/ACU_Couch.jpg tacky couches]]). The Army started issuing uniforms in the [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Operational_Camouflage_Pattern_2015.jpg Operational Camouflage Pattern]], based on the more terrain-appropriate Multicam Arid Pattern to front line troops in 2015, although the UCP is still worn at home. |
| 480 | ** The second is the [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EhUPBrc9naQ/TI5uNE5rFII/AAAAAAAAAg0/SBBtXdI8LCg/s1600/new_usn_uniform1.jpg Navy Working Uniform]]. While Desert and Woodland variants exist, this blue one is intended to be worn aboard a ship. Most point out it would only serve to disguise the wearer in water. This is a bad thing if the wearer, say, falls overboard. That said, the concept of the camo is more to hide stains from engine grease and other such things instead of sailors. |
| 481 | *** They were also to help sailors look like they were actually in the Military, as opposed to wearing repurposed prison uniforms (as in, the uniforms the prisoners wore) that they replaced. |
| 482 | *** The NWU also presented a much more practical, serious case of this trope, as the nylon cotton blend used for the Type I (Blue) uniforms was significantly more flammable than other modern military uniforms, a serious problem in the case of any shipboard fires or explosions. |
| 483 | * Ask any member of the Canadian Armed Forces about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CADPAT CADPAT]] boot, and they'll either burst out laughing or not have any clue what you're talking about. This is because the [=CADPAT=] boot was such an abysmal failure it was discontinued after it's earliest preliminary testing and only a handful of soldiers ever received them. [=CADPAT=] is short for Canadian Disruptive Pattern and is the name of the camouflage worn by the CAF, and it being very effective (to the point the US Marines [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARPAT MARPAT]] is based on it) someone actually decided to put this same design ''on their boots''. It's bad enough it made soldiers look like they [[https://strikehold.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dnd_tcb_catpat_tw.jpg were wearing a onesie]], but the pattern would quickly begin to crumble off in a matter of weeks. |
| 484 | * [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Princess Diana's]] poofy, [[FairytaleWeddingDress over-elaborate wedding dress]] was fawned over when she married Prince Charles, but allegedly, she herself despised it. And with the arrival of Kate Middleton's wedding dress among other things, there have been big detractors of her dress in this day and age. |
| 485 | ** And then there was the [[http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/royal_wedding_hats/wedding_hats_01.jpg hat]] Princess Beatrice wore to William and Kate's wedding. It got so much attention, its sheer ridiculousness almost stole Kate's thunder. |
| 486 | * TheSeventies was an era that American car fans would rather forget as it featured some of the most [[TheAllegedCar neutered designs]] in both the engineering and especially the designing departments. While the early part of the 70s wasn't bad, it was only after 1973 that quality and appeal took a major nosedive and not until 1983 did cars started looking and performing cool again. Garish cars after 1973 were so aplenty that it is hard to include all of them without scratching your eyes out. Notable examples include the [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/1975_AMC_Pacer_base_model_frontleftside.jpg AMC Pacer]], the [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/1972_Chrysler_Imperial_Le_Baron_photo-4.JPG/800px-1972_Chrysler_Imperial_Le_Baron_photo-4.JPG Chrysler Imperial LeBaron]], and the [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/MustangII_Mii.jpg/800px-MustangII_Mii.jpg Ford Mustang II]]. |
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