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There are a lot of ways you can dress a sexy chick to make her even sexier. [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders Cheerleader uniform]], tube top and mini-skirt, or you can invoke the rule of [[RuleOfCool cool]] = [[RuleOfSexy sexy]]. And the best way to do that is put her in a badass business suit. Pantsuits are okay, but suits with short and/or tight-fitting skirts (the better to show off the character's [[ShesGotLegs shapely gams]], natch) are even better; either way, a pair of spike-heeled pumps usually completes the look.

The DistaffCounterpart to BadassInANiceSuit.

Compare TheMenInBlack, BadassLongcoat (and can overlap with), {{Bifauxnen}}, BattleBallgown, SharpDressedMan, KickingAssInAllHerFinery.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Balalaika from ''BlackLagoon''.
* Rin Asougi from ''{{Mnemosyne}}''.
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has both [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c256/10.html Kaede]] and [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v30/c274/7.html Setsuna]] wearing suits on occasion.
** Speaking of which, it's people such as Kaede (during the Mahora tournament) that have officially put tuxedos on the same level as tutus (i.e. the outfit became unisex).
* Benika & Yayoi from ''[[LightNovel/KureNai Kure-nai]].''
* Another Yayoi - NOS agent Matsunaga from ''{{Nightwalker}}''.
* The Major from ''GhostInTheShell'' often wears a formal dress uniform at official occasions. Which doesn't stop her at all from wrestling 400 pound cyborgs and kicking their asses.
** The one time she wears a man's business suit, it's the least flattering thing ever seen on her, and she's only seen in it for a few seconds. On the other hand, she sometimes appears in snappy black jacket and skirt, which is probably the most imposing and dignified thing she has in her wardrobe. And yes, she can kick ass in that outfit as well.
** Prime Minister Kayabuki deserves mention as well. Considering her assumed age, it's impressive how delightfully ''un''-frumpy she looks in her trademark red jacket and skirt.
* Ennis from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}''.
* [[FairCop Misaki Kirihara]] from ''DarkerThanBlack''.
* In ''GunslingerGirl'', [[BadassInANiceSuit Triela gets the suit]].
* Captain "Black Cage" Hina from ''OnePiece''.
* Fujiko Mine in some episodes of ''LupinIII''.
* Sir Integra from ''{{Hellsing}}''. Occasionally paired with a BadassLongcoat.
* Riza Hawkeye from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Admittedly, it's a military uniform and not a "suit" per se, but it's undeniably badass.
** Olivia Armstrong too. She even wears a fur lined BadassLongCoat over the top of her uniform occasionally.
* While all of the main characters in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' don very professional military uniforms by the third series, its Fate in her Enforcer uniform who stands out.
* Cassandra Jill Warlock from ''{{Black Blood Brothers}}'', in the flashbacks.
* Considering they're all High School age in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', Hinagiku fits this trope very well. Maria did the same when she was a student, and when she was using the dress as a PaperThinDisguise.
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': The Daidoujis' bodyguards dress this way.
* ''IonoTheFanatics'': Fletch and the rest of Iono's bodyguards.
* Ayame and Kiri-chan from ''GaReiZero''.
* Pakunoda from HunterXHunter combines this trope with AbsoluteCleavage.
* Rally Vincent from ''GunsmithCats''.
* Kneesocks from ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' is briefly seen in a suit in one of the episodes.
* Technically, ''every'' female Nation in ''AxisPowersHetalia'' when in uniform. The one most seen as such is Hungary, though Belgium and Vietnam also wear theirs once in a while.
* Ever wonder how good a MoeAnthropomorphism of ''Cthulhu'' would look in a low cut business suit? [[NyarkoSan Well, go here to find out.]]
* Koko Hekmatyar from ''{{Jormungand}}'' dons her badass suit whenever she's doing her badass business of arms-dealing.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In ''{{ComicBook/Hitman}}'', Tiegel often wears a suit.
* ''SheHulk'' wears a suit for her courtroom sessions.
* ''GlobalFrequency'' director and ex-spy Miranda Zero.
* Carol "Comicbook/MsMarvel" Danvers has appeared at least once in a black suit and sunglasses, looking very much like TheMenInBlack.
** In the Ultimate Comics incarnation, where she's Director of SHIELD, this is her usual outfit.
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[[folder:Fan Fiction]]
* Some tomboys in the ''FanFic/PrettyCureFanFics'' have been prone to this, particularly {{Bifauxnen}}s such as [[FanFic/PrettyCureHeavyMetal Shugo Kino]] and [[FanFic/PrettyCureHollywoodStars Lina Eastwood]].
** Shugo even went so far as to wear a tuxedo on several occasions, including [[DancesAndBalls the Royal Ball]] from episode 48.
** It's revealed in episode 30 that Lina appeared in ''all'' of her family's Christmas and Easter photos wearing a black pantsuit even in her infancy, and she wore one during her father's funeral and will reading as well (as seen in a flashback in episode 5). Basically, the only sign in these photos that she's even a girl is the [[HairDecorations Christmas tree or flower-shaped hair decs]] she wore in each photo.
** [[{{Shorttank}} Hana Tomonori]] in the in-development series ''FanFic/PrettyCureStrangeHappenings'' wears a tuxedo as her formalwear, as does the ''actual'' resident {{Bifauxnen}}, Sera Himekawa.
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[[folder:Film]]
* Unashamedly [[InvokedTrope invoked]] [[SeenItAMillionTimes too many times to count]] in Porn.
* Pam Grier in her "badass in the room" suit at the end of ''Film/JackieBrown'' (which may explain why she's wearing it on the movie poster).
* In one scene in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', MaggieGyllenhaal is interrogating a guy, while wearing black slacks, a white dress shirt with wide lapels, and a black vest, or, as one guy called it, "her DavidBowie outfit".
** As Rachel Dawes is an Assistant District Attorney, she often wears suits.
* In one of the ''CharliesAngels'' films, Lucy Liu's character wears a leather power suit that borders on fetish gear while pretending to be a business consultant. [[{{Meganekko}} And glasses.]]
* Irene Adler toward the end of the 2009 ''Film/SherlockHolmes'' movie.
** In "A Scandal in Bohemia," Adler disguised herself by wearing men's clothing in order to inconspicuously follow Holmes and Watson back to Baker Street. She describes the suit as her "walking clothes" and implies that she does so frequently to avoid notice.
* AudreyTautou in ''TheDaVinciCode''.
* Sharon Stone in the original ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' when she has to come to Mars.
* Elena from ''FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren''.
* Towards the end of ''F for Fake'', director/narrator [[OrsonWelles Orson Welles]] and his leading lady, Oja Kodar, conduct a dialogue while wearing his-and-her versions of the same outfit: a BadassLongcoat and a NiceHat, in black.
* Former medical examiner turned MIB "Agent L" in the first ''Film/MenInBlack'' film.
* Catherine Zeta Jones as Isabel Lahiri in the second film of the OceansEleven franchise.
* In the 2006 film ''The Sentinel'', Eva Longoria is dressed this way as a Secret Service agent for the entire movie. It's lampshaded at the beginning when she turns up for a job interview in a suit that reveals some cleavage, and her superior chides her for her lack of professionalism.
* Glenn Close in ''Film/AirForceOne'', as the Vice President, even if she's going for more "handsome" than "hot."
* Carrie-Anne Moss as FBI Agent Brody in ''Unthinkable''.
* Hermione (EmmaWatson) wears a pinstripe suit after her disguise as Mafalda Hopkirk wears off in ''Film/HarryPotter [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows and the Deathly Hallows]] Part I''.
* Ariadne (EllenPage) wears a fine suit in ChristopherNolan's ''{{Inception}}''.
* Hoyle in ''Film/YesterdayWasALie'' (see also BadassLongCoat).
* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', Peggy Carter is almost always seen in her dress uniform, and still manages to do quite a bit of ass-kicking.
* Cheryl King (Mariel Hemingway) spends much of ''Film/{{Sunset}}'' dressed in a man's tuxedo.
* In ''Film/StripTease'', Erin's first dance seen was in one of these. Going from the suit to just a bra and panties was perhaps one of the legitimately sexy moments in the film.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Saber in ''LightNovel/FateZero'', thanks to her Master's wife's idea of turning her into a {{bifauxnen}} bodyguard.
* Cassandra Cautery in Max Barry's ''MachineMan''. A {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}} who's as hot as she is amoral.
* Literature/TheDresdenFiles
** Lara Raith often dons a suit when conducting "business" (i.e. manipulating others to her advantage, usually without them realising the extent of her machinations).
** Queen Mab in addition to her supernatural allure and beauty, almost always dresses in beautiful clothing covered in jewels.
** Potentially, Karrin Murphy. What she wears is never fully elaborated on, but as she is a cop, it probably pops up occasionally.

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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Most office-based {{Work Com}}s, naturally enough, will have at least one attractive female regular who's so attired.
* Every single PoliceProcedural drama has women dressed this way on occasion. And, of course, it's a standard part of the HelloAttorney look on LawProcedural shows.
* ''{{Castle}}'' features Detective Beckett. Often lampshaded, especially her 3 inch high heels, to the tune of "how do you run in those things?"
* Miss Parker from ''ThePretender''.
* Special Agent Dana Scully, ''Series/TheXFiles''.
* ''Series/TheWestWing'': CJ Cregg, like, all the time.
* It's a JossWhedon show, so it's not too surprising, but [[spoiler:Clyde in Whiskey's body]] in the penultimate episode of ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}''. Averted by Adelle [=DeWitt=], who wears a suit-like skirt and a variety of ([[FanService often tight and low-necked]]) tops.
* Not to mention the ultra-hot Lilah Morgan on ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
* Cuddy in ''Series/{{House}}'' dresses in a manner similar to Adelle mentioned above.
* Supporting character Agent Audrey Hanson, on ''{{Series/Heroes}}''.
* {{Dexter}}'s sister, Deb, once she gets into homicide.
* Fiona from ''Series/{{Burn Notice}}'' pulls this off a couple of times, most noticeably when they confront some thugs by [[AwesomeYetPractical trapping them in a car with a nail gun, nuking them with a pepper spray bomb and burned a hole through the engine]].
* Shows up a lot in ''Series/CriminalMinds'', although the most consistent provider is probably Agent Emily Prentiss.
* Invoked constantly by ADA Alex Cabot in ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', and occasionally seen with other characters as well.
** One episode involves a sexist judge who insists that women dress "appropriately" in his courtroom. His definition of "appropriate" includes wearing a skirt. And this is far from the worst thing the guy's done during his time on the bench.
* Almost every episode of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' features Sophie, Parker, or Tara wearing one of these as a distraction.
* Anna in ''{{V}}''.
* The "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" number from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' #100 has both [[AlysonHannigan Lily]] and Robin in suits.
** Not to mention an earlier episode where Barney and Robin were hanging out, and unlike Ted, Robin actually listened when told to ''[[CatchPhrase SUIT UP!]]'' To complete the ensemble, Robin also [[SmokingIsCool smoked a cigar.]]
* Glenn Close in ''{{Damages}}''. More "badass" than "hot", but still.
* Agent Olivia Dunham and most of the other female FBI agent characters on ''Series/{{Fringe}}''.
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' after Balthazar destroys his previous host the archangel Raphael appears like this.
* In the American version of ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', there's Jan Levinson, who always wore fashionable pant-suits with revealing cleavage. All the men on the show are both terrified and attracted to her. Angela thinks she's a whore.
** Not to mention her counterpart in the UK series, Jennifer Taylor-Clarke.
** Karen (season 3) frequently dons pantsuits as well, while Nellie (season 8) generally favors the skirt version. Mostly averted with the rest of the female regulars, who usually go with more of an office-casual look.
* ''VeronicaMars'' - the titular character in the season 4 teaser.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Major Samantha Carter, whenever she kicks ass while in dress uniform.
* ''Series/TheAvengers''' Emma Peel, whenever she isn't in a SpyCatsuit
* Lieutenant Colonel Sarah Mackenzie, [[SemperFi USMC]] in ''Series/{{JAG}}''.
* ''{{Glee}}'' - Jane Lynch's lesbian fandom rejoiced over her custom zoot suit.
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[[folder:Music]]
* Gladys Knight in the music video of ''Film/LicenceToKill'' wears a tux.
* {{Madonna}} wears a double-breasted suit in her music video for "Express Yourself", complete with a sexy [[HighClassGlass monocle]].
* JanelleMonae, who essentially considers her trademark tuxedos her uniform.
* [[{{Music/Eurythmics}} Annie Lennox]] in the video for "Sweet Dreams." With crew-cut hair, black leather gloves, and [[FetishFuel brandishing a cane.]]
* FlorenceAndTheMachine wears a tux in the original video for "Dog Days are Over." And then in taken to an even more Bifauxnen level in the video for "Sweet Nothing."
* ShaniaTwain wore a suit in her music video for "Man I Feel Like A Woman".
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[[folder:Theater]]
* ''{{Takarazuka}}'' thrives on the whole "women in suits = hot" thing.
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[[folder:Videogames]]
* Cissnei from the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' prequel ''VideoGame/CrisisCore''.
** As well as Elena from ''Final Fantasy VII'' and the nameless female Turks from ''VideoGame/BeforeCrisis''.
* One of Sheva's alternate costumes in the PC version of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' invokes this, adding [[GlassesGirl glasses]] to raise the level of... [[FetishFuel appeal]].
* [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting King]], of course. Especially prominent in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''. Also from ''KOF'', there's [[ExtremityExtremist boxer]]-[[HiredGuns mercenary]]-[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot housewife]] [[FieryRedhead Vanessa]].
** Mature and Vice, as of their redesign in ''XII'' and ''XIII'', also qualify. They have appeared in the suits in cutscenes from previous games, though. [[note]]Specifically, this was their attire in ''[='94=]'' and ''[='95=]'' before they became {{Ascended Extra}}s in ''[='96=]''.[[/note]]
* One of [[PlayerCharacter Shepard's]] alternate off-duty outfits in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' appears to be a futuristic business suit.
* Although Tiffany from ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' is better known for her ludicrously skimpy [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead American flag]]-themed outfit, her alternate outfit is a suit with miniskirt.
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'': Myyy name is Viiiperrr. [[AwesomeMusic/StreetFighter Criiimson]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJz1775BwP0 Viperrr.]]
* [[MoonRabbit Reisen Udongein Inaba]] from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' wears a suit with a skirt, though only in her original appearance in ''Imperishable Night'', as well as the crushing majority of her fanon appearances.
* Keiko from the JamesBond video game ''Nightfire''.
* [[OvertOperative Spies]] from ''VideoGame/RiseOfNations'' at around the Industrial to the Information age look like this.
* Judith in the PS3 version of ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' can get [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Richter's]] suit as an alternate costume.
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', you can dress a female soldier in the Tuxedo if you want. She even wears cool sunglasses, for no reason. The tux confers absolutely no gameplay advantage, but it looks awesome.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'':
** Resident [[TheObiWan mentor Mia Fey]] invokes this trope six ways through next county; at least during the first case, since she unfortunately [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler gets murdered in the second]]. Don't worry, being from a family of spirit mediums allows her come back, although in a rather unusual way.
** Lana Skye might be the ultimate example of the series.
** Calisto Yew gets a minor note for badass blue business suit, [[spoiler: even if she was probably never a lawyer to begin with.]]
* [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Bazette]] qualifies by being a well endowed mage with a Noble Phantasm and wearing a prim red suit.
** And then there's Saber rocking her androgyny in ''LightNovel/FateZero'', which works so well in contrast to Irisviel's [[LesYay elegance.]]
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' gives us Kyrie. She acts like a CoolBigSis, and she is extremely proficient with guns.
* Akira from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' knows how to rock menswear fashion.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Showed up during the 'Sister' arc of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', when Ellen went somewhat crazy and believed herself to be Elliot's 'EvilTwin.' She wears a sharp suit when she goes out to cause trouble. Dan Shive even admitted in the notations that he had her dress that way because [[AuthorAppeal he thought it was hot]]. [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-08-30 Here's]] the introductory strip.
* Jones from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. Wearing a suit in all of her appearances, and having the cojones (or something) to stand up to a ''god'' in his own territory.
* Serafine Savoy from ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' is tall and wears a snugly fitting three-piece suit, has a BAR automatic rifle [[ICallItVera named Boudreaux]], and is apparently a Voodoo Priestess. Along with her hulking brother Nicodeme, they make up two thirds of the Marigold Gang's elite killer squad.
* The art style makes it difficult to tell how hot she is, but [[TheFancyAdventuresOfJackCannon Jack Cannon's]] mom is definitely a badass and sometimes wears a suit to match.
* Na Yonsu from ''{{Noblesse}}''.
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[[folder:Web Originals]]
* Phase of the WhateleyUniverse. You cannot make her/him wear a dress. Only really expensive, tailored suits.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Agent L on ''[[WesternAnimation/MenInBlack Men In Black: The Animated Series]]''.
* ''{{Batman}}: UnderTheRedHood'' has Black Mask's SexySecretary dressed this way.
* Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs from ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats''.
* Angelica's mom on ''{{Rugrats}}''
* [[WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra Asami]] wears a nice red and black suit unless she's in her racing gear.
* One of Matches Malone's bodyguards in ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' episode "The Mask of Matches Malone!''.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* DemiMoore in that suit she [[BodyPaint "wore"]] on the cover of ''Vanity Fair.''
* Creator/ZoeBell at the ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' premiere, [[http://i47.tinypic.com/37ujn.jpg here.]]
* JanelleMonae
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