History Main / ClothingReflectsPersonality

* SignficantWardrobeShift - New wardrobe indicates personality change.

* KickingAssInAllHerFinery - Is a {{Badass}} despite dressing elegantly

* OperaGloves: - More often than not is a {{Socialite}}

* BlackBraAndPanties - "''You don't buy black lingerie unless you want someone to see it.''"

* An amusing example would have to be {{Series/Torchwood}} 's Capt. Jack Harkness. Who usually is seen wearing [[ExtremeOmnisexual a belt AND suspenders]], a subtle SightGag about how he can't keep his trousers on.
* Brendan in the movie ''{{Brick}}'' has a jacket that comes off each time he loses control of his emotions, and his glasses seem to come off each time he expects to get "hit" either physically or emotionally.
* Tom's hat in ''MillersCrossing'' is quite possibly symbolic of his wits: keeping his wits about him or losing them in a card game to a woman, etc.

!!Unisex

* Luke Skywalker in the Original ''StarWars'' Trilogy has his primary costume go from white to gray to black as he gets less innocent.

* Gandalf the Gray died in ''LordOfTheRings'' and was sent into the void for a short time. However, Gandalf was "sent back", resurrected by Eru, returning as a more imposing figure, Gandalf the White. After being found by Gwaihir, he was healed of his injuries and reclothed in white robes by Galadriel in Lórien.

* An amusing example would have to be {{Series/Torchwood}} 's Capt. Jack Harkness. Who usually is seen wearing [[ExtremeOmnisexual a belt AND suspenders]]

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple - nothing says "lady" like a beautiful purple dress

* LadyInRed - won't be a ShrinkingViolet oh no Sir
* {{Meganekko}} - a character stereotype: girl with glasses, usually pleasant, smart, ''and'' clever

* VaporWear - the default dress code for TheVamp and the FemmeFatale

* WomanInBlack - probably evil or at least dangerous
* WomanInWhite - mysterious and ominous.

* ManInWhite - probably wise and knowledgeable.
* PajamaCladHero - he either just doesn't care, or is a hapless everyday guy yanked into an adventure
* SleevesAreForWimps - beware of guys in wifebeaters

* BadassLongcoat - More often than not is a londer and stoic
* KimonoIsTraditional - wears kimono = is traditional-minded
* ModestRoyalty - likely to be a kindly monarch
* HighClassGlass - monocle = high class, usually with a stock personality

* StillWearingTheOldColors - wearers uphold the values of their old group

* VillainousFashionSense

'''Sub tropes and indexes''':

* PinkMeansFeminine - or more bluntly: shallow and prissy

* Gandalf the Gray died in ''LordOfTheRings'' and was sent into the void for a short time. However, Gandalf was "sent back", resurrected by Eru, returning as a more imposing figure, Gandalf the White. After being found by Gwaihir, he was healed of his injuries and reclothed in white robes by Galadriel in Lorien.

* RedOniBlueOni - stock pair of contrasting personalities, often [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience colour coded with red and blue]]

** Similar is Gandalf's progress from Gandalf the Grey into Gandalf the White in ''LordOfTheRings''.

* An amusing example would have to be {{Series/Torchwood}} 's Capt. Jack Harkness. Who usually is seen wearing [[AnythingThatMoves a belt AND suspenders]]

* ManInWhite - probably wise an knowledgeable.

* RedOniBlueOni - stock pair of contrasting personalities, often colour coded with red and blue

* RealMenWearPink - are you man enough to get away with wearing girly clothes?

Clothes make a man in Fictionland too. Many tropes are related to how a character's personality is shorthand coded into their wardrobe. In case of uniformed environments, {{Custom Uniform}}s often take the form of this. Especially notable are major changes in personal fashion, which are often related to major mental make overs.

* PajamaCladHero - they either just don't care, or are a hapless everyday guy yanked into an adventure

* ModestRoyalty - likely to be GoodRoyalty

* RedOniBlueOni - stock pair of contrasting personalities often colour coded with red and blue
* StillWearingTheOldColors - upholds the values of their old group

* The so-called "makeover fanfics", where, typically, a canon character befriends a fan character who gives them a total make-over. Cue the canon character realising their "true" self somewhere during the process. The new self is of course [[OutOfCharacter everything we could have never imagined of them]] and likely turns them into a full-fledged PossessionSue.

* Luke Skywalker in the Original StarWars Trilogy has his primary costume go from white to gray to black as he gets less innocent.
** Similar is Gandalf's progress from Gandalf the Grey into Gandalf the White in LordOfTheRings.
* Brendan in the movie {{Brick}} has a jacket that comes off each time he loses control of his emotions, and his glasses seem to come off each time he expects to get "hit" either physically or emotionally.
* Tom's hat in Miller's crossing is quite possibly symbolic of his wits (keeping his wits about him or losing them in a card game to a woman, etc.)

Clothes make a man in Fictionland too. Many tropes are related to how a character's personality is shorthand coded into their wardrobe. In case of uniformed environments, {{Custom Uniform}}s often take the form of this. Especially notable are major changes in personal fashion, which are often related to major mental make overs.

'''Sub tropes and indexes''':

* VillainousFashionSense

!!Ladies
* BlackBraAndPanties - "''You don't buy black lingerie unless you want someone to see it.''"
* LadyInRed - won't be a ShrinkingViolet oh no Sir
* {{Meganekko}} - a character stereotype: girl with glasses, "usually pleasant, smart, ''and'' clever"
* VaporWear - "the default dress code for TheVamp and the FemmeFatale"
* WomanInBlack - probably evil or at least dangerous
* WomanInWhite - mysterious and ominous.

!!Gentlemen
* PajamaCladHero - they either just don't care, or are a hapless everyday guy yanked into an adventure
* RealMenWearPink - are you man enough to get away with wearing girly clothes?
* SleevesAreForWimps - beware of guys in wifebeaters

!!Unisex
* KimonoIsTraditional - wears kimono = is traditional-minded
* ModestRoyalty - likely to be GoodRoyalty
* HighClassGlass - monocle = high class, usually with a stock personality
* PinkGirlBlueBoy - used to communicate the level of girlyness and boyishness in characters of both genders
* RedOniBlueOni - stock pair of contrasting personalities often colour coded with red and blue
* StillWearingTheOldColors - upholds the values of their old group

'''Assorted examples''':

* The so-called "makeover fanfics", where, typically, a canon character befriends a fan character who [[strike: brainwashes]] gives them a total make-over. Cue the canon character realising their "true" self somewhere during the process. The new self is of course [[OutOfCharacter everything we could have never imagined of them]] and likely turns them into a full-fledged PossessionSue.

Tom's hat in Miller's crossing is quite possibly symbolic of his wits (keeping his wits about him or losing them in a card game to a woman, etc.)

Clothes make a man in Fictionland too. Many tropes are related to how a character's personality is shorthand coded into their wardrobe. In case of uniformed environments, {{CustomUniform}}s often take the form of this. Especially notable are major changes in personal fashion, which are often related to major mental make overs.

Tom's hat in Miller's crossing is quite possibly symbolic of his wits (keeping his wits about him or losing them in a card game to a woman, etc.)

->Just because they dress a certain way, doesn't mean they are a certain way, but ladies, that is fucking confusing for us. It'd be like me, Dave Chappelle the comedian, walking down the streets in a cop uniform...
-->- Dave Chappelle

>Just because they dress a certain way, doesn't mean they are a certain way, but ladies, that is fucking confusing for us. It'd be like me, Dave Chappelle the comedian, walking down the streets in a cop uniform...

Clothes make a man in Fictionland too. Many tropes are related to how a character's personality is shorthand coded into their wardrobe. Especially notable are major changes in personal fashion, which are often related to major mental make overs.

* {{Meganekko}} - a character stereotype: girl with glasses, "usually pleasant, smart, ''and'' clever"

!!Development
* StepfordMakeover [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=w47s23pyc4jrygf82bpi8uf4 YKTTW]] - wardrobe changes when a character is brainwashed to have a different personality
* StripedPanties

* The so-called "makeover fanfics", where, typically, a canon character befriends a fan character who [[strike: brainwashes]] gives them a total make-over. Cue the canon character realising their "true" self somewhere during the process. The new self is of course [[OutOfCharacter everything we could have never imagined of them]] and likely turns them into a full-fledged PossessionSue.