History Main / EccentricFashionDesigner

* American fashion designer and interior decorator Iris Apfel was renowned for her unabashedly flashy and eccentric style, [[CoolOldLady which she retained even in her advanced age (she was 102 when she died in 2024)]]. From her extensive work on decorating the White House to even the fashion she wore on a day-to-day basis, her style was very much a controlled sort of chaos, and her signature sense of playful, ornate, over-the-top energy pervaded pretty much anywhere she or her designs turned up.

* American fashion designer and interior decorator Iris Apfel was renowned for her unabashedly flashy and eccentric style, [[CoolOldLady which she retained even in her advanced age ((dying it 2024 at the age of 104)]]. From her extensive work on decorating the White House to even the fashion she wore on a day-to-day basis, her style was very much a controlled sort of chaos, and her signature sense of playful, ornate, over-the-top energy pervaded pretty much anywhere she or her designs turned up.

* American fashion designer and interior decorator Iris Apfel is renowned for her unabashedly flashy and eccentric style, [[CoolOldLady which she retains even in her advanced age (celebrating her 100th birthday in 2021)]]. From her extensive work on decorating the White House to even the fashion she wears on a day-to-day basis, her style is very much a controlled sort of chaos, and her signature sense of playful, ornate, over-the-top energy pervades pretty much anywhere her designs or she herself shows up.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Jumbo Carnation is a flamboyant four-armed fashion designer whose X-Factory creates outfits for mutants. He is known for creating the wing-glove and tentacle stocking.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Rarity has more than a few shades of this: her forte is [[GemEncrusted adding gem-based bling]] to her designs, and she speaks with an affected mid-Atlantic accent, calls everyone "darling", and has a very flamboyant, driven and perfectionist personality with a tendency to dive into obsessive phases when particularly gripped by her work. Granted, she actually turns out to have a more down to earth design sense than her friends when they make suggestions.

Shares a lot of traits with EccentricArtist and TheFashionista, and both sometimes overlap. Subtrope to FashionDesigner.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Edna Mode is a fashion designer for superheroes, and her demeanor is very quirky. Despite this, she's very [[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight competent]] and GenreSavvy when it comes to designing supersuits -- most notably, she doesn't use capes because a number of heroes have been killed by {{Cape Snag}}s.

* The Italian haute couturier UsefulNotes/ElsaSchiaparelli is a living embodiment of this trope in much of her career during the 1930s and 40s. Being a fashion designer who is also affiliated with the {{Surrealis|m}}t movment, her designs included fake bow designs in sweaters, the usage of hot pink with contrasting colors, shoe hats, and dresses that include one with lobster appliques, one with boning resembling skeleton bones, and one with fabric tear designs.

* ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'': Mad Mod disguises himself as a kooky foreign fashion designer named D.D. Ammo in an attempt to control the minds of Jump City's inhabitants. Robin makes a comment on the clothes, saying they're outdated or something.

* Have speech affectations or an accent if foreign. Typically the Eccentric Fashion Designer is a European, Asian, homosexual or ''[[TwoferTokenMinority all of the above]]''.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Rarity has more than a few shades of this: her forte is [[GemEncrusted adding gem-based bling]] to her designs, and she speaks with an affected pseudo-English accent, calls everyone "darling", and has a very flamboyant, driven and perfectionist personality with a tendency to dive into obsessive phases when particularly gripped by her work. Granted, she actually turns out to have a more down to earth design sense than her friends when they make suggestions.

* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Cruella de Vil is a more sinister example of this trope. She's a fashion designer (at least in the live-action films; her job is unmentioned in the animated film, although it's mentioned that she's married to a furrier in the books) [[CruellaToAnimals with a strong penchant for furs]], with her obsessing on dalmatian spots. And although she acts bubbly, she's actually quite [[{{Jerkass}} rude and self-centered]].

* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Subverted by Cinna, who earns Katniss's love and respect by being extremely softly spoken and tasteful (even if he does set Katniss on fire). However, this is played straight by all the other designers and styling teams, who are extremely manic with off-the-wall ideas about how to dress the tributes.

This character is a trend setter, on the bleeding edge, an artist, creator, and auteur par excellence. They can define an entire generation's aesthetic [[FifteenMinutesOfFame (if only briefly)]] and alter the course of apparel. They are also chock-full of eccentricity, flamboyance, opinion and energy. The Eccentric Fashion Designers oscillate between {{Mad Artist}}s / {{Cloud Cuckoo Lander}}s and perfectly sane (but still "gifted") people with many quirks.

* In ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'' (no, not [[{{WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo}} that one]]), Mad Mod disguises himself as a kooky foreign fashion designer named D.D. Ammo in an attempt to control the minds of Jump City's inhabitants. Robin makes a comment on the clothes, saying they're outdated or something.
** Mad Mod was an example in [[ComicBook/TeenTitans the mainstream comics]] as well, especially after he reformed.
* Jumbo Carnation from ''ComicBook/XMen'' is a flamboyant four-armed fashion designer, whose X-Factory creates outfits for mutants. He is known for creatuing the wing-glove and tentacle stocking.

* Edna Mode from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' is a fashion designer for superheroes, and her demeanor is very quirky. Despite this, she's very [[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight competent]] and GenreSavvy when it comes to designing supersuits - most notably, she doesn't use capes because a number of heroes have been killed by {{Cape Snag}}s.

* Subverted in ''Gentlemen Broncos''. Ms. Purvis is a creative and eccentric designer, but her designs are as banal as they are bizarre and her personal style of expression is conventional, almost to the point of exaggeration.
* Lady Holiday from ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'' is very much this trope. In one scene she dumps ink on a model to get the right look.

%%* Pretty much everyone in RobertAltman's ''Pret-a-Porter''. - '''ZCE; Needs Explanation'''
%%* Mugatu from ''Zoolander''. - '''ZCE; Needs explanation'''

* Subverted by Cinna in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', who earns Katniss's love and respect by being extremely softly spoken and tasteful (even if he does set Katniss on fire). However, played straight by all the other designers and styling teams, who are extremely manic with off-the-wall ideas about how to dress the tributes.
* ''Literature/MySisterTheSerialKiller'': Downplayed. Ayoola is primarily an Instagram model who makes and sells her own clothes - and a bratty, narcissistic [[CaptainObvious serial killer]] who relies on her older sister to cover up her crimes.

* In one episode of ''Series/UglyBetty'', a famous stylist hired to pick the outfit for a celebrity baby photoshoot wants to dress the baby in chain mail. He refuses to listen to Betty's objections over the danger to the baby, and eventually {{ragequit}}s when she won't budge (since with Daniel and Wilhelmina out of the office she has authority).

* Gracie from the ''Videogame/AnimalCrossing'' series. She ([[ShesAManInJapan or he in the Japanese version]]) visits your town from time to time, and gives you rare pieces of clothing you wouldn't normally find at the Able Sisters' shop. She tends to call the player "honey" or "darling" and speaks with a deep voice.

* Stefan from the original ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' is a European fashion designer and owner of the Impressions, a high-end clothes store chain in Stilwater. He sports a thick, vaguely French accent, rather campy affectations, always [[ThirdPersonPerson refers to himself in third person]], and likes to [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment repeat parts of his sentences]]. He is also in cahoots with the Vice Kings gang (or rather, he is the personal fashion advisor to one of their lieutenants, Tanya), making him a target for the Saints.
* Rococco from ''Videogame/StyleSavvy'' is [[ShesAManInJapan a man]] named "Pario" in Japan. He's a flamboyant and brightly dressed fashion designer. In the sequel game Pario's design was toned down and became a {{bishonen}}. English translations made him into Rococco's son, Rocco.

* Italian haute couturier UsefulNotes/ElsaSchiaparelli is a living embodiment of this trope in much of her career during the 1930s and 40s. Being a fashion designer who is also affiliated with the {{Surrealis|m}}t movment, her designs included fake bow designs in sweaters, the usage of hot pink with contrasting colors, shoe hats, and dresses that include one with lobster appliques, one with boning resembling skeleton bones, and one with fabric tear designs.

* Rarity of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has more than a few shades of this, especially as her forte is [[GemEncrusted adding bling]] to her designs. Granted she actually turns out to have a more down to earth design sense than her friends when they make suggestions.

* Italian haute couturier UsefulNotes/ElsaSchiaparelli IS a living embodiment of this trope in much of her career during the 1930s and 40s. Being a fashion designer who is also affiliated with the {{Surrealis|m}}t movment, her designs included fake bow designs in sweaters, the usage of hot pink with contrasting colors, shoe hats, and dresses that include one with lobster appliques, one with boning resembling skeleton bones, and one with fabric tear designs.

* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Cruella de Vil is a more sinister example of this trope. She's a fashion designer (at least in the live action films; her job is unmentioned in the animated film, although it's mentioned that she's married to a furrier in the books) [[CruellaToAnimals with a strong penchant for furs]], with her obsessing on dalmatian spots. And although she acts bubbly, she's actually quite [[{{Jerkass}} rude and self-centered]].

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* Jumbo Carnation in ''Comicbook/XMen'' is a flamboyant four-armed fashion designer, whose X-Factory creates outfits for mutants. He is known for creatuing the wing-glove and tentacle stocking.

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Shares a lot of traits with TheFashionista, and both sometimes overlap. Subtrope to FashionDesigner.