History Main / FrillsOfJustice

No MagicalGirl can be complete without a spiffy costume, decked out with frills and bling. While there are a huge variety of styles when it comes to such costumes, the pervading theme seems to be colorful, very girly, highly unlikely fighting gear meant to appeal to RuleOfCool, RuleOfCute, or RuleOfGlamorous and whose impracticality never seems to get in the way of their ability to take out the bad guys. ImpossiblyCoolClothes is definitely in effect here. Usually SuspensionOfDisbelief is required to belief such a costume to be ideal for fighting, though occasionally there will be a {{Handwave}} in the form of an explicit mention that the protection of the outfit is magical.

* ZettaiRyouki

* ''Series/{{Batman}}'' has a peculiar, Western, non-MagicalGirl example: Batgirl's Batcycle. No, ''[[https://www.66batmania.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/batgirl_cycle1.jpg really.]]'' You'd think the curvier fairing and [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple blue-purple]] paint job would be sufficiently femme...

* ''Series/{{Batman}} has a peculiar, Western, non-MagicalGirl example: Batgirl's Batcycle. No, ''[[https://www.66batmania.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/batgirl_cycle1.jpg really.]]'' You'd think the curvier fairing and [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple blue-purple]] paint job would be sufficiently femme...

** In the sequel, ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubHappyKiss'', the Happy Knights wear hooded outfits with pantaloons, small chest bows, puffy sleeves, curly-toed boots and wrist-length gloves.

* The [[GenderInvertedTrope Magical Boys]] of ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'' wear these when they transform into the Battle Lovers. The uniform includes a puffy-sleeved vest, a frilly shirt, a giant chest bow and a heart-shaped brooch, all in white and pastel colors. In contrast, the Dark Magical Boys of Caerula Adamas and the Vepper Twins wear prince-like black outfits.

* [[http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/845/44491325625519df.jpg Ayumu]] (yes a guy....) and Haruna the MagicalGirl s in ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'' with a theme of bows ''lots and lots of bows'' for their FrillyUpgrade they gain {{Heart Symbol}}s and as they put it "Were getting cuter!"

* {{Kimono}}

*** [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_siren_2875.jpg Cure Beat]] gets frills when she does a HeelFaceTurn Watch it don\'t ruffle her costume or hair they make Guitar Rifts when touched.

* BareYourMidriff - A trait that is becoming more recently popular, mainly for older characters.

* The outfits in ''LyricalNanoha'' have distinct military elements, but also have some more traditional elements in their design. For example, the main character Nanoha Takamachi wears a dress with GiantPoofySleeves.

* The ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' some of their fairy forms are very frilly.
* The [[GenderInvertedTrope Magical Boys]] of ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'' wear these when they transform into the Battle Lovers. The uniform includes a puffy-sleeved vest, a frilly shirt, a giant chest bow and a heart-shaped brooch, all in white and pastel colors. In contrast, the Dark Magical Boys of Caerula Adamas wear prince-like black outfits.

* OperaGloves - or other fancy gloves

* FrillyUpgrade - Getting more frilly as the show goes on

**** In the second movie [[http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8136/6e97171829d760full.jpg Her outfit]] takes on a Feather Motif. In ''PrettyCureAllStars DX 2'' her Cure Rainbow Black form resembles this but without the FeatherMotif.
*** [[http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2838/8545853.jpg Cure White]] She only gets a minor FrillyUpgrade for season 2 same golden upgrade for movie 1 and [[http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7333/a38b9a732fbbd0full.jpg movie 2 upgrade]] Cure Rainbow White in ''PrettyCureAllStars DX 2'' uses the same outfit but with [[PowerGivesYouWings Wings]]

* DetachedSleeves

* ThighHighBoots

* The [[GenderInvertedTrope Magical Boys]] of ''Anime/BinanKoukouChikyuuBoueibuLove'' wear these when they transform into the Battle Lovers. The uniform includes a puffy-sleeved vest, a frilly shirt, a giant chest bow and a heart-shaped brooch, all in white and pastel colors. In contrast, the Dark Magical Boys of Caerula Adamas wear prince-like black outfits.

* The ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' some of their fairy forms are very frilly.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[KickingAssInAllHerFinery Nothing says]] "LetsGetDangerous" like a nice PimpedOutDress, [[GirlyBruiser are we right, girls]]?]]

* MinidressOfPower - The norm for this trope

* SailorFuku - ''CodenameWaSailorV'' and ''SailorMoon'' are the first and most obvious examples but as iconic as they are on Japanese schoolgirls, echos of them appear in other designs.

* A frilly skirt or dress. An overwhelming majority of the time this is a MinidressOfPower. "Frilly" can mean pleats that echo the schoolgirl SailorFuku, large ballerina tutu ruffles, flowery fairy-style skirts, airy poofy skirts...and so on. More rare is a tight miniskirt or short shorts.

* FrillyUpgrade

* MinidressOfPower

* AmazingTechnicolorHair

*** [[http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/421/cureberry2.jpg Cure Berry]] [[http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3856/angelberry.jpg Anel Berry]]

* The title character of ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'' wears a pink and white costume with an airy skirt while transformed into Nurse Angel.

* [[http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/845/44491325625519df.jpg Ayumu]] (yes a guy....) and Haruna the MagicalGirl s in ''KoreWaZombieDesuKa'' with a theme of bows ''lots and lots of bows'' for their FrillyUpgrade they gain {{Heart Symbol}}s and as they put it "Were getting cuter!"

A Subtrope trope to PimpedOutDress, subtrope to ImpossiblyCoolClothes. This trope applies to '''{{Magical Girl}}s only''' for anything else, please consult CostumeTropes.