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* ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver:'' Season 1's "Beaver's Short Pants" has Beaver and Wally looked after by June's elderly Aunt Martha while she's out of town. Aunt Martha is unimpressed by the boys' blue jeans and t-shirts, but gives up on Wally since he's a teenager and fitting in is important. But she takes 8-year-old Beaver out shopping for clothes she feels are more appropriate for a boy his age: a Buster Brown suit, about 40 years out of fashion at the time, complete with BoyishShorts that get him teased at school.
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** Additionally, the Thompsons have tried a few times to blend in when investigating in a foreign country, but their outfits were often too "folkloric", and on at least one occasion, the national dress of the wrong country. Far from blending in, they've been known to attract crowds come to laugh at them. Nowhere more hilarious than in ''The Blue Lotus'', where they come wearing '''17th-century Manchu era''' clothes, complete with ponytails and fans![[note]]They were also holding their canes behind their backs as they walked down the street, making it all the funnier.[[/note]] The result?[[note]]which provides the page image for OverlyStereotypicalDisguise[[/note]]

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** Additionally, the Thompsons have tried a few times to blend in when investigating in a foreign country, but their outfits were often too "folkloric", and on at least one occasion, the national dress of the wrong country. Far from blending in, they've been known to attract crowds come to laugh at them. Nowhere more hilarious than in ''The Blue Lotus'', where they come wearing '''17th-century Manchu era''' '''Qing Dynasty''' clothes, complete with ponytails queues and fans![[note]]They were also holding their canes behind their backs as they walked down the street, making it all the funnier.[[/note]] The result?[[note]]which provides the page image for OverlyStereotypicalDisguise[[/note]]
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* President UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe earned the nickname "the last cocked hat" as he was still wearing a tricorne hat (the kind worn during the Revolutionary War) that had fallen out of style by the 1790's and was replaced by the bicorne hat (also known as the Napoleon hat), and by the end of his term, the top hat had largely replaced the bicorne (at least in civilian wear), making his fashion two generations out of date. Monroe also continued to wear breeches in the style of the 18th century, with a famous 1823 portrait showing him surrounded by his Cabinet, all of whom are wearing trousers (and, given that men's fashion didn't change much in the 19th century, makes him look as much as a ''century'' out of date).

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* President UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe earned the nickname "the last cocked hat" as he was still wearing a tricorne hat (the kind worn during the Revolutionary War) that had fallen out of style by the 1790's and was replaced by the bicorne hat (also known as the Napoleon hat), and by the end of his term, the top hat had largely replaced the bicorne (at least in civilian wear), making his fashion two generations out of date. Monroe also continued to wear knee breeches in the style of the 18th century, with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:James_Monroe_Cabinet.jpg famous 1823 portrait portrait]] showing him surrounded by his Cabinet, all of whom are wearing trousers (and, given that men's fashion didn't change much in the 19th century, makes him look as much as a ''century'' out of date).
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** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate 1985]], where Biff is a CorruptCorporateExecutive, Biff and his gang (still together since 1955) [[http://kissthemgoodbye.net/movie/albums/Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20II%201989/bttf21989-1636.jpg seem to fit in]] more with TheSeventies than TheEighties. Part of this is because Biff's look and lifestyle are based on Music/ElvisPresley's final days. Biff's outfit and hairstyle in the original 1985 in the beginning of the first movie also seem more at home in the 1970s.

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** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate 1985]], where Biff is a CorruptCorporateExecutive, Biff and his gang (still together since 1955) [[http://kissthemgoodbye.net/movie/albums/Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20II%201989/bttf21989-1636.jpg seem to fit in]] more with TheSeventies than TheEighties. Part of this is because Biff's look and lifestyle are based on Music/ElvisPresley's final days. Biff's outfit and hairstyle in the original 1985 in the beginning of the [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 first movie movie]] also seem more at home in the 1970s.
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* ''Series/MadMen'' covers the entire span of TheSixtiess but that doesn't mean that every character gets a new wardrobe according to every years' new trends. The older characters wear the same outfits from TheFifties or TheForties like the three-piece suits of Roger Sterling and Bert Cooper, or the early 20th century shirt with cameo brooch wore by Jurassic secretary Ida Blankenship. Even the gorgeous Joan Harris sticks for most of the show to her Marilynesque wardrobe when it's becoming outdated in the late 1960s (she does eventually upgrade her style in the last seasons).

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* ''Series/MadMen'' covers the entire span of TheSixtiess TheSixties but that doesn't mean that every character gets a new wardrobe according to every years' new trends. The older characters wear the same outfits from TheFifties or TheForties like the three-piece suits of Roger Sterling and Bert Cooper, or the early 20th century shirt with cameo brooch wore by Jurassic secretary Ida Blankenship. Even the gorgeous Joan Harris sticks for most of the show to her Marilynesque wardrobe when it's becoming outdated in the late 1960s (she does eventually upgrade her style in the last seasons).
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* Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': The titular brothers (and even their father) dress in a mostly 60s pulp fashion. Same goes for Dr Orpheus (who dresses like Franchise/{{Dracula}}, for lack of a better term). All of them have had their outdated duds remarked upon by people who avoid the trope. Dean and Hank have both remarked that their fathers ''forces'' them to wear those painfully out of date clothes. They'd much rather wear something more...normal.

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* Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': The titular brothers (and even their father) dress in a mostly 60s pulp fashion. Same goes for Dr Orpheus (who dresses like Franchise/{{Dracula}}, {{Dracula}}, for lack of a better term). All of them have had their outdated duds remarked upon by people who avoid the trope. Dean and Hank have both remarked that their fathers ''forces'' them to wear those painfully out of date clothes. They'd much rather wear something more...normal.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'': Dagwood Bumstead once commented to a man on a park bench about how many "weirdos" were walking around the city. That man couldn't help but notice that Dagwood wears a suit with one giant button on the front of it. It's a single shirt stud in a particularly stiff, formal shirt meant exclusively for white tie and tails. It's not meant to be worn with anything else, and is all but extinct even there, with most modern formal shirts taking two or three studs. (The high-waisted trousers and mandatory waistcoat worth with white tie mean that the four-stud shirts used with tuxedos don't really work.)

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'': ''ComicStrip/Blondie1930'': Dagwood Bumstead once commented to a man on a park bench about how many "weirdos" were walking around the city. That man couldn't help but notice that Dagwood wears a suit with one giant button on the front of it. It's a single shirt stud in a particularly stiff, formal shirt meant exclusively for white tie and tails. It's not meant to be worn with anything else, and is all but extinct even there, with most modern formal shirts taking two or three studs. (The high-waisted trousers and mandatory waistcoat worth with white tie mean that the four-stud shirts used with tuxedos don't really work.)
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* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla:'' In a guest appearance in a crossover storyline, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey Kassandra]] is dressed in a Roman legionnaire's uniform... while on 9th century Skye. It helps show that Kass hasn't gotten much socializing done lately, because her modern day appearance had her in a suit.
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* [[CampStraight Ken]] from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' is very [[RealMenWearPink into fashion]] and pretty much all of his clothes date from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Comes back to bite him in the ass when Barbie starts tearing them apart as part of her [[InterrogationByVandalism interrogation]].

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* [[CampStraight Ken]] from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' is very [[RealMenWearPink into fashion]] and pretty much all of his clothes date from the late 1950s to the early 1980s.1980s, suggesting he might be an older model. Comes back to bite him in the ass when Barbie starts tearing them apart as part of her [[InterrogationByVandalism interrogation]].
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* In the ''{{Literature/Cheburashka}}'' cartoons, Shapoklyak's outfit is very fashionable... for TheThirties.
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* ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'':''Comicbook/SpiderMan'': ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'' was especially bad for this. Seeing almost all the adult men wearing fedoras, teenage boys wearing bow ties, and girls wearing long skirts are especially jarring by today's standards.
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* ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}'': Dum Dum Dugan's trademark derby hat was already old-fashioned for his social class and nationality during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

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* ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}'': ''ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}'': Dum Dum Dugan's trademark derby hat was already old-fashioned for his social class and nationality during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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* ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} is the most extreme example that comes to mind. Although semi-possible as an outfit that a young girl would think is "cool" in the 1980s, the bright yellow trench coat and wrap-around sunglasses became just plain painful as the '90s continued. She did have a more modern costume during her time with the Comicbook/NewWarriors.
* ComicBook/{{Gambit|MarvelComics}}'s costume, with the wrap-around headpiece and leather jacket over actual body armor look, is now becoming a very dated 90s look. It doesn't help that almost all of the other Comicbook/XMen have gotten a costume upgrade over the years except for him.
* ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}; it doesn't help that [[FadSuper she was created to cash in on the disco craze]]. And in 1980, when disco was running down. Dazzler wears her 1970s costume these days, though. Apparently, her singing career got a revival, so she's all glam again.

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* ** ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} is the most extreme example that comes to mind. Although semi-possible as an outfit that a young girl would think is "cool" in the 1980s, the bright yellow trench coat and wrap-around sunglasses became just plain painful as the '90s continued. She did have a more modern costume during her time with the Comicbook/NewWarriors.
* ** ComicBook/{{Gambit|MarvelComics}}'s costume, with the wrap-around headpiece and leather jacket over actual body armor look, is now becoming a very dated 90s look. It doesn't help that almost all of the other Comicbook/XMen have gotten a costume upgrade over the years except for him.
* ** ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}; it doesn't help that [[FadSuper she was created to cash in on the disco craze]]. And in 1980, when disco was running down. Dazzler wears her 1970s costume these days, though. Apparently, her singing career got a revival, so she's all glam again.
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* ComicBook/{{Blade}} wore some really gaudy outfits back in the 70s, which tended to be red, or yellow coats with green pants. His modern look tends to be much more appreciated.

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* ComicBook/{{Blade}} ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'': Blade wore some really gaudy outfits back in the 70s, which tended to be red, or yellow coats with green pants. His modern look tends to be much more appreciated.



* Thanks to ComicBookTime, ComicBook/{{Gambit|MarvelComics}}'s costume, with the wrap-around headpiece and leather jacket over actual body armor look, is now becoming a very dated 90s look. It doesn't help that almost all of the other Comicbook/XMen have gotten a costume upgrade over the years except for him.

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* Thanks to ComicBookTime, ComicBook/{{Gambit|MarvelComics}}'s costume, with the wrap-around headpiece and leather jacket over actual body armor look, is now becoming a very dated 90s look. It doesn't help that almost all of the other Comicbook/XMen have gotten a costume upgrade over the years except for him.

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* ComicBook/{{Blade}} wore some really gaudy outfits back in the 70s, which tended to be red, or yellow coats with green pants. His modern look tends to be much more appreciated.
* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Typhoid Mary originally wore outfits based on NewWaveMusic. In the 2000s, this was replaced with [[HellBentForLeather leather]].
* ''ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon'': Misty Knight still wears a poofy 1970s-era afro (weirdly, though, it's far more exaggerated than her actual style in the '70s). ComicBook/LukeCage, on the other hand, has managed to get his shirt buttoned all the way up.
* ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}'': Dum Dum Dugan's trademark derby hat was already old-fashioned for his social class and nationality during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.



* 616-verse ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}; it doesn't help that [[FadSuper she was created to cash in on the disco craze]]. And in 1980, when disco was running down. Dazzler wears her 1970s costume these days, though. Apparently, her singing career got a revival, so she's all glam again.
* ComicBook/{{Blade}} wore some really gaudy outfits back in the 70s, which tended to be red, or yellow coats with green pants. His modern look tends to be much more appreciated.
* [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]] still wears a poofy 1970s-era afro (weirdly, though, it's far more exaggerated than her actual style in the '70s). ComicBook/LukeCage, on the other hand, has managed to get his shirt buttoned all the way up.
* ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} is the most extreme example that comes to mind. Although semi-possible as an outfit that a young girl would think is "cool" in the 1980s, the bright yellow trench coat and wrap around sunglasses became just plain painful as the '90s continued. She did have a more modern costume during her time with the Comicbook/NewWarriors.
* Dum Dum Dugan's trademark derby hat was already old-fashioned for his social class and nationality during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Thanks to ComicBookTime, ComicBook/{{Gambit}}'s costume, with the wrap-around headpiece and leather jacket over actual body armor look, is now becoming a very dated 90s look. It doesn't help that almost all of the other Comicbook/XMen have gotten a costume upgrade over the years except for him.
* Typhoid Mary, an enemy of ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, originally wore outfits based on NewWaveMusic. In the 2000s, this was replaced with [[HellBentForLeather leather]].

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* 616-verse ''ComicBook/XMen'':
* ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} is the most extreme example that comes to mind. Although semi-possible as an outfit that a young girl would think is "cool" in the 1980s, the bright yellow trench coat and wrap-around sunglasses became just plain painful as the '90s continued. She did have a more modern costume during her time with the Comicbook/NewWarriors.
* Thanks to ComicBookTime, ComicBook/{{Gambit|MarvelComics}}'s costume, with the wrap-around headpiece and leather jacket over actual body armor look, is now becoming a very dated 90s look. It doesn't help that almost all of the other Comicbook/XMen have gotten a costume upgrade over the years except for him.
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ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}; it doesn't help that [[FadSuper she was created to cash in on the disco craze]]. And in 1980, when disco was running down. Dazzler wears her 1970s costume these days, though. Apparently, her singing career got a revival, so she's all glam again.
* ComicBook/{{Blade}} wore some really gaudy outfits back in the 70s, which tended to be red, or yellow coats with green pants. His modern look tends to be much more appreciated.
* [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]] still wears a poofy 1970s-era afro (weirdly, though, it's far more exaggerated than her actual style in the '70s). ComicBook/LukeCage, on the other hand, has managed to get his shirt buttoned all the way up.
* ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} is the most extreme example that comes to mind. Although semi-possible as an outfit that a young girl would think is "cool" in the 1980s, the bright yellow trench coat and wrap around sunglasses became just plain painful as the '90s continued. She did have a more modern costume during her time with the Comicbook/NewWarriors.
* Dum Dum Dugan's trademark derby hat was already old-fashioned for his social class and nationality during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* Thanks to ComicBookTime, ComicBook/{{Gambit}}'s costume, with the wrap-around headpiece and leather jacket over actual body armor look, is now becoming a very dated 90s look. It doesn't help that almost all of the other Comicbook/XMen have gotten a costume upgrade over the years except for him.
* Typhoid Mary, an enemy of ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, originally wore outfits based on NewWaveMusic. In the 2000s, this was replaced with [[HellBentForLeather leather]].
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** [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angel]] [[AngelsInOvercoatsAziraphale's coat]] is centuries old and visibly worn out, but he keeps wearing it because [[TheCutie he's fond of it]].

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** [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angel]] [[AngelsInOvercoatsAziraphale's [[AngelsInOvercoats Aziraphale's coat]] is centuries old and visibly worn out, but he keeps wearing it because [[TheCutie he's fond of it]].
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* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'':
** [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angel]] [[AngelsInOvercoatsAziraphale's coat]] is centuries old and visibly worn out, but he keeps wearing it because [[TheCutie he's fond of it]].
** Anathema frequently wears old-fashioned dresses.
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* President UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe earned the nickname "the last cocked hat" as he was still wearing a tricorne hat (the kind worn during the Revolutionary War) that had fallen out of style by the 1790's and was replaced by the bicorne hat (also known as the Napoleon hat), and by the end of his term, the top hat had largely replaced the bicorne (at least in civilian wear), making his fashion two generations out of date.

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* President UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe earned the nickname "the last cocked hat" as he was still wearing a tricorne hat (the kind worn during the Revolutionary War) that had fallen out of style by the 1790's and was replaced by the bicorne hat (also known as the Napoleon hat), and by the end of his term, the top hat had largely replaced the bicorne (at least in civilian wear), making his fashion two generations out of date. Monroe also continued to wear breeches in the style of the 18th century, with a famous 1823 portrait showing him surrounded by his Cabinet, all of whom are wearing trousers (and, given that men's fashion didn't change much in the 19th century, makes him look as much as a ''century'' out of date).
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* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'': Usually you can tell in which decade the character was introduced by looking at their outfits. The girls that were introduced from the 60's to the 70's wear dresses (except for Denise, who debuted in the 80's), whereas the ones from the following decades wear tees and shorts; Likewise, the boys from older decades wore loafers and suspenders on their pants, whereas the ones from the younger decades have sneakers and cargo shorts. While the older characters can wear modern-style clothing for merchandising or if the plot calls for it in the comics, their default attire is always stuck in the 60's. This also applies to their parents.

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* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'': Usually you can tell in which decade the character was introduced by looking at their outfits. The girls that were introduced from the 60's to the 70's wear dresses (except for Denise, who debuted in the 80's), 80's, but her default outfit is a puffy-sleeved dress with Mary Jane shoes), whereas the ones from the following decades wear tees and shorts; Likewise, the boys from older decades wore loafers and suspenders on their pants, whereas the ones from the younger decades have sneakers and cargo shorts. While the older characters can wear modern-style clothing for merchandising or if the plot calls for it in the comics, their default attire is always stuck in the 60's. This also applies to their parents.
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* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'': Usually you can tell in which decade the character was introduced by looking at their outfits. The girls that were introduced from the 60's to the 70's wear dresses (except for Denise, who debuted in the 80's), whereas the ones from the following decades wear tees and shorts; Likewise, the boys from older decades wore loafers and suspenders on their pants, whereas the ones from the younger decades have sneakers and cargo shorts. While the older characters can wear modern-style clothing for merchandising or if the plot calls for it in the comics, their default attire is always stuck in the 60's. This also applies to their parents.
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See also UnintentionalPeriodPiece and PopularityPolynomial. IWasQuiteAFashionVictim is what happens when a character does move on and is horrified by their previous costume. DiscoDan is this but applied to a character's whole personality.

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See also UnintentionalPeriodPiece and PopularityPolynomial. IWasQuiteAFashionVictim is what happens when a character does move on and is horrified by their previous costume. RefugeeFromTime is a similar phenomenon applied to a character's backstory or origins, while DiscoDan is this but applied to a character's whole personality.



** Superman himself. The "shorts over tights" thing was actually the outfit worn by athletes in the early 20th century and heavily associated with circus strongmen. So the "classic super-hero look" is [[OlderThanTheyThink actually over a century old.]] (And ironically the way that spandex outfits are sometimes worn with shorts brings the whole trope full-circle, with reality becoming fiction becoming reality again.)

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** Superman himself. The "shorts over tights" thing was actually the outfit worn by athletes in the early 20th century and heavily associated with circus strongmen. So the "classic super-hero look" is [[OlderThanTheyThink actually over a century old.]] old]]. (And ironically the way that spandex outfits are sometimes worn with shorts brings the whole trope full-circle, with reality becoming fiction becoming reality again.)



** Supporting character Captain Jean [=DeWolff=] dressed like someone out of a 1940s film noir and drove a matching vintage roadster, but that seems to have been a deliberately retro look.

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** Supporting character Captain Jean [=DeWolff=] dressed like someone out of a 1940s film noir {{film noir}} and drove a matching vintage roadster, but that seems to have been a deliberately retro look.



* Typhoid Mary, an enemy of ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, originally wore outfits based on NewWaveMusic. In the 2000s, this was replaced with leather.

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* Typhoid Mary, an enemy of ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, originally wore outfits based on NewWaveMusic. In the 2000s, this was replaced with leather.
[[HellBentForLeather leather]].



* Several examples: WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's sailor suit, Big Bad Wolf's one-suspender-trousers and Cat-in-the-hat-hat, Daisy's bow, and so on. Admittedly, both Donald and Scrooge's outfits were supposed to be outdated from the start. Attempts to modernize them (as in ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'') have been made, with mixed results. At best. Part of this is caused by a schism of canon among the comic writers: some of them consider the stories to still be set in the 40s and 50s while others insist that they take place in the modern world.

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* Several examples: WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's sailor suit, Big Bad Wolf's one-suspender-trousers and Cat-in-the-hat-hat, Daisy's bow, and so on. Admittedly, both Donald and Scrooge's outfits were supposed to be outdated from the start. Attempts to modernize them (as in ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'') have been made, with mixed results. At best. Part of this is caused by [[ContinuitySnarl a schism of canon canon]] among [[DependingOnTheWriter the comic writers: writers]]: some of them consider the stories to still be set in the 40s and 50s while others insist that they take place in the modern world.



* The Wizarding World in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' tends to be between a couple of decades and a couple of centuries out of touch with {{Muggle|s}} fashions, alongside regularly being clueless about the gender-appropriateness of muggle clothes, leading to an AnachronismStew hodgepodge of clothing depending on the age of the wizard and how much stock they put in [[FantasticRacism holding themselves apart]] from mere {{Muggles}}. Wizard fashions change with the times as well, as illustrated in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. Ron comments on his Yule Ball robes, "Traditional? They're ancient!"

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* The Wizarding World in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' tends to be between a couple of decades and a couple of centuries out of touch with {{Muggle|s}} fashions, alongside regularly being clueless about the gender-appropriateness of muggle clothes, leading to an AnachronismStew hodgepodge of clothing depending on the age of the wizard and how much stock they put in [[FantasticRacism holding themselves apart]] from mere {{Muggles}}. Wizard fashions change with the times as well, as illustrated in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. Ron comments on [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes his Yule Ball robes, robes]], "Traditional? They're ancient!"



* Oliver of the Series/TheBradyBunch, when he appears in ''[[https://scrappydooisfoundaliveinnebraska.tumblr.com/post/623928392772960256/nobody-had-to-die-batman-the-brave-and-bold nobody had to die]]'' is described as a "Baby John Lennon" (with the long hair and the round glasses) and the unnamed narrator describes his apparel as the product of a bygone era. [[BigSisterInstinct She still wants to protect him, though.]]

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* Oliver of the Series/TheBradyBunch, when he appears in ''[[https://scrappydooisfoundaliveinnebraska.tumblr.com/post/623928392772960256/nobody-had-to-die-batman-the-brave-and-bold nobody had to die]]'' is described as a "Baby John Lennon" Music/JohnLennon" (with the long hair and the round glasses) and the unnamed narrator describes his apparel as the product of a bygone era. [[BigSisterInstinct She still wants to protect him, though.]]though]].



* President James Monroe earned the nickname "the last cocked hat" as he was still wearing a tricorne hat (the kind worn during the Revolutionary War) that had fallen out of style by the 1790's and was replaced by the bicorne hat (also known as the Napoleon hat), and by the end of his term, the top hat had largely replaced the bicorne (at least in civilian wear), making his fashion two generations out of date.

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* President James Monroe UsefulNotes/JamesMonroe earned the nickname "the last cocked hat" as he was still wearing a tricorne hat (the kind worn during the Revolutionary War) that had fallen out of style by the 1790's and was replaced by the bicorne hat (also known as the Napoleon hat), and by the end of his term, the top hat had largely replaced the bicorne (at least in civilian wear), making his fashion two generations out of date.



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* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the Northern Water Tribe breaks out old Fire Nation uniforms for the purpose of troops sneaking up on the enemy commander ([[BloodKnight Zhao]]) and assassinating him. Sokka (who's from the Southern Water Tribe) points out to them that the uniforms they have are so old and outdated that they'd never have a chance of fooling the enemy.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the Northern Water Tribe breaks out old plans to infiltrate the Fire Nation Navy and assasinate Admiral Zhao. They use actual Fire Navy uniforms for the purpose of troops sneaking up on infiltration, but since they were captured 85 years ago during the enemy commander ([[BloodKnight Zhao]]) and assassinating him. Sokka (who's early part of the war they are blatantly out of date when compared to the modern uniforms. Sokka, who traveled from the Southern Water Tribe) points out to them that Tribe and encountered many Fire Nation soldiers along the way, has to explain the differences in styles. [[DevelopmentGag The 'old' uniforms they have are so old and outdated that they'd never have a chance of fooling based on the enemy.designs from the original unaired pilot episode]].
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No, this is not the WhiteDwarfStarlet, but rather a character who is [[IconicOutfit identified with]] a type of outfit [[LimitedWardrobe (or just one)]] and have kept the look for far too many years without getting an update. This is common in ComicBooks where the story is set in the "[[ComicBookTime Present Day]]" and the clothes become hilariously anachronistic.

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No, this is not the WhiteDwarfStarlet, but rather a character who is [[IconicOutfit identified with]] a type of outfit [[LimitedWardrobe (or ([[LimitedWardrobe or just one)]] one]]) and have kept the look for far too many years without getting an update. This is common in ComicBooks where the story is set in the "[[ComicBookTime Present Day]]" and the clothes become hilariously anachronistic.
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** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate 1985]], where Biff is a CorruptCorporateExecutive, Biff and his gang (still together since 1955) [[http://kissthemgoodbye.net/movie/albums/Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20II%201989/bttf21989-1636.jpg seem to fit in]] more with TheSeventies than TheEighties. Part of this is because Biff's look and lifestyle are based on Music/ElvisPresley's final days.

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** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': In [[BadFuture the alternate 1985]], where Biff is a CorruptCorporateExecutive, Biff and his gang (still together since 1955) [[http://kissthemgoodbye.net/movie/albums/Back%20to%20the%20Future%20Part%20II%201989/bttf21989-1636.jpg seem to fit in]] more with TheSeventies than TheEighties. Part of this is because Biff's look and lifestyle are based on Music/ElvisPresley's final days. Biff's outfit and hairstyle in the original 1985 in the beginning of the first movie also seem more at home in the 1970s.
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* This trope is a major turning point for the protagonist of ''The Bride of Beverly Hills.'' Priya lucks into a job at a fashion magazine and very much wants to dress the part of a modern working woman, but this puts her at odds with her mother-in-law, who expects her to dress in tradition Indian garb. In the end, her mother-in-law compromises by letting her wear ‘fashionable’ clothes from the height of the disco era, which naturally makes her a [[HumiliationConga complete laughingstock.]]
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See also UnintentionalPeriodPiece and PopularityPolynomial. IWasQuiteAFashionVictim is what happens when a character does move on and is horrified by their previous costume.

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See also UnintentionalPeriodPiece and PopularityPolynomial. IWasQuiteAFashionVictim is what happens when a character does move on and is horrified by their previous costume.
costume. DiscoDan is this but applied to a character's whole personality.
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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' [[DownplayedTrope downplays this]] with Caboose. While everyone else has upgraded to Halo 3 armor and weaponry, Caboose still has the defaults from Halo 1. Anyone not familiar with Halo would just think he has a custom helmet. Caboose's antiquated and more primitive choice of gear actually becomes a ''plot point'' later on in the storyline.

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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' [[DownplayedTrope downplays this]] with Caboose. While everyone else has upgraded to Halo 3 armor and weaponry, Caboose still has the defaults from Halo 1. Anyone not familiar with Halo would just think he has a custom helmet. Caboose's antiquated and more primitive choice of gear actually becomes a ''plot point'' later on in the storyline.
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* Swedish military-humour character 91:an Karlsson still wears a blue uniform (outdated already when he was created in the 20s) despite most his comrades having switched to more modern camo.

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* Swedish military-humour character 91:an Karlsson ComicStrip/NittioettanKarlsson still wears a blue uniform (outdated already when he was created in the 20s) despite most his comrades having switched to more modern camo.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'': Dagwood Bumstead once commented to a man on a park bench about how many "weirdos" were walking around the city. That man couldn't help but notice that Dagwood wears a suit with one giant button on the front of it. (Apparently, this is a holdover from the 1920s, although it's a good bet not many Tropers are old enough to confirm this.) Specifically, it's a single shirt stud in a particularly stiff, formal shirt meant exclusively for white tie and tails. It's not meant to be worn with anything else, and is all but extinct even there, with most modern formal shirts taking two or three studs. (The high-waisted trousers and mandatory waistcoat worth with white tie mean that the four-stud shirts used with tuxedos don't really work.)

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'': Dagwood Bumstead once commented to a man on a park bench about how many "weirdos" were walking around the city. That man couldn't help but notice that Dagwood wears a suit with one giant button on the front of it. (Apparently, this is a holdover from the 1920s, although it's a good bet not many Tropers are old enough to confirm this.) Specifically, it's It's a single shirt stud in a particularly stiff, formal shirt meant exclusively for white tie and tails. It's not meant to be worn with anything else, and is all but extinct even there, with most modern formal shirts taking two or three studs. (The high-waisted trousers and mandatory waistcoat worth with white tie mean that the four-stud shirts used with tuxedos don't really work.)



* ComicStrip/BeetleBailey still wears the standard Army uniform that was used between the late 40's and early 70's.
* Swedish military-humour character 91:an Karlsson still wears a blue uniform (outdated already when he was created in the 20's) despite most his comrades having switched to more modern camo.

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* ComicStrip/BeetleBailey still wears the standard Army uniform that was used between the late 40's 40s and early 70's.
70s.
* Swedish military-humour character 91:an Karlsson still wears a blue uniform (outdated already when he was created in the 20's) 20s) despite most his comrades having switched to more modern camo.

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