History Main / AwesomeAnachronisticApparel

* The Shade and the Gentleman Ghost are both DC supervillains who dress in old fashioned finery. Justified in that both men were actually alive when these clothes were first being worn.

* [[DoctorWho Doctors]] One, Two, Three (pictured above), Five, Eight and Eleven.

** And are often entirely made up in a much later period than what they are supposed to represent, as the national pride reared its head. Needless to say, they tend to be far too colourful and elaborate to have been remotely affordable before the late 19th century.

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* National costumes from all parts of the world tend to fall into this territory.

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[[caption-width:303:AustinPowers ''wishes'' he looked this good in [[TheSixties the '60's]], let alone the [[TimeTravel 4260's]].]]
->"{{Bow ties are cool}}."
->-- '''The Eleventh Doctor''', ''DoctorWho''

* Trenchcoats. Add a top hat for good measure.

* Trenchcoats.

* Captain Jack Harkness of {{Torchwood}}. It's more subtle than some of the other examples on this page, but he consistently dresses in 1940s style, complete with Royal Air Force greatcoat and suspenders.

** Jack Marshall and his late brother Neil wear cowboyesque attire.

* How could we not yet have mentioned [[WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]]?!

* The BadassLongcoat, especially as worn in ''{{Firefly}}''. Practically everyone on the show is wearing clothes from either the 1860s or the early 1990s. Or the Roman Empire (All [[strike:consorts]] WHORES WHORES WHORES).

* The Shade and the Gentleman Ghost are both DC supervillains who dress in old fashioned finery.

* Also a good example is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwUtEEjZJ8&feature=related his stint on Fernwood Tonight]], a cheesy fake talk show from the '70s.

->"BowTiesAreCool."
->-- '''The Doctor''', ''DoctorWho''

* The BadassLongcoat, especially as worn in ''{{Firefly}}''. Practically everyone on the show is wearing clothes from either the 1860s or the early 1990s. Or the Roman Empire (All [[strike:consorts]] WHORES WHORES WHORES ).

* AceAttorney: The Von Karma Clan is very partial to the cravat, [[EstrogenBrigadeBait Miles Edgeworth]] even has a spare with him after [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0gope0VlK1qb0azq.gif Kay uses it as a hanky]].

* In real life, they never truly went away, so they're not entirely anachronistic... but Zoot suits experienced something of a revival in the 1990s, before retreating back to their urban, Black/Hispanic roots..

* In Japanese superhero TV shows (e.g. super sentai, Kamen Rider,) the pastel scarf replaces the cape.
* A whole section could be done about this solely about hairstyles, particularly 80's hair and the duck's ass mullet.

* Trenchcoat
* OfCorsetsSexy
* Arguably the entire the entire reason for SteamPunk fashion, though in its drive to be [[RuleOfCool awesome]], it ends up with a fair amount of AnachronismStew. It's a pastiche of roughly 1850s-1910s fashion, with a generous helping of SciFi mixed in.

* Long, over-the-elbow gloves for women; often called "OperaGloves" (no prizes for guessing at what event they were worn), these were standard accessories of ladies' costume for evening wear (and often daytime wear) from the late 1880's through the late 1950's; they also showed up in the RegencyEra.
* Dita Von Teese is the walking embodiment of this trope. The lady is '''seriously''' into vintage fashions, especially those of the 1940's and 1950's. And it's not just her clothes either; she furnishes her house in 1950's style right down to the appliances, and drives seriously cool vintage cars.
* TomWaits has not changed his style since he started performing in the '70's - and his style was outdatedly cool even then, as he dresses sort of like a 1930's hobo. Take [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZmqbcBsTAw&feature=related this '77 performance]], for example. The backup band is all in polyester and outrageous mustaches, and Tom looks exactly like he does today, except considerably less wrinkly and more attractive.
* Also a good example is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwUtEEjZJ8&feature=related his stint on Fernwood Tonight]], a cheesy fake talk show from the '70's.

* Captain Jack Harkness of {{Torchwood}}. It's more subtle than some of the other examples on this page, but he consistently dresses in 1940s style, complete with [[strike:an army]] Royal Air Force greatcoat and suspenders.

->"Bow ties are cool."

* [[DoctorWho Doctors]] One, Two, Three, Five, Eight and Eleven.

* The BadassLongcoat, especially as worn in ''{{Firefly}}''. Practically everyone on the show is wearing clothes from either the 1860s or the early 1990s. Or the Roman Empire (All consorts).

*AceAttorney: The Von Karma Clan is very partial to the cravat, [[EstrogenBrigadeBait Miles Edgeworth]] even has a spare with him after [[spoiler: Kay uses it as a hanky]].