History Main / AwesomeAnachronisticApparel

See also KimonoIsTraditional, GorgeousPeriodDress and ElegantGothicLolita.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'' inverts this with most of the cast dressed in kimono way ahead of the Heian period the game is set in... except maybe Seimei who vaguely resembles a government official of the time.

* Captain Jack Harkness of ''Series/{{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. It's worth noting that his timeframe of origin is the ''51st'' century, so he presumably just likes the style. And when he has to wear more normal and contemporary clothing for a time in ''[[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]'', he is NOT happy about it.
** He spends the entire time pouting until Ianto finds replacements.
** It could also be because that's the clothing he met the Doctor and Rose in.
** It has been speculated in-universe that Jack's fashion sense has a FreudianExcuse of some sort. Owen probably put it best.
** Seems to be something he picked up on his second trip through the 1940's as when he joined up with The Ninth Doctor and Rose, he opted for jeans and t-shirt.

** In ''[[Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay Miracle Day]]'', he attracts the attention of a gay bartender with his signature greatcoat. Yes, he's wearing it while everybody is on a lookout for someone who looks like him (and he's also the only mortal man in the world).
** His evil ex-boyfriend, Captain John Hart, favors a '50s-style greaser outfit, cowboy boots, and a Hussar jacket (both him and Jack are pictured above).

Authors want their characters to stand out, and there's various tropes that can be used to make their look distinctive. One such way that says a lot about a character's... well, ''character''... is for them to purposely use an OutdatedOutfit in everyday life. Rather than a suit and tie, they'll wear finery from London in the 1850s. Instead of a dress, how about a ceremonial Kimono? Instead of business attire, go to meetings decked out in pompous regal clothing from the Renaissance. Regional chic from past times works as well: a character wearing cowboy gear is sure to look cool and stand out. ValuesDissonance will often determine how this trope applies: berets are pretty cool in North America, but in France and Spain they are more often thought of as old-fashioned.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} with Miaka and Yui (and presumably the other two priestesses as well), who are both dressed in their modern-day school uniforms. These wouldn't stand out ordinarily, but when you consider that most of the book is set in ancient China, then you get the picture. At one point, Tamahome plucks at Miaka's bra strap and says "What's this?" Miaka's reaction is to call him a pervert and give him an uppercut.

* Inverted in ''Manga/InuYasha'', with Kagome wearing modern day clothes in feudal era Japan.

** Inverted with several characters, like Winry and Ed, who dress in modern fashion by default. They'll occasionally switch to period-typical attire. In the ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' anime, people on [[spoiler:our side of the Gate]] dress in 1930s fashion that contrasts with the brighter and more modern clothes from Amestris.
* Inverted in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'': Miaka and Yui (and presumably the other two priestesses as well) were both dressed in their modern-day school uniforms. These wouldn't stand out ordinarily, but when you consider that most of the book is set in ancient China, then you get the picture. At one point, Tamahome plucks at Miaka's bra strap and says "What's this?" Miaka's reaction is to call him a pervert and give him an upper-cut.
** Also when Tamahome [[spoiler:is in modern-day Tokyo]], everybody stares at him as he's in his battle armour, trying to [[spoiler:get back to help Tasuki and Chichiri, after finding that Mitsukake and Hotohori have died]].

* Eva from ''[[Anime/{{Memories}} Magnetic Rose]]'' dresses in gorgeous dresses that are decades, if not centuries, out of date. So do her lover Carlos and their peers. However, Eva's opera career was from the 2000s-to-2030s. She even lived long enough for holograms and space travel to become commonplace.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'', where the main character wears modern clothes in a feudal setting… [[RuleOfCool For no reason other than that it looks cool.]] [[WordOfGod According to the author]], ''Mushishi'' was originally set in the modern day, but they forgot to change Ginko's clothes when the comic changed to the feudal era. And, no, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight nobody ever says anything]].
** The fact that no one says anything might just well be justified given his career. He's a drifter that deals with ethereal beings. His clothes are the least interesting character trait he possesses. Not to mention, seeing some of the technology that shows up every now and then, it's not hard to believe Japan has been introduced to western fashion.
* Discussed in ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish''; everyone from Amamizukon gets a makeover except Chieko. Kurako explains that while her traditional Japanese dress style is unfashionable when surrounded by the otaku style of the others, it becomes stylish when surrounded by stylish people.

* In ''Animation/TheSnowQueen1957'' the story takes place in the mid 19th century, but the garden sorceress and the prince and princess are dressed in mid 18th century styles. Even the [[PrettyInMink white ermine muff]] the princess gives Gerda is in a style from a few decades before ([[CyclicTrope though it would become popular again in a few decades]]).

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* Wil of ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' and his "several cloaks."
** Also, the Horrible Revelation, a bar that rents Victorian suits and dresses. (Which appears specifically [[AuthorAppeal because the author loves drawing them]].)
** And then when Wil goes to interview for a job at said bar wearing a hilariously outdated suit, he's hired [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1480 on the spot,]] and is seen wearing it in every subsequent appearance at work.

* [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Caboose from ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''. Since the show was originally filmed in Halo 1, everyone started out with Mark V Armor and an Assault Rifle, and upgraded to the Mark VI and Battle Rifle as the show went on. For whatever reason, Caboose prefers the original setup and doesn't upgrade with everyone else. It's originally implied that he was just too stupid to realize he needed an upgrade, but after being forcibly upgraded he gets excited when he gets to switch back to a Mark V helmet.

** Inverted with several characters, like Winry and Ed, who dress in modern fashion by default. They'll occasionally switch to period-typical attire. In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]], people on [[spoiler:our side of the Gate]] dress in 1930s fashion that contrasts with the brighter and more modern clothes from Amestris.

* Inverted - Miaka and Yui (and presumably the other two priestesses as well) in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' were both dressed in their modern day school uniforms. These wouldn't stand out ordinarily, but when you consider that most of the book is set in ancient China, then you get the picture. At one point, Tamahome plucks at Miaka's bra strap and says 'What's this?' Miaka's reaction is to call him a pervert and give him an upper-cut.
** Also when Tamahome [[spoiler:is in modern day Tokyo]], everybody stares at him as he's in his battle armour, trying to [[spoiler:get back to help Tasuki and Chichiri, after finding that Mitsukake and Hotohori have died]].

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* In ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', Barty Crouch Jr. manages to invoke this trope in spite of the ''Harry Potter'' Wizarding World at large arguably already being an example — he shows up to [[spoiler: the Frost Fair]] wearing a ruby-colored Conquistador's helmet on top of his iconic [[RedIsViolent crimson robes]].

*** Doctors One (Edwardian-style frock coat, waistcoat and cravat), Two (a shabbier and slightly more informal version of One's look, with a bowtie, jacket instead of frock coat, and no waistcoat), Three (velvet smoking jacket, ascot, and ruffled shirt with lace cuffs, sometimes with a huge opera cloak), Five (Edwardian cricketer's costume and Panama hat), Eight (frock coat, waistcoat and cravat, but with a more transatlantic cut than One), and Eleven (tweed sports jacket with leather elbow patches and a bowtie, later replaced with a fully neo-Victorian three-piece suit and velvet-trimmed overcoat). Doctors Four, Six and arguably Seven subverted this trope with bohemian outfits that were ''never'' in style. Nine, Ten and Twelve avert this with a leather jacket (Nine) and contemporary suits (Ten and Twelve) which become anachronistic to their surroundings, while Thirteen wears an eccentric but fairly current ensemble described by one fan as "looking as if she raided a Uniqlo". Nine [[ChangedMyJumper dealt with it]] in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead The Unquiet Dead]]", and tends to end up in situations where his jacket is very out of style - although its most ill-advised outing was to Blitz-era London, as it is actually a [[PuttingOnTheReich WWII German Kriegsmarine jacket]]. Jack openly mocks him for going around in the Blitz dressing like a ''[[IdiotBall U-Boat Captain!]]''

*** Something of a running joke with Ian and Barbara in the First Doctor's tenure - while being both ordinary humans from modern-day Earth, they would pick up various items from their travels, and the Doctor giving them permission to raid the TARDIS wardrobe is a significant point in his CharacterDevelopment from a total {{Jerkass}} into a much more reasonable EccentricMentor. As a result, they tend to wear incredibly inappropriate clothing everywhere, usually just for fun, with Barbara usually preferring alien clothing and Ian historical clothing. Barbara spends "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E3TheEdgeOfDestruction The Edge Of Destruction]]" dressed like a male [[InhumanlyBeautifulRace Thal]] (from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]"), Ian wears an ancient Chinese jacket while running around Marinus, and he selects a silly-looking Victorian greatcoat to wear outside in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E4MarcoPolo Marco Polo]]", insisting he just fell in love with it. The Doctor [[CommonalityConnection compliments him on his taste]] and tells him he got it from Music/GilbertAndSullivan.
*** Dodo raids the TARDIS wardrobe (without permission, much to the Doctor's irritation) before her first adventure, set aboard a {{Generation Ship|s}} around the time of the sun going supernova. She spends the whole story wearing Ian's [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight of Jaffa]] tabard, for which both the Doctor and Steven criticise her - Steven's reasons being because it's inappropriate, and the Doctor's being in case she ruins it and they need it later. In her case, it's less to emphasise her coolness and more to emphasise [[CloudCuckooLander just how utterly weird she is]].

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'''s Cosmo Kramer wears casual clothing from roughly the [[TheSixties 60s]] and [[TheSeventies 70s]] throughout the [[TheNineties 90s]]. At one point, Kramer's regular clothes, while still casual, made it appear to office employees that he was working with them in an office with 90s formal business wear. Michael Richards, Kramer's portrayer, once rationalized this by explaining that his character developed a severe case of agoraphobia as a very young man and [[LimitedWardrobe never again went out to buy new clothes]] - [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness although this goes against many episodes where Kramer is perfectly fine with being outside]] (one episode has him walking around on a ''highway'').

* Wrestling/DeuceNDomino dressed like GreaserDelinquents out of the [[TheFifties 1950s]]...in 2007. Their female companion, [[Wrestling/KaraDrew Cherry]], wore roller skates - which, while currently making a comeback, are no longer unself-consciously cool.

* Many outfits in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series, especially more evident since the game made the jump to 3D. The game's {{Zeerust}} aesthetic provides a double-whammy of this - fashion never advanced beyond the 1950's even before the apocalypse in 2077, and those pre-War park stroller clothes or trench coats and fedoras certainly look weird against the radioactive ruins of America a century later.

** A particularly egregious case is Shoyō and his post-Awakening HighClassGlass, which is incorrect on ''oh so many levels'' – first for not yet being invented in the first place, second for appearing in pre-Edo Japan despite being strictly Western – but gets accepted anyway due to its adding to his sex appeal.

* The flower seller in the fourth ''VideoGame/DetectivesUnited'' game dresses like an extra from the Renaissance faire, which makes a cute gimmick as she goes around with her basket of blue roses to sell to people. [[spoiler:Except it's not a gimmick - she dresses this way as a hint that things are really not right in the town they're investigating, and she is one of the residents who has been most heavily affected by the hallucinogenic pollen of the roses she sells.]]

** In addition to his usual mauve-colored double-breasted suit, ComicBook/TheJoker also went around in a boater hat and raccoon coat on some occasions - an ensemble that hasn't been cool since the early 1930s at the very latest.

** The ComicBook/{{Shade}} and the [[Characters/{{Hawkman}} Gentleman Ghost]] are both supervillains who dress in old fashioned finery. Justified in that both men were actually alive when these clothes were first being worn. Especially the Gentleman Ghost -- being a ghost, he's nothing but a walking set of late-19th century finery, with top hat and [[HighClassGlass monocle]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/HoppityHooper'', Fillmore the bear is (half-)dressed in a UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar uniform.

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* A major part on why the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily British Royalty]] are such a major tourist magnet; despite the UK being an advanced, global power, there are many important historic ceremonies still practised where the Royals dress in elaborate costumes that would remind modern people of Disney fairytales.
* Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter often appears in costumes that resemble outdated fashions.
* The cravat, which is now relegated to formal use since most people find it either too old-fashioned or for stodgy teachers/politicians.
** Bow ties, with or without a cravat, are also perceived as being notoriously difficult to tie (even though the actual knot is the same you use for your shoes). In an age when many men refuse to bother with even an ordinary necktie, a bow tie is simply beyond the pale, and rarely seen except as part of a tuxedo ensemble.
* In real life, Zoot Suits never truly went away, so they're not entirely anachronistic, but experienced something of a revival in the 1990s before retreating back to their urban, Black/Hispanic roots.
* Anything to do with ninja or samurai, at any time, anywhere. Especially since ninja outfits were invented by someone other than actual ninjas, who dressed as peasants to blend in.
* Lampshaded and parodied, yet still works with superhero capes. As well as the short shorts contrasting with the tights' color i.e. UnderwearOfPower.
* In Japanese superhero TV shows (e.g. Franchise/SuperSentai, Franchise/KamenRider) the pastel scarf replaces the cape (though three Sentai teams have used capes, and Knight and Femme from ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' wore capes as well).
* A whole section could be done about this solely about hairstyles, particularly EightiesHair and the duck's ass mullet.
* Franchise/{{Zorro}} costumes are inherently cool.
* Fedora hats, which fell out of mainstream fashion before TheSixties but have lately come into vogue with the hipster crowd. On a similar note, thin ties.
** Though it's worth noting that the hat hipsters call a 'fedora' is actually a trilby.
* Creator/GKChesterton's cape and swordstick.
* [[ConspicuousTrenchcoat Trenchcoats]]. Add a fedora for good measure. Justified and no longer conspicuous if you're in the rainy season of a rainy climate.
* OfCorsetsSexy.
* Arguably 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.
* {{Waistcoat|OfStyle}}s and pocketwatches (though the latter has seen a modernised revival in the form of [[UsefulNotes/GoingMobile smartphones]]).
* Long, over-the-elbow gloves for women; often called "opera gloves" (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 1880s through the late 1950s; they also showed up in the [[RegencyEngland Regency era]]. Other HighClassGloves styles count as well.
* Creator/DitaVonTeese is the walking embodiment of this trope. The lady is '''seriously''' into vintage fashions, especially those of the 1940s and 50s. And it's not just her clothes either; she furnishes her house in 1950s style right down to the appliances, and drives seriously cool vintage cars.
* Music/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 1930s hobo. Take [[https://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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwUtEEjZJ8&feature=related his stint on Fernwood Tonight]], a cheesy fake talk show from the '70s.
* Music/{{Prince}} and The Revolution did this in TheEighties, in RummageSaleReject style. And it worked.
* National costumes from all parts of the world tend to fall into this territory and are often entirely made up in a much later period than what they are supposed to represent, as the national pride rears its head. Needless to say, they usually tend to come across as far too colourful and elaborate to have been remotely affordable [[NewerThanTheyThink before the late 19th century]].
** The [[http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/15593/img_5602.jpg Swiss Guard full-dress uniform]] looks like a cross between a clown costume and medieval hose and tunic combo. The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Swiss_Guardsman_in_regular_duty_uniform.jpg/340px-Swiss_Guardsman_in_regular_duty_uniform.jpg everyday working uniform]] is somewhat more restrained in colour but equally old-fashioned in detail. The design is also directly descended from the outfits [[OlderThanTheyThink worn by their predecessors in Medieval/Renaissance Europe]].
** Exception: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barong_Tagalog Barong Tagalog]], the UsefulNotes/{{Philippine|s}} National attire for men, is very regularly seen in most formal occasions and government meetings even when the attire itself predates the Philippines's discovery. It was created using thin fabrics and is a very necessary answer to the West's thick and heavy 3-piece suit because of the Philippines' hot and humid weather.
** While the traditional ''kimono'' as known today (and its variants) can be traced to the late 19th-early 20th Century, its origins can be traced to Chinese-inspired clothing around the Nara and Heian periods.
* Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM are often written about and interviewed as leading examples of steampunk style.
* Cowboy outfits are actually a subversion: Real cowboys in the American Midwest still wear outfits similar to what one would wear during the 19th century (though to what extent depends on the activities they're performing), due to practicality reasons. They often stand out when venturing abroad.
* [[NiceHat Fezzes.]] They were the height of fashion in 17th century Turkey; anyone who wears them nowadays is either trying to seem quirky, or just likes the style. Or they're cosplaying the [[Series/DoctorWho Eleventh Doctor]]. Or it's a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Cooper Tommy Cooper]].[[note]]Unless it's Memorial Day, in which case they're likely a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shriners Shriner]].[[/note]]
** They can also be used to [[VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis follow a person in a crowd]].
** JustifiedTrope: the Ottoman Empire once wanted to define its culture more clearly, in opposition to Europe's culture. So they picked a style of hat from Morocco, a territory they did not currently own (so they wouldn't be playing favorites), and decreed that the fez would be the official hat of the Ottoman Empire. Europeans wore them when they wanted to be decadent Orientalists. Then it became a DeadHorseTrope in the early 20th century when Turkey suddenly no longer wanted to be Ottoman, and Ataturk made a famous speech about how rotten the fez was and why Turks wouldn't wear them any more. In short, don't wear a fez if you're in Turkey unless you want to make a very dangerous political statement.
* Vic Reeves is basically a clothes horse and so can pull off any style he wishes but he tends to look best in outdated tweed suits, New Romantic outfits with lots of lace round the collar and cuffs, a very frilly cravat and velvet (usually purple) jacket or a waistcoat with almost anything.
* French mathematician and politician Cédric Villani always appears in public wearing a massive purple ascot tie and an assorted large spider-shaped amber brooch in addition to his unkept beard and shaggy neck-length hair. He isn't nicknamed "The Lady Gaga of Maths" for nothing.
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See also GorgeousPeriodDress and ElegantGothicLolita.

* The yellow jumpsuit with the black stripes down the sides originally worn by Bruce Lee in ''Film/GameOfDeath'', but used again in ''Film/KillBill Vol 1.'' True, it's not exactly "anachronistic", but more "nostalgic" and "intimately associated with [[TheSeventies its era]]."

* Film/{{Willy Wonka|AndTheChocolateFactory}} dresses in a top hat and frock coat of the sort worn in Victorian times, though somewhat more colourful and gaudy.
* The wizarding world in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films has some of this, though somewhat less than the books. It's mostly seen in [[BlueBlood aristocratic "pure-blood" families]] like the Malfoys.
* In ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Steve's hair and uniform are reminiscent of the 1940s. Justified, since he was frozen in 1944 and thawed out in modern time.

* The very jarring appearance of a pair of pink Converse All-Stars during a ShoppingMontage in ''Film/MarieAntoinette''. (This is said to have been a deliberate choice by the director, Sofia Coppola, who was trying to show how the young queen was really just an ordinary teenage girl underneath the crazy wigs.)
* By the time of ''Film/UniversalSoldierDayOfReckoning'', the [[SuperSoldier UniSols]] have forgone the awesome firepower that they're used to, along with the advanced body armour and combat rags, and have gone completely old school. They look less like a professional army, and more like a guerrilla army, with clothing and equipment taken from different time periods, ranging from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII to [[UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar Operation Desert Storm]]. Their weapons even reflect this as well, with lots of Vietnam War Era M16s and AK-47s. Scott 3.0 runs around wearing clothing components from infantrymen in World War II, along with combat boots from UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Era. Deveraux himself goes the route of [[Film/ApocalypseNow Colonel Kurtz]] by wearing an M65 Field Jacket, along with matching pants and combat boots.

* Downplayed by ''Film/{{Stoker}}'''s protagonist, India, who wears pretty dresses (never pants) that would be in style in the 1940s and 1950s, and saddle shoes. This isn't particularly noticeable until you see her next to her classmates, all of whom dress in clothes that are popular in TheNewTens.

** The ComicBook/{{Shade}} and the ComicBook/GentlemanGhost are both supervillains who dress in old fashioned finery. Justified in that both men were actually alive when these clothes were first being worn. Especially the Gentleman Ghost -- being a ghost, he's nothing but a walking set of late-19th century finery, with top hat and [[HighClassGlass monocle]].

* {{Steampunk}} ChapHop artist Music/ProfessorElemental usually dresses in the style of a [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain late 1800's]] GentlemanAdventurer: khaki shirt and shorts, with a pith helmet and Franchise/SherlockHolmes pipe.

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* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' is set in the modern day, but ever since Matsuri became an exorcist {{ninja}}, he's favored traditional Japanese clothes (his casual outfit is a robe, loose shorts, and sandals). Matsuri also wears a {{fundoshi}} as underwear with any outfit, even underneath his school uniform and battle suit, and he specifically considers it a tradition of the trade. Seigen and Muga likewise wear kamishimo, the former also with a fundoshi, though the latter only while training. Amusingly, Soga is an exception, as his outerwear is contemporary at all times, and [[DefiedTrope despite Matsuri's expectations, so is his underwear]].

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' is set in the modern day, but ever since Matsuri became an exorcist {{ninja}}, he's favored traditional Japanese clothes (his casual outfit is a robe, loose shorts, and sandals). Matsuri also wears a {{fundoshi}} as underwear with any outfit, even underneath his school uniform and battle suit, and he specifically considers it a tradition of the trade. Seigen and Muga likewise wear kamishimo, and Matsuri mentions the former also wears a fundoshi. Amusingly, Soga is an exception, as his outerwear is contemporary, and [[DefiedTrope despite Matsuri's expectations, so is his underwear]].

* InvertedTrope in ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba''. BigBad Muzan Kibutsuji wears a fedora in Japan's Taisho era.

* ''Series/SchittsCreek'' presents an interesting case with the Rose family. Since they lost their wealth in 2015 when the show began, they have not been able to buy new clothes. All four members of the family, however, have retained their lavish wardrobes, which have become more and more anachronistic as the series progresses. Alexis, in particular, wears clothes that would be the height of fashion at Coachella circa 2007. Showrunner Creator/DanielLevy and costume designer Deb Hanson make sure that the Roses wear real high-end designer pieces from pre-2015, which they obtain on resale sites.

A SisterTrope to DiscoDan (a character's whole ''personality'' is stuck in a bygone era) and FanOfThePast.

* Lampshaded, parodied, yet still works with superhero capes. As well as the short shorts contrasting with the tights' color i.e. UnderwearOfPower.

* {{Waistcoat|OfStyle}}s and pocketwatches.

A SisterTrope to DiscoDan (a character's whole ''personality'' is stuck in a bygone era).

* Ryougi Shiki of ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'' wears a kimono (usually light blue) under a bitchin' red leather jacket with fur fringe.

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** Played with by Alphonse Elric. Though he doesn't wear it by choice, Al walks around in a full suit of medieval battle armor, much to the surprise and commentary of others. Due to his naive, idealistic, chivalrous worldview and nobility (one character even envisioning him as a literal PrinceCharming), the armor is surprisingly appropriate, and no one disputes that he pulls it off with considerable awesome, to the point that he is frequently mistaken for his famously talented in-universe MemeticBadass brother Ed. Of course, most people don't realize Al isn't wearing the armor, he's a disembodied soul bonded to it, and the armor is his body.
** Inverted with several characters, like Winry and Ed, who dress in modern fashion on default. They'll occasionally switch to period-typical attire. In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]], people on [[spoiler:our side of the Gate]] dress in 1930s fashion that contrasts with the brighter and more modern clothes from Amestris.

* In ''Animation/TheSnowQueen1957'' the story takes place in the mid 19th century, but the garden sorceress and the prince and princess are dressed in mid 18th century styles. Even the [[PrettyInMink white ermine muff]] the princess gives Gerda is in a style from a few decades before ([[CyclicTrope though would become popular again in a few decades]]).

* The very jarring appearance of a pair of pink Converse All-Stars during a ShoppingMontage in ''Film/MarieAntoinette''.

* ''Literature/TheShadowOfTheWind '' takes place in the fifties, but Barceló is said to dress like a gentleman from the XIX century, including a pipe and monocle just for show.

*** Dodo raids the TARDIS wardrobe (without permission, much to the Doctor's irritation) before her first adventure, set aboard a {{Generation Ship|s}} around the time of the sun going supernova. She spends the whole story wearing Ian's [[KnightInShiningArmor Knight of Jaffa]] tabard, which both the Doctor and Steven criticise her for - Steven's reasons being because it's inappropriate, and the Doctor's being in case she ruins it and they need it later. In her case, it's less to emphasise her coolness and more to emphasise [[CloudCuckooLander just how utterly weird she is]].

* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': [[ExtravertedNerd Steve Urkel]]. Although his costume is less "anachronistic" and more "no one outside of a circus would ''ever'' wear that."

* Many outfits in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series, especially more evident since the game made the jump to 3D. The game's {{Zeerust}} aesthetic provides a double-whammy of this - fashion never advanced beyond the 1950's even before the apocalypse in 2077, and those pre-War parkstroller clothes or trench coats and fedoras certainly look weird against the radioactive ruins of America a century later.
** Several characters in the ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' "Mothership Zeta" DLC can at least be justified using this trope, as they have just been thawed out from a HumanPopsicle state, which they've been in after their abduction. This includes a CombatMedic from WorldWarIII, a genuine cowboy from the Old West, and an 18th-century samurai (speaking untranslated Japanese) in full battle armor.

* While the exact date of ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'' may be unknown Arthur has a laptop and most characters dress in modern fashions, or are noted to dress strangely, save Lewis who used to wear an ascot and waistcoat. In death he wears a suit with a fuschia necktie.

* The ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' gang, overlapping with ClothesMakeTheLegend, are better remembered and mostly appearing in their late 60s outfits. Possibly this is why they came back to them in ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Mystery Incorporated]]''. Notably, Velma is the only one who's never changed from her orange sweater/red pleated skirt/orange knee socks/red strap-on shoes combo. Shaggy's outfit, however, is probably the one that least ''needed'' alteration, although the cultural connotations of it have shifted from SurferDude to… well, [[TheStoner something a bit less kid-friendly.]] Then again ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated Mystery Incorporated]]'' may take place in some kind of RetroUniverse as it seems 60s-70s style clothing is the norm for just about everyone.

* The cravat, and possibly the bowtie as well. It's now relegated to formal use since most people find it either too old-fashioned or for stodgy teachers/politicians. Bow ties are also perceived as being notoriously difficult to tie (even though the actual knot is the same you use for your shoes). In an age when many men refuse to bother with even an ordinary necktie, a bow tie is simply beyond the pale.

* [[NiceHat Fezzes.]] They were the height of fashion in 17th century Turkey; anyone who wears them nowadays is either trying to seem quirky, or just likes the style. Or they're cosplaying the [[Series/DoctorWho Eleventh Doctor]]. Or it's a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Cooper Tommy Cooper]].[[note]]Or, if it's Memorial Day, they're likely a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shriners Shriner]].[[/note]]

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