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* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Desire is neither entirely male nor entirely female, and thus sometimes they'll wear a fancy men's suit, and sometimes they'll wear a dress, and sometimes they'll wear a mix of the two. And, being [[EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite Desire]], sometimes they don't bother with clothing at all.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[RubberForeheadAliens Crystal gems]] are feminine, but genderless; at their wedding ceremony, Sapphire wears a tuxedo, while the more butch Ruby wears a white bridal gown. After their vows, they [[FusionDance fuse]] into Garnet, who forms joyfully wearing a combination of both.
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This often involves gender stereotypes of various depths, and might itself be called a bigender stereotype. However, both costume design and gender norms are considerably more complicated than "women wear skirts, pink, and lipstick" vs "men wear jackets, blue, and pomade". Perhaps [[LightGirlDarkBoy women wear light hues and delicate filigree while men wear neutral-toned colour blocks and rectilinear patterns]], or [[MasculineLinesFeminineCurves men's clothing is rigid and angular but women's clothing is flowy or form-fitting]]. Whether someone's fashion sense is supposed to be "masculine" or "feminine" involves details of fabric, cut, pattern, colour scheme, and so on... which varies not only between cultures and settings, but between social contexts in the same setting. What matters is what kinds of {{Gendered Outfit}}s the rest of the cast are wearing -- if frilly waistcoats are for boys, and shoulder sashes are for girls, then Cassidy stands out by wearing both. Whether the results are more [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes aesthetic]] or [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes motley]] depends on the character and the tone of the story.
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This often involves gender stereotypes of various depths, and might itself be called a bigender stereotype. However, both costume design and gender norms are considerably more complicated than "women wear skirts, pink, and lipstick" vs "men wear jackets, blue, and pomade". Perhaps [[LightGirlDarkBoy women wear light hues and delicate filigree while men wear neutral-toned colour blocks and rectilinear patterns]], or [[MasculineLinesFeminineCurves men's clothing is rigid and angular but women's clothing is flowy or form-fitting]]. Whether someone's fashion sense is supposed to be "masculine" or "feminine" involves details of fabric, cut, pattern, colour scheme, and so on... which varies not only between cultures and settings, settings but between social contexts in the same setting. What matters is what kinds of {{Gendered Outfit}}s the rest of the cast are wearing -- if frilly waistcoats are for boys, and shoulder sashes are for girls, then Cassidy stands out by wearing both. Whether the results are more [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes aesthetic]] or [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes motley]] depends on the character and the tone of the story.
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* Laura Henderson in ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is a MedievalEuropeanFantasy equivalent of a trans woman, but since her workplace requires wearing gendered uniforms yet (as one would expect from the Middle Ages) she's still considered a man by the society, she wears a male uniform that puts in a lot of frills and ribbons on.
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ClothingReflectsPersonality, and as that index's organisation suggests, one of the most pervasive categories of identity is gender. Men wear men's clothing. Women wear women's clothing. Nonbinary and androgynous characters, therefore, wear [[TakeAThirdOption the secret third option]]: ''[[RummageSaleReject everything]]''. Tautologically, gender-neutral clothing (if it exists in a given culture) can be worn by anyone without attracting attention. So if a character's gender nonconformity is important, a very visible way to get the audience's attention is to combine individual articles of clothing that are strongly gender-coded in conflicting directions.
This often involves gender stereotypes of various depths, and might itself be called a bigender stereotype. However, both costume design and gender norms are considerably more complicated than "women wear skirts, pink, and lipstick" vs "men wear jackets, blue, and pomade". Perhaps [[LightGirlDarkBoy women wear light hues and delicate filigree while men wear neutral-toned colour blocks and rectilinear patterns]], or [[MasculineLinesFeminineCurves men's clothing is rigid and angular but women's clothing is flowy or form-fitting]]. Whether someone's fashion sense is supposed to be "masculine" or "feminine" involves details of fabric, cut, pattern, colour scheme, and so on... which varies not only between cultures and settings, but between social contexts in the same setting. What matters is what kinds of {{Gendered Outfit}}s the rest of the cast are wearing -- if frilly waistcoats are for boys, and shoulder sashes are for girls, then Cassidy stands out by wearing both. Whether the results are more [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes aesthetic]] or [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes motley]] depends on the character and the tone of the story.
In reality, of course, it's quite an assumption to expect people to fit their entire identity onto their literal sleeves. Nonbinary people look like everyone else, and anyone can decide to wear any style they want. The clothes don't care.
May be OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous, or part of a MasculineFeminineAndrogyneTrio. Compare CampGay, with which this trope has a complicated historical relationship by way of TransEqualsGay; breaking gendered fashion norms is a queer tradition. Can also be related to EccentricFashionDesigner, FashionableAsymmetry, TheFashionista, QuirkyGirlQuirkyTux, RecursiveCrossdressing.
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* Momiji Sohma in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' is InTouchWithHisFeminineSide and wears a girl's school uniform with shorts instead of a skirt. After he has a growth spurt and looks more masculine and handsome, he switches to the standard boy's uniform.
* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': To comply with their school dress code, Osana Najimi wears [[NonUniformUniform the shirt, tie, and blazer from the boys' uniform, and the skirt, shoes, and stockings from the girls']]. (This briefly confuses Tadano, as he hasn't seen them over the summer and remembers them presenting male last year, but he adjusts quickly after realising how much he doesn't know about them.) Osana refuses to elaborate on their gender and claims to be a boy or girl when they find it [[HighSchoolHustler convenient]] or [[TheGadfly funny]].
* ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'': Back when they were a student at Babyls, Opera wore the female uniform top and the male uniform bottom.
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* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': Creator/GrantMorrison portrayed Rebis exploring their metamorphosis (into [[OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous an alchemical fusion of male, female, and energy spirit]]) through clothing - for example, adding [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/3/31666/1801988-rebis_13.jpg pearls, briefs, and a lace bra]] to their customary [[BandageMummy full-body bandages]] and [[CoolShades sunglasses]].
* In ''ComicBook/RunawaysRainbowRowell'', after Xavin was retconned into being nonbinary, their fashion sense changed. They are now often depicted in a Majesdanian-style military outfit, but with a crop-top and long, undercut hair.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Desire is neither entirely male nor entirely female, and thus sometimes they'll wear a fancy men's suit, and sometimes they'll wear a dress, and sometimes they'll wear a mix of the two. And, being [[EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite Desire]], sometimes they don't bother with clothing at all.
* In ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'', Stitch is a sentient ragdoll brought to life by Dr. Fate, and thus doesn't really have a set gender. Consequently, they often wear a mix of masculine jackets, sweaters, and jerseys with a skirt.
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* In ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2004'', Count Olaf's Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender wears half a wedding dress sewn to half a tuxedo to Olaf and Violet's wedding.
* ''Film/AWrinkleInTime2018'': The Happy Medium is a medium, who is "medium" in many aspects, including gender. Reflecting this, they wear a single-sleeve dress, balanced out by ManlyFacialHair.
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* Laura Henderson in ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is a MedievalEuropeanFantasy equivalent of a trans woman, but since her workplace requires wearing gendered uniforms yet (as one would expect from the Middle Ages) she's still considered a man by the society, she wears a male uniform that puts in a lot of frills and ribbons on.
* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Fourth-year Carlos Whitrow, who is AMAB non-binary, is depicted in the [[https://www.zerochan.net/2630619 novel illustrations]] and the manga and [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-27/reign-of-the-seven-spellblades-anime-reveals-6-new-cast-members/.197588 anime]] adaptations as wearing a mix of gender-codings: they wear a men's school uniform modified with a lace choker, high-heeled ankle boots, and a rose boutonniere.
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* ''Series/{{Community}}'': In one episode, Dean Pelton (whose exact sexuality and gender were never fully clarified, but who definitely isn't straight) wears [[https://community-sitcom.fandom.com/wiki/File:Duali-Dean.png an outfit literally split by gender down the middle]].
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'':
** Discussed with [[DudeLooksLikeALady Kurt Hummel]], TheFashionista who once stated that "fashion has no gender" when someone commented that he was wearing what looked like a women's sweater. His style shifts between more CampGay masculine (i.e. bowties and suspenders) and more feminine throughout the series, and a couple of times, like in the Music/LadyGaga tribute "Theatricality", he wore a dress. However, in Season 3, he draws a line at wearing a dress onstage at Nationals.
** Trans woman Unique Adams first appears as a closeted boy whose feminine side is only for performing, so her style slowly shifts from more nerdy masculine to fully feminine across her appearances as she figures out her identity.
* The character Ian Wright in ''Series/QuantumLeap2022'' is nonbinary, played by a nonbinary actor. Their clothing and accessories choices reflect a mix of masculine, feminine, and gender-neutral styles that vary over the years in which Ian appears.
* ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS1E07TheSereneSquall The Serene Squall]]", Dr. Aspen ([[spoiler:who is actually the SpacePirate captain "Angel"]]), played by non-binary actress Creator/JesseJamesKeitel, uses "they/them" pronouns and wears an embroidered black bodystocking and combat boots. They have a couple significant conversations with Spock about his being a HalfHumanHybrid, suggesting he view being half-Vulcan, half-human as a point on a spectrum instead of trying to fully be one or the other.
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* In an unofficial AnimatedMusicVideo for "Albuquerque" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, the {{Hermaphrodite}} who steals the protagonist's lucky snorkel is drawn as wearing an outfit with pants on one side and a skirt on the other.
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* ''Theatre/CharactersWelcome'': In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zDkMflXhNI The Most Unpredictable Batman Villain Yet]]," the Barking Glass's whole shtick is making everything they are, say, and do as baffling and unpredictable as possible. This includes a garish outfit with a beanie hat, a long black and white wig, poorly smeared-on lipstick, convertible mittens, a crop top depicting Animal from Franchise/TheMuppets, and boating shorts. They claim to be bisexual and deliberately keep their gender ambiguous, singing a song that goes "My middle name is Grover and my middle name is Anne, what am I, am I a woman or a man?" Of course, they're also a CompulsiveLiar, so who knows how true any of that is.
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* ''VideoGame/Mother3'': The six Magypsies are [[NonHumanNonBinary genderless snail people]], resembling affectionate stereotypes of CampGay bearded drag queens. Most of their clothing leans heavily femme, but Doria dresses like a lavender {{leatherman}} with suspenders and heels, while Lydia looks more Shakespearean with a ruff or boa. They all guard the [[CosmicKeystone Seven Needles]] with their lives, and each one passes on a TragicKeepsake to Lucas's party in the form of a razor paired with a tube of lipstick.
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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': In order to help Susan protest the new uniform dress code, Tedd (already androgynous [[spoiler: who later realizes he is gender fluid]]) comes to school in a uniform with the male pants ''and'' the female vest on, challenging why the vest is coded feminine in the first place.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[RubberForeheadAliens Crystal gems]] are feminine, but genderless; at their wedding ceremony, Sapphire wears a tuxedo, while the more butch Ruby wears a white bridal gown. After their vows, they [[FusionDance fuse]] into Garnet, who forms joyfully wearing a combination of both.
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ClothingReflectsPersonality, and as that index's organisation suggests, one of the most pervasive categories of identity is gender. Men wear men's clothing. Women wear women's clothing. Nonbinary and androgynous characters, therefore, wear [[TakeAThirdOption the secret third option]]: ''[[RummageSaleReject everything]]''. Tautologically, gender-neutral clothing (if it exists in a given culture) can be worn by anyone without attracting attention. So if a character's gender nonconformity is important, a very visible way to get the audience's attention is to combine individual articles of clothing that are strongly gender-coded in conflicting directions.
This often involves gender stereotypes of various depths, and might itself be called a bigender stereotype. However, both costume design and gender norms are considerably more complicated than "women wear skirts, pink, and lipstick" vs "men wear jackets, blue, and pomade". Perhaps [[LightGirlDarkBoy women wear light hues and delicate filigree while men wear neutral-toned colour blocks and rectilinear patterns]], or [[MasculineLinesFeminineCurves men's clothing is rigid and angular but women's clothing is flowy or form-fitting]]. Whether someone's fashion sense is supposed to be "masculine" or "feminine" involves details of fabric, cut, pattern, colour scheme, and so on... which varies not only between cultures and settings, but between social contexts in the same setting. What matters is what kinds of {{Gendered Outfit}}s the rest of the cast are wearing -- if frilly waistcoats are for boys, and shoulder sashes are for girls, then Cassidy stands out by wearing both. Whether the results are more [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes aesthetic]] or [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes motley]] depends on the character and the tone of the story.
In reality, of course, it's quite an assumption to expect people to fit their entire identity onto their literal sleeves. Nonbinary people look like everyone else, and anyone can decide to wear any style they want. The clothes don't care.
May be OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous, or part of a MasculineFeminineAndrogyneTrio. Compare CampGay, with which this trope has a complicated historical relationship by way of TransEqualsGay; breaking gendered fashion norms is a queer tradition. Can also be related to EccentricFashionDesigner, FashionableAsymmetry, TheFashionista, QuirkyGirlQuirkyTux, RecursiveCrossdressing.
!!Examples:
[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* Momiji Sohma in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' is InTouchWithHisFeminineSide and wears a girl's school uniform with shorts instead of a skirt. After he has a growth spurt and looks more masculine and handsome, he switches to the standard boy's uniform.
* ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'': To comply with their school dress code, Osana Najimi wears [[NonUniformUniform the shirt, tie, and blazer from the boys' uniform, and the skirt, shoes, and stockings from the girls']]. (This briefly confuses Tadano, as he hasn't seen them over the summer and remembers them presenting male last year, but he adjusts quickly after realising how much he doesn't know about them.) Osana refuses to elaborate on their gender and claims to be a boy or girl when they find it [[HighSchoolHustler convenient]] or [[TheGadfly funny]].
* ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'': Back when they were a student at Babyls, Opera wore the female uniform top and the male uniform bottom.
[[AC:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': Creator/GrantMorrison portrayed Rebis exploring their metamorphosis (into [[OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous an alchemical fusion of male, female, and energy spirit]]) through clothing - for example, adding [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/scale_super/3/31666/1801988-rebis_13.jpg pearls, briefs, and a lace bra]] to their customary [[BandageMummy full-body bandages]] and [[CoolShades sunglasses]].
* In ''ComicBook/RunawaysRainbowRowell'', after Xavin was retconned into being nonbinary, their fashion sense changed. They are now often depicted in a Majesdanian-style military outfit, but with a crop-top and long, undercut hair.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Desire is neither entirely male nor entirely female, and thus sometimes they'll wear a fancy men's suit, and sometimes they'll wear a dress, and sometimes they'll wear a mix of the two. And, being [[EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite Desire]], sometimes they don't bother with clothing at all.
* In ''ComicBook/TeenTitansAcademy'', Stitch is a sentient ragdoll brought to life by Dr. Fate, and thus doesn't really have a set gender. Consequently, they often wear a mix of masculine jackets, sweaters, and jerseys with a skirt.
[[AC:Film -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2004'', Count Olaf's Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender wears half a wedding dress sewn to half a tuxedo to Olaf and Violet's wedding.
* ''Film/AWrinkleInTime2018'': The Happy Medium is a medium, who is "medium" in many aspects, including gender. Reflecting this, they wear a single-sleeve dress, balanced out by ManlyFacialHair.
[[AC:Literature]]
* Laura Henderson in ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is a MedievalEuropeanFantasy equivalent of a trans woman, but since her workplace requires wearing gendered uniforms yet (as one would expect from the Middle Ages) she's still considered a man by the society, she wears a male uniform that puts in a lot of frills and ribbons on.
* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Fourth-year Carlos Whitrow, who is AMAB non-binary, is depicted in the [[https://www.zerochan.net/2630619 novel illustrations]] and the manga and [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-27/reign-of-the-seven-spellblades-anime-reveals-6-new-cast-members/.197588 anime]] adaptations as wearing a mix of gender-codings: they wear a men's school uniform modified with a lace choker, high-heeled ankle boots, and a rose boutonniere.
[[AC:Live-Action Television]]
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': In one episode, Dean Pelton (whose exact sexuality and gender were never fully clarified, but who definitely isn't straight) wears [[https://community-sitcom.fandom.com/wiki/File:Duali-Dean.png an outfit literally split by gender down the middle]].
* ''Series/{{Glee}}'':
** Discussed with [[DudeLooksLikeALady Kurt Hummel]], TheFashionista who once stated that "fashion has no gender" when someone commented that he was wearing what looked like a women's sweater. His style shifts between more CampGay masculine (i.e. bowties and suspenders) and more feminine throughout the series, and a couple of times, like in the Music/LadyGaga tribute "Theatricality", he wore a dress. However, in Season 3, he draws a line at wearing a dress onstage at Nationals.
** Trans woman Unique Adams first appears as a closeted boy whose feminine side is only for performing, so her style slowly shifts from more nerdy masculine to fully feminine across her appearances as she figures out her identity.
* The character Ian Wright in ''Series/QuantumLeap2022'' is nonbinary, played by a nonbinary actor. Their clothing and accessories choices reflect a mix of masculine, feminine, and gender-neutral styles that vary over the years in which Ian appears.
* ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS1E07TheSereneSquall The Serene Squall]]", Dr. Aspen ([[spoiler:who is actually the SpacePirate captain "Angel"]]), played by non-binary actress Creator/JesseJamesKeitel, uses "they/them" pronouns and wears an embroidered black bodystocking and combat boots. They have a couple significant conversations with Spock about his being a HalfHumanHybrid, suggesting he view being half-Vulcan, half-human as a point on a spectrum instead of trying to fully be one or the other.
[[AC:Music]]
* In an unofficial AnimatedMusicVideo for "Albuquerque" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, the {{Hermaphrodite}} who steals the protagonist's lucky snorkel is drawn as wearing an outfit with pants on one side and a skirt on the other.
[[AC:Theatre]]
* ''Theatre/CharactersWelcome'': In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zDkMflXhNI The Most Unpredictable Batman Villain Yet]]," the Barking Glass's whole shtick is making everything they are, say, and do as baffling and unpredictable as possible. This includes a garish outfit with a beanie hat, a long black and white wig, poorly smeared-on lipstick, convertible mittens, a crop top depicting Animal from Franchise/TheMuppets, and boating shorts. They claim to be bisexual and deliberately keep their gender ambiguous, singing a song that goes "My middle name is Grover and my middle name is Anne, what am I, am I a woman or a man?" Of course, they're also a CompulsiveLiar, so who knows how true any of that is.
[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/Mother3'': The six Magypsies are [[NonHumanNonBinary genderless snail people]], resembling affectionate stereotypes of CampGay bearded drag queens. Most of their clothing leans heavily femme, but Doria dresses like a lavender {{leatherman}} with suspenders and heels, while Lydia looks more Shakespearean with a ruff or boa. They all guard the [[CosmicKeystone Seven Needles]] with their lives, and each one passes on a TragicKeepsake to Lucas's party in the form of a razor paired with a tube of lipstick.
[[AC:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': In order to help Susan protest the new uniform dress code, Tedd (already androgynous [[spoiler: who later realizes he is gender fluid]]) comes to school in a uniform with the male pants ''and'' the female vest on, challenging why the vest is coded feminine in the first place.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[RubberForeheadAliens Crystal gems]] are feminine, but genderless; at their wedding ceremony, Sapphire wears a tuxedo, while the more butch Ruby wears a white bridal gown. After their vows, they [[FusionDance fuse]] into Garnet, who forms joyfully wearing a combination of both.
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