History PimpedOutDress / RealLife

* For a few centuries, it [[ValuesDissonance used to be the fashion]] for boys up to around five to wear dresses like their sisters, and some could still be quite elaborate. Take [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/louis_joseph_xavier_by_nattier.jpg this portrait]] of a prince of France in the mid 18th century, wearing a blue dress trimmed with black sable fur, and matching hat with blue feathers. It's like a miniature version of a dress worn by [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Marie_Josephe_by_Fredou.jpg his mother]] and also [[http://www.historum.com/members/kiki19-albums-panniers++powdered+wigs%3A+18th+century+fashion-picture1513-marie-adelaide-de-bourbon-princess-france-one-louis-xvs-many-spinster-daughters-fur-trim-maries-gown-homage-her-mothers-homeland-poland.html his aunt]].

** The [[PetitePride loose, low waisted]], [[ShesGotLegs bare-kneed]] apparel of {{the flapper}}s;

** This comparison is made more serious when you know that muslin really was used for underwear. Another problem is muslin was an extremely cheap fabric, and French Royals of this period were definitely known for conspicuous consumption.

** The previous queen, Marie Leszczynska (Louis XV's wife) also had several dresses that can be seen in her portraits. One is a [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Leszczynska_by_Fran%C3%A7ois_Albert_Stiemart,_1726,_Versailles.jpg this]] [[GemEncrusted bejeweled]] [[PrettyInMink ermine]] dress and [[PimpedOutCape cape]] with FleurDeLis, that likely inspired Antoinette's similar dresses in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''. But that's just one of many dresses she wore for portraits. One of her simpler ones was a blue dress with lace trimmings and a laced stomacher and an ermine petticoat. Her most common dress decorations were fur, lace, embroidery, and brocade.
* The website [[http://gofugyourself.celebuzz.com/ Go Fug Yourself]] shows when this phenomenon goes too far.

* The [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] [[http://angie-harmon.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=233 dress]] that Creator/AngieHarmon wore to the 2011 ScreenActorsGuild Awards had [[FluffyFashionFeathers a feather neckline and feather skirt]]. Also [[http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2011/01/angie-harmon-sag-awards-monique-lhuillier-wedding-dresses.html the designer based it off an earlier wedding dress]] she made.

* In Britain, even the peers and peeresses are required to wear ermine trimmed robes and dresses for the coronation. One of the more notable of [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Consuelo_Vanderbilt12.jpg these is worn]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Consuelo_Vanderbilt23.jpg by Consuelo Vanderbilt]]. Notable due to her being part of that famous Gilded Age family.

* UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette usually followed this trope, since her position required she wear the best dresses, but she once caused an uproar for wearing a dress in a painting that was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Antoinette_in_Muslin_dress.jpg actually simple]]. It's essentially like seeing the Queen Elizabeth II wearing only her underwear for a royal photo.

** The previous queen, Marie Leszczynska (Louis XV's wife) also had several dresses that can be seen in her portraits. One is a [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Leszczynska_by_Fran%C3%A7ois_Albert_Stiemart,_1726,_Versailles.jpg this]] [[GemEncrusted bejeweled]] [[PrettyInMink ermine]] dress and [[PimpedOutCape cape]] with FleurDeLis, that likely inspired Antoinette's similar dresses in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''. But that's just one of many dresses she wore for portraits. One of her simpler ones was a blue dress with lace trimmings and a lace stomacher, and an ermine petticoat. Her most common dress decorations were fur, lace, embroidery, and brocade.

** The previous queen, Marie Leszczynska (Louis XV's wife) also had several dresses that can be seen in her portraits. One is a [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Leszczynska_by_Fran%C3%A7ois_Albert_Stiemart,_1726,_Versailles.jpg this]] [[GemEncrusted bejeweled]] [[PrettyInMink ermine]] dress and [[PimpedOutCape cape]] with FleurDeLis, that likely inspired Antoinette's similar dresses in ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles''. But that's just one of many dresses she wore for portraits. One of her simpler ones was a blue dress with lace trimmings and a lace stomacher, and an ermine petticoat. Her most common dress decorations were fur, lace, embroidery, and brocade.

* A bunch of RealLife examples can be seen in [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/9530120@N08/sets/72157608671620262/ this set of pics]].

* Just about any coronation dress by default, men and women.
** In Britain, even the peers and peeresses are required to wear ermine trimmed robes and dresses for the coronation. One of the more notable of [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Consuelo_Vanderbilt12.jpg these is worn]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Consuelo_Vanderbilt23.jpg by Consuelo Vanderbilt]]. Notable due to her being part of that famous Gilded Age family.
* Also, courts such as Versailles, and the British court until recently, practically required such dresses.

* Dresses in competitive ballroom dance are almost always this.
* For a few centuries, it [[ValuesDissonance used to be the fashion]] for boys up to around five to wear dresses like their sisters, and some could still be quite elaborate. Take [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/b/b4/20111115191416%21Louis_Joseph_Xavier_of_France%2C_Duke_of_Burgundy.jpg this portrait]] of a prince of France in the mid 18th century, wearing a blue dress trimmed with black sable fur (and matching hat with blue feathers). It's like a miniature version of a dress worn by [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Marie_Josephe_by_Fredou.jpg his mother]] and then [[http://www.historum.com/members/kiki19-albums-panniers++powdered+wigs%3A+18th+century+fashion-picture1513-marie-adelaide-de-bourbon-princess-france-one-louis-xvs-many-spinster-daughters-fur-trim-maries-gown-homage-her-mothers-homeland-poland.html his sister]].

** The [[ShouldersOfDoom puff-shouldered]], economically designed dresses of WorldWarTwo era;

* The [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] [[http://angie-harmon.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=233 dress]] that AngieHarmon wore to the 2011 ScreenActorsGuild Awards had [[FluffyFashionFeathers a feather neckline and feather skirt]]. Also [[http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2011/01/angie-harmon-sag-awards-monique-lhuillier-wedding-dresses.html the designer based it off an earlier wedding dress]] she made.

* TsaristRussia actually had a DressCode to help make their dresses distinct from the rest of Europe's aristocracy. This included the distinctive hanging sleeves, an overskirt with a long train, and the [[CoolCrown Russian-style tiara]].

* EveTorres, at awards ceremonies, and once won a match in an evening dress.

* MarieAntoinette usually followed this trope, since her position required she wear the best dresses, but she once caused an uproar for wearing a dress in a painting that was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marie_Antoinette_in_Muslin_dress.jpg actually simple]]. It's essentially like seeing the Queen Elizabeth II wearing only her underwear for a royal photo.

* [[TheVirginQueen Queen Elizabeth I.]] reputedly owned over 2,000 dresses, lavishly embroidered with gold, jewels, and silken embroidery, besides the double sleeves, three kinds of ruffs, farthingales and petticoats, veils, [[PrettyInMink ermine trimmings]], and [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia crowns and tiaras]]. [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe 'Tis goode to be Ye Queene.]]

* MarionDavies wore several dresses for her movies and for publicity. Some include:

** The minimalistic [[MinidressOfPower minidresses]] of TheSwingingSixties;

* DianeKruger has worn a number of dresses by Karl Lagerfeld.

** The [[PetitePride loose, low waisted]], [[ShesGotLegs bare-kneed]] apparel of {{TheFlapper}}s
** The sirenlike, bias-cut {{SexyBacklessOutfit}}s of TheThirties;
** The [[ShouldersOfDoom puff-shouldered]], economically designed dresses during WorldWarTwo;

** The [[MinidressOfPower minidresses]] of TheSwingingSixties; and

** The [[GiantPoofySleeves balloon-sleeved]], [[OfCorsetsSexy S-bent]] dresses of LaBelleEpoque;
** The [PetitePride loose, low waisted]], [[ShesGotLegs bare-kneed]] apparel of {{TheFlapper}}s
** The sirenlike {{SexyBacklessOutfit}}s of TheThirties;

[[caption-width-right:350:Elizabeth of Austria, Queen of France.]]