History Main / FormFittingWardrobe

Can be averted with UnmovingPlaid in order to "flatten out" logically form fitting clothes and reduce the fanservice of things like a PantyShot.

* Just about everything the girls in ComicBook/ArchieComics put on will wrap far better above the waist than they would in reality. Perhaps a way of GettingCrapPastTheRadar?

* Fara Phoenix from the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' [[ComicStrip/StarFox comics]] [[note]]which were published in 1993's ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' magazine[[/note]] wears one of these, flavoured FutureSpandex, and contrasting above example one ''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar can]]'' occasionally identify...[[CountryMatters anatomical details]].

* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'', both the female and male Cleric / Pilgrim class members wear a ''very'' tight-fitting orange bodysuit under their churchly attire.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', Seven of Nine wears mostly suits that are far more form-fitting than the regular uniforms. Handwaved as she is a former Borg and needs the form-fitting clothing to keep her body from... Borg stuff. And she can't wear something less distracting ''over'' the suit why?

* Just about everything the girls in Franchise/ArchieComics put on will wrap far better above the waist than they would in reality. Perhaps a way of GettingCrapPastTheRadar?

* Some Eldar armor in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' molds to the user absurdly well in the regions not covered by the stiffened overplates, especially noticeable with the Guardian model's easily visible abs.
** Justified in that it's Psycho-sensitive plastic, so it conforms to the form for maximum protection while simultaneously affording maximum mobility. Notably, the Howling Banshees are all female [[BreastPlate in appearance]], but some are male.
** DependingOnTheWriter this may actually be averted. In some of the less humanlike interpretations of the Eldar their armor is just as bulky on them as a Space Marine's is on a human, it's just that they're inhumanly thin.

* ''LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers'': the girls' school uniform is so form-fitting that the top appears to be painted on.

* Likewise Tiana from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' lives in TheRoaringTwenties. Her blue gown has a belt where the correct waistline should be, but the top is completely form-fitting.

* ''{{Manga/IkkiTousen}}'' covers routinely feature women wearing cheongsams which even conform to their ''navels''.

* ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'', being an {{ecchi}} series, makes nearly all the outfits of female characters (especially the bustier ones) unrealistically form-fitting. A notorious example is the chef jacket which still somehow shows off the female students/chefs' bust shape perfectly.

* Almost continually averted for female pilots in the [[Comicbook/XWingSeries Rogue Squadron]] comics; the outfits pilots and other characters wore sometimes hinted a little, but were seldom overt, and their pilot jumpsuits were all baggy and heavily pocketed. The most notable exception was the one time a character got into a formal gown which clung tight enough to reveal her abs - and rather than being an UnusuallyUninterestingSight, the pilot she was dating saw it and said "Wow!"

Compare MostCommonSuperpower, SensualSpandex (which shows some skin as well as conforming to the skin it covers), SweaterGirl (although the sweater is designed to be form-fitting), PaintedOnPants, SuperheroesWearTights.

* In ''TwentyTwoBrides'', it showed two of the heroines dressed in bath towels that managed to shrink around their bodies to the point that their nipples show.

* ''DoctorVoluptua'' (no relation) has a similar situation with her suit.

* In the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'', Taki usually has at least one costume that's so tight as to look like body paint.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' where Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman and Franchise/GreenLantern chased a MadScientist back in time, they decided to blend in by stealing clothes from some bandits they beat up. The clothes Wonder Woman stole fit her curves perfectly, despite the bandit having a figure similar to that of Batman. To further highlight this problem, Wonder Woman's taller than the rest of the team. She might be able to wear the thug's socks comfortably; everything else couldn't possibly fit.

* [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] for the sake of {{Fanservice}} in ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' - her semi-sentient suit is thinner than RealLife [[SensualSpandex lycra]] and actively forms itself to her skin. [[FridgeLogic According to which rules]] it's actually ''less'' revealing than it should be...
** Specifically, it doesn't show camel toe -- which, if it was really a few molecules thick and more or less a superpowered form of bodypaint, would definitely be visible. This is lampshaded in comic and by the author several times, and both characters and author promise to explain it in a future chapter. [[RunningGag Every volume.]]
*** Despite the above, Emp notes in one issue that she has to keep shaved because the ''stubble'' shows through the suit.
* The comic book adaptation to ''Literature/SplinterOfTheMindsEye'' puts Luke and Leia into "miner's uniforms". On Leia this outfit actually averts this trope, being tight but not apparently painted on. On ''[[http://images.plurk.com/bcc9afd0b93629d7204ba1c42837eba9.jpg Luke]]''...
** Ironically, the original novel (and the cover art) describes Leia's outfit as being considerably more form-fitting than shown in the comic.

* Likewise Tiana from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' lives in TheRoaringTwenties. Her blue gown has a belt where the correct waistline should be, but the top is completely form fitting.

* The 90s ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' films did this, leading to the [[ExaggeratedTrope most extreme form yet of this trope]]: the bat-nipples in ''Film/BatmanForever'' and ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.

* The S.H.I.E.L.D jumpsuits in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] have this effect on female characters see [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRzhxWUNLerzL0eNo7UZk-qjOXxAgVp8r9LIsALJz6yQl8CTc8n Black Widow]] or [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c9/94/b3/c994b35200b14db8dfb1809debc3ad2e--maria-hill-naim.jpg Agent Hill]].
** On the flip side beefcakes such as [[https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/thor-and-loki-ragnarok-600x300.jpg Thor]] and [[http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/23024/21760282_4.jpg?v=8D23499AB524F00 Captain America]] have trouble concealing their muscles outside their superhero gear. Only the smaller Peter Parker averts this trope succeeding in a ClarkKentOutfit.
* Film/JamesBond always wears bespoke suits. While these are tailored in the English (fits at chest, drapes from there) rather than Continental (strongly darted to be at snug at possible for the whole body without pulling or puckering) style, they're still quite form fitting compared to the off the rack (needs to be larger to hide the minor inconsistencies with the wearer's body) and American Sack (fits at natural shoulder and drapes from there, has wide armholes with extra fabric in the underarm so the suit doesn't pucker when arms are up) styles most audience members are used to.

* Viper’s clothes in ''Film/TheWolverine'' are this.

* Various episodes of ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'' have Vince in skin tight latex jumpsuits.

* In ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', HornyDevil Dabbler owns a magical wetsuit that is completely form fitting, to the point that a [[GagCensor text bubble appears in front of her crotch]] explaining just how tight this suit is.
%%* ''Webcomic/{{Empowered}}'' does quite a lot of this, particularly the eponymous heroine and Ninjette

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' has the combat armor worn by Vegeta as well as many other make characters in Freeza's employ. It is a skintight bodysuit to show muscles with shoulder and breastplates over top, but the actual armor pieces get continually smaller until they're done away with completely in the Buu arc. Somewhat justified as it's designed to accommodate several different species, some of whom can transform.
** It’s a double standard as when the combat armor is worn by female characters e.g [[Anime/BardockTheFatherOfGoku Fasha]], [[Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly Gine and Sheelai]] the chest plate becomes more literal curving outwards and the bodysuits hugs the figure even more. Justified in Fasha’s case though, she had a LeotardOfPower.
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' Casca’s battle gear hugs her body (especially her lower body) very tightly, which makes it confusing when Casca is mistaken for SweetPollyOliver since her figure is clearly feminine. Later on Casca just wears a brown robe, yet it still clings around her breasts and rear.

Another reason, particularly where superhero comics are concerned, is that artists are trained to draw human figures. It is faster and easier to add colors that imply spandex clothing than to actually draw the folds and wrinkles that come with wearing realistic clothing. In other words, most of the time (and this goes for male characters as well as female), what you're seeing are nudes with strategic coloring.

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* Shield’s breasts in ''Webcomic/{{Unit-M}}'' cause this to happen [[http://unitmcomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/4 in]] [[http://unitmcomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/27 any]] [[http://unitmcomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/30/ outfit]]. Her preferred [[http://unitmcomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/43/ catsuit]] sports some pretty extreme boob socks.

* Almost every character in ''WebAnimation/{{Matt n Dusty}}'' is victim of this. Then again, it's part of the art style so it's forgivable.

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* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' has the combat armor worn by Vegeta as well as several other characters in Freeza's employ. It is a skintight bodysuit with shoulder and breastplates over top, but the actual armor pieces get continually smaller until they're done away with completely in the Buu arc. Somewhat justified as it's designed to accommodate several different species, some of whom can transform.

* The ''Film/{{Batman}}'' films did this, leading to the [[ExaggeratedTrope most extreme form yet of this trope]]: the bat-nipples in ''Film/BatmanForever'' and ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.