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Usually, your characters need to wear clothes. If your show is set in modern times (and sometimes if it isn't), you'll dress the characters in appropriate clothes for the time. After all, it would look weird if a modern character wore last decade's styles, right? Unfortunately, fashion is highly context-sensitive. There are only a few fashions that have stood the test of time (like T-shirts and jeansnote though the cut and texture of the jeans are subject to trends; not many people can pull off the acid-washed look nowadays, and particularly loose fits have been very rare since the late 2000s, two-piece suitsnote though there too, cut and style have changed drastically: double-breasted suits are far less common, ditto pinstripe suits, lapel width varies massively, and so on, and the Little Black Dress) and even the particulars of those vague templates can fluctuate with the decades—and odds are, your fashions didn't stick around. If a character from a show that supposedly takes place in the 21st century has '80s Hair, he's going to look weird... almost as if he's from the eighties.note Funnily enough, some types of '80s Hair did actually come back in style in the first two decades of the 21st century, especially in the 2010s, to the point of a revival, though probably not in the way eighties sci-fi predicted. The legendary film costume designer Edith Head, well aware of this problem, explained on several occasions that she often didn't design according to the current styles in order to avoid having the clothes look dated when the movie actually came out, preferring to go for a more classic style that would look good over the years. In other words, fashions that don't just tell you what year the show was made, they scream it loudly enough to deafen your eyes. Since most costumers aren't psychic, this happens a lot when old shows are rerun. It can also cause Fridge Logic if the show is set in the future. "Wait... why do people in the year 2800 wear clothes from the '70s?" Fashion Dissonance isn't completely restricted to shows set in the future, though — in fact, it can also be obvious if they're set in the time they were made, or even if they're set in the past (see Gorgeous Period Dress for one example of this, but a more specific example is the question of why no one in Higurashi: When They Crynote which takes place in the early 1980s has '80s Hair). Frequently appears in an Unintentional Period Piece. Compare Outdated Outfit, X Called; They Want Their Y Back, I Was Quite a Fashion Victim, No New Fashions in the Future, Hollywood Costuming. Frequently occurs as a result of an Unnecessary Makeover, since the Ugly Duckling is frequently made over from what is considered a "dull and drab" look to a more "trendy and fashionable" one. However due to the high turnover of fashion trends, in a few years time, the "fashionable" look can quickly become dated and tacky, while the original "dull" look can look more simple and timeless. For those who are immune to fashion dissonance, see Awesome Anachronistic Apparel. There are many eras with regrettable fashion trends. Here are a few: |
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