History Main / UnlimitedWardrobe

** A good portion of the earlier historical characters have at least six to nine outfits in their collection. This is a lot for a quick-growing nine-year-old, especially in eras when clothes were not quickly mass-manufactured. This makes sense for girls like Samantha who were rich (enough her family has a private seamstress) or Julie who lived in a time of easy clothes shopping, but applies even to characters who would logically have small wardrobes such as those who lived rurally and didn't have easy access to brand new clothes (Kirsten), were so poor the family was at risk of losing the house (Kit), were on wartime rationing (Molly), or had to build a wardrobe from scratch after becoming free (Addy).[[note]]With Addy, the in-story logic is that her mother is a seamstress and can thus sew new clothing for her, but in the books her best dress is almost always her blue school set and she wears her first freedom pink dress just as often.[[/note]] The trend until Kaya was that every character had at least ''one'' new outfit for each book in their six-book series (with the "outfit of the book" highlighted on the cover). They also had additional one- or two-scene outfits as part of the collection, and some outfits made that weren't seen in the books at all. This is because the point was (along with showing various fashions of the era) for a kid to read the book and/or flip through the catalog and see the clothes that went with each "book." This has been toned down with newer characters, but ironically may have [[LimitedWardrobe swung too far in the other direction]] for some characters who might not even have more than one daily outfit.

** The modern dolls have had new outfits come out yearly since 1995, updated as fashions for children change, and thus can access well over two decades of outfits. In theory, a doll could have clothes older than they are even if the clothes are somewhat [[/FashionDissonance dated]].

** The modern dolls have had new outfits come out yearly since 1995, updated as fashions for children change, and thus can access well over two decades of outfits. In theory, a doll could have clothes older than they are even if the clothes are somewhat fashion-dated.

** A good portion of the earlier historical characters have at least six to nine outfits in their collection. This is a lot for a quick-growing nine-year-old, especially in eras when clothes were not quickly mass-manufactured. This makes sense for girls like Samantha who were rich (enough her family has a private seamstress) or Julie who lived in a time of easy clothes shopping, but applies even to characters who would logically have small wardrobes such as those who lived rurally and didn't have easy access to brand new clothes (Kirsten), were so poor the family was at risk of losing the house (Kit), were on wartime rationing (Molly), or had to build a wardrobe from scratch after becoming free (Addy).[[note]]With Addy, the in-story logic is that her mother is a seamstress and can thus sew new clothing for her, but in the books her best dress is almost always her blue school set and she wears her first freedom pink dress just as often.[[/note]] The trend until Kaya was that every character had at least ''one'' new outfit for each book in their six-book series (with the "outfit of the book" highlighted on the cover). They also had additional one- or two-scene outfits as part of the collection, and some outfits made that weren't seen in the books at all. This is because the point was (along with showing various fashions of the era) for a kid to read the book and/or flip through the catalog and see the clothes that went with each "book." This has lessened recently, but ironically may have [[LimitedWardrobe swung too far in the other direction]] for newer characters who might not even have more than one daily outfit.

** A good portion of the earlier historical characters have at least six to nine outfits in their collection. This is a lot for a quick-growing nine-year-old, especially in eras when clothes were not quickly mass-manufactured. This makes sense for girls like Samantha who were rich (enough her family has a private seamstress) or Julie who lived in a time of easy clothes shopping, but applies even to characters who would logically have small wardrobes such as those who lived rurally and didn't have easy access to brand new clothes (Kirsten), were so poor the family was at risk of losing the house (Kit), were on wartime rationing (Molly), or had to build a wardrobe from scratch after becoming free (Addy).[[note]]With Addy, the in-story logic is that her mother is a seamstress and can thus sew new clothing for her, but in the books her best dress is almost always her blue school set and she wears her first freedom pink dress just as often.[[/note]] The trend until Kaya was that every character had at least ''one'' new outfit for each book in their six-book series (with the "outfit of the book" highlighted on the cover). They also had additional one- or two-scene outfits as part of the collection, and some outfits made that weren't seen in the books at all. This is because the point was (along with showing various fashions of the era) for a kid to read the book and/or flip through the catalog and see the clothes that went with each "book." This has lessened recently with newer characers, but ironically may have [[LimitedWardrobe swung too far in the other direction]] for newer characters who might not even have more than one daily outfit.

* Well, screw both Dunst and Taylor: Throughout the film version of ''Theatre/{{Evita}}'', Music/{{Madonna}} had undergone 85 costume changes, 20 more than the latter (including 39 hats, 45 [[AllWomenLoveShoes pairs of shoes]], and 56 [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry pairs of earrings]]), which is enough to earn her a spot in the 1996 Guinness Book of World Records! That's a REAL Unlimited Wardrobe!

In fiction this can be justified by characters having a personal FashionDesigner, and/or the character being a fashion model.

** Sissi, the Austrian empress, was known to change her outfits up to three times '''in the same evening'''

* In the ''franchise/{{Tekken}}'' series, Yoshimitsu receives a new look in every game, seemingly becoming less human (nearly) every time. The only exceptions are ''[[DreamMatchGame Tekken Tag Tournament]]'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'', which recycle his ''Tekken 3'' outfit.

* PlayedWith on ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': while Carmen has her trademark red jacket and hat, as well as a couple of favorite casual outfits, and most of the rest of the cast have only a couple of regular outfits each, Carmen has been shown wearing quite a few different ensembles, depending on the caper.