Costume Porn/Playing With

Costume Porn: Clothing so ridiculous that it's obviously there to gawk over. Bonus Points if it's written.

Straight: Two pages of description on a single dress that will never return.
Exaggerated: As above, but with three additional pages, and even more gushing detail after everything the wearer says or does.
Justified: The rich would wear extravagant clothes to flaunt their wealth.
Inverted: A detailed description of how plain and shabby an outfit is.
Subverted: A character wears something glorious and the author brushes over it.
Double Subverted: ...Until the conversation turns to clothes, and then we get the usual treatment.
Parodied: Everyone's wearing three suits of finery, their hair is taller than they are, and then they begin to complain about how dumpy they look.
Averted: Clothing is never described in detail.
Zig Zagged: The characters look great! Now it's sweats for everyone. Just kidding!
Enforced: "It's for 8-year old girls. Put everyone in glitzy dresses."
Lampshaded: An authorial aside about how dull describing clothing can be.
Invoked: The clever lead sets up a party to see who has the nicest clothes.
Defied: A no-nonsense character shuts down any discussion of clothing.
Conversed: "Jeez, what is this, a Jane Austin novel?"

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