Haven't watched K-On yet, but hey, awesome thread OP!
Prétear: The New Legend of Snow White is one of the very few magical girl anime that lets the main character have more than one magical girl costume. Oh, know some magical girls who got maybe 2 additional magical outfits or something? Well, Himeno's got seven. EIGHT if you count her White Prétear costume, which I do, and will feature here.
I do like each of her seven outfits, but I just feel like there's something particularly special about her White Prétear costume—not just because that's her ultimate form, but how it actually fits in with the show's fairy tale origins. It even looks like it might have been inspired by how people see a stereotypical princess dress from a fairy tale. It may not be one of my favorite magical girl costumes of all time, but I do think it (as well as Prétear itself) deserves more love.
Uta∽Kata is another exception to the magical girl tradition of usually only one magical girl costume. You thought Himeno got lucky with eight magical girl costumes? Well, Ichika frickin' got TWELVE. XD
Thirteen if you count the other variation of the costume she briefly wears in the OP.
My favorite out of all of her costumes is easily her Sun Djinn costume.

But then again, it's probably expected that it'd look the best considering that it was actually designed by the show's character designer.
Yeah, one awesome part of this show is that each of the magical girl costumes that feature in each episode is actually created by a different artist. Even three of the main staff members for the show (one of whom designed this) participated in this. It does mean that the quality of costumes may vary widely, but it also means we get all kinds of styles and many of these costumes, like this Sun one, look great. I would name the other ones that I love just as much as this one, but I think it'd be better if you watch the show and see them for yourself. ;)
I imagine there's more outfits I'd like to mention, but I think I'm starting to take up too much space hahaha
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Catalano said:Queen Galaxia's solid gold dress still haunts me, it's just that incredible
I can't particularly say I outright love her Sailor Senshi suit, but it certainly is memorable. Can't blame you for loving it.
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Chiibi said:Sakura Kinomoto also has wonderful outfits but it's pretty hard to pick just one. xD Agreed!! Really gotta give props to Tomoyo for designing so many great outfits.
Here's some of my favorites from Sakura's wardrobe:
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epidemia78 said:Hanato Kobato wins the best dressed award. Girl also knows how to accessorize. Unlike most anime characters, she actually changes clothes sometimes. It's impossible for me to choose which look is best.
I've been reading the manga recently and I really do feel like I should agree. I have no idea where Kobato gets all these clothes though (not sure if the story explains it at the point I'm up to yet).
Well, that's CLAMP for you, they sure know how to design some great outfits XD
I feel like you would LOVE Cardcaptor Sakura if you want more great outfits and another talking plushie guy.
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