Danbooru

Idol clothes, uniform and matching outfit

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What makes sense to me is:
idol clothes +uniform for stage outfits that are standardized among members of an idol group, taking into account any established canon designs of the copyright as well.

idol clothes -uniform for stage outfits that are either:

  • not standardized among a group (the members wear different outfits),
  • worn by a solo idol that is not a member of a group (and thus their outfit can't be considered "standardized"),
  • worn by original characters unless the image shows multiple characters wearing the same outfit (since otherwise, without an established copyright you won't know if it's a uniform or not), or they're wearing the uniform of an established copyright.

I don't think matching outfit would be applicable for regular images of idol groups (outside of edge cases), since idol clothes are inherently intended to be worn during the activities of a profession. A case where I could possibly see matching outfit working is a non-idol character dressed to match an idol, for example.

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