For a while in the 1990s, the influence of the X-Men caused an interesting effect, as multiple super-groups adopted matching uniforms (many involving leather jackets.) The most terrible was Justice League Task Force, where The Ray’s excellent costume, Martian Manhunter’s so-so uniform and Triumph’s pretty-awful-but-at-least-memorably-awful suit were all replaced by red and gold coveralls. Around the same time, the Legion of Super-Heroes added huge awful team symbol rodeo champion belt buckles that still make my blood run hot, leading to today’s coordinated query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) really likes it when you get a cowboy guy, a space gal, purple-haired twins and a dude in a futuristic motorcycle helmet all swannin’ about together, maybe even throw in a girl with fringy yellow tights and wings, asking: Matching Uniforms: Yea or Nay?
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Yea, if you’re going so far as to include unifying elements like matching belt buckles or badges on otherwise different outfits. Matching uniforms or uniform elements help to foster a team identity and build unity. They signify solidarity around a shared ideal or purpose. It’s the difference between a team and a random assemblage.
Plus, an outfit or costume isn’t a uniform unless it has at least some uniformly consistent elements across a group. It’s right there in the word “uniform.”
Usually nay, because I want my super heroes designed as individuals, unless its a tight team and designed as that from the start, like Super Sentai. And as Daniel said, its not an uniform unless its uniform.