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* ''[[Star Wars]]'' does this. Princess Leia spends more of her time in either her white outfit or more practical clothing. Emperor Palpatine, ruler of the Galaxy, [[Evil Overlord]] Supreme? A black robe and hood. Padme and subsequent Queens of Naboo wore elaborate garb for public functions, but switched to simpler clothes afterwards.
** This extends into the [[Expanded Universe]]. [[X Wing Series|Plour]], being a [[Hot Amazon]] with a shaved head that grows into short hair over the course of the comics, never really wears anything that wouldn't work in a fight or a cockpit.
* The royalty of Rohan in the [[The Lord of the Rings]] (film)|the ''Lord of the Rings'' movies]] wear clothing and armor that is mostly everyday garb with a little more decorations and [[The Dung Ages|no mud on it]].
* [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s Prince Ashitaka and Princess Nausicaa from ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' and ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' respectively. Of course, both come from far more rural regions than the above examples.
* The titular character in ''[[Joanna Thethe Mad]]'' usually wears simple dresses.
* [[Disney]]
** Princess Aurora/Briar Rose in ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''. No [[Giant Poofy Sleeves]], a minimum of the [[Ermine Cape Effect]], an elegant but understated tiara... the most remarkable thing about her dress is the war the Fairies fight over what color it's supposed to be. Sadly, [[Princesses Prefer Pink|no prizes for which color won out.]]
** ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''{{'}}s Princess Jasmine
** ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''{{"}}s Prince Naveen
** ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]''{{'}}s Maid Marian. (Although, strictly speaking, she isn't an actual princess.)
** Princess Eilonwy from ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'', who spends the entire film [http://disney.lovesakura.com/Gallery/c25/p28.jpg in a very simple] dress], with nothing to indicate that she's anything other than a servant of some kind.
** {{spoiler|[[The High Queen|Kida's]]}} dress at the end of ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', which is completely free of any detail except on the sash hanging down from the front of said dress.
** [[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]] in "''Cinderella II: Dreams Come True"'' favors simple dresses (including a blue version of her former servant outfit from her first Disney movie).
* Leonidas in ''[[300|Three Hundred]]''. You don't get much simpler than a pair of tight leather shorts and a cape. Queen Gorgo seems to wear lengths of un-dyed wool draped around herself and precariously secured with a few leather straps except for the burgundy number she wears to confront the senate.
** Of course he was planning on being in a tight packed formation with [[Blood Splattered Warrior|lots of blood,]] not to mention, sweat,dirt, and [[Vomit Chain Reaction|other stuff less pleasant to think about]] being thrown around. One would think the real Leonidas would just want to heap a lot of bronze on him and not take along anything that could get ruined. Of course it is surprising the records of how dandified past warriors could be even when they expected to be in hand to hand fighting. But then Leonidas was [[The Spartan Way|a Spartan.]]
 
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