coping with ill-fitting clothes theme

A character finds themself subject to this most disagreeable circumstance: the wearing of items of clothing, for example boots, that are not quite the right size.

5 total · 5 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
columbo1971e5x05 minor Columbo was like a fish out of water in the tight fitting trench coat gifted to him by his wife.
movie: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) minor Peter complained that his boots gave him "blister and blister". He was elated when Kemmerick's fine leather boots came into his possession. But Peter was shot dead on the front lines soon after donning them.
nightgallery2x04c minor Blacker complained about his boots being tight.
talesoftheunexpected3x04 minor The porter at the hotel complained that his ill-fitting boots cut up cut his feet.
tos2x23 minor McCoy complained that his Nazi boots we too tight fitting.