Has anyone successfully stopped a villager from wearing ugly clothes?

[ThePhantom]

I have given clothes to some villagers but after seeing how they look I regret it I know that talking to Isabelle about a villager's appearance makes them change clothes in that moment, but then I later find them wearing that outfit again! Has anyone done this successfully? Is there a number of times I have to complain to Isabelle?

 

[raqball]

Same here.. It would be nice to be able to sneak in while they are sleeping and take back some of the ugly clothing I've given villagers.....

 

[Altarium]

I’ve been struggling with this, and the only partial solution I’ve found is to find a piece of clothing they’ll like more than the one you’re trying to remove. Every villager has different tastes, so they’ll wear what they like more often than what they don’t. Find that one piece of clothing they like (and looks good on them) and gift them various copies of it so they wear that more often.

 

[RooftopsRevolution]

Not a fix but: Someone recommended to go to Harvey's island to dress them up and see how they look before giving them the clothes so you know whether it'd be cute or ugly haha

 

[astoria]

If you have some clothing that you want to give a villager try going to Harvey’s island and change their outfit to see how they would look

 

[N a t]

I've only had some luck. I ran a delivery from Zucker to Static in my town and Zucker had apparently gifted Static a baby romper unbeknownst to me. I was so unhappy, Static asked how it looked on him and I told him it looked bad in hopes he would never wear it. He still wears this yellow baby romper. I gave him other cooler clothing that he likes to wear more than the baby romper but on rare occasion he still wears that romper and I just... there goes his cool guy aesthetic..