Unused accessories

An unused accessory is an accessory (such as an article of clothing or hairstyle) which appears in early screenshots or in-game (either on a family tree icon or in a storytelling picture) but does not appear in the game itself. These occur in most Sims games, including The Sims, The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, though it is much more noticeable in The Sims 2. There are several Sims with noticeable unused content in-game such as Irma Oldie and Gertrude Beaker.

Some unused accessories are present in the game files, but are either incomplete or hidden. In some cases, custom content creators have been able to recover or unlock the content and make it available.

Gibs Hair
A mod which makes this hair available can be found here.

Cardigan
This cardigan is in the game but not in these colors. Recolors made using the extracted textures are available here.

Accessories
For some hats, the hat is available in-game, but the color or pattern shown is hidden.

Suspenders
These Suspenders are hidden in-game.