Styles
| “ | Let's do this Texas style.
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— The Engineer
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Styles are alternate versions of hats, miscellaneous items, and weapons. Introduced in the Hatless Update on April 14, 2011, styles enable the player to alter the visual form of an item at any time. Styles applied to items do not affect the painted status or tradability of the item.
The style of an item can be changed by selecting the item in the backpack and then clicking 'Set Style'. If the item has defined styles, a window will appear listing the styles available in a drop-down menu, allowing the player to select one. Current styles range from being alterations to the painting scheme on an item to a separate model of the item entirely. Promotional items that were released in tiers, such as the hats of the Steam Treasure Hunt, or the Ghastlierest Gibus, have styles that mimic the appearance of the lower-tiered counterparts.
There are currently 64 items that have styles.
Items with styles
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| Flying Guillotine | 
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| Thirsty | Thirstier | ||||
| Splendid Screen | 
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| Classic | Spike | Arrow | Spike and Arrow | ||
| Festive Stickybomb Launcher | 
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| Festive | Festivest | ||||
| Black Rose | 
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| Mystery and True Love | Baccara | ||||
| Bat Outta Hell† | 
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| Universal | Scout | Demoman | Soldier | ||
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Update history
- Added the "styles" backpack mechanic.
- Added styles for Ghastlier Gibus, Treasure Hat, Hat of Undeniable Wealth And Respect, and Googly Gazer.
- Added paint styles to Pyromancer's Mask and Scotsman's Stove Pipe.
- Added a missing material for the Scotsman's Stove Pipe.
- Added styles to Troublemaker's Tossle Cap.
May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)
- Added style to Aperture Labs Hard Hat and Blighted Beak.
- Added Villain's Veil.
June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)
- Added Splendid Screen.
July 1, 2011 Patch (Summer Camp Sale)
- Added Summer Hat.
September 12, 2011 Patch [Item schema update]
- Added styles to Large Luchadore.
October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)
- Added Backwards Ballcap.
October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)
- Added Spine-Chilling Skull 2011.
- [Undocumented] Added Ghastlierest Gibus
- Fixed some missing strings for Backwards Ballcap.
- Added Battle Bob.
- Added styles to Bonk Boy and Hero's Tail.
- Added Black Rose.
- [Undocumented] Added style to Brown Bomber.
- Fixed Mann Co. Store item previews for styles.
- Added Fast Learner.
- Added styles to the Reggaelator.
- Added Texas Half-Pants.
- Added Style names to the Texas Half-Pants.
- Added Fruit Shoot.
- Added Front Runner and Triclops.
- Added Liquor Locker.
June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
- Fixed the second style for the Robot Chicken Hat.
- Added Human Cannonball, Marxman, Triad Trinket, and Flying Guillotine.
August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Tin Pot.
- Fixed a problem with items not displaying the correct styles.
- Added styles to Big Country, Professor's Peculiarity, and Copper's Hard Top
- [Undocumented] Added Koala Compact, War Pig, and Bearded Bombardier.
October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)
- [Undocumented] Added Bat Outta Hell, Plutonidome, and Sir Hootsalot
- [Undocumented] Added Ghostly style to Ghastly Gibus, Ghastlier Gibus, and Ghastlierest Gibus.
- [Undocumented] Added styles to Boo Balloon.
- [Undocumented] Added the Cockfighter and Deadliest Duckling.
- [Undocumented] Added missing style names for the Plutonidome, Sir Hootsalot, and the Bat Outta Hell.
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- Added Winter Wonderland Wrap, Der Wintermantel, Soldier's Slope Scopers, Doc's Holiday, Digit Divulger, Tough Stuff Muffs, Barnstormer, Hanger-On Hood, DethKapp, and Nose Candy.
- Fixed missing style names for The Barnstormer.
- [Undocumented] Updated the styles for the Barnstormer.
- Added 2 styles to the Digit Divulger.
Bugs
- Alternate styles on headwear items sometimes will not show up in the loadout menu.
- If player changes the style of items that need to add or remove bodygroups while connected to a server, it will crash the game.
