Originally Posted by
Calemyr
Would they? While important to the Soul Reapers, their uniforms are not intrinsic to their being. High ranking Soul Reapers often carry accessories or customizations that are not standard, such as Renji's glasses/headband or Korraku's hat or Yamamoto's oversized haori or Kenpachi's tattered one. Nor is the appearance of the Soul Reaper exactly bound to the appearance of their physical body, as seen by the captains' tendency to wear time-appropriate clothing on their gigai. (Also, jokes have been made, at least in the anime, about swapping gigai to freak the newly spiritually blind Ichigo out.)