The emperor's new clothes is a fairy tale (an old children's story) by Hans Christian Anderson about an emperor who pays a lot of money for some magic clothes which can only be seen by wise people. The clothes do not really exist, but the emperor does not admit he cannot see them, because he does not want to seem stupid. Everyone else pretends to see the clothes too, until a child shouts out, "The emperor has no clothes on!"
- The title is often used to describe a situation in which people are afraid to criticise something because everyone else seems to think it is good or important.
- The story is also used to express the state of mortality in a society, expressed through the medium of a fable.
- The tale shows the vulnerability of conceited people who practise self-deceit to exposure as frauds.
- Seeing is presented in the tale as the courage of one convictions. Sight becomes insight, which, in turn prompts action.
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