There are some reports that indicate that the upcoming film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, might include a more comics accurate costume design for the hero.
On DiscussingFilm.net, it discussed how Richard Sale will be working as a costume designer on Aquaman 2. Sale was an assistant costume deigner on a number of films such as Wonder Woman 1984 and Ready Player One, but also on a bunch of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films like Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Eternals and the upcoming Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness. While noting Sale's work on that film, DiscussingFilm's Jacob Fisher noted that "one source just teased to us that the crew have designed a new, comic accurate look for Doctor Strange himself."
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Doctor Strange's costume in the MCU is not really dramatically different from his comic book look, but there are definitely some significant differences.
In an interview by Peter Sciretta of SlashFilm with Alexandra Byrn, the costume designer of Doctor Strange explained some of the changes that she made. One of the most notable changes was the collar of the cloak, "Yes, that was a big challenge. It’s amazing in the comic book and, obviously, we have practical limitations. The collar in the comic is enormous and if you had something that big, you’d never see your actors’ faces. It’s about getting the spirit and, for want of another word, the magic. To be entranced by the cloak. The cloak is sentient, so it has its own character. You want something that has an amazing sense of history, antiquity and that is a relic in itself. It’s a mixture of drawing and building not the body. You can draw a lot, but it’s ultimately the drape of a fabric that is going to dictate how the cloak works. We tend to attack it on two fronts. Then, really the feel I wanted is that you learn more about the cloak the more you saw it."
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Byrn also explained some of the color changes, "Obviously, there’s a color palette within the comics. I think red and gold has an immense amount of baggage that isn’t particularly helpful to this film, so I decided to keep it basically monochrome so that the detail is all there. As you go more into closeup, you gain more from the cloak. The big challenge was the idea of asymmetry, whether that’s just me asking, “What can be different about this cloak?” It had a good feel to it. In order to achieve that, it has a semi-tailored shoulder on one side. That’s a whole new game that I had never tackled. I won’t call it a graveyard, but we certainly have a rail of prototypes, all of which taught us something. It really is about working with the fabric and the processes. Every time you add something else to the cloak, it changes the weight, the balance, and the behavior."
Obviously, Strange's famous chest emblem is also missing, so it is possible that that emblem, the cloak's collar and some color changes would be the main aspects that could be altered for the upcoming film.
Source: DiscussingFilm.net