#maxi skirts............kilts.........

[wild-joker-out-pleasures]

🎀 Skirts for Joker Out 🎀

The recent posts about skirts made me decide to create this. Why not let ALL FIVE BOYS join in on the fun and joys of wearing a skirt? Feel the breeze? The freedom? Equal opportunity is never a bad thing after all, isn’t it? 🤭

Thus, I have taken it upon myself to choose fitting skirt styles for each of the lads, based on what I think would suit each of them! 🎀

Bojan Cvjetićanin 💓

Very out there, very flirty and attention-grabbing miniskirts with standout details and more than a few dashes of coquette. Chiffon, fringe, sequins, little bows. His fearlessness and outgoing personality would really shine, and the short lengths ensure that this short king would look as tall as possible. 🤭 Swishy and twirly silhouettes also allow him to shake those hips and twerk.

Kris Guštin 🤍

That ass certainly doesn’t lie. Kris could rock long and short skirts alike, and with those long legs. Soft, delicate fabrics that drape beautifully complement his Greek god-like beauty. A sheer long skirt with a slit would suit him particularly well. He is well-suited to both pretty princess styles with dainty details and cute bows, and high-fashion runway-esque silhouettes that hug that peach of his and would make every jaw in the room drop.

Jan Peteh 🖤

Dark and intense Jan is a natural fit for equally dark, edgy and alternative skirt styles. Black leather, dark lace and mesh, as well as some bondage and lingerie elements such as buckles, straps and hardware, complement his black cat nature and his natural sensual energy. Of course, one cannot leave out the classic red and black plaid kilt-style miniskirt a la Vivienne Westwood, a staple in alternative fashion that just screams Jan.

If any of you know the manga and anime "Nana"...Jan is 100% Nana Osaki coded, both in appearance and personality.

Jure Maček 🩵

Sunny and chaotic Jure is all about showing skin, and a natural fit for Y2K sensibilities, the shorter the better. Playful, youthful denim and summery mini lengths are particularly good styles for him, rips and distressed details optional. When he's feeling especially fancy, a bold feather mini is a particularly good fit, in its unconventional and unexpected chaos...that Jure would absolutely pull off. 😆

Nace Jordan 💜

Nace is the epitome of a lovely fall day. He suits so many autumn-inspired styles in earthy tones of brown, orange, warm purple and muted green, touched with varying degrees of coziness, and both soft and tough details. Naturally, that extends to skirts. From fairy grunge maxi skirts, to "sexy nerd" dark academia style, to army green minis (he has nice thighs, of course I wouldn't deny anyone those thighs)...he can carry them all beautifully!

Thank you for your time, and LONG LIVE SKIRTS! 🖤

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Maxis-Match Medievaloid Miscellany, Part 1: Young Adult and Adult Male Clothing

Item 1: The Al-Andalus Tunic Skirt. A retexture of EA's Large Belted Kilt mesh with editsims' Tara Skirt textures, this tunic is a simple and classic tunic-style bottom. One recolorable channel at 4x4; available for too many categories to list, but it is fully morphed.

Item 2: The Dalriada Tunic Skirt. Another retexture of the EA Large Belted Kilt mesh, this time using PoppySims' pleated skirt textures, this tunic has pleats (or gores) for extra flair. One recolorable channel at 4x4; available for too many categories to list, but it, also, is fully morphed. Works well with lower-slung belt accessories.

Item 3: The Danelaw Tunic and Trousers. This is editsims' Disparate Youth skirt layered over EA's Kung Fu pants; suitable for the more active (or cold) individual. Three recolorable channels at 4x4 tiling. While it's available for quite a few categories, it doesn't have a pregnancy morph.

Item 4: The Byzantium Top. This is EA's World Adventures Chinese Sophisticate top layered over Supernatural's Top With Infinity Scarf. It's a very fancy top, in my opinion. Four recolorable channels at 4x4 tiling; available for Everyday, Formalwear, Career, Makeover, and Maternity to make it more ~exclusive~ than the others.

Download them all here (package file only): http://simfileshare.net/folder/196853/

Or download them at simblr.cc here.

Credits, in alphabetical order:

@aprilrainsimblr for holding my hand through morphing the Danelaw bottom, as well as providing Alasdair's top | @camoflash004 for the bones and morphs from their TS4 skirt conversion, which I used as a reference | @club-crimsyn for Kiran's hosen | @danjaley for the Bayeux Tapestry, Standing and Talking, and Temple of Aphaia poses | EAXIS for their textures and meshes | editsims / littlecat for their skirt textures and meshes | MograSims for Alasdair's and Bruno's shoes | @nectar-cellar for walking me through Mesh Toolkit about a year ago now; additionally, for Kiran Prasad, who I Maxis Matchified and used as a model | @ninjaofthepurplethings for Karl Melton, who I also Maxis Matchified and used as a model | OneEuroMutt for Alasdair's and Bruno's hosen | PoppySims for their skirt textures | @simlicious for the patterns (your wool fabrics save my life every time) and for providing Bruno's top | @sweetdevil-sims for Kiran's shoes

[kimyoonmiauthor]

Worldbuilding: !@#$ the terfs, be more creative with gender and bio sex than a binary system.

9.5 times out of ten the majority of gender systems I read in US books are really, really uncreative, and I do mean that because manga, has more creative gender systems than a lot of US books. I love you Melanie Rawn, but still, the inversion as good as it was in the uncompleted Ruins of Ambrai, still was largely a European system because it was largely a commentary on the European system. (Yes, I did understand that.)

And the US tends to, very much accuse other countries of having uncreative gender systems that are absolutely rigid, say the US to Japan. (Though the usually [white] understanding of Japanese gender is usually abysmal... but that's a whole paper and a half there.)

When building a gender system, be more creative! You have this other fake culture. You can do whatever the heck you feel like. Say, the Barbie Movie, which hilariously the alt-right USian detested, though it still was a commentary on mostly US gender norms.

Can't we loosen this up a little? You have literal aliens and you can't imagine a more creative sex and gender system than the binary? Oh really? Humans aren't even binary on either. I'm going to give cultural examples.

Introduction

Bugis have 5 genders.

BTW, someone got so mad when I pointed out the page they cited said that Bugis recognized 5 genders, they went on a youtube rant about it. lol Deal. BTW, people put a lot of emphasis on Bissu like how people hyperfocus on trans women in the US because masculinity is that fragile. Albanian is complicated.

Some countries/ethnicities have 3.

India has a 3 gender system in Northern India. Women, men, Hijra

I mean this list:

Some countries don’t even define the two gender system the same way (Europeans are sooo uptight. Loosen up.)

For example, a Korean man wearing pink--no problem. No one flips the hell out when a man in Korea wears a hanbok with a chima and a jeogori. They are like cool. He can do as he likes. Even baksu wear chima in religious ceremonies. They believe it gives them extra powers.

The whole pants. are. for. men. and. women. only. wear. skirts.

Oh c'mon...

Pants were invented for horseback riding--like the heel.

So let's get this mind-numbingly straight (pun somewhat intended here) Men, are men because of horses. (haha, yes, Barbie reference), thus have to wear pants. But are absolutely effing forbidden from wearing heels, which are also associated with what? Horseback riding. Hmmm...

And men still wear dresses and skirts, but they call it by other names.

Judicial robes for sale, and look, a man is wearing them.

But--But that's soo different from a dress...

https://www.net-a-porter.com/en-jp/shop/product/la-doublej/clothing/maxi-dresses/muumuu-printed-silk-twill-maxi-dress/38063312420399795

This is a dress because as Webster's Dictionary says:

: an outer garment (as for a woman or girl) usually consisting of a one-piece bodice and skirt

Yes, it's worn by a woman. I couldn't find another definition.

But men also wear sarongs. And bath towels, and kilts all of which look suspiciously like skirts. And togas. Which shows how fragile the definition is that you need to narrow the definition that much.

And freaking for those religious, God on the Sistine Chapel, by suspected maybe gay Michelangelo, has a vaccuum sealed butt on the Sistine chapel wearing a pink dress.

C'mon, we can be more creative than this, surely. I mean, if you look at this super rigid gender system, does it make any sense at all? OK, I'm NB and all, but seriously, I look at it and go, WTF happened to you?

You get so uptight about men wearing lace, stocking, high heels, dresses, pink but forget so quickly that less than 200 years ago, no one gave a damn, and if a man didn't wear those things, he couldn't make it in high society.

I mean...

Lafayette, wearing pink, heels, stockings, lace (his collar), and a wig. Give me a break here.

And gender definitions change over time...

Just about 100 years back, in order to be out and gay, it was thought your entire gender was different. There was nothing like a butch gay man. You were considered part female, in fact. And no one in the 19th century would have taken exception to that. It didn't change until much later in Europe.

But also Europe imperialized the world with gender expectations, leading to a rise of violence against third gender communities.

What was one of the first three rules of culture I posted? Culture changes. Koreans like to say, even in ten years the Mountains and rivers change. So gender can and will also change in definitions becoming more rigid, more fluid, recategorized, etc over time.

So given all of these things... let's rethink gender.

Gender doesn't have to be Defined by Sex Assigned at Birth

A lot of Human cultures assign gender this way. Born one way, raise them that way, hope it works out.

But you have a whole FANTASY WORLD and you can see, humans don't make a lot of logical sense when it comes to gender. I mean heels are for women, and men should never wear them, except when they are attached to boots, but the boots better not be too high , or you're *gasp* gay is the European "logic" system. And only what? 50 or so years ago, women were finally allowed to wear pants.

So you don't have to do it by genitals. You could do it by hair color. Gender affirming care would be changing your hair color, or horns, or whatever tickles your fancy. You could, say have a cephlapod species with smaller males that can present female part of the time, and based on their texture of their skin, that's their gender.

You could do it by color--the species has actually blue, dark blue, green, yellow, etc skin colors and they can change them at any moment and the one they tend towards, well, that's their gender.

You could also make it so you automatically need a polycule for the species to work out and reproduce. And thus there might be, say a 6 gender system. 2 possible genders for the three adults there.

C'mon. Nature is creative and sometimes has an all female species. Look at Mourning geckos. There are so few males, and they are sometimes called a lesbian species of gecko.

Even then, you have intersex, and not all intersex people are infertile.

Terfs only think it's wrong to "go against nature" when it has to do with gender presentation. Nothing else. But they have no, no problem with assigning a sex to an intersex child without their consent. That's culture taking over for nature. And how that is shaped, or not shaped, absolutely belongs in world building.

If your men aren't horseback riding, and your women aren't either, then dresses for all are fine. Deal with it.

I think it would be entertaining to see an alien species determine the gender of the child by holding up paint swatches to the child's say eyes and then saying, "Yep, a girl."

Or even well, the birther stayed in # temp rooms, for # amount of days, Oh, this is the expected sex of the child. But the gender, well, we will determine that by these [arbitrary] factors.

But seriously, you can define gender and sex however, you want. Is medical/magic intervention necessary or not? Who gets to determine it?

Next step is to find the rules for how gender is expressed in an idealized world.

Do you constantly call all of your girls and tell them they can grow up to be a princess? But tell all your boys they are going to grow up to be doctors and lawyers?

This is what Social Scientists would call socialization.

For this, I would suggest you make a spreadsheet and then put down arbitrary lists of things the "ideal" gender would wear. So for the US, Pink is for girls. Blue is for boys. How they should act. And finally, how they are taught.

It's so ubiquitous that even feminists often trip up and see a baby in a pink dress with lace and automatically pick up a doll. (I'm just saying, maybe think that one over a bit.)

Make a list for each column. And then for the individual characters figure out how they DON'T fit those norms and then terrorize them with it...

What do you threaten the privileged group with if they come out of line?

For men in the US, for example, you go with homophobia. "That's gay."

Because the threat of being gay is sooo outlandish. *eyeroll* It's an threat to everything masculine.

I'll go over this in more detail later in the series, but you need things to discipline the privileged group and the disadvantage group(s). What's the threat if you become this other group? Death? Social ridicule? Financial loss? Being outcast?

Or, do you get rewarded and become a shaman, a healer, or a celebrated hero for being able to not fit in? (This also is possible).

Cultural justifications

Cultural justifications for this are different from the actual historical reasons or the facts.

The historical reason that pink and blue switched was because dyes became more readily available for both and they felt like it.

Blue used to be more rare, and thus considered "virginal" because blue is rare in nature, but under industrialization as people became more and more disconnected from nature, and blue dyes became available, the idea of this became more diluted, and the switch was from blue to pink.

That's not what the cultural justifications were for this thought originally. The thought was that blue was a more "delicate" color, clearly more suited to women.

Because, if you have forgotten (yes a joke coming), humans constantly get amnesia on where things come from. Constantly. We've lost information in your own lifetime. You were born 2 seconds ago? Well, I hate to tell you, we've lost information in that 2 seconds.

So, when they can't remember the reason, Humans make up a reason to go with it, that's often frivolous and silly. Something that feels, what? Natural to them. Though remember the rule, Nature gives no fucks. So find and make up a logical reason for the cultural item and then find a stupid reason that people are willing to double down on it and there you go, that's culture. So say your species of aliens, the ones that are temperature linked to sex, link Iunno, gender to horn size. Bigger horns mean a certain class of gender. The original reason might be that bigger horned females are better at digging nests back when they were a pastoral society, thus better able to have larger clutches of children. But they've now reached the stars, so they completely forgot why and now just say that bigger horns are simply sexier because reasons. Or it could have flipped that smaller horns are in more demand, because big horns get in the way of industrial tasks, but no one says that. And now the bigger horned females, are considered a lower gender than the smaller horned females, who then raise all of the eggs.

See, the justification doesn't even have to follow any sort of logic. It's what they tell everyone to make them feel better.

And truthfully, a lot of culture is built this way. The reason you tell everyone isn't really the actual truth. I mean I did a whole series on Story Structure, and the justifications versus the reasons why it was made that way don't even close to match. People blindly parrot what other people tell them if it will help them succeed. (BTW, not saying I'm not guilty of this, I absolutely am.)

So I think this gives you a good basis to free yourself up for a larger system and be more creative with your gender definitions. Because absolutely both gender and sex are defined by culture, but in different ways.

You have effing demons, and you can come up with a more creative gender categories? You have unicorns and you don't have more creative gender categories. And you have kracken climbing buildings, but you can't imagine a third sex category for them when it absolutely exists in nature. C'mon. Hit me with your most creative and free yourself of your own culture's definitions of gender.

What if you nuked the entire Male/female/NB system. What would that look like? How would you justify it on two fronts? Blow that system out of the water and rework it. What would the Sexual orientation work like with a 3 sexes, 2 gender for each each system?

What stupid prohibitions would you put in for such a system?

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Update 2023/09/10

Added:

mesh edits to: Stacked Bracelets; Sunday Best Dress; Victorian Frill Shirt.

texture edits to: Large Belted Kilt; Open Shirt with Necklace.

separate: top and bottom to IP Twisted Chain Swimsuit; top to Romantic Robe.

mashups: Chinese-inspired Top + Top with Infinity Scarf; Kung Fu Pants + Ruffled Skirt; Mid Vicious + Off-Shoulder Dress; Slacks with Flat Front / Cigar Pants;

Female-to-Male (FtM) conversions to: BG Empire Waist Sundress; GEN Maxi Dress; IP Striped Dress.

Male-to-Female (MtF) conversions to: BG Fitted Tank Top; BG Swim Trunks.

The Sims Medieval Conversions: multiple by JooJConverts.

Other Conversions: unisex recategorizers for toddlers and children, basegame + EPs + SPs, by camoflash004.

Replaced the "frankenmeshed" naming with "mashup".

[riordanverserpdatabase]

Greetings, earthlings!!! We're here again with more polls!!! Polls for days!!!

[wifeofbath]

Had a dream the other night that Jamie lost his kilt and had to wear skirts of varying lengths, from ankle length maxi skirts (that he hated) to little 60s mini skirts. Two was very appreciative of the latter, at least as much as the BBC censors would let him.

[awesomeposher]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage 1980s Plaid Maxi Skirt.

[teddybasmanov]

🌿 🙃 🐸 !

Hi, Arsenal! Thanks for the ask. ::-|)

🌿 Describe your favourite outfit.

Hell, it's complicated, I have so many aesthetics... I have a three piece black suit with a white or a black shirt. I like my cat boy-girl outfit - short plaid pink/grey skirt, white t-shirt, white knee-highs and cat ears with pink bows and bells and a lace chocker. I like my simple cargo shorts with a white tank top and a somewhat Hawaiian shirt. I love my new-found boho-ish maxi skirt with the same shirt. I like my witchy cropped turtle-necks. My punk outfits with band shirts and red tartan tights/kilt and a whole bunch of chains. So many...

🙃 What’s a weird fact that you know?

A short one because I can't come up with anything, of course: Lenin had trouble holding on to a gun whenever he got one - there are several known cases in which he needed one and in all of them he either forgot it somewhere or lost it.

🐸 Describe your aesthetic.

I'm afraid I already answered in the first one - I have so many ones I like. Same with my room - it's wood and flowers and fantasy maps and band and movie posters and books and comics and plushies and a lava-lamp. It's a whole mess.

[ge-ot]

I wasn't expecting myself for wanting to buy a maxi skirt, at all

[ice-creamforbreakfast]

We are gathered here today to witness the CC collaboration of HFO, Joliebean and Sentate... Till death do us part! 

This collaboration aims to bring you everything your sims could ever require to walk down the aisle in style; From The Bride to Groom and the Guests to the Flower Girls! Each item is available across a rich and versatile 20 swatch colour palette.

My content - Patreon - Free from 3rd of September 2021

Get Sentate's part here!

Get Joliebean's part here!

More details about my items:

Female Clothing

Halima Dress - A full coverage, fishtail dress with structured shoulders and lace detailing and button closure at the back.

Peony Dress V1 and 2 - A fishtail dress with a plunging neckline, lace overlay and exposed back. Comes in two versions, one with lace on the top only and an allover lace version. 

Bridget Dress -  A simple, sleeveless maxi-length dress with a lace detailed top and button closure at the back. 

Edyta Dress - an asymmetric one shoulder dress with folds of fabric on one side. 

Grace Dress - A strapless, tea-length dress with a full skirt. Heather Jumpsuit - A tailored, strapless jumpsuit. 

Male Clothing

Angus Kilt Set - A Collection of kilts in ten different tartans, with matching jackets and accents, separate to the main set colour palette.

Finn Socks - Kilt socks available in black or cream with seven accent colour options.

Jewellery

Aimal Jewellery set - Gold or platinum drop earrings with inlaid with precious stones and pearl. Matching necklace with pearls.

Hair

Ada Hair and Accessory - Asymmetric bun with roses for a more contemporary wedding style.

[mattzerella-sticks]

Dean, in his 20s, guzzling shitty beer and watching Braveheart: Yeah, technically kilts are manly... but you wouldn't catch me in a skirt like that even if my life depended on it!

Dean, in his 40s, holding a flared mini in one hand and a maxi in the other: What do you think the vibe is today, Cas? Fun and flirty or prairie housewife?

[biohazzard121]

EA/Maxis what where you thinking lol its skirt for guys & its not even a nice skirt, it would have been so much better if it was a Kilt. anyone else think that ‘Modern Menswear kit pack that this belongs to makes the male sims look frumpy??? 

[ravenhilarious]

what I hope/expect for the next skirt sides

roman: something extra. either poofy, with a lot of frills and ruffles, or like sparkly. not sure whether he’d wear his usual prince shirt or something else. for shoes he would definitely wear really fancy boots.

virgil: one of those kilt like plaid skirts no I do not take criticism. shoes would probably be doctor Martens or something, shirt either a plain black or purple tee/tank or a band shirt of some kind. idk.

janus: I like to think that he would wear a maxi skirt. maybe with a little cut to make it asymmetrical. and I really hope that we get to see the return of the bowtie (but it’s okay if we don’t), that or a short sleeved/sleeveless shirt of some kind and then long yellow opera gloves that would be awesome!

remus: either something big and poofy to match his sleeves, or like I could see him in a leather skirt. also fancy boots, for sure, and mayhaps some nice ripped thighs or fishnets? pretty please?

[shinobicyrus]

mudfishscientist replied to your post “Random DnD Worldbuilding”

People who write this shit have very little respect for things that actually explain what they want it to. "Skirt" it's a KILT honey the Scotts wore them for 700 years

I said skirts I meant skirts, hun. Flare skirts, broomstick skirts, maxi skirts. It’s my world and I can invent medieval miniskirts for a race of fictional fab devil-spawn, thank you.

[sugar-petals]

BTS: Dresses + Skirts They Look Best In

th. | preppy circular skirts and vintage beach dresses with stripes, all in simplistic cuts. knit skirts, but not rugged and heavy. pencil skirts, godet cuts are also possible. grace kelly style, of course, with the respective classic handbag. both skirts and dresses can sport understated peplums at the hip. light colors and fabrics look refreshing and smart on him. 

sj. | giant luxurious drapings, revealing waterfall cleavages (front AND back), pastel ball gown dresses. bodycons. jin could flat-out rock a wedding dress and everyone would love it, too. cuffed, flouncy, and choir boy sleeves. it needs maximum extravagant decor everywhere, and pearls. large floral designs and golden prints. mermaid and ruffled skirts. pile on the taffeta.

sg. | mini skirts with prints and many details. grunge styles, loose checkered dresses. square cleavages or high collars. always with ripped fishnets underneath. tailored school uniforms of all kind — there’s a reason why min yoonji stole the show. knife pleated skirts. silver and matte fabrics. raglan sleeves. yoongi would also make a flapper dress look really sexy.

hs. | rough leather and laced/zipped up pieces, straight, geometric, black. always a bit futuristic and high fashion. effortless. dresses are at knee length and have jagged hemlines. neon colors and strapless styles. accordion skirts can be fairly long but need a clean V-neck shirt to top it off. a tunic or drop waist is nice as long as the colors are saturated and striking.

jm. | fur trim and plenty of lace, very flowy material for both dresses and skirts. sequins work best. velvety bomber jackets on top. sun and halter dresses. queen anne cleavage. or, on the other hand, jeans dungarees (!) cut into a dress. lots of waist emphasis. even a hanbok for women, as we know, looks just excellent. jimin rocks folklore. add tulip and trumpet skirts.

rm. | big chunky crochet dresses from thick wool, sleeveless (yum), huge patterns. perhaps a super short kilt so he can show off his godly toned legs. wrap dresses with extra long sleeves, but tight and stretchy around the biceps. leisure maxi dresses galore, without too much waist emphasis. ponchos & sarongs. even a floor-length dirndl in cream colors. 

jk. | an elongated, casual linen skirt that’s tight around the waist and thighs. skater girl wear. a jumper, empire, or an a line dress looks fancy. also: a shirt dress with a belt marks the hip well. layered skirts work. maybe a bit of silk and satin, too. button-ups everywhere; we know how hot that ends up as because jk’s physique regularly explodes button borders.

based on this ask: 

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