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Follow up from this ask bcus @capn-twitchery enabled me >:D

So! Outfit choices!

Cordelia/Theodore Pembroke

Pembroke puts a lot of thought into her outfits because a) she's a tailor with generally a major interest in fashion and b) her whole thing with the separate personas hinges on presentation.

As Cordelia, she goes all out on the intricacies and elaborate designs. Time to show off those tailoring skills and have fun with sewing! Putting aside the general extravagance, the main cut of her dresses is actually pretty modest -- even as general fashion shows more skin, she's not budging. This mostly comes back to the separate personas; her arms (and torso. and legs.) have ended up with a lot of scars from monster hunting as Theodore, can't really expose those without raising more questions than it's worth. It also relates to her gender identity as she's transfem/genderfluid and AMAB, easiest way to hide things like body hair or an adam's apple is to simply cover it.

As Theodore, his outfit is quite casual, all things considered. Most of his time like this is spent being very active and energetic, calling for a much larger range of motion than as Cordelia. He's also a lot more likely to rip/stain/etc this set of clothes, so they're not as expensive and are easier to fix. Theodore also gets the freedom of showing more skin; no need to hide scars or male traits he's expected to have! He still keeps his hair long though, usually just in a ponytail.

Flint Silverstein

Silverstein is... a lot less bothered with fashion. His only real hang ups are a) finding clothes that fit him and b) looking respectable. He doesn't particularly want to stand out or draw attention. At one point he decided that people treat you better in a suit and stuck with that, he's a very consistent guy. Type of guy who would eat the same thing for dinner every day (he is only spared from this by not needing to eat lol)

He does actually have alternate outfits, to be fair. They're usually things Pembroke made him that he'll only wear if she asks, like their hallowmas set. She would make him normal clothes if he wanted but he doesn't care.

So, yeah, very different views on clothing! They both see it as a way to change how people treat you but go about it in very different ways.