#story: fashion

[viperdove-if]

What is Heran fashion like?

I'm eventually going to post my pinterest but a lot of layers, robes or at least robe-like. Everything is oversized and layered and just breathable. V&D's days are hot so a lot of loose and thin fabric, but their nights are cold (by the ocean) so even more layers and overcoats. A lot of muted colors like browns, beige, grays. Vibrant colors are reserved for those who can afford them. That goes for designs and patterns too. Most people just wear plain layered fabric. Designs and jewels and things are $$$

MC and co can afford to dress a bit more flamboyantly due to that, but that's up to preference. Shadow's outfit is all black and has no designs (blendable).

Clothes are not usually form-fitting. Form-fitting gowns and clothes are considered more 'scandalous' but they're not forbidden. It just takes a greal deal of confidence to go out like that.

Casual clothes are robes or simple tunic and pants. Traditionally feminine wear leans towards long gowns and robes.

O prefers the traditionally gender-neutral square-neck tunic and pants for both Oren and Odessa. Easier to fight in. (And they quite like the ambiguity.) (In comparison, more masculine fare leans toward v-necklines.)

I imagine the fashion to be a mixture of traditional medieval era fashion, feudal japan, ancient china and ancient greece. (Probably doesn't narrow it down much but my brain is a hogwash of time periods for this IF.)

[summer-s0ul]

nina simone in action

[2014-is-back]

Are you insane like me?

[egophiliac]

roll out the red carpet guys we're going to the SHAFTLANDS

[lolita-wardrobe]

The Silver Dragon

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[mooskobold]

was catching up on @demilypyro's FFVII playthrough and got extremely peeved at how tasteless cloud's dress options are, so here's my takes on girl cloud that do his style a bit more justice imo (inspired by goth gowns and something my friend wore to the club the other day), plus a bonus Demily in her Aerith fit!

[withthoseangeleyes]

this.

[bl00dfroma-fairy]

me & who

[s0cioplath]

october is their month

[summer-s0ul]

Minnie Riperton (1970)

[ghouljams]

no thoughts just simon roughly undoing your corset at the end of the night. idk how he'd be there without it being seen as improper or whatever or maybe hes your husband but i feel like it'd send me into subspace so quick.. kinda similar to shibari? idk.

The times when he's rough with your stays are few and far between, mostly he unlaces the (newly) double stranded thing with blunt nails that slip against the laces. His own knots so carefully tied keeping you held tight in what may as well be his embrace. His signature is already neatly embroidered on your modesty panel, his words neatly penned in bleeding ink professing all the places his lips would touch. Scandalous delivered before he ever made it to your marriage bed, you might add.

Oh no, Simon is very... deliberate with your stays. Possessive, even. His knot is one you can't undo, one that even he sometimes resorts to pulling between his teeth. It's a security you can't go against, a lock whose only key is held by Simon. He won't even let your maid touch your laces. You sit for him and arch into his touch as he threads one line, then another, and another. His fingers skim your chemise, his breath just barely even. You hang your head to feel his teeth graze the top knob of your spine as he pulls you tight, and takes the first swell of your breath between his fingers.

It's a beautiful thing. A second spine borrowed from your husband's hand. How each crossed thread holds its own knot at the center, how each lace ladders itself to climb up the looping of Simon's signature, his name just barely visible under the knots and laces. No, he doesn't tear at your stays. Swear at them maybe. Tell you he won't tie them so tight next time, a lie. But never tear.

Cut? Well, now that's another thing entirely. And you'd be lying if you said the press of his blade along your spine, slowly carving out your trapped breath, didn't make you squeeze your legs around the hand he'd already buried between them.

[bunnieswithknives]

Fop redesigns for funsies but also bcs I saw some star heel boots and had to put Dale in them immediately.

[drenched-in-sunlight]

a while ago i discussed some similarities in design shared by Marika and the Deathbed Companion, now i just want to draw her in that dress pls I’m a simple painter 😭

[shripscapi]

I don’t usually share my oc stuff on tumblr but I like this one and I worked hard on it so I am going to anyways <3