ArchMikem wrote: »

Love the top and the skirt, but I'd rather my girl be wearing some kind of shoes or boots instead of sandals. She IS an adventuring warrior after all. She doesn't want the blood and ashes of cultists and Daedra mucking her feet.

I somewhat like the roman styled soldier sandals of the 700 crown outfit, but those flip flop like sandals of the cheaper one do not look very practical for adventuring, but more for running some house chores or maybe what the name of the outfit suggests - climbing. But even for that these kind of footwear are pointless, barefoot would give more grip and flexibility. So what do I suggest?- Maybe remove the flip flops and make it into what would be best for climbing?- barefoot?

In a world with magic we have to rethink how armor works and what it has to look like. I just think about Oblivion here. As soon as I have access to the mage academy, what do I do, I put away all my armor pieces, look for nice looking normal clothes and enchant them - this gives me the highest speed, that stuff does not have to be repaired ever and I stay agile and can outrun pretty much anything what might be more powerful than I am.

At this point in the game I decided to go with cloth. In ESO I do not have a speed advantage when wearing cloth, nor would I be more agile, so here I am choosing other armor. Well, I have sets which are completely well-fitted and I love them, they give me about double the sprint time of other armor and so I can outrun most of what is too powerful for me to take on yet. Guess, I just stick with the same tactics to the most part - use something what makes me agile and lets me escape from danger. And that is what I like with this bosmer outfit. It really supports optically this highly mobile and agile play style.

Edit:

roleplay-wise I see costumes as pure illusion magic, which I can summon and use as if it would be bodywear, because my mind is effected by the illusion, that I would wear nothing else than this costume. It's magical effects let others think and experience, that I would wear nothing but this costume, while in reality I do not wear a costume but just my armor.

Lysette wrote: »

I somewhat like the roman styled soldier sandals of the 700 crown outfit, but those flip flop like sandals of the cheaper one do not look very practical for adventuring, but more for running some house chores or maybe what the name of the outfit suggests - climbing. But even for that these kind of footwear are pointless, barefoot would give more grip and flexibility. So what do I suggest?- Maybe remove the flip flops and make it into what would be best for climbing?- barefoot?

I agree, I like the color and style of the darker one but not the flip flops. Ideally I would take the ancient looking sandals and arm band from the 1 dress and tack them onto the other.

Or ZOS can finally let us hide other pieces besides just the head and I can go barefoot.

ArchMikem wrote: »

Love the top and the skirt, but I'd rather my girl be wearing some kind of shoes or boots instead of sandals. She IS an adventuring warrior after all. She doesn't want the blood and ashes of cultists and Daedra mucking her feet.

Yeah I'd prefer some nice doeskin boots as well, would look nice as well as being "immersively practical".

I'd also have made the top of that a one shoulder affair rather than a halter, to go with the lines of the skirt wrap (especially for the Doeskin and Chamois outfit), but that's not a dealbreaker for me either - they at least both look essentially great AND don't distort our bodies, so all in all a step in the right direction for costumes...plus I hope ZOS takes a look at the quick and dirty google search I did for some future dress styles I think would be nice for the Crown Store to sell as well, all would be things that make our characters look nice and really that's all we want.

MornaBaine wrote: »

I rather wish they had done a male version with just the skirt. The top looks a little silly on males IMHO. Overall, to me, it just looks a little too much like something you see women wearing here in Miami.

Skirt and sandals is still not a good look for a guy, the top doesn't make or break this for male characters.

Lysette wrote: »

Well, tribal cultures wear stuff similar to this - males as well - loincloth, wrap-around skirt like clothing. That you experience that as "does not look good on males" is just, because you are not used to such a culture. It is just like some women would not agree with that going topless is acceptable - but in some cultures this is absolutely normal - take for example the Zulu in south africa. Their virgin women are topless, that is what shows, that they are still virgin. This is not seen as perverted in such cultures, but it's normality. They have a right to live in the ways of their culture, just like we feel entitled to ours.

There's also tribal people that wear a long pointy *** sheath tied by a string to their waist to cover their privates...it's normal to them but would look ridiculous in game similar to the short skirt and sandals (it looks more feminine then tribal).

It's ok if you like that sort of thing but as a man I think it looks comical and wouldn't be able to take this any more seriously then the guys in wedding dresses and pink genie harem clothes.

Lysette wrote: »

It's all a matter of culture, true. Scots wear their kilts with pride and they do not see them as unmanly at all. It's their tradition. Some people might find that ridiculous, but it is a matter of tolerance and respect. Do we want to be as intolerant as people in the past were or will we be able to be more tolerant and accept that different cultures have different ways to dress and that this is perfectly ok. I am for being that tolerant and respectful - but I feel as a world citizen and I see other cultures as my fellow citizens, I am curious about their cultures and I am not going to blame them for their traditional ways.

I think that Bosmer are a tribal culture and that these kind of outfits are perfectly fine for them. And as a tribal culture in a warm rain forest climate - as I picture their origin - it is natural and clever, to wear less clothes, in order to give the skin a chance to not be permanently wet of sweat. This is a necessity, not a matter of fashion, we should accept that.

Don't misunderstand me, I might make fun of fake people looking funny but I don't judge real people for doing what feels good to them. I know a guy that cross-dresses and while it weirds me out slightly (I can't deny my natural feelings) I don't judge or make him feel weird about it. I'm the type to defend the ones getting picked on by everyone else.