Fashion Report... how do I tell what outfit to wear?

[VirusChris]

Like for this week's Fashion Report one of the items I need is called "Son of a Gun" and I have NO idea what that's suppose to mean for an outfit for the torso.

Also Chapeau du Choice. Something fancy?

Some of them I can understand like short boots and old country, but some of these descriptions are so confusing. How do people figure these out all of the time?

I like to buy the Spring Set, but it doesn't look like it's not going to be easy. Any tips or something?

[Hasrat]

It's meant to be a community effort. Old thread here used to be kept updated, but I think everyone just moved to the reddit and/or just got bored with it.

Other players figure it out by having multiple alts (for extra tries) and a thorough knowledge of items, plus just crowdsourcing ideas.

[NosamKin]

Just google ffxiv fashion report reddit
You will find what you are looking for.

[RokkuEkkusu]

Some of the more easier ones to catch on to are the ones that have the term "Coil" on it.

Or something may require an EX primal (remembers Lakshmi EX earrings being gold on one of the Fashion Report weeks during Stormblood when it had something like the term bliss or dream).

[Frizze]

As others have pointed out, this mini-game is meant to be a community effort. We compare ideas and figure out the clues, we work together to test things out, then we all profit. In practical terms the hardcore fashion report people(like Kaiyoko) tend to have these solved for items within a couple minutes, with the dyes typically taking a couple hours to finalize.

Looking specifically at this weeks version, all of these clues have been used at least once before(though "Son of a Gun" was very early on and hasnt reappeared since) so we can use past experience to guess at what the results should be.

Head (Chapeau du Choice): This has previously meant a beret. There are over a dozen different "beret" pieces you can choose from(some crafted, some purchased with currency, some for achievements), they should all score gold.
Body (Son of a Gun): We only found a few good items for this one last time out(over a year ago). One of the item models that scored high was the Wrangler's Jacket. If you look at the in game model for that one, theres an ammo belt on the left hip. There are a few other pieces that have the same look(gaganaskin jacket of aiming) or other pieces that show bits of ammunition(ivalician fusiliers jacket). Im curious exactly how this list will look when it gets compiled this weekend.
Legs (Old Country): The old country refers to Sharlayan designs. Most prominently available in the "Shire" series of gear.
Feet (Short Boots): This one seems obvious enough.

So for tips, if the spring set is your goal then the main thing is to keep at it. Rose and Kasumi keep a running total of the points youve scored, and once you earn enough thats when she starts selling more items. Scoring 80+ each week is ideal, both to keep the required weeks to get to your goal down and for maximum MGP. So even on a week when you cant get all the points, still make sure they judge you to add to your total(and really, 80+ typically either means 2 right items or 1 right and a few correct dyes so it isnt THAT hard to consistently do). As for scoring, you need an item equipped in every slot - not just the 4 youre being graded on. And if all else fails, keep your last attempt open(so no more then 3 experiments) and look up the right answer to make sure you get your points. As Nosam pointed out, theyve typically got a post up on the reddit with the right result early friday morning(as well as one early tuesday morning where they analyze the clues and make guesses as to what this week will be) - gives you all weekend to get the items together.

[Dirwen]

Like what one of the above said I use FF14 reddit as every friday I see a post with a neat picture that list everything you need to know for fashion report.

[Alyanna_Elingval]

I just google 'fashion report Meoni'. His vids have what you need to get 100%, and bare minimum you need to get 80%, which is the minimum score to get the top reward. He shows what he used, as well as alternatives that will also work, and where to get everything.

[Thamorian]

FF14 Sub-Reddit has a post every Friday for the weeks fashion report. You can use link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/searc..._sr=1&sort=new
to quickly search for the newest Fashion report.