Valentione's Day Items

[WhiteArchmage]

If you notice, the images to show us how the dress looks on females, only shows them on the smaller races, noe Roe, Elezen, or Highlander.

I did, which is usually a good indicator that they look... off on taller races. Much like how if there's not explicitly a Hroth/Viera showing off an event headgear, it won't work for us xD

Mostly talking from experience with my once-favorite High House Bustle and other pieces with similar poofy skirts.

[Sated]

My main gripe about the dress is that those kind of skirts don't translate well to taller races. As Iscah pointed out, the skirts tend to flare and angle awkwardly as they're designed for the more "kawaii waifu" body types like Au Ra. It's not BAD, it's just an awkward look and Viera look downright amazing in shirts and slacks. Hell, I'd even take turning off the ears to wear the guys' hat (although the ladies' hat also looks pretty dapper). But hey, if people like the dress and want to wear it, male or female, that's cool, too, just not my thing.

EDIT: Also, good gods that princess dress looks terrible, thank the gods I never bought it.

Understandable; I feel that height distortion as elezen even with pants sometimes, or things like the urban coat which just feel a bit too long from the back.
Stuff like clipping and weird lengths don't really bother me much (but that princess dress would be hard to ignore).

[NessaWyvern]

I mean, if you want a similar look, the free company tabard looks kinda like the Valentione coat, but you would be missing the tie and the white sleeves.

[kunoz]

relax ladies, let the males have the good glam for a sec

[Iscah]

So despite saying the other day that I thought the dress looked more like an apron, and also that I'd like a blouse version of the men's shirt, it didn't quite click at the time...

What I feel like the dress really needs is a blouse under it, so it's more of a pinafore.

It would match the style of the men's design better, both visually and for the era/style of clothing, and it would make sense with that dress shape.

Without changing anything about the dress itself, I think it would make a big difference to the look of the outfit.

[MaiSuu]

I seriously hope they un-genderlock this because the dress is WAYYY too clippy.
Not only is the dress clippy but the pants, don't even rise high enough to use with other items, like the suspenders top without showing belly.

PLEASE SE, please. Give Females access to the vest and males access to the Dress. Just remove the Genderlock!

Begging.

[Gula]

I seriously hope they un-genderlock this because the dress is WAYYY too clippy.
Not only is the dress clippy but the pants, don't even rise high enough to use with other items, like the suspenders top without showing belly.

PLEASE SE, please. Give Females access to the vest and males access to the Dress. Just remove the Genderlock!

Begging.

I sat down as a Viera with the dress on and my god, it was terrible. The thing flares up and out and on the knees, my hands clip through the skirt portion entirely.

[hasana]

PLEASE SE, please. Give Females access to the vest and males access to the Dress. Just remove the Genderlock!

So much this please SE we, male characters, want the clippy dress everyone here is complaining about.

[Iscah]

So I got the dress for my Roegadyn alt. The top part looks better than I was expecting, but I don't like the skirt, and the ruffled hem clips straight through her fingers. It's an issue that could have been fixed by making the skirt an inch or two longer.

Also the undyeable parts are a difficult colour that doesn't quite match anything, but is closest to Dark Brown (for which marketboard prices have skyrocketed).

Dress dyed Dark Brown
+ Augmented Torrent Sleeves (Dark Brown)
+ Makai Markswoman's Ribbon (Soot Black)

Not visible here, but I also dyed the tights Soot Black which actually looks a bit greenish next to the brown so it looks like they're slightly transparent. Interesting effect, though I still would have preferred to make them look plain black.)

Also I got the suits for my two Miqo'te characters.

(I've been wanting this for Zi'aba ever since they announced the event. The brown gives it more of a steampunk vibe than I was expecting it to have.)

[WhiteArchmage]

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Well, at least it dyes nicely...! with a very specific dye...! Who am I kidding, the vest still looks better lol

The real travesty y'all should be complaining about is that you can't toss the gear into the armoire.

The <kupo>? You can't?