Clothing Styles
Tri-City is a very superficial city. There is a cultural battle raging on between the small local businesses and the large corporations who are attempting to take over Tri-City. In this town you most certainly will be judged by the clothing you wear.
NPCs inside the videogame have a system put in place that evaluated how they feel about the player's chosen attire based on a few different variables. These variables include the Corpo Score, Novelty Score, and then various tags associated with the style of clothing you are wearing.
Sometimes the dialogue system will just check the Corpo Score, as this is often times most relevant to the story and themes of the game. However, the other two can be factored in to the calculation of how much characters in the game may or may not like the player character. Sometimes the NPCs just make compliments or negative comments, while other times it might affect you negotiations with a particular faction. An example of this would be if you choose to wear full corpo clothing while meeting with the labor union, you might have more trouble gaining their trust.
The Corpo Score refers to whether or not a brand is an international corporation or a small independent shop making items by hand. -2 would be an item that is made locally by hand and sold by the people who make it. +2 would be a large corporate brand that was made in a far away factory and the styles are the same in every city it is sold.
The Novelty Score refers to whether the brand is conventional or trying to push new styles. A -2 would be a brand that sells the classical styles of a culture. A +1 would follow modern trends, while a +2 is pushing the limits to create new trends the people a year from now will try to copy.
All scores are on a scale from -2 to +2. It is rare but possible to get a 0 for being totally neutral.
The player character has a total of 5 'slots' for clothing.
These 3 styles represent the traditional clothing from the 3 largest nations in Olo. This clothing would be very common in the isolated villages and very traditional communities back in the person's homeland. In the international trade city of Tri-City however these styles are seen as a bit old fashioned and conservative. Some companies have however taken modern spins of the traditional forms.
These styles are less about a particular culture, but still share a similar appreciation for older more conservative styles. They may overlap with the Traditional Styles above, but the intent behind these styles comes from a very different worldview.
The most mainstream clothing across Tri-City, these styles are common among several demographics and are common to see at stores like Tri-City Trading.
These newer styles are marketed primarily to those under the age of 30. None of these styles were around 50 years ago, and each one is trying something new to inovate the market.
Corpo Score
Novelty Score
All scores are on a scale from -2 to +2. It is rare but possible to get a 0 for being totally neutral.
The player character has a total of 5 'slots' for clothing.
- Head : hats, helmets, hair accesories
- Upper : tunic
- Lower : pants or skirt / in the case of long tunics or dresses without pants the upper is multiplied twice
- Feet : shoes or socks or lack of
- Over-Layer : robes or capes or coats
Fashion Styles
Traditional Styles
These 3 styles represent the traditional clothing from the 3 largest nations in Olo. This clothing would be very common in the isolated villages and very traditional communities back in the person's homeland. In the international trade city of Tri-City however these styles are seen as a bit old fashioned and conservative. Some companies have however taken modern spins of the traditional forms.
Known for long boots with breeches that stop at the knee, as well as tailcoats. Old Fossan still survives among the more conservative groups. Though you can find Old Fossan fashion in brown and green linen for going around town or riding horses, the style is most common in formal setting worn with bow ties and ruffled shirts, black and white being the only acceptable colors in these settings.
Long robes are the core to Delt fashion, and silk is key element to the style. A lot of dark magenta and gold are used in the designs. Circular patterns are very common. Elastic is featured in many clothing items, especially belts and shoes.
This style is all about tunics, pants are considered plebian. Simple sewing with lots of draped fabrics defines this style. Business tunics and togas are worn to formal gatherings, never a suit. Cotton and Yak Wool are the most common fabrics. White, blue, and gold are common colors.
Other Old Styles
These styles are less about a particular culture, but still share a similar appreciation for older more conservative styles. They may overlap with the Traditional Styles above, but the intent behind these styles comes from a very different worldview.
Basically people who are anti-corpo to the point of dressing like old people to make it painfully obvious to people around them how 'above' caring about style trends they are. One of the key features of Grandmapunk is trying to bring attention to how much you don't care.
A Bespot is a person who thinks they hold absolute power to judge other people's clothing for not being hand made enough or made out of mass produced materials. Bespotism is about taking pride in fine materials and hand made processes and making sure everyone around you hears about it.
Mainstream Styles
The most mainstream clothing across Tri-City, these styles are common among several demographics and are common to see at stores like Tri-City Trading.
Have you ever wanted a suit coat with fake gold lining and large neon green brand logos screen printed all across the fabric? New New Fossan takes the modern corporate look and covers it with all the gaudy materials and logos it can fit. This style is popular among poor people who want to look rich and think that the logo of expensive brands will help them with that.
What started as practical clothing for athletic events has become the go to clothing for anyone who wants to be comfortable more than traditionally stylish. This style has become propular for corporations to print marketing on, and half-tunics with sports team branding has become rather popular as of late.
The style of the working class. The style is about durability and functionality, while at the same time making sure the people around you know that you work for a living. This is certainly not a style accepted at formal occasions or among high society.
Youth Styles
These newer styles are marketed primarily to those under the age of 30. None of these styles were around 50 years ago, and each one is trying something new to inovate the market.
The term Kittenpunk was originally used as a deragatory term by other 'punks' but the insult went over the heads of the kittens. This style is associated with not being very punk outside of a few borrowed asthetics, the only rebelling the berrypunk kids are doing is against mom and dad. These clothes are often sold by large corporations that the Razorpunks protest against. Lots of magentas and pinks and pastel colors. Images of cute animals and other cute things mixed with vaguely punk asthetics.
The key to this image is being anti-establishment, so you won't find these people shopping at big corporate clothing chains or Tri-City Trading. The name orignally comes from the way punks world shave part of their heads with razors while doing crazy things with the remaining portions of hair. Black and brown are both popular colors and there is always a good amount of leather and metal studs, chains, accessories. Ripped clothing is also a common trend. Conveys shoes have also become popular with this group.
This style is associated with engaging with too much fictional media. From people who play card games and tabletop RPGs to people who are always reading novels and comic books. Fantasians like to dress in clothing that embraces their hobby. Sometimes it is cosplay based off the media, or at least losely inspired by it. Other times it is just branding sold to people who will buy anything associated with a franchise they love.
A style based around the ideal of achedemics and being a good student. This style is usually symetical and neat in apperance in comparison to the other 3 youth styles. This style was inspired by the school uniforms of prestigious universities in New Fossa and Turn of Tides. Browns, tans, whites, and earthy colors are comman as well as plaids. Neckties and backpacks are associated with this style.
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