Fashion in Final Fantasy 

Wow, way to plug your own stuff. Pretty neat way of doing it.

If i ever made videos, I’d like to use your music and i love the early “playstation” vibe i get. The same one i could only feel as a kid playing a game I’ve never heard of before

There is (or used to) be a website that compared video game characters to real people and Final Fantasy were all David Bowie in different points of his life.

bro legit okay, so i did actually used to own a pair of pants similar to Titus. except they were buttons, not zippers. but the leggings did de-tatch. I was so into KH andI thought I was soooo cool in highschool because I left one leg un-buttoned so it sagged below the knee

Do you have fashion show For Silent Hill?

Fashion companys should learn from tetsuya nomura, this is what people really want to wear.

@@EteSiuleems So Kanye was onto something?

Just do it, there's a rise in alternative fashions and you should join in too. However, if you were to wear something inspired by SE then you'd need to make sure it actually suits you otherwise you will be called all sorts of names. Most of these fashions wouldn't look good on an overweight or extremely skinny looking man.

@@peachesandcream8753 yeah just fucking do it. doesn't matter what you wear you will always be judged by others by your appearance. as long as you have a style that fits you. It's not like I'm free from being a judgemental asshole its unavoidable but honestly I'm in no position to judged basted on what I wear either. The more people start experimenting with fashion the more normalised it will become.

You... you guys realize some people have jobs? Even if you're dressed like that outside your work, it will still affect it in a negative way "just do it" works only if you're in high school and have money

Dude, SAME I blame Nomura for my fashion taste

@@giboi03 haha same I swear them vest hoodies and crown necklace were my trademark throughout high school

and Bill Belichick killed my love for short sleeve hoodies.

But the fucking zippers ..... Zippers fucking everywhere

Oooooh so thats why

Tetsuya Nomura is inspired by Japanese fashion, and if you know japanese fashion, you know how to date them. He is a shit designer.

@@gigihadid3745 can you elaborate?

Gigi Hadid homura’s designs aren’t any more outlandish than italicized rei kawakubo tbh like the fuck are you on about the silhouettes are sick, color theory is followed, and meaningful symbolism is incorporated into the character designs, just like irl fashion

Nuclear Breadstick those outlandish rei garments are couture they’re art they’re not meant to be worn out and about. Seriously the characters look cool in their game but imagine some loser tryna look like Sora with huge ass shoes and a short sleeve hoodie

That's interesting because I've seen the same design choices out of him for a long time other than when he has to work on something more fantasy oriented. Always relies on the same color themes, lots of straps and buckles, even to overuse. A lot of characters end up looking the same, as do their designs choice unless going for a very different vibe/animation style. He's actually pretty limited or has been for the last decade or more. Also, most are inspired by fashion they see in magazines or in use. I really don't see his aesthetic out there as it hasn't changed much looking at certain characters, even hairstyles.

Amazing, awkward, beautiful, hilarious moments we remember. Thanks for sharing that (･-･) \(･◡･)/

i also had a similar pants and did the same thing! lol

Damn bro, you were too ahead of the time

I did the same thing 😫😂

I agree

*analsis

Was just about to comment the same thing lol

Se man yugioh has amazing style

Except the last two series tho. They almost look like knock-offs/parodies at this point

MrBowser they’re not as good as the first three but those were at least better than Sevens. Looking at Sevens is kind of heartbreaking.

I will always and forever remember Kaiba's always-swooshing-in-the-wind coat with fucking shoulderpads and high collar and the leather belts on his arms and topped off by his stupid suitcase. It's ridiculous and absolutely weird, but iconic af

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TWEWY is an incredible game, sad I ever finished it (it got so hard 😭) but yeh Neku is the boi 👍👍👍

Totally agreed. In my opinion Nomura is at his best when somewhat subdued.

Runic Guardian for me the cheap sound effect from wishy washy sealed the deal XD

Yeah, that was a striking moment 🤣

Male characters are more shirtless though with all the body muscle

@@UnifiedEntity I don't think you understood the comment 😅 Males simply being shirtless and males wearing something "skimpy" are two different things; female bodies have commonly been fetishized, sporting revealing clothes, but as soon as a male sports some skimpy, revealing clothes (not simply being shirtless with some military pants) then suddenly it's a big deal hahaha...

@@Vandarera I'm pretty sure guys shirtless with muscule in just military pants is one of top "ideal" views and fantasies of the male body.

@@UnifiedEntity no, it' not that. look at Kuja, for example.

@@DraceEmpressa Thank you!

Meteornome every designer goes through an evolution, if you’d like to look at like five years worth of like Alexander McQueen , a lot of change can happen

I don't ever recall him mimicking Amano's style, not even close. He actually has to do more of that with Dissidia, which outfit wise? Yes, he has to match it, but not his style. Very far apart in aesthetic. Amano is an artist, Nomura is a character designer. He's been into zippers and leather still, you're just thinking about Organization 13 it was overused with. Everyone has been in black since Advent Children.

@@blumiu2426 Aesthetic wise Nomura did originally mimic Amanos style, just look at Gilgamesh if you don't believe me. Nomura has been using less belts and zippers and has been using plaid and buttons along with brighter colors in his current designs. Previous designs like Organization XIII don't count because that's their uniform from the older games. Lauriam, Brain, Strelitzia, Ephemer, Ira, Aced, Ava, Gula, Envi, and most of the Torna group from Xenoblade. Those are examples of Nomura's current designs. And notice they don't have an overabundance of Belts or Zippers that people are obsessed with talking about.

@@meteornome2556 Nomura doesn't ink or paint like Amano, so how could he mimic him? Are you saying following his character designs? He would have to just as programmers do when making 3D models. I recall seeing FF XIII and FF XV using zippers just as much. What game are you talking about where he is using plaid? It sure wasn' the Kingdom Hearts 3 or FF VII Remake. You are forgetting that Nomura is working within a theme for Xenoblade 2. In his own work, he uses certain fashion, but always the same hairstyles. The villains are wearing armor mainly. I still don't see this plaid attire. You realize plaid is patchwork design?

@@blumiu2426 Clearly you're not understanding what I'm saying. *Nomura copied the aesthetic of Amanos art style.* Armor, and multicolored Fabric with multiple designs is a staple in Amanos art style. And it was something Nomura translated into his design when he created Gilgamesh. Not trying to start an argument but you must be blind if you didn't see the overabundance of plaid and buttons in Kingdom Hearts 3, that or you're being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. Sora, Riku, Kairi, Lea, Isa, Xion, Mickey, Hayner, Olette, new outfits in that game had all of those traits. And Nomura is more prone to penciling his art rather than painting his designs. Sakuguchi even said what made Nomura so unique back in the day was that he was the only one who'd show him his sketchbook of designs when they would be having group meetings while talking about possible characters for the Final Fantasy games. instead of discussing them He'd show Sakuguchi his designs of what he had been working on. Final Fantasy XIII didn't have an overabundance of Zippers steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/368532262444438606/428797BD6EE274B4FB395AE4FBE49D2DF56F60E7/?imw=512&imh=487&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true (And the belts used for the characters for the most part were practical.) Neither did XV res.cloudinary.com/lmn/image/upload/e_sharpen:100/f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/v1/gameskinnyc/2/8/0/2809471-6499373576-final-d25e5.png Granted the fashion company Roen also helped in the designs for that game. So talking about how Nomura is only belts and zippers is extremely hyperbole. Even in the Final Fantasy VII remake the design of Sephiroth is a mishmash of his VII, Advent Children, and Dissidia look rolled into one.

Rikku from FFX - X-2

Yeah isn't rikku underage too lmao

I mean that's toxic sexism & double standards @ it's usual here in the west🤷‍♂️

@@xxChainingHeartsxx She is 15 in ffx and 17 in FFX2 according to wikipedia.

You straight from twitter?

@PixelLightShow chill the fuck out.

@PixelLightShow full yikes my dude

I think he's toned it down in recent years. Kingdom Hearts 3 for example didn't have an abundance of belts and zippers as much as it did have plaid and buttons. With many fans not liking the designs that much because the characters new outfits looking too plain and less out there compared to the previous entries. Also that Pixel dude needs to chill tf out.

I believe my self to be straight but I can still find some male characters attractive especially the more feminine ones. I don't know if that makes me gay or I can appreciate male attractiveness without being sexual in the same way a woman might call another girl attractive but not poseing any sexual attraction to them. Honestly I think sexually is too complex of a thing to be categorized what do you call a guy who's straight identifys as a man and likes women but likes to cross dress as a woman in a sexual act with their female partner. Would that make her lesbain since in the moment she's engaging with a guy who's passing as a woman or straight since it's a guy dressed as a woman. Is that guy trans if he dresses as a woman but identifys as a straight male?

@@God_gundam36 Recognizing another man or women's attractiveness doesn't make you gay at all unless you wanna lay up with them too & let no toxic hetero tell you otherwise. I exchange compliments with male friends & family quite often and NONE of them are gay

Had a little too much of *David Bowie appears!* FASHION!

Man I love friend guy, he's so cool

I feel like he makes his videos while drunk lol

Dude yessss. I loved all their outfits.

I watched the whole video. I almost never do that. When I went out of fullscreen I was shocked at how understated this channel is. Cause this thing was meme after meme

Nice Ilya profile picture

FF15 also did some work with Vivienne Westwood, and to me Noctis' fits always looked really inspired by Rick Owens.

deus ex was developed by eidos montreal. Square is merely the publisher.

@@CheatCodeSam FF15's outfit were mostly designed by ROEN, the quatuor's outfits are even available for sale on their shop

Phyllion roen’s one of those brands that sits in a similar sphere as rick owens, from what i’ve seen. before i knew their clothes were from roen i used to joke that noctis was wearing julius_7

@@CheatCodeSam Yeah, they did Luna's wedding dress. You can see it in a shop window during the game.

One thing that really annoyed me was the whole mortal kombat debacle. When they decided to change their character designs to be less skimpy, people threw their shit at nether realm for going sjw. Like seriously? Nether realm is sjw, because Cassie and Jaques wear armor?

@@DissedRedEngie the new mk designs are awful if were being honest say what you want about the old designs but at least those designs were iconic. The Egyptian style designs for kitana ,jade, the half human half cyborg for cyrax This is one of the problems i have with current western games most characters lack any sort of creativity. Everyone looks like they shop at the local walmart and where the blandest thing possible.

PixelLightShow not necessarily...

@PixelLightShow I could have sworn journalists are attacking gamers and anime fans for being right wing sexists and racists for liking those things. I have never seen the opposite other than when SJWs attack gamers and anime fans for liking designs that are too sexy or something controversial they try and make race or socio-political. The Western media in gaming and anime is run by liberal bodies, so what your saying is contrary to reality.

that's supposed to be sports attire though and the overalls + the rest of the crap would be a massive hindrance especially underwater

@@Satanjugend I get where you're coming from there. But I believe the comment was more speaking to the _aesthetic_ of those types of water-overalls. It's clear that as actual underwater sports attire, Tidus' look has no practical function whatsoever. Most of the other Blitzballers suffer from the same thing with their team uniforms, too. Which is really strange when you consider that the Al Bhed assault gear looks like it was actually designed for use on a futuristic submarine or diving operations??? Final Fantasy clothes are all over the place on the scale of form versus function, though.

@@Satanjugend I believe his look is mostly cuz of his first character idea that he was supposed to be a plumber and or a type of worker

fashion in SHIN MEGOOMI ATLUS games next

Madruga good for you

Thank you, this guy NEEDS more subs. He's amazing

You should reverse uno card them and ask why does a fictional character have to be realistic. Honestly though the only time you should worry about a character practicality is if it's realistic, difficult to animate, or it becomes confusing to the intended audience.

if anything its the inverse, high fashion takes a lot from game designs

He also once painted a portrait of David Bowie He also illustrates the Vampire Hunter D novels

and was just on vogue italia!

With the occasional ONESY

Don't forget PLAID

But everything is better with belts ==

Thats the lulu desing pich.

... AND MORE ZIPPERS

SNK's fashion game is on point

Ye KOF has my favorite fashion and music from video games. (FFXIV might be taking over though).

One of The Reasons Kof Is My Favorite Fighting Game Series, Guilty Gear Also has a Lot To Talk About

Not only do SNK have an eye for fashion, but the fact the characters constantly have evolving wardrobes really adds to the attention to detail.

@@justwungo yup, KOF02 had some great stuff (K' and Kula my fav's)

i would pay money for pants as comfy lookin' as roxas's!

@@liz_violet I'd love to get some Advent Children era Cloud swag 🤔

@@ThyHarvesting With the early 2000 era flip phone.

Kaneko loves his Japanese urban streetwear

I just read this article after thinking about the outfits of the MCs in the Persona and Devil Survivor franchises and it's given me a thirst for content on fashion in games. www.usgamer.net/amp/the-fashionable-apocalypse-of-shin-megami-tensei-iv

All I'm saying is the NPCs in III know how to dress

@@lavenderlucid9071 Bro Kaneko didnt do Persona past 2 or Devil Survivor

@@NoobsUnited9000 Oh, I know bro. My journey to this article simply started with me thinking about those games, which led to me searching for "Shin Megami Tensei fashion", where I then found this article.

@@Horky_Porky op specified sexualy attracted. Plus, I think you could still feel comfy to say you are straight or gay, and have that woman / man that breaks the rule.

Finally, someone here gets it!

sephiroth can get it. but i aint bi or homosexual.

@@Horky_Porky Its strange, girls feel to be more comfortable complementing and calling other girls hot even if they're both straight and they dont need to justify themselves. Im not a guy so Im just giving a biased opinion but it seems more like a pride thing.

Or maybe they arent!? Not everybody is gay or bisexual, stop with that fucking bullshit already

thankfully kh4 has Normal shoes now

me too

they are ugly asf

KH3 Riku is literally just Noctis. Which is doubly bizarre cause Noctis is also in that same game

Also half way through and was about to write the exact same thing. Thor, I've been around since sub-1k subs and watched about 90% of everything you've put out since like 2015 and this has got to be one of your best videos yet. Fucking GOLD mate.

I don't know where the 3 holes come from either, but you can see it a lot in 80s/90s Japanese sci-fi designs, not just Square. My guess is some designer really liked the look, got to work on a few shows that became popular enough, other designers started to notice it and put them in too, and it's kind of been engrained in the genre since.

It was a popular trope. I think the closest of an origin was pc adventure games way back in Japan had tons of those?

Can't agree more. Having a guy in a revealing outfit in a sea of scantily clad women is absolutely fair. Why every such character for some reason have to be percieved by a general public as a test for their straightness? :D

@@Miraihi People forget about Conan, when he was the epitome of manliness, and he was only wearing a small short and some boots!

The girl at 6:14 is a character from Xenoblade 2, don't know who since I just started it and only two of the characters Nomura designed for that game showed up.

@@axsprime got some info, she's Gaia from FFXIV Shadowbringers and... there's no pictures of her in-game, wtf?

Lu Rohr she is Gaia from FFXIV and was released with the new Eden raids recently that’s why there were no in game pictures

MelodiousBlitz wanna talk about jojo. Look at 4:05

Angel Reyes Glad I wasn’t the only one noticed that Mista easter egg!

@@AngelReyes-lc4mw lol I didn't even notice! Ok, now I know 100% Nomura's inspired by JoJo

Thanks. I love to write and draw, specially urban art such graffiti, but also artistic. I draw manga and they are all havy influenced by videogames. FF is one of my major inspirations. This surly helps a lot

Sora, Riku, Kairi, Roxas, and Axel are Supergroupies models right alongside the Persona series Wildcards.

they tasted for the first time what women had to see all the time. LMAO still prefer original outfit.

@@lurighashandarei1318 Wait, I was misrembering it, did it ACTUALLY got changed and ''censored''? wasn't it a mockup someone made to ''improve'' it? If they actually changed it to cover more of the guy then that fucking sucks, i liked how it was, bringing that sexual fashion design over to a guy.

@Eevee :3 Sigh, how am I gonna explain this, ok, i'm an artist right? So, as an artist, the way I draw something, i have to keep in mind where a persons eyes will go, where do I lead them to. A design isn't like, clear cut, if you're not thinking about what you're looking at, then its a bit boring, but also if you think too much, then its too much right? So, ok, low-rise thongs right? Why where they ever considered sexy? same reason as the male's ''V'' thing, it leads the eyes down there, the clothing and lines are flirting with you, same with a sexy bikini, its all about flirting rather than nakedness. Nakedness, shirtless, is a sign of wilderness and freedom, it is not inherently sexy unless you're a teen who has never seen a naked person ever, nudeness is a sign of freedom and you just go ''oh naked person'', there's not much to it, there's no flirt, nothing to think. Like, it is subjective, what you find hot or not, I'm bisexual, and it's just my stupid opinion, however when I design clothes to be sexy, I design it to lure the eyes, to catch the eyes of a person and take them to a ride to the good place, that's what ''sexy'' is when it comes to fashion, and if it's too little, nothing is left for the imagination, and boy, the imagination is the sexiest goddamn part!

You get it. The way sexy clothes _frame_ the body. Not just visually either, but like...kinesthetically. This is also why I wish there were more sexy outfits that focused on under appreciated parts like shoulders and backs, rather than easy and more culturally vulgar targets like T&A. Let bodies be beautiful!!

@@Densoro Yeah, there's a whole art to being sexy, and for the most part i'll be honest and say that women has way more options, not because they're better at it, but cause of mostly culture, then we'll dive into how long they were objectified by media, art and whatevers and it's a whole big thing on sociopolitics that I don't really get or want to get cause it be either bad, sad or boring, or all at once. Point is that it be boring that the idea of man being sexy is ''shirtless and muscle'' is kinda lazy compared to how creative sexy girl fashion is. That said never cared for the booty-shake-sexy-centric some of it is, I dunno why but a girl shaking a big butt means absolute nothing to me and all I see is a hairless ape doing a mating dance that part of sexyness is dead on me and i find it not good but i digress, theres weakpoints on girl sexy, thats the point of the digression. I guess i like things to be overly designed and not rely on the animal part of the brain that go ''must put dick in and impregnate'', which, yeah thats why you find x or y hot when you take off all the pretenses and artistry, i guess thats what vulgar is maybe. I don't really know, i'm talking off of my ass, take all i said on a big salty grain.

Why?

‡ Gothic Croc ‡ because it’s funny

‡ Gothic Croc ‡ cuz they dont need to do that but they do anyway xd

I've seen 0 of these comments that you speak of. Actually I see more "lol insecure heteros" Which is just as if not more obnoxious.

Old meme bruh

BASCH LIVES!

Those are monster designs, were talking about fashion. SMT has some bonkers fashion too, but PCs are generally not as over designed as lare-2000's Nomura

Square Enix be like: Who are those people? But real talk I'd love for either to character design again and kinda hate Yoshida left Square but hell why stay on if they barely put you to work? Going freelance made sense.