alright. weâve reached deranged oâclock. today, i, tai, will be dissecting the garb of Fyodor (bsd). if someone has done this already, oops! letâs begin.
to start, an image of Fyodor for reference.
so iâm kicking us off with his hat, because thatâs probably the easiest part. the fandom has collectively agreed that itâs an ushanka, and yeah, i tend to agree. it pretty much looks exactly like this (image pictured below: white ushanka from this link).
so thatâs that. to balance it out, iâm doing his cape next, because what the fuck. it looks like a pretty normal cape at first glance. one with fur lining. like this (image pictured below: a black cape with fur lining at the top near the collar from this link.)
but i urge you to go look back at the reference image, because not only does Fyodorâs cape not attach at the top, not only does it have buttons along the edges, but it has a notch lapel (a type of collar lapel; basically those foldy things by the sides at the top of a trench coat). and once again, it doesnât attach at the damn top.
so that leaves us two options: either itâs an unbuttoned coat with sleeves that donât show because itâs so dark and a fur lining, or itâs a really weird cape. and please spare me, because i know nothing about fashion. iâm doing this all for fun. so letâs explore each option.
it could definitely be something like this, except with fur added (image pictured below: soviet officerâs naval uniform from this link)
except⊠you know. it doesnât have sleeves. but his cape doesnât have anywhere to clip onto at the top, and it also has that collar lapel, and also buttons, so it barely looks like a cape at all! what are you WEARING, Fyodor??
thereâs one last possibility, but itâs not a style of cape so much as it is one specific thing i found that looks like the discolored version of what Fyodor is wearing. because i know iâm going to hit the image limit, iâm just going to tell you to visit this link if you wanna see what it looks like. itâs just a lora piana cape.
in any case, his cape does look like a personally tailored version of something that originally came from the russian military, so thereâs some food for thought. moving onto his shirt.
the one clothing item that looks most like what heâs wearing is a qipao/cheongsam top. for all intents and purposes, the style and everything looks quite similarâthe buttons and how theyâre in the middle, where the purple-colored trim would go on Fyodorâs shirt and how it aligns with the sewing, etc. here is an example.
(image pictured below: a white qipao/cheongsam top that honestly looks a lot like what Fyodor is wearing from this link)
that looks pretty similar, right? right?!?! but damnit Fyodor, you had to make things complicated, didnât you?! because ⊠because your collar? that is NOT a qipao/cheongsam collar. (image pictured below: official art of Fyodor holding his hat and smiling with no cape on from this link)
the only thing that would explain how this was still a qipao/cheongsam top was if he was wearing a fengxian collar. and even then⊠itâs not quite right. (image pictured below: woman wearing a red dudou with a fengxian collar from this link.)
âŠbut putting so much effort into styling one single shirt⊠i mean, i couldnât find any menâs examples of the fengxian collar because styling your qipao is more of a feminine thing to do. so letâs visit russian fashion again.
ah, but thereâs the slight kicker. 19th century russian fashion was, to my knowledge, influenced by asian fashion. for example, the khalat, also known as a russian cape, whichâ huh, do you think he could be wearing a khalat?
âŠ.i finished talking about his cape. and as i was writing about the weird collar on his shirt, i remembered this official art, which i grabbed and saved directly from the manga so i donât have a link source. (image pictured below: newish official art released in the mangaâDazai and Fyodor standing next to each other with yellow paint(?) severing their heads from their bodies and TV screens with various pictures surrounding them.)
Fyodorâs collar! look, itâs straight! maybe he IS wearing a cheongsam! the cape still has that weird collar lapel (goddamn it) so i canât really say anything enlightened about that, but⊠the shirt!!
cool! alright! his pants! so this is really straightforward. idk if itâs pants that come as a pair with the shirt or something, but they just look like normal white linen pants to me. (image pictured below: linen, white pants on a woman from this link)
finally, his shoes. i only have one image left before i hit the image limit, so i hope youâre willing to scroll back to the top, where youâll see his shoes look very strange, but surprisingly, theyâre easy enough to label.
i think itâs likely heâs wearing Renaissance boots, given how they look almost identical to his sans the fact theyâre disconnected in the front, but Renaissance boots DO have gaps, itâs just not pictured in the specific image of these specific boots i chose. (image pictured below: Renaissance boots from this link.)
yeah, theyâre a little short, and maybe they donât look EXACTLY right, but you canât deny itâs the same style. if you think the shoe quarters look a little less attached to the vamps, then iâd just tell you to consider the fact heâs wearing spatterdashes and call it a day. (more about spats here.)
and finally, if youâre interested in 19th century/historical russian fashion, given Fyodorâs outfit seems pretty inspired by that, i advise you check out this link, which goes into some detail about things i didnât.
of course, i hope you enjoyed my disorganized insanity, and may you have a good sun-out time or moon-out time!