this is greedy as fuck of me to ask after u have so generously provided us with a feast that will sustain each home this side of the site for generations to come… so i don’t blame u if u do not feel up to answering… but do u have any thoughts on pre-bet travellers fashion 🥸
Never apologize for asking for Travelers they need the content so bad. I've had a travelers project in my WIP folder for over a year now, it's not even close to done but I did make reference boards for my special little simurgh bombs a while back I can share!!
Noelle Mars and Jess I have the most opinions on naturally, though largely my ideas for them aren't as fleshed out as the Undersiders thoughts.
For Noelle I don't think she is emo she just has that haircut, and part of that is cause it's fun to draw + helps her read as a young teenager put in a situation but also I like to mix elements of Midwestern Emo fashion into the Travelers looks in general. They're league of legends playing losers from Wisconsin and Midwest Emo is number 1 loser aesthetic ever. With Noelles fashion I like to imagine her in outfits that either look too old for her or too young. That was just kind of what clothes looked like back then but I like making her feel a little bit out of place, also both of those aesthetics really help play up the She Is Literally Just A Kid elements in art of her. Which is also why I've decided her favorite color is baby pink and she wears it a lot.
Mars is easy fashion to understand because she is a ballet jock and that's the people I hung around with in 2011. The trick to the ballet jock fashion is that they all know how to dress and will often choose to not use that knowledge outside of picking out hoodies. Because the number one trait of the ballet jock is being cold all the time. In studio you're wearing tights and a leotard and the air conditioning is always blasting, the second you get a break you're immediately putting on sweatpants and a hoodie over top. Even if you're just at school and didn't have to layer for dance class purposes that's still the driving motivation behind your wardrobe purchases. Can I put this on fast and is it comfortable and warm? If yes it's an outfit piece Mars owns.
Jess is a mall goth and I actually can't justify this with anything in text so you'll just have to believe me. That said I don't think she's a "buy out all of hot topic and so trad goth makeup every morning" mall goth. I think shes a "Wears black lipstick with no other makeup in an argyle sweater vest" mall goth. Probably likes to buy clothes from the thrift store.
The boys I have less opinions on mainly because there's going to be a lot of overlap in how they dress. If you find any pre 2010 picture of any of the Fall Out Boys there is a very high chance their outfits are Travelers League Of Legends Gaming Club fashion core.
The differences between them are very minor but mainly: I think Krouse is more interesting in trying and putting in effort to looking nice. I don't think he's good at it but he's willing to take risks and end up looking like an idiot which makes his style charming in his own way. Luke is a nu metal fan and will dress like Fred Durst if given the opportunity. Cody likes graphic tees with video game logos. Other than that they mostly dress the same
Oliver and Chris are barely characters but I made them moodboards too. Oliver is only mentioned to bring up how much of an awkward kid he is so I imagine him as a kid with a bowl cut who obviously is still wearing clothes his mom picked out. Chris exists as an accessory to Marissa and I imagine dresses the part. He's a man in a ballet class he is very gay looking and is only there to look good with Mars, make the other guys look less fashionable in comparison, and get his head cracked open on the sidewalk by the Simurgh. That's all
Anyway those are my thoughts I think what's fun about the Travelers is that the Undersiders are all such unique freaks that it's really easy to pitch fashion ideas for them just by extrapolating their freak behavior to clothing. The Travelers on the other hand are all just normal kids who happened to be forced to get supreme freaks against their will. They're all just dressing pretty status quo right up until they aren't allowed to live in a status quo anymore because of a very large and malicious bird. They're very awesome characters in the world of worm I love that they're literally all normal