#queen lareina

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To love is to consume, though mourning lies in the last bite

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The eldest daughter of House Rosàborix, age 18-ish. About a year before her wedding

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My wife

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Too plain

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Lareina’s oh so traditionally Tudurish wedding dress

Dress in BIV is,,, a lot. Because besides non-canonical symbolisms for funsis (which is a whole other can of worms we can gladly dig into another time), the different cultures all have very different styles of dress and ideas of what makes something aesthetically appealing.

In Tudurish fashion: symmetry and balance is important. They like stuff that are structural and doesn’t distract from the wearers natural beauty. They also tend to draw inspiration to their feminine clothes from masculine fashion, since they’re big on practicality and a lot of women are also in the work force. Tudurijk also started as a very poor kingdom, so their outfits are traditionally very simple. And that concept has just been justified, glorified and pushed forth. This does mean the difference between the dress of the upper and lower classes are lesser than in many other nations.

Espierrian fashion is all about telling a story. They’re big communicators, and so their clothes are supposed to be able to tell you a lot about the wearer. Where are they from, which family do they belong to, what are their values, etc. For the richer, they tend to really push this as far as they can go. Espierrian beauty is about being interesting and striking, and not necessarily easy on the eyes. They consider it a “more cultured” beauty, to be able to see the beauty in things that doesn’t follow clear rules of what is supposed to be visually pleasing. Those who can are very much maximalisming it up with strong themes and extra everything. They like to dramatically enhance much of everything, and their style of dress would generally be considered more feminine by most other nations.

Mejlandian fashion also has an emphasis on being striking, but this time it’s more so in the ways poisonous frogs are striking. Their shapes and colours are warning signs, meant to be somewhat intimidating. In terms of fashion alone, they are essentially Espierria’s edgier twin.

Tudurijk really is the outlier, and I imagine Lareina’s (Espierrian) family thinks her wedding dress looks really quite plain and unflattering. They’d think it looks unfinished

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