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"Insanity in the Age of Reason"
Heget's Charmingly Massive 18th Century Clothing Sets
Warning, long posts incoming!

Okay, I uploaded here almost everything from the Keep that was part of the biggest set I've done so far. Or maybe those 100 hairs... Either way, this is a whole hood's worth of clothing. I'm saving you some of the long rambling superfluous biographical info, but I will repeat my spiel on why this set even exists:

( Read On for Some Explanations and GIFs )

Unless noted otherwise all recolors will come in 32 randomly selected shades as shown below. This is a massive set that started of as way to dress my Ainur, so I chose colors that fit with the power set or themes.

In order:
vanilla, beige, steel, moonstone, bluebell, aubergine, rust, tomato
maple, bullfinch, seashell, terracotta, comburent, custard, retro sage, green olive
emerald, herb garden, verdigris, cove, kingfisher, retro blue, forget-me-not, adonis
ocean, denim, french navy, deep olive, chestnut, gunmetal, bitter chocolate, flashpowder

21 sets of clothing, listed below, split into the following posts:

Set 1: No Shoes, No Shirt, and I Still Get Service
Set 2: Found My Shoes, Highwayman Stole the Shirt
Set 3: Shoes Plus Shirt Equal a Little More Dignity
Set 4: Tie a Cravat 'Round It
Set 5: A Vested Interest in Comfort
Set 6: Boys, Suit Up! We Have Tea to Dump Set 7: Slept Through the Seven Years War
Set 8: Bach Sets His Alarm to Sleepers Wake Set 9: Oppa Georgian Style
Set 10: Most Aren't Mozart
Set 11: Pompadour and Circumstance
Set 12: This is the Way the Ladies Ride
Set 13: Versailles Zoning Permit
Set 14: Definitely Not the Dauphine
Set 15: Letters From Braintree
Set 16: Petit Trianon
Set 17: Shift in Mood
Set 18: Rococo De-Robed
Set 19: Stay in the Age of Reason
Set 20: Operation Petticoat
Set 21: Pompadour Parade
Bonus Object Recolor

( Gallery of the Silly, Vaguely In-Character, and We Just Want to See More Clothing, Get On With It )

Current Mood: accomplished

Foppish Founding Fathers
Sets 1 through 10

First:

I hate working with meshes where the jacket was obviously built off the MAXIS pirate coat and boots mesh- because with that mapping around the front edges of the jacket lining trim for it is a nightmare for me. But Lidiquinata and Besen and Sussi before her did make some nice meshes for both adult and teen, so I do have and use them. However, I thought of a better way (at least for me) to build the jacket via alphas. And another personal tick when making clothing is that if the outfit would be something worn in layers, I like using the various stages when sensible as the different categories. What do I mean by that?
Using my new mesh I made 32 colors of a simple 18th century suit complete with matching jacket, waistcoat, and breeches over a white underskirt and stockings. The suit works as both everyday, formalwear, and outerwear. Yet to remove the jacket and leave the waistcoat creates a more informal and indoor look. (The fact that my male Sims never took their coats off looked a bit weird whenever I played.) Remove the waistcoat and now it is not only an informal everyday outfit but good for active-wear. Once I was down to 'shoes, stockings, pants, but no shirt' I needed a new mesh that was the nude top paired with Lidi's bottoms.
Trust me, all will become clear in the next few posts.

Set 1:
( No Shoes, No Shirt, and I Still Get Service )

Set 2:
( Found My Shoes, Highwayman Stole the Shirt )

Set 3:
( Shoes Plus Shirt Equal a Little More Dignity )

Set 4:
( Tie a Cravat 'Round It )

( A Vested Interest in Comfort )

( Boys, Suit Up! We Have Tea to Dump )

Set 7:
( Slept Through the Seven Years War )

Set 8:
( Bach Sets His Alarm to Sleepers Wake )

Set 9:
( Oppa Georgian Style )

Set 10:
( Most Aren't Mozart )

Again, there are more Besen and Lidiquinata (Not to mention that Maxis pirate) suit meshes with which I can play with. About the only gapping holes in men's fashion that I haven't attempted to cover are the sans-culottes of the lower classes. Sorry, mob. And really long winter coats- but the greatcoats are more a regency image. We have plenty of men's regency jackets. Also I didn't make any military uniforms, because no one is marching a regiment of redcoats through the streets of Valmar. And banyans or morning gowns. Those are informal, oriental-inspired men's robes worn at home especially if you lived in a hot or humid climate or were of an intellectual and philosophical sort. I do plan on using the alpha suit mesh to make some of these at some point for my Maiar that will later travel to Middle-earth as the Five Wizards.

And tri-corn hats. There's a mesh out there for them. If there's a strong demand I can always make the 32 matching colors.

But enough. We've finished with the lads, next are the ladies.

Ready for the 18th Century, gentlemen?