Oh god, what is he/she/it wearing?!

[BG-57]

I thought Tifa's outfit in FFVII was poorly thought out, especially as it creates some disonance between her look and personality. To this day, many people judge her solely by her appearance. A simple tweak could have saved it though: either swap in baggy pants or a jacket and it would look much better. At least her AC outfit was a big improvement.

But FFX and FFX-2 take the prize in the most ridiculous outfits. Nooj has already been mentioned, but a lot of the dresspheres are also awful. For me the Thief outfit is the worst, and of course we have to look at it in all the cutsecenes with Rikku. Her outfits were much more flattering in FFX.

[Tokimadoushi]

I couldn't agree more BG. Tifa is one of my all-time favorite FF characters and she spent over 10 years being branded a slut who was out to steal Cloud from perfect, virginal Aerith (yeah, right).
I'm so glad they finally rectified that in AC.

I quite liked Yuna's X-2 outfit, except for the incredibly tiny hot-pants. Slighter longer shorts would've looked way better.

[Jessweeee♪]

Rue has a pretty silly outfit. I like it, except for that godawful hat.

[PeneloRatsbane]

But i liked that Tifa's outfit was in such stark contradiction to her personality. It made her interesting, shes such a sweet heart and so caring that a slutty 80's inspired outfit gave her some much needed edge.
I mean Aeris was quirky and Yuffie is borderline insane, but poor Tifa only stood out to me for her risque clothing choice, without it, it makes her a little dull

[BG-57]

I disagree. If the makers wanted her to look like a 'bad girl' to later reveal she's really a 'good girl' all along then it could be justified. But I don't get the impression that the game makers intended this. She's the classic childhood friend of the hero who doesn't seem to notice her as a woman. That compounded with Cloud's guilt and grief and general mental confusion makes her caring of him all the more touching.

She would have been better served to wear a Chinese sleeveless dress, which would be appropriate both in her roles as a bartender and a popular (if not necessarily accurate) look for a female martial artist.

[PeneloRatsbane]

But Scarlett (a bad girl) wheres that type of dress.

I don't think that outfit needs to dictate what sort of person you are. I'm a nice, sweet sort of girl but occassionally I'll wear a Tifa-esque mini-skirt.

[BG-57]

Given the plunging neckline and lack of a collar, I don't think it would count. More like this:

By all means you should dress in a way that makes you comfortable, but my point was, people get judged a lot based on how they look, and fictional characters are not immune.

[Tokimadoushi]

That dress is so Chun-Li

[Forsaken Lover]

Kuja has a thong on

Wgat's wrong with that?

You should just be grateful the one villain we knows wears a thong looks damn good in it.



Now...I have something that actually goes with the topic title.
What is Rinoa wearing?


Best full body pic I could find after 10 seconds search.

[BG-57]

That dress is so Chun-Li

That was my point, although I was also thinking of Miss China of Spirit of Wonder, who not only is a skilled martial artist but also runs her own restaurant.

I like Rinoa's outfit better than Quitis'. Never understood why a teacher would go around showing off her naval.

[Clo]

Actually, I've seen people wearing shirts similar to that blue thing she wears.

[ReloadPsi]

Zero Punctuation nailed it by describing FF's outfits as looking like they were "designed on an Etch-A-Sketch and then fed through a threshing machine".

Anyway, I didn't like Amano's character costume concept art. You could never tell what anything was supposed to be. Is it any wonder Nomura decided it was acceptable to so bizarrely dress the ones he designed?

Of course, when you go from the one extreme; everyone looking like they're wearing dyed burlap sacks, to the other extreme; everyone looking like they fell over in a warehouse for computer parts, you expect the more obnoxious one to go down worse.

[Jessweeee♪]

I like Rinoa's outfit. Looks like something I would wear on an average day. I'd say FFVIII had the most normal looking character models in the series. If you take out Esthar nutjobs like Odine.

[Laddy]

Twink: Vaan

Insult to twinks everywhere! Also, Tidus' leather laderhosen.

[Jiro]

I understand the tropical climate that a lot of Spira has, but there was an abundance of chest in X and X2. Lulu's outfit was also ridiculous. Seconding the Seymour and Nooj calls going on. I mean there's extreme outfits like LeBlanc's, but Nooj's is just horrendous.