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Also, just found out something interesting which might further explain the attire of various characters in this game.
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Tetsuya Nomura would be the director and character designer, but not costume designer, as Square Enix signed a contract with Japanese fashion brand "Roen" to promote their clothing designs in the game through different characters. Roen Creative Director Himuro Takahara serves as the game's costume designer.
I guess we should expect fashionable costumes for fashion stores and nothing but fashionable costumes for fashion stores. I expect with the limited number of females that pretty much every female will be dressed by Roen.
You know what? To me, that's a far more justifiable reason. We can never expect the fashion industry to get any more progressive. The male/female ratio is ridiculous there too, but they are quite transparent about objectifying men as frequently as they can. So at least it's a money and promotional issue, rather than some crusty old Japanese suits saying "Here's a female character... and now HERE'S HER BOOBS!"