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[saintmachina]

(First, I just noticed that the “inquire” button has the i and u switched!) Second, I sent this question before but I think tumblr ate it so forgive me for double-asking! I loved Robbergirl so much and am dying to know more about how they express themselves through clothes...when you imagine them, what kind of clothes do they love? Hate? Feel best in? How would they themselves describe their style? What is their dream item?? Please feed me through beautiful clothing imagery!! 💎

Hello, thanks for asking about my girls! Here’s the link to my wintery sapphic Snow Queen retelling for anyone who wants it before we begin. 

I’ll start by saying that while I chose to historically situate the book in early 1700s Sweden, I avoided pinning down the historical setting too much in order to preserve the dreamy fairytale-like quality of the original story and also, quite frankly, because I’m not the best at historical research. I did do a good deal of it for ROBBERGIRL, especially on geography, military and religious history, weather, and Sami culture, but a fairy tale with historical elements does not a historical novel make, full disclosure.

Helvig always wears that leather vest mentioned that’s outfitted with all kinds of secret pockets for hiding stolen treasures in, just like her father’s coat. I always imagined her in breeches and scuffed boots and some grimy half-open red blouse, running through the forest so fast she gets little cuts on her cheeks from the tree branches. Canonically she has a mess of loose, curly red-brown hair which she wears with some matted braids threaded through. While she can sometimes give in to a little vanity (remember that ruby earring she stole and likes to wear) she isn’t a very fashion-minded girl. She cares more about functionality and comfort and looking imposing enough to scare passing merchants. However, I think if she every had the opportunity, she might like to try on finer clothes! Maybe not a full-skirted corseted dress, but maybe a nice brocade jacket for optimum swashbuckling, or a damask bodice to accentuate her figure.

Gerda, on the other hand, is very fastidious about her appearance, or as much as she can be while living on the road, and hype feminine in presentation. She has all that long blonde hair that she keeps in two braids fastened with little spherical adornments, which was inspired by this Arthur Rackham illustration of “The Frog Prince”. 

Her dress is described as being many-layered and long and made up of fabrics in the colors of cream, sea foam, and moss. It’s supposed to evoke all those “fairy tale princess” dresses from storybooks and also the cold beauty of winter. 

Gerda spends a lot of time making sure she looks as presentable as possible, which is partially a survival mechanism since being beautiful and polite has gotten her this far, and partly because she loves beauty and finds it worthy of her time and curation. Helvig likes beautiful things too, but she’s more likely to find a crock of gold or snowy landscape beautiful than a pair of embroidered slippers. Like these ones, similar to the ones Gerda wears! 

(SOURCE: http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2015/03/heels-or-flats-two-pairs-of-18thc.html)

[nicholael]

You would make an absolutely fetching Shizuma from Strawberry Panic!

aaa thank you so much! ; u ; I actually haven’t watched/read Strawberry Panic! which is SO STUPID because it’s shoujo ai (right?? orz) and I’m so weak for cute lesbians aaaaaaa T 7 T I ought to check it out and make muri join me as her girlfriend u7u/ only I would have to pad my bra a lot because shizuma is rather busty, isn’t she… OTL