#i am a suffering polisci degree but at least i can think a little too hard about the governmental structures of ffxiv OTL

[pippuns]

Hi!! My fun fact is I went down a research rabbithole at like midnight last night and I'm now about 90% sure the thavnairian bustier and its accompanying elements were partially inspired by dunhuang feitian costumes - costume inspired by the murals of feitian, flying celestials in Buddhism skilled in song and dance!! the costumes folk put together in more modern eras take a lot of inspiration from more Indian clothing pieces since there's a lot of Indian influences in the murals, which would lend itself well to inspiration since Thavnair and the dancer class have a lot of Indian influences, such as the architecture in new locations and Chakrams being a weapon originating in India!! Obviously not every costume is an exact match but there's some with a Strong resemblance (the ones with the same elaborate, jewelled neck piece) that led me down this research path to begin with - this isn't my starting point but I do think it shows the visual similarities really nicely, as well as just being really beautiful!! if the link in the "this" doesn't actually link please tell me and I'll send another ask with the link straight up instead

All of this doesn't necessarily add anything specific to what we know of the world, I just thought it was really interesting and made the thavnairian bustier click a lot more for me as a game costume inspired by real world pieces instead of like. what if dancer sexi nlkjbh

OHHH interesting!! i like seeing the irl stuff that ffxiv takes inspo from, and while I knew that Thavnir is based heavily on India i didn't know about the bustier specifically, so thats neat :]

for some context on why I was down that research rabbit hole to begin with I'm studying for a costume design (for fim and television) degree!! which. the fact that exists also qualifies as a fun fact I think, but yea that's why my brain grabs and shakes Clothing Facts like a doggy with its favourite chew toy ✌

YOOOOOOOO COSTUME DESIGN DEGREE?? thats so cool and fun!!!