shiftingpath:

viridian-sun:

fictitious-whimsigot:

I like to think about fictional fashion.

I imagine that there are specialized tailors for dealing with the Dragonblooded. Their animas, after all, can be somewhat violent.

Of course, some tailors may simply make clothing that withstand the fury of a fire aspect or the chill of an air, but I think the very best would instead exploit it.

Imagine a dress so carefully made that it doesn’t simply withstand a fire aspect’s anima, it channels it into brilliant banners or capes or fiery wings. A dress so made that under the flare of anima, it looks like something woven from fire itself.

Originally posted by relayapp

An Air Aspect wearing a dress with layers of glittering sequins and crystals or thin streamers designed to catch in the air, floating, scintillating, while the Air gently descends

A Wood Aspect’s robe being seeded for creeping vines or small, low-growing flowers like ivy or violets, or even lavender or roses for scent, knowing the garment will begin to blossom through proximity

A Fire in fluttering capes and hanging banners, many translucent layers that will light up and glow like a lantern or flare like phoenix wings

An Earth wearing a garment with structured panels of delicate crystals like mica, designed to shatter and crack into sparkling patterns under the force of the anima

A Water with dangling strings of hollow glass baubles in bright colours as jewellery, which float and bob in the currents of the Water’s banner. Or a garment with patterns of carefully-dried sea blossoms that flare into bloom when submerged…