It’s one of the most famous posters in the world: often copied, often poorly. This is the original – in the original large format of the design – and this one, in particular, has vibrant coloration and exquisite detail that we rarely see. (Note our Valkyrie’s chain-mail miniskirt, with textured rings and metallic shimmer.) Pal’s triumph here is the culmination of the “Bicycle Craze” of the 1890s, which indeed delivered liberation for female riders and sparked the modern women’s rights movement. This is the original large format of the design.
Commission for HobbesPrime on deviantart, in 3 outfits.
Following up on the hilarity of FOX News going war with a candy changing her shoes, I really love this collection of outfits for demonstrating how outfits generally serve a purpose.
Particularly I like the present of the practical clothes with tabard and sword on the left, and the actual proper armour and sword on the right. Generally speaking the more inconvenient work clothes are, the likely people are to wear them outside of the need for them and alternative versions exist.
This is part of why military uniforms all have situational variants, and you don’t see soldiers turning up to routine parades in full combat wearing full combat armour complete with backpacks, live weapons and live ammunition.
Dragon Age: Origins - concept art for Women’s Heavy Chestpieces
Are those chain pants?
Mail chausses were a thing, historically! Although I don’t think they were usually so… baggy. Much more fitted, from what I know.
@ that cuirass though: argh why
I love this, and I love when people share their knowledge! A little more info on Chausses, and a sweet pic of knee-high ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chausses
And yes, I don’t think I could move in the cuirass, especially with that cloth overlay. Fitted armor that is enclosed and right against the skin turns you into a statue. Just ask Brigitte Helm:
