To add a bit more in Team Galactic ( without mentioning Legends), they are the biggest irony in all Pokémon. They aim for the stars, but they look flat. Cyrus yearns for an emotionless world, but his Pokémon evolve through friendship. Cyrus looks like one of the oldest bosses, but he's quite young ( 26 years old, i think). Also it makes sense that the Aether foundation stands out, they were the first suprise bad guys
I love how extreme the leaders of Team Star get. They're not worried about looking corporate, about looking coordinated, about anything. They look like outfits you might get if you asked young teens to design the coolest outfits they could imagine, which is _perfect_ for their characters.
which also makes sense considering that in canon atticus made the outfits! so they really played well with the idea of teens designing the coolest fiercest outfits they could imagine
There's so much thought put into Lusamine's appearance, it's insane. Like you said, she gives off a deceptively nice, motherly appearance, and her obsession with ultra beasts is in plain sight, she literally based her appearance around one, Pheromosa. Even crazier, the ultra beast she gets closest to, Nihilego; she dressed her own daughter Lillie after that one. By the end of the game, Lillie changes her outfit, symbolizing how she's no longer controlled by her mother. Using clothes to convey a story is nuts, but I think they nailed it.
I remember when team skull was announced people were really happy, mainly because many thought that team flare was overly campy and had motivations that were very sci fi and over the top, so an evil team that’s just a petty crime gang was seen as a breath of fresh air.
Giovanni having a plain sense of fashion makes sense though: He's a mob boss and wearing a shiny arcanine fur coat on a night out to see a league match is the quickest way to attract the authorities.
@XDF I guess he isn't a very flamboyant man, despite the name Rainbow Rocket. Maxie always had that attitude to match his designs (I always imagine him with Wesker's voice), but I disagree about the horns. Then again I like horns on headwear.
I’m glad Team Flare made it up so high considering they are a team ENTIRELY focused on beauty and fashion. Also, COMPLETELY agree on Lysandre’s look. It’s such a simple look, but god damn does he look good.
@XDF I'd also like to add that Lysandre's ideology is that the world is becoming more and more ugly and that it needs to stay beautiful. All of his staff interpreted this as 'Ugly is bad and we must be fashionable and only beautiful people will prosper." But no, Lysandre was talking about human development and things being alive and sought to completely destroy the world with a life-stealing super weapon in order to "keep the world beautiful."
Lysandre is honestly one of the darkest Pokemon villains that people skip over because if how the team itself is presented. I'd say he's up there with Cyrus (Wants to destroy reality abd recreate a new reality devoid of emotion) and Ghetsis (Willing to murder people and enslave Pokemon to obtain power over others)
Also, Lusamine has a similar ideal, but handles it differently. She's shown to keep "beautiful" Pokemon. Including ones that are very much dead and on display. She "collects" living things for their beauty. Oh, and she's also a neglectful child abuser who abandoned her children and forced them to raise themselves, and has no qualms about abusive her children for the sake of obtaining beauty.
With Mela you definitely need to look at her walking animation. Because the boots are so high and made from a really stiff material she can't bend her knees and needs to walk kinda like a wind-up toy? It's really giving the run-way/high fashion look and I love the attention to detail from the animators.
Definitely agree on Galactic feeling a bit too flat. Both Plasma and Aether do the clean and sophisticated look while still feeling personal, like they're not JUST wearing a uniform
Ik you might not be that familiar with Pokemon design choices from a meta standpoint, but I was surprised you didn't mention the meta aspects of N's outfit. It mimics the fashion choice of previous player characters - most obviously the hat, every pokemon PC has had some kind of headwear and are most iconically associated with the baseball cap due to Red and Ash. But also, the overshirt/jacket, which *most* of the pokemon boy characters have in some form. I always took this to be deliberate - N was raised to be the "hero" of the story after all. Also, I love how the outfit has a lot of black/white contrast (of course) with emphasis on white. It adds to him being kind of a "manufactured" Messiah figure, as Jesus is often depicted wearing pure white. I could go on - there's so much storytelling just baked into his design and, *ugh*, it's so good. I'm new to your channel, this vid just popped into my recommended. But I definitely will be checking you out. Thanks!
I thought it was interesting that lusamine has a theme for see through fashion, her skirt and her heels for example. It reflects her obsession with nihilego which is a pokemon that has a see through head.
Not only that, but the people closely related to her tend to have an ultra beast theming to them too! Best seen with Lillie, whose initial design looks so much like a Nihilego. Guzma also kinda looks like Xurkitree
Team Flare feels like the comedy queens that can still serve a look, and then Aether Foundation are the Pageant Queens that gather you if you step out of line
Fun fact about Team Star, Atticus is the team's tailor and explicitly is the one who designed and made all of their outfits. You even get to do a post-story sidequest where you help him break into the market and can even buy some clothes off him at the auction house. Hilariously, Penny is the only one who's outfit wasn't made by Atticus and it ended up being by far the one you like least. XP
The fact that Atticus can low-key pull-off such a unique look, it makes sense he has some sense of style. Unfortunate that Penny couldn't benefit from his talent 😅
@@NicoNicoNessieSub no? She admitted to the academy administrators that she orchestrated the Team Star fiasco and took the fall for the admins to protect them. As her punishment she had to go back to Galar for a year.
Honestly I like the silhouettes and designs of everyone in Team Flare. I just wish that the bright orange red color wasn’t so dominant. Lysandre and Malva are my favorite designs bc of the color balance.
Aw I like the horns haha... I'll be the first to admit they're giving less "high fashion" and more "edgy teenager" but I can't help myself, I'm a total sucker for that cute + evil aesthetic.
I just noticed the Team Star suspenders hanging below thanks to you omg. I hated the suspenders in the limited clothing options that the game gave us, so of course the rebel students who don't wanna play by the rules don't wear them as intended! Looks amazing this way :D
Indigo Disk does give you the option to get a Team Star "uniform" by doing the Team Star tutoring sidequest and it looks way better than the normal options by a long shot
I just realized what you were talking about with Colress’ glasses. I’m sorry to say that that’s not his glasses wrapping around his head, that’s just his hair😂 For some reason he has a long strand of blue hair that he wraps around his head. And I totally agree with your assessment his Gen 7 design, he really rocks his new look. Though I’ll always have a soft spot for his old plain lab coat from Black and White 2.
1) Completely agree that Team Rocket will always be iconic. 2) Weirdly, Gladion is not wearing shoulder pads. That is a hood, which makes me wonder if this was purposeful for him in lore or if it is simply a reflection of him falling on hard times as implied in the game. I do not blame the mistake because they do look like shoulder pads after you mentioned it. 3) Colress is one of the few non-Professor characters who actually rocks the lab coat look. What an icon! 4) Shelly got a mega upgrade. Don’t get me wrong, I love red-heads (which she was in her first design), but the darker skin color with the blue bodysuit does give off more someone who spends time in the ocean. 5) God, Courtney has no right to be this devilishly gorgeous. For the kiddo’s wondering what I mean, she is basically (to me) on that nerdier team as that one hot girl who was so smart that she qualified for the AP classes. 6) I am really surprised that the Team Flare Grunts were praised highly. And I say this as someone who loves the color red. But, I don’t know. For a team so big on high fashion for the rich, they felt too uniform. Somehow, the admins managed to pull it off way better in my opinion. 7) Scarlet and Violet really went hard on these incredible designs. Also, serving some gay-coding too. (It’s not impossible, but I would be surprised if Ortega was not leaning into that). Eri has the most interesting concept though of a muscle girl who is super in touch with her feminine side rather than going full-on tomboy. 8) Lusamine will always be my favorite villain design. It is giving Emma Frost as a Pokemon trainer. Lol!
I love how feminine Eri looks while being a gigantic fighting type user with a luchador vibe. She's like a cross between a wrestler and a magical girl. And she makes it work.
Ooo I was about to point out the Gladion hoodie as well. As well as Colress' glasses don't curl around his head, that blue streak around his head is his hair lol
The Aether Foundation is also my fave looks. Good color psychology as well, choosing all white to convey they are a benevolent group (although they are actually not).
I’m glad you went with the BW2 look for ghetsis because it does feel more… cohesive? with the sequel Team Plasma uniform Though i do wish you touched upon his look in the original games with the bizarre castle shawl-topper-thing
@@XDF i feel that it's supposed to be like ritual garb of some kind but i feel like something more distinctly Catholic would've gotten the point across better that The Castle Shawl, especially given Team Plasma's original knightly aesthetic Though i presume the designers didn't want to have any egregious real-world religious allegory in the design causing some overseas controversy a la the 90's
@@hambor12 yeah the original design very much resembles the look of Japanese cult garb seen in pop culture, much of which has been influenced by real-life cults.
The way your mic cracks a bit when you get excited is AH so cute! I didn't know that I needed a fashion analysis of Pokemon villains today but I'm so glad you were on my feed.
Something I really like about Matt's ORAS design is the way his clothes are torn and the actual shirt is just hanging down because it can't stay on his torso. It does a pretty good job of showing how *big* and dangerous he is. It's one thing to just have a big, buff shirtless guy, it's another for him to be shirtless because he ended up tearing an outfit even though it was presumably designed to fit him. Also I just think it's funny that the sides of his top half are hanging off of the rest of the outfit because he can't wear it. It's not really a fashion thing but I love it
I thought it was a “gym bro” fashion choice because back in the 2010s, it was a trend to rip up your tshirts and hoodies for the gym. Tank tops that were stretched until they were basically a strip of fabric connecting the neckline and bottom hem were pretty common because they exaggerated the upper body muscles and made torsos look wider. Matt is wearing a full body wetsuit that he could have customized in a way to bring attention to his upper body.
Man, I'm not really interested in fashion as a whole, and just started watching your channel out of my interest for Character Design. Your videos are just so much fun to watch. Hearing the opinions of a fashion expert for character designs it's just so insightful. I would LOVE a video of you talking about the characters of Zenless Zone Zero... since it's a game that prioritizes its character design and their expresions and personality through their clothes. Keep going, man, you awesome.
Whenever you get back to these, I'd love to see you cover unova's gym leaders sometime. I mean, the electric gym's elesa is model - her black/white 2's gym is literally a runway with a club remix of the gym theme lol. So it's basically a mandatory fashion visit.
I would never had expected Team Flare to be so high, since in the fandom they are often mocked for being ridiculous and over the top. This video definitely gave me a new appreciation for them.
Of course Aether Foundation wins no. 1. Honestly before Ultra Sun/Moon ruined her as a villain, I liked the whole deal of her looking presentable to the world, hiding how horrible and ugly she is on the inside. Like the twist where they reveal how horrible she is as a person and a mother made her one of the best villains. In the anime she's not a villain at all, but they did make her character toxic as hell. She's absorbed into her work and neglects her kids, but she does see them from time to time and when she does, she love bombs the hell out of them and it's played off as a cute joke because she's way more animated to the point of being an obnoxious immature parent letting her butler take care of her kids.
I really don't get how the Ultra games ruin her as a villain. At most they just give us time for her to redeem herself instead of just be taken out of the story, so anyone's sense of her continuing to be an unforgiven villain is just down to her... not being in the story after fighting her. I think it's a missed opportunity to not fight her Mother Beast form, but I don't think it's the character assassination that so many people make it out to be.
@@mastermarkus5307 I agree with you, the USUM games did a good job with Lusamine as a character, they tell us the other side of the story; Lusamine was crazy even without Nihilego because she still lost Mohn there thanks to the ultra wormholes (in fact, Lusamine hates the ultra beasts in those games and it makes sense because she now blames them for the disappearance of her husband, that's why she wants to stop Necrozma alone there, to her, it's a personal revenge), she still became a shell of her former self and froze pokémon because the point that started her madness was losing Mohn in the games, she lost probably forever part of her sanity thanks to that tragic event and Nihilego only made that worse in Sun and Moon, that's what the USUM games tell us but the fandom ignores it for some reason.
@Rocky-brilliant I do think it's also really bizarre how many people who don't like the Ultra games seemingly ignore that she was getting poisoned by Nihilego, and that was part of why she was becoming unhinged. And they accuse the Ultra games of ruining her character by making her less of a villain? How is her basically getting drugged up by a monster not removing significantly more of her villain autonomy?
@@mastermarkus5307 Agreed, people also forget that Lusamine wasn't truly a villain after all (Lillie confirmed in the games that Lusamine was a good, sweet and caring person before the tragedy of her husband took place, Nihilego is the true villain if you ask me), she was a tragic antagonist and did bad things following a twisted logic because to her, life lost it's spark the moment she lost the love of her life and the father of her kids, naturally, she wasn't gonna be a happy woman after that sad incident, it doesn't justify her actions of course, but it makes sense why she was the way she was and the USUM games show that.
I am literally drawing Pokemon Gym Trainers and villains in new fashion outfits for fun right now, this is the perfect video and perfect series for me! Thank you so much for this, it's amazing.
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I feel like Galactic deserves a bit more credit. Yes they look a bit flat, especially Saturn and Charon, but the commitment to the weird alien/sci fi bit is admirable. Plus, some elements were a bit overlooked I believe, like the big round collars on the Grunts’ uniforms, or even the haircuts. The teal bowl cuts is such an insane choice, and to impose it on everyone shows how brainwashed these Grunts are compared to other teams. Plus it complements the yellow logo very well. I’m also fairly sure some things were changed after the characters were designed, because the Commander’s haircuts loosely fit some other Commander’s ace Pokémon (Mars’s hair looks like Toxicroak’s head, Saturn like Mars’s Purrugly).
I never realized until this video, but I love how Giacomo’s outfit incorporates so many aesthetic references to music, given he’s a dj. Like even his pockets have a clip or something that makes them look like a pitch control! Such a cool design.
Team Skull being comprised of trainers who were abandoned by their professors when they failed the gym challenge (I know it's not a gym challenge in Alola but still) is pretty interesting, but they didn't build on that basis at all to make it have more impact.
Team Skull motivation isnt about losing a competition but more of a group that could not fit with alolan tradition and got shun away so they band together to do petty crime as a f* you. It's also visible with the punk trainer class npc in the game that are for most of them stand up people that got put the label on them.
Thanks for a bit more insight. The wiki says they failed the island challenge (which sounds like a competition?) - but yeah, not everyone agrees with cultural rites of passage traditions.
@@XDFthe island challenge is moreso like a rite of passage for alolan trainers. its basically like they flunked out of trainer college and are stuck as delinquents
@@XDFThe Island Challenge is Alola's take on the Gym Challenge and is a major tradition of the region. Guzma's story is all about the lack of belonging and so he put together Team Skull to give a home to other people that don't fit in with Alola and its rigid ancient traditions. They're mainly a family of misfits that do crime as a statement against the region that failed them. That's why their fashion is so different from the styles that we see worn by the trial captains and Kahunas.
My favorite outfit worn by an antagonist in a Pokemon game would have to be Volo's Sinnoh Outfit (hairstyle included), mostly because of the amount of "drip" the outfit has, as the young folks say nowadays, and because I'm an Arceus fan-boy.
One of my favorite details; the reason Gladion’s outfit is completely tore up isn’t for style purposes (in universe anyways), but because his primary Pokémon, Type: Null, is very violent and likes to roughhouse a lot, so it ends up tearing up his clothes when he spends time with it
Not much of a fashion person myself but I really love these videos talking about it in games and anime, you really show a love and passion for design and fashion. It also makes me curious if you've seen anything from the games TWEWY and Neo:TWEWY, fashion plays a small role in the games and the character's outfits are really interesting.
Its actually funny bc the team skull costume was the most populair "pokemon bad guy" cosplay at cons for a while! Because the group consists mostly of teens with suggested student debts and who did not conform to tradition, a lot felt a connection. And could act goofy while cosplaying.
Hi X, just wanted to say I've really been enjoying your content as of late, I love how clearly excited and passionate you are about fashion, it really comes through with your energy and makes the videos very pleasant to watch! :3 You've probably been asked about it to death already, but I wanted to recommend the two manga/anime Nana and Paradise Kiss. Not sure if they'd make good videos or how easy it would be to find images of the characters' fashion online, but there's definitely interesting looks in both works. Anyway, keep up the good work!
personally, i never thought Mars' dress was going for a rings of saturn look, but rather a UFO! i think that works well for a mars theme, since martians are a commonly imagined/theorized alien (as opposed to, like, neptunians or something lol)
14:38 was just thinking the same thing, I think it’s cuz the admin’s clothes seem to be made out of diving suit material instead of traditional fabric which I love
I live the honesty of this video. It's not trying to be an objective end all be all. It's comfy, feels based, breakdown of broad fashion trends and we need more content like this on RUclips
I think you should see the hatsune miku x pokemon collab, it’s a selection of different outfits that hatsune miku wears that are themed around every pokemon tyoe. I know you wanna take a break from pokemon but the outfits in them are soo gorgeous, i’d love to see your take in them.
OMG !!! i'm a fashion student who grew up playing pokemon, and ultimately just a giant video game nerd in general. being a gamer is so looked down upon in my school, so seeing this video pop up in my recommendations made my entire day. my two world's are colliding when i look at your content and it makes me so happy. instantly subscribing, i'm so excited to see what game franchise you'll cover next !! thank you so so much !!
Legit didn't notice Maxie is wearing shorts until you mention about the possible pants over the boots, which probably is a testament on how great the overall outfit looks as those shorts doesn't look out of place.
I love your fashion analysis and can't wait to watch more of your videos! I love learning about fashion and style, especially stuff that's outside the box, and games and comics are great for that!
I appreciate you watching. Awesome that there are some things to learn from the vids - and you're right, this type of fictional media is perfect for review
I love how Lysandre's outfit manages to communicate his Pyroar's lion mane with material and shape alone. You have his hair, a fur collar and a cravat, and those create the lion mane without breaking his outfit. Pokemon has some real good trainer designs!
I love Rocket the most… it’s simple and conveys what they are… a dark crime business The grunts are nobodies but you understand they’re evil But Giovanni exudes and air of power, menace, competence, but also a simple understandable goal of attaining power
As someone who is pretty much a t shirt and pants guy this was a super interesting vid to watch! Looking at your channel I see a lot of other video game topics, so I definitely had to follow :D
I just watched all your Pokemon videos and thoroughly enjoyed them, definitely subscribed and can't wait to see your thoughts on Gen 3, 4, and 7 characters! Honestly also so inspiring for me too, since I see Pokemon as a huge influence on my art and character design! Keep it up!
Wow, what a fun video. I adore your energy throughout, especially the moments where you get really excited about the outfit you're talking about. Personally I would probably put Aether at the top for grunts, and maybe the Star at the top for admins, so I vibe with your ranking a lot. Mela's outfit is just insane, and while I think I was overwhelmed by it at first, I appreciate the loudness of it more now. But my favourite admin outfit is probably B2W2 Ghetsis. Looking at your channel, you have a bunch of videos I can't wait to watch. Based on the thumbnails I love the outfits you choose for each one too. Your outfit in this video is fire, never would cross my mind to wear something like it but now I'm brewing some ideas.
The fact that Team Skull has clean clothes, much less a uniform is a miracle. They're a bunch of unemployed teenagers that have a dilapidated house for a base. I wouldn't be suprised if Guzma chose to name them Team Skull because he came across a shipping container of skull hats and has no money to buy other uniforms.
The designs also make sense in context. The Team Flare region is based on France and they give their all in terms of fashion. Team Plasma meanwhile are located in a region based on the US East Coast. But it's not NYC street style, they are, effectively, middle class kids larping as noble knights. That's the first design at least. The black one went full (child friendly) domestic terrorist.
team star is so great. a team of disaffected youths, victims, all coming together to protect one another, ultimately having to be brought down from within all for their own good… man. every one of the leaders plays their role. giacomo makes the music, atticus did the outfits, ortega built the vehicles (a surprise from a rich shrimp), mela got everything running, and eri trained the pokemon. and the unassuming penny from the shadows… also, on the topic of Ghetsis: i love the transition of his outfit between Black and Black 2. in Black it’s regal, gold, but still the cloak is full of eyes, it’s much more colourful… but then by 2, two years on, he’s reduced to a husk - the facade of goodness has long since fallen away, leaving him cloaked in the blacks and browns - and the eyes become more noticeable. also worth noting is that, in both scenarios, it’s his left hand extended from the cloak.
I am falling in love witht this channel, and i don't even like fashion or something similar, i just love your passion and how you breakdown outfits haaaaaaaa
Oh I am so excited to find this video! I'm planning on making my own pokemon villian OCs and your analysis of what makes these outfits work or not is really helpful. The other comments on this video are also helpful for bringing in some of the lore context from the games in the design elements so its also been great reading those. This is the first video of yours I've seen but i am definitely going to be watching more!
Giacomo definitely screams "DJ". The straps on his backpack have audio level monitor lights on them, and the pockets of his jacket are like the sliders on a tape deck. And his jacket alone has notches like the ones you'd see on a set of turntables, like on the crossfader!
Fun fact: Celosia is based on a real plant, specifically the forest fire kind, which makes sense given that she’s on team flare. It kinda adds a new element to her look, because the forest fire variety has purpleish/maroonish colors with it being red as well, hence the name forest fire.
Just discovered your channel and binged most of your videos. I really like the way you go about analyzing outfits, especially as somebody who doesn't know anything about it lol. I'd love to hear you talk about Splatoon's fashion one day. Dunno if you know anything about the game, there's not that many characters compared to Pokemon or other games you've covered, but each idol has a few outfits and the fashion in game usually takes inspiration from real-life brands and designers which would be interesting to hear about from somebody who actually knows their stuff. Maybe you could talk about your opinion on the different in-game brands. I'm just spitballing here, but still I look forward to any future videos of yours!!
There were multiple parts of this video where I was having such a great time I would go try and like the video without remembering I already had. I. CANNOT. LIKE. THIS. VIDEO. ENOUGH. TIMES.
Mars is actually one of my favorite villainous design so far, because I forever adore how the plain yet futuristic outfit she's got is _just_ enough to fit her role (first Galactic Commander met, so she's only _just_ above the grunts in terms of status), and also a good complement to her haircut and hair color. Then when I met Celosia, I was basically like "Oh, Mars would _love_ shoulder pads, actually, it would even lean more into the Mars = Roman God of War idea that exists in her name", particularly since Mars is big on battle. Female-wise, my _actual_ favorite fit, however, is Eri's. She represents the exact goal my child self has been reaching for: being a generally nice person with the absolute *_scariest_* look one can possibly fine. Her cloak seems reminiscent of the winter school student jacket of the school she's from. Combined with the predominant white and silver of her outfit as well as the absolutely luchador-inspired Oni-esque facepaint, she looks like an actual wrestler about to take off her coat and run at you like a ruthless, dripped-out gundam. And on top of that, she gave herself a tiara-inspired head accessory. _Actual_ queen, this girl. For males, it's Archie's redesign, and it is _entirely_ because of the aquatic tight look combined with that fantastic waist-cape he's got going on. I'd personally wear decorated goggles rather than his bandana, but honestly, he slays.
Cyrus is a nihilist, so it does make sense that he does not put the most effort into superficial things like uniforms. I do prefer his ancestor tho, and the default uniform you get there. It feels very home-y, warm, in comparison.
I have never given much thought to pokemon characters aside from thinking that the odd person may or may not have looked cool. Watching this, listening to your thoughts made me realise i haven't been paying enough attention to the detail of the characters and how they are put together. Even though you were just talking through your thoughts and feelings i have to say thank you for making this video and teaching me something about appreciation for the effort that goes in to the design of the characters. I will be sure to pay more attention to the details in future!
This video really helped me appreciate Team Flair so much more. They were always in my bottom three teams, for how stupid their motivations were. Lysander's deal was that he wanted to use an antient superweapon to blow up the earth because he thought people didn't care about fashion enough and were too ugly to live. But watching this helped me realize how fire (pun intended) their fashion sense actually was.
To add a bit more in Team Galactic ( without mentioning Legends), they are the biggest irony in all Pokémon. They aim for the stars, but they look flat. Cyrus yearns for an emotionless world, but his Pokémon evolve through friendship. Cyrus looks like one of the oldest bosses, but he's quite young ( 26 years old, i think). Also it makes sense that the Aether foundation stands out, they were the first suprise bad guys
Love that insight. Definitely didn't know all of that about Galactic.
The sudden realization that Cyrus is just a depressed 26 yr old
Palpatine Syndrome (hate makes you wrinkle)
@@EtamirTheDemiDeerhe experienced ego death after getting called away and playing with the local fairy god and got super autism
@@michaelkolano8686 he's just like me frfr
I love how extreme the leaders of Team Star get. They're not worried about looking corporate, about looking coordinated, about anything. They look like outfits you might get if you asked young teens to design the coolest outfits they could imagine, which is _perfect_ for their characters.
Perfectly stated - I agree
Sometimes the teens are right about what the coolest possible outfit is. Atticus in particular, rad
which also makes sense considering that in canon atticus made the outfits! so they really played well with the idea of teens designing the coolest fiercest outfits they could imagine
I mean the Aether Foundation being in the top spot is a no-brainer. Absolutely no one is serving the way they are.
Period
Lusamine is LITERALLY giving “mother”, because she is, in fact, Lilly’s mother. And for a woman in her early 40s, god damn, what’s her secret?
Lol - forreal. She needs to drop the beauty routine
she's the mother who mothered motherously, her silhouette is the best of all pkmn villains IMO
@@ethanolintoxication her parabolic hair? Supreme motherage
sorry but technically the spelling is Lillie not Lilly
She's probably wealthy
Shelly, Courtney, and Oleana were having a mother off then Lusamine stepped up and reminded them who the true Icon was
That sounds like an accurate account to me 😄
I mean, Lusamine is literally Kesha's joyride phrase: "You want kids? Well, I am MOTHER"
There's so much thought put into Lusamine's appearance, it's insane. Like you said, she gives off a deceptively nice, motherly appearance, and her obsession with ultra beasts is in plain sight, she literally based her appearance around one, Pheromosa. Even crazier, the ultra beast she gets closest to, Nihilego; she dressed her own daughter Lillie after that one. By the end of the game, Lillie changes her outfit, symbolizing how she's no longer controlled by her mother. Using clothes to convey a story is nuts, but I think they nailed it.
I remember when team skull was announced people were really happy, mainly because many thought that team flare was overly campy and had motivations that were very sci fi and over the top, so an evil team that’s just a petty crime gang was seen as a breath of fresh air.
That's interesting perspective - skull does help balance out some of the more uniform style many of the teams have
And then they proceeded to be dumb and campy in their own unique way.
Pokémon villain teams peaked at Team Skull and no one's gonna be able to convince me otherwise.
@@Dudeman23rd idk man, Team Star feels pretty close.
@@FuryMcpurey Fair, they're thematically similar, but _look at how Team Skull aggressively poses at you_
_LOOK AT MY BABIES DANCE_
Giovanni having a plain sense of fashion makes sense though: He's a mob boss and wearing a shiny arcanine fur coat on a night out to see a league match is the quickest way to attract the authorities.
In the Kanto style evo video I did - it's particularly his Rainbow Rocket uniform I'm referring to. Doesn't do his classy style justice at all 🤷🏽♂️
@XDF I guess he isn't a very flamboyant man, despite the name Rainbow Rocket. Maxie always had that attitude to match his designs (I always imagine him with Wesker's voice), but I disagree about the horns. Then again I like horns on headwear.
@@blaacksugar7714same hat i like the campy-iness of the horns
I’m glad Team Flare made it up so high considering they are a team ENTIRELY focused on beauty and fashion.
Also, COMPLETELY agree on Lysandre’s look. It’s such a simple look, but god damn does he look good.
Yesss - their looks are quirky but chic!
@XDF I'd also like to add that Lysandre's ideology is that the world is becoming more and more ugly and that it needs to stay beautiful. All of his staff interpreted this as 'Ugly is bad and we must be fashionable and only beautiful people will prosper." But no, Lysandre was talking about human development and things being alive and sought to completely destroy the world with a life-stealing super weapon in order to "keep the world beautiful."
Lysandre is honestly one of the darkest Pokemon villains that people skip over because if how the team itself is presented. I'd say he's up there with Cyrus (Wants to destroy reality abd recreate a new reality devoid of emotion) and Ghetsis (Willing to murder people and enslave Pokemon to obtain power over others)
Also, Lusamine has a similar ideal, but handles it differently. She's shown to keep "beautiful" Pokemon. Including ones that are very much dead and on display. She "collects" living things for their beauty. Oh, and she's also a neglectful child abuser who abandoned her children and forced them to raise themselves, and has no qualms about abusive her children for the sake of obtaining beauty.
With Mela you definitely need to look at her walking animation. Because the boots are so high and made from a really stiff material she can't bend her knees and needs to walk kinda like a wind-up toy? It's really giving the run-way/high fashion look and I love the attention to detail from the animators.
Seconding
The Pokemon world needs their own Hellfire Gala. The Champions Gala would be INSANE.
Genius idea. Based on what others have said - sounds like Masters EX (mobile) kinda tries to dabble in that energy.
@@XDFvery much so
Definitely agree on Galactic feeling a bit too flat. Both Plasma and Aether do the clean and sophisticated look while still feeling personal, like they're not JUST wearing a uniform
Fair point on the personal/not just uniform piece. 👍🏽
The first team plasma uniform looks like something I'd just wear normally. It looks oddly comfy.
Omg I just now noticed that Proton has a makeup kit in his belt (bc he gets in disguise so often) that’s a great lil detail
Nice catch - I didn't notice that either
Petrel I believe you mean. Proton was more the lead muscle of the Rocket admins. Petrel was the one impersonating Giovanni and the Director
"Hmm, yes, yes, I agree."
I say with my closet of only jeans and solid t-shirts.
Lol - nothing wrong with that
same lmao, stuff like this really makes me wanna dress like a pkmn character though
Ik you might not be that familiar with Pokemon design choices from a meta standpoint, but I was surprised you didn't mention the meta aspects of N's outfit. It mimics the fashion choice of previous player characters - most obviously the hat, every pokemon PC has had some kind of headwear and are most iconically associated with the baseball cap due to Red and Ash. But also, the overshirt/jacket, which *most* of the pokemon boy characters have in some form. I always took this to be deliberate - N was raised to be the "hero" of the story after all. Also, I love how the outfit has a lot of black/white contrast (of course) with emphasis on white. It adds to him being kind of a "manufactured" Messiah figure, as Jesus is often depicted wearing pure white. I could go on - there's so much storytelling just baked into his design and, *ugh*, it's so good.
I'm new to your channel, this vid just popped into my recommended. But I definitely will be checking you out. Thanks!
Taking away your cooking license....
And promoting you to certified chef. Keep doing what you doing brother.
Lol - I sincerely appreciate that 👨🏽🍳
I thought it was interesting that lusamine has a theme for see through fashion, her skirt and her heels for example. It reflects her obsession with nihilego which is a pokemon that has a see through head.
Great point!
Not only that, but the people closely related to her tend to have an ultra beast theming to them too!
Best seen with Lillie, whose initial design looks so much like a Nihilego.
Guzma also kinda looks like Xurkitree
@@tylercoon1791i thought guzma was tied with buzzwole
@@NicoNicoNessieSub his outfit is nothing like a Buzzwole
I'd like to add that lusamine's design (specifically the colours used) heavily relates her to arceus
Team Flare feels like the comedy queens that can still serve a look, and then Aether Foundation are the Pageant Queens that gather you if you step out of line
Ha - I can dig that analogy
Fun fact about Team Star, Atticus is the team's tailor and explicitly is the one who designed and made all of their outfits. You even get to do a post-story sidequest where you help him break into the market and can even buy some clothes off him at the auction house.
Hilariously, Penny is the only one who's outfit wasn't made by Atticus and it ended up being by far the one you like least. XP
The fact that Atticus can low-key pull-off such a unique look, it makes sense he has some sense of style. Unfortunate that Penny couldn't benefit from his talent 😅
@@XDFTo be fair to Penny, she was a shut-in then had to go to her home region for a year 😭
@@XDFto be fair the team star captains and penny never met in person until the end of their story route in game.
@@Rexvilsi thought saying she had to go home was a lie she said to nope out of team star
@@NicoNicoNessieSub no? She admitted to the academy administrators that she orchestrated the Team Star fiasco and took the fall for the admins to protect them. As her punishment she had to go back to Galar for a year.
Probably one of the first people I've ever seen who complimented team Flare's style...
Justice for Flare 🔥
Because a lot of people don't know style and just disregard out of the ordinary fashion choices as "weird" or "stupid-looking."
Honestly I like the silhouettes and designs of everyone in Team Flare. I just wish that the bright orange red color wasn’t so dominant.
Lysandre and Malva are my favorite designs bc of the color balance.
Yeah maybe if the grunts didnt have red hair, it wouldn't have been on the nose. Those suits actually look good in isolation.
Growing up for me is realizing team flare is cool af actually
(their outfits not the motivations, that got pretty messy)
Aw I like the horns haha... I'll be the first to admit they're giving less "high fashion" and more "edgy teenager" but I can't help myself, I'm a total sucker for that cute + evil aesthetic.
I think Courtney definitely help redeem them - she embodies that "cute + evil" piece best 👍🏽
I just noticed the Team Star suspenders hanging below thanks to you omg. I hated the suspenders in the limited clothing options that the game gave us, so of course the rebel students who don't wanna play by the rules don't wear them as intended! Looks amazing this way :D
You totally understand the suspender vibe - glad you were able to notice them :D
Indigo Disk does give you the option to get a Team Star "uniform" by doing the Team Star tutoring sidequest and it looks way better than the normal options by a long shot
I just realized what you were talking about with Colress’ glasses. I’m sorry to say that that’s not his glasses wrapping around his head, that’s just his hair😂
For some reason he has a long strand of blue hair that he wraps around his head. And I totally agree with your assessment his Gen 7 design, he really rocks his new look. Though I’ll always have a soft spot for his old plain lab coat from Black and White 2.
Omg - nooo, I'm bummed that they're not his glasses - that would have been so cool.
Thanks for the insight tho 🤓
@XDF its a common joke on the fandom to say he has the internet explorer haircut
1) Completely agree that Team Rocket will always be iconic.
2) Weirdly, Gladion is not wearing shoulder pads. That is a hood, which makes me wonder if this was purposeful for him in lore or if it is simply a reflection of him falling on hard times as implied in the game. I do not blame the mistake because they do look like shoulder pads after you mentioned it.
3) Colress is one of the few non-Professor characters who actually rocks the lab coat look. What an icon!
4) Shelly got a mega upgrade. Don’t get me wrong, I love red-heads (which she was in her first design), but the darker skin color with the blue bodysuit does give off more someone who spends time in the ocean.
5) God, Courtney has no right to be this devilishly gorgeous. For the kiddo’s wondering what I mean, she is basically (to me) on that nerdier team as that one hot girl who was so smart that she qualified for the AP classes.
6) I am really surprised that the Team Flare Grunts were praised highly. And I say this as someone who loves the color red. But, I don’t know. For a team so big on high fashion for the rich, they felt too uniform. Somehow, the admins managed to pull it off way better in my opinion.
7) Scarlet and Violet really went hard on these incredible designs. Also, serving some gay-coding too. (It’s not impossible, but I would be surprised if Ortega was not leaning into that). Eri has the most interesting concept though of a muscle girl who is super in touch with her feminine side rather than going full-on tomboy.
8) Lusamine will always be my favorite villain design. It is giving Emma Frost as a Pokemon trainer. Lol!
Thanks for the thorough perspective. Def aligned on a number of points - curious how others align with your pov as well. 🤙🏽
I love how feminine Eri looks while being a gigantic fighting type user with a luchador vibe. She's like a cross between a wrestler and a magical girl. And she makes it work.
Ooo I was about to point out the Gladion hoodie as well.
As well as Colress' glasses don't curl around his head, that blue streak around his head is his hair lol
I never thought about how hard the anther foundation was eating. Favorite part about their grunt outfit are their shoes! Huge fan of big shoes.
Yesss - those their shoes are very fresh for sure
The Aether Foundation is also my fave looks. Good color psychology as well, choosing all white to convey they are a benevolent group (although they are actually not).
Totally agree
I’m glad you went with the BW2 look for ghetsis because it does feel more… cohesive? with the sequel Team Plasma uniform
Though i do wish you touched upon his look in the original games with the bizarre castle shawl-topper-thing
I thought about it - but honestly, I'm majorly not a fan of that original look. Way too much.
@@XDF i feel that it's supposed to be like ritual garb of some kind but i feel like something more distinctly Catholic would've gotten the point across better that The Castle Shawl, especially given Team Plasma's original knightly aesthetic
Though i presume the designers didn't want to have any egregious real-world religious allegory in the design causing some overseas controversy a la the 90's
@@hambor12 yeah the original design very much resembles the look of Japanese cult garb seen in pop culture, much of which has been influenced by real-life cults.
The way your mic cracks a bit when you get excited is AH so cute! I didn't know that I needed a fashion analysis of Pokemon villains today but I'm so glad you were on my feed.
Lol - i appreciate you noticing the genuine energy
Something I really like about Matt's ORAS design is the way his clothes are torn and the actual shirt is just hanging down because it can't stay on his torso. It does a pretty good job of showing how *big* and dangerous he is. It's one thing to just have a big, buff shirtless guy, it's another for him to be shirtless because he ended up tearing an outfit even though it was presumably designed to fit him. Also I just think it's funny that the sides of his top half are hanging off of the rest of the outfit because he can't wear it. It's not really a fashion thing but I love it
Glad you called out the torn suit - it's actually giving fashion imo - because it helped form a style set of gloves and a choker for him 👌🏽
I thought it was a “gym bro” fashion choice because back in the 2010s, it was a trend to rip up your tshirts and hoodies for the gym. Tank tops that were stretched until they were basically a strip of fabric connecting the neckline and bottom hem were pretty common because they exaggerated the upper body muscles and made torsos look wider. Matt is wearing a full body wetsuit that he could have customized in a way to bring attention to his upper body.
I'm not into fashion but enjoy the art of anime and it's imagery. Glad you are expanding and making content.
Thank you so much
Man, I'm not really interested in fashion as a whole, and just started watching your channel out of my interest for Character Design.
Your videos are just so much fun to watch. Hearing the opinions of a fashion expert for character designs it's just so insightful.
I would LOVE a video of you talking about the characters of Zenless Zone Zero... since it's a game that prioritizes its character design and their expresions and personality through their clothes.
Keep going, man, you awesome.
Whenever you get back to these, I'd love to see you cover unova's gym leaders sometime. I mean, the electric gym's elesa is model - her black/white 2's gym is literally a runway with a club remix of the gym theme lol. So it's basically a mandatory fashion visit.
I'm admittedly approaching this series in a bit of an odd way - but B/W definitely coming this Fall.
@@XDF Hype
Team Magma (Courtney ily) and the Aether Foundation (mother) are my absolute faves design wise! Honourable mentions to Team Rocket, Plasma and Flare
Love those selections.
I would never had expected Team Flare to be so high, since in the fandom they are often mocked for being ridiculous and over the top. This video definitely gave me a new appreciation for them.
Justice for Flare 🔥
Of course Aether Foundation wins no. 1. Honestly before Ultra Sun/Moon ruined her as a villain, I liked the whole deal of her looking presentable to the world, hiding how horrible and ugly she is on the inside. Like the twist where they reveal how horrible she is as a person and a mother made her one of the best villains.
In the anime she's not a villain at all, but they did make her character toxic as hell. She's absorbed into her work and neglects her kids, but she does see them from time to time and when she does, she love bombs the hell out of them and it's played off as a cute joke because she's way more animated to the point of being an obnoxious immature parent letting her butler take care of her kids.
Yeah - I was a little bummed to learn about a bit of her poor character - she's lucky that doesn't take away from how hard she's serving.😅
I really don't get how the Ultra games ruin her as a villain. At most they just give us time for her to redeem herself instead of just be taken out of the story, so anyone's sense of her continuing to be an unforgiven villain is just down to her... not being in the story after fighting her. I think it's a missed opportunity to not fight her Mother Beast form, but I don't think it's the character assassination that so many people make it out to be.
@@mastermarkus5307 I agree with you, the USUM games did a good job with Lusamine as a character, they tell us the other side of the story; Lusamine was crazy even without Nihilego because she still lost Mohn there thanks to the ultra wormholes (in fact, Lusamine hates the ultra beasts in those games and it makes sense because she now blames them for the disappearance of her husband, that's why she wants to stop Necrozma alone there, to her, it's a personal revenge), she still became a shell of her former self and froze pokémon because the point that started her madness was losing Mohn in the games, she lost probably forever part of her sanity thanks to that tragic event and Nihilego only made that worse in Sun and Moon, that's what the USUM games tell us but the fandom ignores it for some reason.
@Rocky-brilliant
I do think it's also really bizarre how many people who don't like the Ultra games seemingly ignore that she was getting poisoned by Nihilego, and that was part of why she was becoming unhinged. And they accuse the Ultra games of ruining her character by making her less of a villain? How is her basically getting drugged up by a monster not removing significantly more of her villain autonomy?
@@mastermarkus5307 Agreed, people also forget that Lusamine wasn't truly a villain after all (Lillie confirmed in the games that Lusamine was a good, sweet and caring person before the tragedy of her husband took place, Nihilego is the true villain if you ask me), she was a tragic antagonist and did bad things following a twisted logic because to her, life lost it's spark the moment she lost the love of her life and the father of her kids, naturally, she wasn't gonna be a happy woman after that sad incident, it doesn't justify her actions of course, but it makes sense why she was the way she was and the USUM games show that.
I am literally drawing Pokemon Gym Trainers and villains in new fashion outfits for fun right now, this is the perfect video and perfect series for me! Thank you so much for this, it's amazing.
Awesome - great timing
i love how well-researched this is, that's really what kept me watching
Thanks for appreciating the effort 🙌🏽
ive always loved pokemon designs but youve given me a new appreciation for them
Thanks for the great feedback
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Omg, yay! Thanks for checking out the catalog; it helps a lot. Plenty more to come. 😁
I feel like Galactic deserves a bit more credit. Yes they look a bit flat, especially Saturn and Charon, but the commitment to the weird alien/sci fi bit is admirable. Plus, some elements were a bit overlooked I believe, like the big round collars on the Grunts’ uniforms, or even the haircuts. The teal bowl cuts is such an insane choice, and to impose it on everyone shows how brainwashed these Grunts are compared to other teams. Plus it complements the yellow logo very well. I’m also fairly sure some things were changed after the characters were designed, because the Commander’s haircuts loosely fit some other Commander’s ace Pokémon (Mars’s hair looks like Toxicroak’s head, Saturn like Mars’s Purrugly).
That's a fair emphasis on the sci-fi part. Their hair is definitely doing the heavy lifting.
I never realized until this video, but I love how Giacomo’s outfit incorporates so many aesthetic references to music, given he’s a dj. Like even his pockets have a clip or something that makes them look like a pitch control! Such a cool design.
Team Skull being comprised of trainers who were abandoned by their professors when they failed the gym challenge (I know it's not a gym challenge in Alola but still) is pretty interesting, but they didn't build on that basis at all to make it have more impact.
X, the cables and chroma key are doing Mysteries to your junk. I can't ignore the intermittent pelvic void.
Between the mic chord and the white jeans (which I didn't think about 🙃) - my chroma keying was setup for suspicious activity 🤠
Team Skull motivation isnt about losing a competition but more of a group that could not fit with alolan tradition and got shun away so they band together to do petty crime as a f* you. It's also visible with the punk trainer class npc in the game that are for most of them stand up people that got put the label on them.
Thanks for a bit more insight. The wiki says they failed the island challenge (which sounds like a competition?) - but yeah, not everyone agrees with cultural rites of passage traditions.
@@XDFthe island challenge is moreso like a rite of passage for alolan trainers. its basically like they flunked out of trainer college and are stuck as delinquents
@@XDFThe Island Challenge is Alola's take on the Gym Challenge and is a major tradition of the region. Guzma's story is all about the lack of belonging and so he put together Team Skull to give a home to other people that don't fit in with Alola and its rigid ancient traditions. They're mainly a family of misfits that do crime as a statement against the region that failed them. That's why their fashion is so different from the styles that we see worn by the trial captains and Kahunas.
My favorite outfit worn by an antagonist in a Pokemon game would have to be Volo's Sinnoh Outfit (hairstyle included), mostly because of the amount of "drip" the outfit has, as the young folks say nowadays, and because I'm an Arceus fan-boy.
Interesting drinking game!
Take a shot every time you hear *Body Confidence*
Lol - I think you're on to something 🥴
Alcohol poisoning is bad, please don't do this irl dear viewers
ive never gotten hooked on a video by name and length alone, incredible job
Amazing feedback - thank you :D
One of my favorite details; the reason Gladion’s outfit is completely tore up isn’t for style purposes (in universe anyways), but because his primary Pokémon, Type: Null, is very violent and likes to roughhouse a lot, so it ends up tearing up his clothes when he spends time with it
Not much of a fashion person myself but I really love these videos talking about it in games and anime, you really show a love and passion for design and fashion. It also makes me curious if you've seen anything from the games TWEWY and Neo:TWEWY, fashion plays a small role in the games and the character's outfits are really interesting.
I LOVE this video!! I'm not sure if relaxing was the vibe you were going for, but I felt so cozy watching this!!
Someone else kinda mentioned that - definitely achieved a comfy vibe I didn't intend. That's awesome :D
Love this! You mentioned cyberpunk when talking about Giacomo and it made me think you might like looking into the Cyberpunk 2077 clothes
Its actually funny bc the team skull costume was the most populair "pokemon bad guy" cosplay at cons for a while! Because the group consists mostly of teens with suggested student debts and who did not conform to tradition, a lot felt a connection. And could act goofy while cosplaying.
Their style is very accessible - so that makes sense 👍🏽
Hi X, just wanted to say I've really been enjoying your content as of late, I love how clearly excited and passionate you are about fashion, it really comes through with your energy and makes the videos very pleasant to watch! :3 You've probably been asked about it to death already, but I wanted to recommend the two manga/anime Nana and Paradise Kiss. Not sure if they'd make good videos or how easy it would be to find images of the characters' fashion online, but there's definitely interesting looks in both works. Anyway, keep up the good work!
personally, i never thought Mars' dress was going for a rings of saturn look, but rather a UFO! i think that works well for a mars theme, since martians are a commonly imagined/theorized alien (as opposed to, like, neptunians or something lol)
Yeah, I definitely thought ufo lol But it would be kinda cute to see redesigns where they have elements inspired by the planets they’re named after 😮
@@xRaiofSunshine true !! i would love to see that :D
14:38 was just thinking the same thing, I think it’s cuz the admin’s clothes seem to be made out of diving suit material instead of traditional fabric which I love
That's a good way to describe the material - I like that update to their looks
I live the honesty of this video. It's not trying to be an objective end all be all. It's comfy, feels based, breakdown of broad fashion trends and we need more content like this on RUclips
I really appreciate this comment - thank you
I think you should see the hatsune miku x pokemon collab, it’s a selection of different outfits that hatsune miku wears that are themed around every pokemon tyoe. I know you wanna take a break from pokemon but the outfits in them are soo gorgeous, i’d love to see your take in them.
OMG !!! i'm a fashion student who grew up playing pokemon, and ultimately just a giant video game nerd in general. being a gamer is so looked down upon in my school, so seeing this video pop up in my recommendations made my entire day. my two world's are colliding when i look at your content and it makes me so happy. instantly subscribing, i'm so excited to see what game franchise you'll cover next !! thank you so so much !!
Legit didn't notice Maxie is wearing shorts until you mention about the possible pants over the boots, which probably is a testament on how great the overall outfit looks as those shorts doesn't look out of place.
Agreed - that's honestly why I put Team Magma over Team Aqua.
I love your fashion analysis and can't wait to watch more of your videos! I love learning about fashion and style, especially stuff that's outside the box, and games and comics are great for that!
I appreciate you watching. Awesome that there are some things to learn from the vids - and you're right, this type of fictional media is perfect for review
I loooove this analysis, thank you so much for covering these.
Of course - glad you enjoyed
i thank the algorithm for showing me this video! i always wanted to hear opinions on the pokemon characters clothes, im So gonna binge ur videos
Thank you
I love how Lysandre's outfit manages to communicate his Pyroar's lion mane with material and shape alone. You have his hair, a fur collar and a cravat, and those create the lion mane without breaking his outfit. Pokemon has some real good trainer designs!
Much agree - love his design
I love Rocket the most… it’s simple and conveys what they are… a dark crime business
The grunts are nobodies but you understand they’re evil
But Giovanni exudes and air of power, menace, competence, but also a simple understandable goal of attaining power
I can agree with that for sure 👌🏽
As someone who is pretty much a t shirt and pants guy this was a super interesting vid to watch! Looking at your channel I see a lot of other video game topics, so I definitely had to follow :D
Thanks for taking some time to watch 🙌🏽
I just watched all your Pokemon videos and thoroughly enjoyed them, definitely subscribed and can't wait to see your thoughts on Gen 3, 4, and 7 characters! Honestly also so inspiring for me too, since I see Pokemon as a huge influence on my art and character design! Keep it up!
The support helps a lot - thanks so much for taking the time to watch and valuing the content 🙏🏽
its really cool seeing the intersection of character and fashion design :)
Awesome - glad that's the case.
Wow, what a fun video. I adore your energy throughout, especially the moments where you get really excited about the outfit you're talking about. Personally I would probably put Aether at the top for grunts, and maybe the Star at the top for admins, so I vibe with your ranking a lot. Mela's outfit is just insane, and while I think I was overwhelmed by it at first, I appreciate the loudness of it more now. But my favourite admin outfit is probably B2W2 Ghetsis.
Looking at your channel, you have a bunch of videos I can't wait to watch. Based on the thumbnails I love the outfits you choose for each one too. Your outfit in this video is fire, never would cross my mind to wear something like it but now I'm brewing some ideas.
I sincerely appreciate the lovely feedback. And glad you're digging the styles of some of the top groups in the vid 🙌🏽
Oh I have found my new favourite niche creator
Bless 🕺🏽
I love this, and I love your energy.
Thank you ✨️🙌🏽
The fact that Team Skull has clean clothes, much less a uniform is a miracle.
They're a bunch of unemployed teenagers that have a dilapidated house for a base. I wouldn't be suprised if Guzma chose to name them Team Skull because he came across a shipping container of skull hats and has no money to buy other uniforms.
*Cipher and Snagem crying in the corner* JUSTICE FOR GONZAP'S EYEBROWS!!!!
Those games will be covered in a separate video - they're technically not a mainline title ;)
These videos are so fun to watch! I'd love to see you do the Pokemon rivals or protagonists!
I might do a separate rivals video foe those I missed
Honey wake up, King X posted again
Bless
I've never seen your channel before, but I think this is such a cool and unique idea! I really love it
The designs also make sense in context. The Team Flare region is based on France and they give their all in terms of fashion.
Team Plasma meanwhile are located in a region based on the US East Coast. But it's not NYC street style, they are, effectively, middle class kids larping as noble knights. That's the first design at least. The black one went full (child friendly) domestic terrorist.
team star is so great. a team of disaffected youths, victims, all coming together to protect one another, ultimately having to be brought down from within all for their own good… man. every one of the leaders plays their role. giacomo makes the music, atticus did the outfits, ortega built the vehicles (a surprise from a rich shrimp), mela got everything running, and eri trained the pokemon. and the unassuming penny from the shadows…
also, on the topic of Ghetsis: i love the transition of his outfit between Black and Black 2. in Black it’s regal, gold, but still the cloak is full of eyes, it’s much more colourful… but then by 2, two years on, he’s reduced to a husk - the facade of goodness has long since fallen away, leaving him cloaked in the blacks and browns - and the eyes become more noticeable. also worth noting is that, in both scenarios, it’s his left hand extended from the cloak.
I am falling in love witht this channel, and i don't even like fashion or something similar, i just love your passion and how you breakdown outfits haaaaaaaa
Thanks so much for watching
Oh I am so excited to find this video! I'm planning on making my own pokemon villian OCs and your analysis of what makes these outfits work or not is really helpful. The other comments on this video are also helpful for bringing in some of the lore context from the games in the design elements so its also been great reading those.
This is the first video of yours I've seen but i am definitely going to be watching more!
I had no idea this was the content I needed. My inner child is screaming.
Love that
In loooooove with how Lusamine's outfit looks like Arceus. She is always trying to imitate a god in some way lol
Love her commitment to her style ✨
Zinzolin hates the cold but keeps hanging out in icy places so he gotta puff up
13:18 also, he literally IS the wholesome side of team plasma, he just wanted to protect his friends(all Pokémon)😭
So true
Giacomo definitely screams "DJ".
The straps on his backpack have audio level monitor lights on them, and the pockets of his jacket are like the sliders on a tape deck. And his jacket alone has notches like the ones you'd see on a set of turntables, like on the crossfader!
Most definitely
I give Team Skull a pass because they’re mostly teenage dropouts that ran away from home. They’re doing their best unfortunately.
Fair enough
Fun fact: Celosia is based on a real plant, specifically the forest fire kind, which makes sense given that she’s on team flare. It kinda adds a new element to her look, because the forest fire variety has purpleish/maroonish colors with it being red as well, hence the name forest fire.
Love that insight, thank you, very interesting
Just discovered your channel and binged most of your videos. I really like the way you go about analyzing outfits, especially as somebody who doesn't know anything about it lol.
I'd love to hear you talk about Splatoon's fashion one day. Dunno if you know anything about the game, there's not that many characters compared to Pokemon or other games you've covered, but each idol has a few outfits and the fashion in game usually takes inspiration from real-life brands and designers which would be interesting to hear about from somebody who actually knows their stuff. Maybe you could talk about your opinion on the different in-game brands. I'm just spitballing here, but still I look forward to any future videos of yours!!
There were multiple parts of this video where I was having such a great time I would go try and like the video without remembering I already had. I. CANNOT. LIKE. THIS. VIDEO. ENOUGH. TIMES.
Love this comment - thanks for the awesome content engagement 🙏🏽
Mars is actually one of my favorite villainous design so far, because I forever adore how the plain yet futuristic outfit she's got is _just_ enough to fit her role (first Galactic Commander met, so she's only _just_ above the grunts in terms of status), and also a good complement to her haircut and hair color. Then when I met Celosia, I was basically like "Oh, Mars would _love_ shoulder pads, actually, it would even lean more into the Mars = Roman God of War idea that exists in her name", particularly since Mars is big on battle.
Female-wise, my _actual_ favorite fit, however, is Eri's. She represents the exact goal my child self has been reaching for: being a generally nice person with the absolute *_scariest_* look one can possibly fine. Her cloak seems reminiscent of the winter school student jacket of the school she's from. Combined with the predominant white and silver of her outfit as well as the absolutely luchador-inspired Oni-esque facepaint, she looks like an actual wrestler about to take off her coat and run at you like a ruthless, dripped-out gundam.
And on top of that, she gave herself a tiara-inspired head accessory. _Actual_ queen, this girl.
For males, it's Archie's redesign, and it is _entirely_ because of the aquatic tight look combined with that fantastic waist-cape he's got going on. I'd personally wear decorated goggles rather than his bandana, but honestly, he slays.
I appreciate the thinking - fair points and good selections.
Cyrus is a nihilist, so it does make sense that he does not put the most effort into superficial things like uniforms.
I do prefer his ancestor tho, and the default uniform you get there. It feels very home-y, warm, in comparison.
I think I found my new fave channel
I have never given much thought to pokemon characters aside from thinking that the odd person may or may not have looked cool. Watching this, listening to your thoughts made me realise i haven't been paying enough attention to the detail of the characters and how they are put together. Even though you were just talking through your thoughts and feelings i have to say thank you for making this video and teaching me something about appreciation for the effort that goes in to the design of the characters. I will be sure to pay more attention to the details in future!
This video really helped me appreciate Team Flair so much more. They were always in my bottom three teams, for how stupid their motivations were. Lysander's deal was that he wanted to use an antient superweapon to blow up the earth because he thought people didn't care about fashion enough and were too ugly to live. But watching this helped me realize how fire (pun intended) their fashion sense actually was.
First minute already has me hyped, subscribed! Can't wait to see the spin-offs and binge the previous videos!
Bless - thanks for taking the time to check out the content
Amazing recommendation on my RUclips timeline. Thanks brother love the content.
Awesome - so glad that you enjoyed. Thanks for watching. 🙏🏽
@@XDF anytime, also lowkey and hear me out…do a fashion review of the fire emblem or even the persona series!
This series is so fire keep going 🔥💨💨💨
Absolutely 💯
The Team Aqua Muscle man Matt sneezed and his wetsuit just kinda.... exploded.
Lol - wow, what a man 😏
Zinzolin was the guy who locked himself locked in the cold storage, right? Makes sense why he’d be so bundled up.
the way im so stoked i found this channel right as i was getting back into pokemon 😭it was meant to be
Yesss - perfect timing! :D
Really enjoyable video :D
Also, I definitely recommend looking at Hades 1’s character designs… when I saw Lusamine I was immediately reminded of Hades