You could always add more from the Eastern elements like wood and steel!
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Itās interesting you suggest that, because, wellā¦
Okay, maybe I shouldnāt take advantage of having the authorās ear, but Iāve mentioned this previously, and while the four houses are going to be based off the Western version of elements, there may be something eventually coming up that is related to that 
(Sorry if Iām not supposed to be a leak-teaser )
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Oh nooooo! 
But yes, the fact that other cultures have more (and different) elements is certainly something that will be brought up.
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Aw man, it was too good to be true.
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is the Mc still expected to beat the evil even though they arenāt the chosen one?
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Lol I can I go home now itās not my job.
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well if got pick out of now were force in to fight demon lord my plan get fuā¦ out even if going be hunt down
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And demeaning uniforms? Really what is it with Brithish school uniforms? At least look to Japan for the guys uniformsā¦though the female uniforms thereā¦
Sheesh! 
How fast and loose can we play with the school dress code as the āchosen oneā?
More generally a lot of us guys get to be office drones restricted to boring work clothes for most of the rest of our lives, so why crimp teenagerās style like that? Let them live it up a little I say.
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How about an option to pine away for the demon lord?
Huh, I donāt think Tomās actually said what these uniforms would be like yetā¦ 
Though I like how the British ones look more than the Japanese ones, myselfā¦ 
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Well, youāll have to seeā¦ 
Yeah! 
Actually, I was wondering whether people wanted some degree of customisation with the uniform. 
Something like skirt/shorts/trousers seems obvious, but would people like more in-depth customisation? And what kinds of things? I have no idea how fashion worksā¦
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I think it depends on how strict the dress code is and how much you think is necessary. Options to choose whether our shirts are tucked or untucked, blazers done up or left open, ties left loose, etc etc and the addition of watches and jewellery would be simple enough, I think. To save on multiple page breaks for relatively small choices you could have the lot on one page and have the player pick and choose what they like!
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The old style Japanese school uniforms for highschool boys were at least derived from actual naval uniforms, not boring businesswear like most other school uniforms. Like I said plenty of time for kids to be office drones with boring work wear for the rest of their lives. No need to start in school. Plus even by the standards of work/office wear most school uniforms are atrocious and of often very unflattering cuts and colours.
Costumization naturally happens everywhere that has uniforms, but particularly schools as teenagers more than most people are drawn to probe at the edges.
Iād rather discard both. I hardly ever wear a neck strangler at work anymore and so does an increasingly large part of the white collar working population. Unless England is very different I donāt get the point of sticking kids with a useless accessory that needs a tie clip to not be a health hazard when having an active teenage lifestyle. Or even being an office worker. Iāve seen interns not wear tie clips and get their tie caught in the copier twice now. 
If it is a āsoftā uniform, like much of the business world that merely specifies formal-ish clothes and restricts the colours, Iād see if we can get away with buying a suit in a cut that actually works for the mcās figure, ditching the tie entirely and adding something like a silk shirt in a subdued colour.
Not very teenager-ish as thatās basically how I dress for the officeā¦but Iād still take it over a tacky, unflattering shabby business-wear inspired boys uniform any day.
The only use of watches today, for those not into aviation or extreme sports is as status symbols among the elite and thatās an arena the mc, even with that couple thousand pounds advance isnāt going to be able to compete in. Theyād be better off investing in a nice set of cuff-links and a tie clip for the few formal occasions where the tie is still inescapable. Enough of the young crowd donāt wear watches these days and those that do are more likely to be rich and into them as status symbols and expensive collectorās items, again itās useless to try and compete with that crowd on a budget, even a relatively generous one.
Rings, earrings and other piercings are up to personal taste (and wealth) and depend on how strict that dress code really is. At the firm where I work āsubtleā earrings are the only piercings tolerated for all genders (and they canāt really restrict the ones you canāt see, obviouslyā¦but since the mc is only 15 or so here best not to go there quite yet. )
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I actually wear a digital watch regularly just because I find it subtler and easier than taking my phone out of my pocket whenever I want to check the time. And I know folks who wear watches that were gifts or heirlooms and have sentimental value. Iām not sure how much work @ParrotWatcher wants to put into the outfit customization, or how much itās going to come around again, but I think if he wanted something people would react to, the option for a watch and why the MC is wearing would be a lot more notable than a tucked or untucked shirt, which I personally think would be fine left up to the player without in text acknowledgement
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I was just thinking that maybe with the advent of the āsmartā watch it may yet make a return to the wrists of ordinary people, weāll see. I guess I should have included hipsters with āsmartā watches in my earlier rumination as I think I actually saw one or two today.
Doesnāt seem like this mc has much with sentimental value however and for me my earlier point still stands that it is no use competing with the rich kids when trying to use it as a (bling-y) status symbol.
Also a lot more expensive potentially and we donāt have a sentimental value heirloom. So I think my mc will pass on the watch for now unless that monetary advance is going to be really, really huge.
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I guess I was thinking stuff more like skirt/shorts/trousers (which is currently the only customisation I have), or maybe sleeve length and the like. Things that would actually change the uniform, not just you not wearing it right (which would probably just be left up to the playerās imagination, as @HomingPidgeon suggests).
Tie or ribbon?
I actually have one of each, but I almost never wear the latterā¦
EDIT: Forgot to mention: I also want to give people the choice for the types of clothes people might want to wear when out of uniform. I was thinking that that might work as a single choice just for specific styles, but if anyone has any other ideas, please let me know. 
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Instead of letting us fully customize a uniform, maybe let us pick the accessories?
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Like an overcoat and shades so we can fake it till we make it.
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Like with @Snoe 's game āFreak amidst the neon lights?ā
That one had good style selections, so Iād definitely be okay with something like that.
Neither, mc is a fairly young teenager. I actually meant to discard both the tie and the blazer. 
Oh, hey @ParrotWatcher with the kind of rough life the mc had until now any chance we can decide to have taken up unhealthy, but comforting, adult vices like drinking and particularly smoking by now?
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Given the divergence between the hidden magic world and the mundane world, might there be some outfit options that are a bit different from what weād be used to anyway? I mean, it sounded like we were encountering people who were dressed a bit differentlyā¦ maybe thereād be a bit of an available range? (Though I realize that makes the uniforms less, well, uniform.)
I do imagine some of the changeable things would vary anyway, like with weather/season, or even just mood, or whether youāre lounging around after class, or actually in class, etcā¦
Sounded like jewelry might be a bit more prominent? Also, how does the dress code feel about stuff like dyed hair? (As my elementary school certainly didnāt have uniforms, but did prohibitā¦ well, actually, it prohibited dyed hare, which Iām sure the Easter bunny found rather disappointingā¦ 
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You try out all the outfits on sims until you find ones you think look cute? Or is that just meā¦?
See, I actually find neckties really attractive I guess thereās no accounting for taste? 
My aunt has a smart watch, and I donāt think sheād be considered a hipster by any means
This being a magical setting, though, what about magical accessories? 
(Is that part of why thereās so much jewelry being worn? )
I donāt remember eitherā¦ 
Is the digital one new or am I just that unobservant? 
Huh, I wonder how much access the MC wouldāve had to those latelyā¦
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The homeless population seems to have access to a surprising amount of those. Granted not usually of the best quality, but it is there. Besides, if my mc is nicking sandwiches he can probably nick some smokes too. Booze is more debatable as my mc knows he needs to keep his wits about him at all times. I can definitely see my mc having picked up smoking as a habit before (possibly as young as 9-10 years old, like some Indonesian kids), maybe thatās why he was accused of the house fire?
The old-fashioned ones have their moments (but then the old-fashioned lords had servants to help dress them for a reason). The modern ones are good as rope or a belt, in an emergency and thatās about all theyāre good for, imho. You also absolutely need a tie clip, decent ones are fairly expensive however. It is also not the thing a young teenager should have to worry about, imho. Plenty time to get acquainted with business and formal wear as a working adult I say.
Great, more things we need to steal just to blend in. Unfortunately stealing jewellery isnāt like stealing food, booze, smokes or petty cash as jewellery is pretty easily identifiable and you need a good fence to move it for a fraction of its value. So it is best left to more mature criminals with the right connections.
The latter, probably. 
I think the only watch I have is my late great-grandfatherās and that one pretty much only goes with a three-piece suit or steampunk costume, seeing as how it is of the pocket variety.
The watch as a status symbol however is not one most people, including myself, can really afford to get into.
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