Female readers of Tapastic, what do you think about anime clothing?

[realSean_Murphy]

Such as school uniforms, would you prefer wearing uniforms depicted in anime?
I guess as I guy I wouldn't mind. But I'm not sure if you guy's like them or not, especially during the winter, with only a skirt and a jacket? It would seem cold in my opinion. It would be like a guy wearing shorts in mid winter, when it's like 20-30 degrees fahrenheit.
If you had a choice to wear jeans during the year, any time of the year, would you? Not just during the winter months.

[Tanisha]

It would be like a guy wearing shorts in mid winter, when it's like 20-30 degrees fahrenheit.

No it wouldn't. I had to wear a uniform all my school life and had to wear skirts, jumpers, and skorts. No matter what the weather was! Guys had to wear their long pants during summertime! Does that makes sense? No, but that's what they had to do ;/ It all depends on what the school uniform regulations are.

Anyways, I personally don't like wearing jeans that much. I usually wear leggings and leg warmers during the winter seasons. So I didn't mind the skirts too much for school. You just get use to your legs freezing every winter. Plus girls in animes wear their skirts ass short, which is something my old highschool would penalize you for or even give you a detention. There are some animes where girls where long pants underneath their skirts which is something I wish they'd let me do during school! xD

[Thesleepypencil]

To answer the question no. I never want to wear a school uniform. My brothers had to and their girlfriends had to wear skirts it was awful.

Your question though seems a little vague. It's not really anime uniforms since the majority of Japanese school have uniforms so anime is just using what is normal being set in japan.

And anime is so vast. You'd have to pick what kind of anime it would be. Uniforms from animes like Rosario vampire or most shonens are designed for upskirt shots and skin suction fitting wet blouses. Which is highly different than most shojos where the uniform is just that... a uniform.

IF i had to choose I'd pick the uniforms from fruits basket, or ouran high school host club. But i don't and never shall wear bwahahaha

[JessJackdaw]

I hate skirts. It feels like I'm wearing nothing. So personally, I wouldn't wear the typical manga/anime school girl outfit.

I love long jeans though. Skinny jeans especially. It means I don't have to shave my legs. Muhahaha! XD

[spadesart]

anime clothing is such a trainwreck. remember that one anime that had a 12 year old girl in really skimpy clothing and a visible thong?? (theres probably a lot but im picturing specifically this one)

yikes. i never watched this but im pretty sure this was her school uniform too. not to mention i have BELTS longer than that skirt....

[indagold]

If I did I would be going full weeb. Never go full weeb, there's no turning back. First it's the uniforms then it's saying desu at the end of each sentence.

[shazzbaa]

I wouldn't ever have chosen a school uniform, but I did have to wear the uniform/"selective dress" of skirt or jumper when I was a kid and it didn't kill me. I was never like UGH ITS SO HORRIBLE AND UNFAIR THAT I HAVE TO WEAR THIS SKIRT... it was just the way things were, I could only wear pants after school. I didn't like it, but I also didn't question it.

If you had a choice to wear jeans during the year, any time of the year, would you? Not just during the winter months.

I do this already! It's been 100 degrees here and I was wearing jeans. I wore jeans when I went to the beach with my friends. I literally do not own shorts. I've got a kinda scrawny build so I'll take being hot over being cold any day.

[isaacfriedman]

I am not female, so you may want to disregard my opinion, but I feel the need to leave it here anyway. I find a lot of it appalling. Unless there's a subtextual or satirical joke running through part or all of the show, there is no reason for a school's uniform to comprise of miniskirts, kneehighs, and borderline formfitting sailor uniforms. One anime that handled uniforms really well was Shimoneta (an anime about censorship and embracing but not overindulging in one's "less pure" thoughts), where skirt length was indicative of one's apparent personal purity. This was never openly stated in the show, but rather was implied by the fact that the leader of the dirty terrorist group SOX had a much shorter skirt than the class president (among other comparisons that would take too long to go into). Another show that handled uniforms well was High School of the Dead, which was a blatant satire of ecchi while also being one.

If an anime is trying to be taken seriously, though, it really needs to take its character and clothing design seriously. In Fullmetal Alchemist, Winry Rockbell wears a tanktop at work because she's a mechanic, but whenever she travels she switches to a coat and an admittedly kind of short skirt, but not obscenely so. Many women stay in uniform throughout the series as well, such as Olivier Armstrong and Riza Hawkeye, who wen nto in uniform is wearing a pretty thick black tee and pants.

Shows that take themselves seriously but disgust me in terms of clothing design aremuch too common though. Sword Art Online has a ludicrous amount of ass and camel tow shots, upskirts, and revealed sections of torso (despite being set in three worlds that would all require the torso to be covered) without any good explanation other than "This is a wish fulfillment anime for 14 year old nerds". Asterisk War, Gate, and many other anime suffer from the exact same issues for the exact same reason, which may be why they get so popular among the 13-25 male demographic. They're pandering, pure and sumple, to the fantasies of guys who feel trapped by a society that tells them they're nothing special, they shouldn't even think about sex until they're married, adventure isn't real, and normal people never matter. That veered off the main topic a bit, but my point is, the bizarrely underdressed female characters are a staple of pandering anime.

Weird side note: the other half of the 13-25 demographic watches Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, and Adventure Time.

[Rabbit]

Saying 'anime clothing' is awfully vague XD Even when you say school uniforms - do you mean the more realistic Sailor Moon style, or stuff like Katsuragi's uniform in Senran Kagura?
I'll assume you're referring to the basic idea of a 'sailor uniform', with a fairly short skirt. Something a lot of people don't realize about those uniforms is that they are actually very common in Japan.
Japan is filled with private schools, as a part of their 'teach your kid constantly until they get to a good college and then flunk through it because their so sick of their childhood of constant studying' culture. And Japan firmly believes in the importance of uniforms, as they believe it makes the students act more mature, and see themselves as a large, connected group(Japanese school uniforms are based on military uniforms, so read into that as you will).
Despite the prevalence of uniforms in Japan, the pop-culture popularity of uniforms there still somehow hasn't diminished.
It's very common in Japan for a girl to study extra hard to try and get into a better school, just because the uniform is cuter.
Japan also has a rather strange(in my opinion, at least) idea that 'the shorter the skirt, the cuter the outfit', which is something Americans cut up in anime, but honestly, it's really common.
After school, a lot of teenagers go shopping in their uniforms, but will actually go to bathrooms beforehand to hike their skirts up higher than their school allows, to look 'cuter'.
Uniforms are actually so popular in Japan as a 'cute pop culture' icon, that there are expensive stores that just sell 'cute' school uniforms, with shorter skirts and cuter emblems, to be worn as fashion-wear (and I don't mean in, like, Harajuku, I mean in Shibuya and stuff - it's actual fashion. Even some popular brands like Liz Lisa has school uniform themed outfits).
So, all in all, as unrealistic as it may seem for girls to want to stand around in sometimes cold weather in short skirts, the majority of teens in actual Japan do just that, in order to look cuter. Of course, in real life, the limits of how short your skirt can be is a lot lower than is depicted in anime, but not only do girls make their skirts the shortest their school can allow, but like I said, they often hike their skirts up once they leave school premises.
As for me personally, I prefer skirts to go down to my knees (I'm kinda modest), but I do like school uniforms (one of the schools I went to had them, so I know what they're really like XD), and I would MUCH rather wear a skirt - even in cold weather - than pants.
I don't like pants.
Although I'm kinda a girly-girl anyway, so my love of skirts might not be shared by most American girls XD

[realSean_Murphy]

I went to school one day with shorts on when it was in the low 30's. It was cold.
I don't know why I would go to school in cold weather with shorts though, unless I didn't have anything else at the time to wear, so I guess that was probably why.

[sushy00]

I am so glad we did not have uniforms at my school. I hated wearing skirts. It is too cold in the winter, and tights are so itchy.

Actually it is a common problem that male clothing is too warm for males and female clothing is way too cold. If you walk in an avarage clothing store for women, they always have very thin clothing. This really is a problem for me in the winter. >_> Finding warm plants is especially a problem. I am considering shopping at the males' section for next winter.

[realSean_Murphy]

Saying 'anime clothing' is awfully vague XD Even when you say school uniforms - do you mean the more realistic Sailor Moon style, or stuff like Katsuragi's uniform in Senran Kagura? I'll assume you're referring to the basic idea of a 'sailor uniform', with a fairly short skirt. Something a lot of people don't realize about those uniforms is that they are actually very common in Japan.

Your question though seems a little vague. It's not really anime uniforms since the majority of Japanese school have uniforms so anime is just using what is normal being set in japan.

Yeah, sailor uniforms.

I usually wear leggings and leg warmers during the winter seasons. So I didn't mind the skirts too much for school. You just get use to your legs freezing every winter.

Do most people do this during the winter months?

[Zanreo]

Well, not sure I'd like wearing school uniforms at all, no matter what they looked like x3 But not a fan of skirts, and especially not in cold weather. Though if it's just a school uniform everyone will have to wear it at school anyway, and can wear whatever they want when they get home... if it's set in Japan almost all schools use uniforms so that would make sense for schoolkids to wear when at school.

So, all in all, as unrealistic as it may seem for girls to want to stand around in sometimes cold weather in short skirts, the majority of teens in actual Japan do just that, in order to look cuter. Of course, in real life, the limits of how short your skirt can be is a lot lower than is depicted in anime, but not only do girls make their skirts the shortest their school can allow, but like I said, they often hike their skirts up once they leave school premises.

I've been wondering about this - not for school uniforms, but I've seen a lot of "winter outfits" for anime girls (for characters who usually wear "normal" everyday clothing) still include short skirts - they'll have a warm winter coat, scarf, warm boots ect. but still wear a short skirt (sometimes but not always with tights) instead of long pants that would seem to make more sense in the cold weather. So is this an actual common thing even in winter fashion there?
I mean, wear what you want, but that would just be way too cold for me even if I liked short skirts...

[infectedbloodcomics]

I don't like anime, and those school uniforms generally give me the pedophile creeps, so, no, I wouldn't wear them.

In general, I hate skirts. I used to wear a school uniform, but it was identical for girls and boys, so that was okay.

[NickRowler]

Girls in Japan do wear skirt to school even in the winter. However, a lot of animes sort of over sexualize the outfits by making the skirts really short.

Though I never wear skirts, always hated how they were so breezy. I for the most part wear jeans but then again I am not very feminine so I can not speak for all women.

[Aloredd]

Desu is the Japanese way of ending their sentences...it's essentially a verbal period. 'Desu' is a statement (.), 'desu ka' is a question (?), and 'desu yo' is an exclamation (!)...there are a few others but these are the basic ones.

(and if you already knew that I apologize....it's more for the people who don't/didn't know)

[Tanisha]

Yes...? It's not just me some girls I know don't even own pants. Just dresses and skirts.

[indagold]

I think the joke flew right over your head...

[Heck]

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