85 – Qualification
A good friend of mine always said that Gaia and Chloe both had a terrible fashion sense…
This trio is quite unlikely. Having Marie-Neige doing something without Chloe or Clementine feels quite weird too. Let’s see where this goes. :)
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They dress better than those two weeaboos.
LOL. You’re taking sides? Saki knows that she has no idea what to wear, that’s why she’s asking Marie-Neige and Flore for advice… But really, Marie-Neige usually knows how to look pretty. Don’t you remember her cute sundress from last year’s strips? :)
That I’ll grant, but their mockery of classics is not to be so lightly forgiven!
I, uh, I’m not really awake enough to figure out an emoticon for hamminess. Or cheesiness. Let’s all just have a ham and cheese sandwich on rye with pesto sauce and I’ll call it a night. I can’t even pull off goofy anymore! XD
It’s always great fun to see what characters think, it gives it all a sense of heightened reality yet it doesn’t delve into most manga clichés like the huge drop of sweat, etc.
You know what they say about girls in plaid…
Strong words from people who wear school uniforms
Damn, seems like people are really offended by this strip. XD See my reply to Zwimmy’s comment.
I never really thought Marie-Neige wore a school uniform, although I guess it can look like one.
Not offended, it’s just funny how people can make of of someone for being stereotypical, while being stereotypical themselves. But then, a lot of people are like that IRL too
Best not to assume someone on the Internet is offended unless they explicitly state that they’re offended.
I mean c’mon. This is Internet 101 stuff. Peoples’ perception of what other people are feeling / doing is generally exaggerated at least tenfold compared to the subject’s actual mood / status.
Case in point, I read Maxim’s remark as a somewhat dry offhand comment. Hardly within the same ballpark as “offended”.
I’ve always been a big fan of classic-looking sneakers like those, to the point where they can make up for just about any fashion faux-pas.
I like Chloe’s look. *shrugs*
I do too. She’s probably my favorite character to draw clothes-wise. :)
And yes, Chuck Taylors are awesome.
Both Gaia and Chloe rock them, and Mimi has sneakers that are quite similar. (hers are actually a pair of Skechers, though)
Huh. They seem indistinguishable from Converse. I’ll have to look them up later.
Mimi’s, you mean? They are slightly different.
But both Chloe and Gaia do wear Converses. (Gaia has high top ones, Chloe actually has a few different pairs, but they’re all black)
Well.
Google tells me that Converse and Chuck Taylors are one and the same. Learn something every day.
As much as I love their aesthetic, though, their soles are so thin that I may as well just go barefoot most of the time.
If you want to be even more confused, Converse is now owned by Nike.
I think you have great fashion sense for everybody’s outfits, they all seem appropriate to each character. :) What is Neglige?
Thank you!! :)
And negligé means “neglected” in french. Fashion-wise, it kinda means : “lazy”, “low maintenance”… but for some reason, I was certain that it could be used in english in the same way… (like many other french words in the fashion vernacular!) But… no. It doesn’t exist, and I’m surprised you’re the first to point it out. Here, I fixed the comic. ^^
Must be similar to the word negligent then. People here would just called it messy or unkempt. If you mentioned neglige to most people, they would think you are talking about womens lingerie.
Yeah, I know. I was totally wrong here. Sometimes, I’m not as bilingual as I think I am. D:
I went for “lazy hairstyle”, it’s the best translation I could think of.
Saki, three words: “Pot. Kettle. Black.”
At least, Saki knows that she doesn’t know how to dress. That’s why she’s asking the other two.^^
That’s true. ^_^
If she’s trying to get rid of that schoolgirl outfit, taking advice from someone else wearing one probably isn’t a good idea.
Whee! Nice to have you in my comment box!
And lol. Last time Saki saw Marie-Neige, she was wearing a cute, fashionable summer dress, remember?
I have to go back and look, so many characters and stories going on its hard to keep track of details like that sometimes.
I know I know. ^^
I don’t expect people to either.
But yeah, Marie-Neige is a lot more feminine and fashionable than the other girls. When she feels like it. In fact, I regret using this outfit for this strip, it kinda detracted from the idea that she was. :(
If that is fashionable, I’d be glad not to be. MN is easily the worst-dressed of the lot of them.
Bonding!
I’m trying to imagine voices again xD What do you think about Haruhi Suzumiya voice for Marie-Neige ? The Japanese accent change a lot, it’s kinda difficult to imagine in English but … I really like how her voice sound not so girly …
That could definitely work. Marie-Neige is a bit Suzumiya-like.