The Fashions Of Sim 66
Hello. I write a sim lit story called Sim 66, you can find links to it in the Writer's Lounge of the Challenges and Stories board. It's set in the late 1960s and with the abundance of Sixties custom...
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The BFF
This was the first group of premades I did make-overs for as the BFF feature heavily in Sim 66, both in their own sub-plots and in other characters'. I wanted to keep in the style of the original base game look for them, but retcon them for the era.
SUMMER HOLLIDAY
Summer sticks with the blue and white colour scheme from the base game, but that look is very post 80s with the polo shirt and plaited ponytail. I kept the skirt but changed the shirt for a turtleneck and the sneakers became flat pumps. White hosiery was very common in the Sixties so the overall effect is this two tone total look, very fashionable for the time. The hair was changed to a kind of beehive bun which makes her look very mid-Sixties, although her alternative everyday outfit has her hair down; I tried various long hairstyles but that one from Get Together looked the best. The makeup is designed to emphasise her eyes and that wide eyed, perky look she has. The skirt suit keeps the blue and white theme going.
https://i.imgur.com/bV315JR.jpg
LIBERTY LEE
For Liberty I kept the base game colour palette to show she generally likes bright, contrasting colours. The pants I didn't change but the T-shirt is too modern for the 1960s so I swapped it out for a ribbed long sleeve top in the same purple colour. The middle outfit is based on a French fashion magazine photo from 1966 and it's what Liberty wears when she's on a date or trying to impress someone: It's very European and shows the design ethos coming from France at that time. The cap is the kind that was popular in the mid-late 60s with women. The party outfit is a retconned version of her base game party dress: The colours are the same, just the cut of the dress is different as the frills and layers are too 80s, the Sixties favoured smooth lines. I kept the sunglasses, boots, hairstyle and bracelets. Liberty's make up was changed to show that heavy mascara and eyeliner look and pale lipstick. It gives her a kind of doe-eyed look which I think looks cute on her.
https://i.imgur.com/dRWScZQ.jpg
TRAVIS SCOTT
Everything Travis wears is base game and one of the few times when the official clothing is more than good enough. I kept Travis' earth tone colour palette but changed the specific items. The outfits on the left and middle are what young men wore in places like Haight Ashbury, San Francisco or Greenwich Village, New York in the mid, pre-Hippy 60s. A brown velvet or suede jacket worn over a casual T shirt and matched with slim, straight legged pants. Cargo pants are not Sixties. The leather jacket in the middle worn with Levis is a variation on that look. Travis' party look on the right is another case where the base game provides something suitable for the era. The military style, ALMOST, Nehru jacket is very in period...young men liked to wear jackets inspired by those worn by Victorian British soldiers. His hair has been changed from the scruffy, Chandler Byng look popular from 1990 onwards to a more era appropriate long haired look; often seen among young men from 1965 onwards who wanted an alternative to the Beatle style cut.
https://i.imgur.com/1nsBUSh.jpg
This was the first group of premades I did make-overs for as the BFF feature heavily in Sim 66, both in their own sub-plots and in other characters'. I wanted to keep in the style of the original base game look for them, but retcon them for the era.
SUMMER HOLLIDAY
Summer sticks with the blue and white colour scheme from the base game, but that look is very post 80s with the polo shirt and plaited ponytail. I kept the skirt but changed the shirt for a turtleneck and the sneakers became flat pumps. White hosiery was very common in the Sixties so the overall effect is this two tone total look, very fashionable for the time. The hair was changed to a kind of beehive bun which makes her look very mid-Sixties, although her alternative everyday outfit has her hair down; I tried various long hairstyles but that one from Get Together looked the best. The makeup is designed to emphasise her eyes and that wide eyed, perky look she has. The skirt suit keeps the blue and white theme going.
https://i.imgur.com/bV315JR.jpg
LIBERTY LEE
For Liberty I kept the base game colour palette to show she generally likes bright, contrasting colours. The pants I didn't change but the T-shirt is too modern for the 1960s so I swapped it out for a ribbed long sleeve top in the same purple colour. The middle outfit is based on a French fashion magazine photo from 1966 and it's what Liberty wears when she's on a date or trying to impress someone: It's very European and shows the design ethos coming from France at that time. The cap is the kind that was popular in the mid-late 60s with women. The party outfit is a retconned version of her base game party dress: The colours are the same, just the cut of the dress is different as the frills and layers are too 80s, the Sixties favoured smooth lines. I kept the sunglasses, boots, hairstyle and bracelets. Liberty's make up was changed to show that heavy mascara and eyeliner look and pale lipstick. It gives her a kind of doe-eyed look which I think looks cute on her.
https://i.imgur.com/dRWScZQ.jpg
TRAVIS SCOTT
Everything Travis wears is base game and one of the few times when the official clothing is more than good enough. I kept Travis' earth tone colour palette but changed the specific items. The outfits on the left and middle are what young men wore in places like Haight Ashbury, San Francisco or Greenwich Village, New York in the mid, pre-Hippy 60s. A brown velvet or suede jacket worn over a casual T shirt and matched with slim, straight legged pants. Cargo pants are not Sixties. The leather jacket in the middle worn with Levis is a variation on that look. Travis' party look on the right is another case where the base game provides something suitable for the era. The military style, ALMOST, Nehru jacket is very in period...young men liked to wear jackets inspired by those worn by Victorian British soldiers. His hair has been changed from the scruffy, Chandler Byng look popular from 1990 onwards to a more era appropriate long haired look; often seen among young men from 1965 onwards who wanted an alternative to the Beatle style cut.
https://i.imgur.com/1nsBUSh.jpg
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