First Fits Kit Now Available

@CarpeNocheSims I feel like they either have data that says women make up the majority of simmers, or internally that's what the team believes is true. It extends into the cc community, the vast majority of which is feminine. I think the general view is The Sims is digital dolls and wrongly stereotyped as a game for women and gay men. It's a horrible stereotype but it still feels like that's what drives the content to be so heavily female centered.

I'm female and I play almost exclusively female characters but I still have male characters in my saves. Now more than ever with my story save. I would love to see more and better selections for male sims. My poor dudes look so tragic next to their stylish ladies. There is a glimmer of hope with more quality items showing up on the cc sites, but that does nothing to help those who either can't use cc, or simply don't want to.

I don't think from the Maxis/EA side that is going to change anytime soon, but if people keep banging the drum maybe they'll finally do something to level the field.

Am I alone in constantly misreading the name as First Aid Kit?

"Simpatsyann;c-18177497" wrote:

"simgirl1010;c-18177488" wrote:
I love the muted colors. Reminds me of Incheon Arrivals which is one of my favorites. Sometimes I get tired of brights and busy patterns for the kiddos. Plus you can pair it with some of the existing colorful items in game.

I like them too, and I like the actual garments. I just wish there brighter swatches included as well.

Honestly the more I see, the more impressed I am. Lots of things for male children, and the quality just gets better and better. Only two pairs of shoes but I love them both.

Aww rats! I was going to skip this kit, I have very little to do with kiddos but at some time, I want this kit. The clothes are great for the everyday kid look and I love the muted colors. I am still recovering from looking at Carnival Beats. :D

@DaniRose2143 One of my sim friends and I were recently laughing that all our male sims wear the same pair of jeans. One pair of jeans are truly masculine (I can't see my spouse or son wearing any of the other jean options in this game).

I also think that EA has their data skewed. Yes, I mostly play a single female sim. However, she has tons of male and female friends. Her female friends are stylish and all dressed differently. Her male friends all pretty much wear the same outfits in different colors. I'd love more options for them. I'd also love more options for the children in my saves. Just because I never play them doesn't mean I don't enjoy seeing them out in the world. It always makes me smile seeing one of my townie parents hugging their child or watching them play with their friends at the park (I set up clubs and they're all friends).

Also to touch on the gay sims, not all gay sims are dressed like that Del Sol Valley sim! Some of them dress more like Neal Patrick Harris in understated elegance. I hate that there aren't more options for males of any persuasion.

This kit is alright if you play urban sims. I just don't see any of my sim children dressing in any of these outfits. This kit will be a hard pass for me. I even bought that dreadful male outfits kit! This is the only content that I've passed on. After the nonstop issues since MWS? I doubt it will be the last.

@DaniRose2143 @CarpeNocheSims I agree with what you said about clothing options for male Sims. I've had to "shop" quite a bit in CC in order to find the kinds of basic clothing I would wear myself. My daughter, our family's CAS specialist, uses quite a bit of this custom content to dress our male Sims.

The male Sims in our world tend not to be too glittery, regardless of their orientation. The tight, flashy, sparkly items don't often make their way into our guys' wardrobes, unless we double or triple down on it to create a bit of comic relief.

@CarpeNocheSims @MoonlightGraham The options in jeans are bad, but that's an issue for male and female sims. They just cannot make a decent pair of jeans. Everything in bottoms for men is cargo pants, cargo shorts, and sweats. And it seems like what's passing for content for male sims is just making items unisex or hipster. I don't have very many male sims with a casual outfit that I truly like.

The cc community helps but even then the selection is still really lacking. It's all the same items with different colors or crazy patterns. I have some sims who the crazy patterns work on because it fits their personality, but those are the exceptions. Back to the jeans, even when I find ones that have a decent cut, not baggy, they're almost always ripped or high water. What is the obsession with ripped jeans. Yes, I use them on my sims but on outfits where I'm going for something super casual.

All of my gay men are like the Heckings, understated, just two guys going about life like everybody else, not trying to make fashion statements. Izzy Fabulous is the only one I routinely have dressing flamboyantly because it fits my perception of his personality, but also some of that is just not wanting to take the time to mess with giving him a makeover.

@Hearts4u love the way you styled those outfits. If I get time to play today I'm going to create some outfits using the new pack and existing kids clothing. I don't usually pay much attention to little boys outfits but this pack has really motivated me.

@DaniRose2143 @MoonlightGraham My gay sims also dress just like my straight male sims. I don't know any gay males in real life that dress like Izzy Fabulous so mine don't dress that way. I do have some male celebrities that are fabulous, I love them, they dress like Izzy Fabulous.

Funny thing about cargo shorts/pants. My spouse and son only wear those. So, the sims having them in game is very real (to my) life!

The ripped jeans! OMG, what's with the ripped/cropped/extremely high water jeans/pants for males? I don't see any men in real life (mine or walking around) dressing like that. Maybe to go out, they'll wear a nice pair of rolled jeans that are somewhat cropped, but not as everyday wear. It's cargos....lol lol lol.

Back to this kit, lol. I think the items look well made. I especially love that back detail on the crisscross shirt. My issue is that I want that top for my YA female sim. A lot of these outfits I can see my YA females wearing, they just don't really read child sim to me.

I know CC makers will go to town on these outfits and add the colors/patterns that are missing. I, however, don't use CAS CC. I have enough to deal with trying to keep all my mods updated, I decided years ago to ditch CAS/Build/Buy CC so I didn't have to worry about that as well.

Maybe I need to move sims back into San Myshuno, these outfits would fit them there. Right now, my townies live in 7 worlds and I try to match their outfits to those world (either in fashion/style or in temperature like why would you have your sims in colder weather outfits in Oasis Springs? They'd die of heat stroke wearing that suit jacket as everyday wear lol). Maybe Newcrest sims could wear those outfits? That's urban adjacent.

@DaniRose2143 @CarpeNocheSims My daughter and I found two or three pairs of CC men's jeans that we like, and almost all our men wear them. Lots of them wear khakis, and the cargo pants/shorts get a lot of use, too. And we dress Sims who live in different worlds differently, too. Our young San Myshunians are more fashion forward than the Sims you see around Willow Creek, for example.

I will probably buy the First Fits kit today, but like you, @CarpeNocheSims, I wish some of the things were available for Teens or Young Adults, too.