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[Headcanon Discussion] Fashion

I haven't seen a headcanon discussion around here in a while, so here we go. What headcanon do you have about the nations and fashion? For example (and these are just some starters to get the ball rolling):
How do they dress on the weekend? What about formal occasions? What (if anything) do they wear to bed? Who is really invested in how they look and who could wear horrifically mismatched socks and really not care about it? Who is always up to date with trends? Who tries to be and fails? Do any of them have tattoos? What about piercings?

What about historical fashion trends? Did England grow his hair out and wear a peace sign in the 60s? Was Russia trying to grow a beard before Peter the Great made him shave it off?

Discuss~

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I think Poland would set the trends, because he's fabulous like that.
As for tattoos, I can see England having a flying mint bunny tattoo on his butt (My guess he would've got one from drinking too much one night out at a pub) and China has a full-scale Chinese dragon tattoo on his back.
I also think America would've had the duck tail/Elvis hairstyle in the 50's.

When I think of America's fashion sense and the way he dresses, I think CASUAL. On the weekends you'd be lucky to get him out of his (rocket-ship-patterned) pajamas, unless he's going somewhere. If he goes somewhere he just throws on jeans and a t shirt, maybe adds a sweatshirt in the fall and spring (we all know he doesn't leave the house in winter XD). I think when he needs to go to work/everyday business, he wears just a plain old suit and tie (not bowtie, the regular tie...is there a name for those?) in a nice neutral blue or black. The tie would have silly patterns depending on exactly HOW formal he has to be; if it's very formal it'll just be a bright solid color. America doesn't strike me as the type to have piercings or tattoos.

I think England tends to wear button-down shirts and slacks even on his most casual days. He dresses very nice on formal occasions, too. I think it's safe to say that when he said "my tattoo hurts" in his marukaite chikyuu that he's telling the truth; he got drunk once and got a guitar on his thigh or something. And of course he has at least one ear piercing, it was what EVERY pirate did. He hasn't worn jewellery at all in years, though, and has no desire to thank you very much XD

Canada is EVEN MORE casual than America. Don't ask me how that's possible, it just is. He has a hoodie that might as well be part of his skin.

France, Italy and Poland are all fashion buddies. Always looking snazzy no matter the occasion. They all team up to dress the others sometimes too, like Germany and Lithuania, who they feel have boring senses of style.

Omg, your England headcanon is now mine. XD

Idk what others think, but I like to imagine Germany in a dress shirt with 3/4th sleeves, tie or suspenders and bermuda shorts (something like the pic). With sunglasses. I think he'd look....wow...imagine those muscular calves flashed from the bermudas and the general class of the dress shirt AT THE SAME TIME *eyegasm*

Was Russia trying to grow a beard before Peter the Great made him shave it off?

Definitely. He was a teenager right in the middle of his growth spurt and wanted to look more mature and be taken seriously. Having to shave it was a huge blow to him. *nods*

Romano doesn't pay attention to trends, but he does like to look nice. His clothes are always a size too big for him because he absolutely hates wearing clothes that aren't nice and loose. He has a pair of designer glasses and this really expensive fedora that he absolutely loves, but he's constantly being told to take them off, which annoys him to no end. He constantly bugged Spain to see if he could get his ears pierced when he was little, but he never seems to have done so.

Italy shares his brother's dislike of tight clothing, but he actually does pay attention to trends and such. He's always incredibly well-dressed as a result. Sometimes he wears women's clothing, but in a subtle kind of way. Like, he never wears skirts or incredibly girly things, but if you look closely you'll notice that sometimes his clothes don't fit him quite right, or you'll remember that you've seen that outfit on display in a store clearly for women, but he manages to pull it off fairly well.

Spain himself doesn't really care, but the Italies and France drag him out shopping on occasion so he has a really nice wardrobe. Since he doesn't pay attention and just throws his clothes on in the morning though, it normally ends up being terribly mis-matched. If he was allowed to shop on his own, his clothes would all be in very bright colours and patterns. He has ear piercings, but he has forgotten that they exist. As an added note, he rarely ever wears a shirt around the house. It drives Romano crazy.

Poland obviously wears the most up-to-date teen girls fashion most of the time. If he's working outside, which he does a lot in the summer time, he'll wear a pair of relatively old jeans and a t-shirt that he never wears anymore. If it's a formal occasion, he'll ask if he can wear a dress. If he's allowed, you bet that it'll make everybody else pale in comparison. If he's not, he'll still dress incredibly well, but he just doesn't like it as much as wearing a dress.

I think England lives in a suit. Except when he's drunk, he probably wears nothing - I think he wears that apron thing under his clothes.

I think Poland would probably be very trendy, and would probably despair at Liet's very select wardrobe of comfy looking- jumpers.

I think France ~~wears nothing at all~~ is also very trendy. Just, you know, manlier than Po-chan. Ditto with the ItaBros.

O-Oh.

I like the way you think.

I wanna see someone draw Germany in this outfit now...*cannot stop laughing*

I think Switzerland would wear whatever Lichtenstein gave him.

Ever since the Counting Sheep CD's came out I'm convinced Russia wears long nightgowns to bed. They're just so warm and comfortable~ ^J^

I'm stealing this head canon from other people, but America, France, and Russia all own at least one tracksuit. They only bring them out when they're with each other.

England got quite a few piercings and tattoos during the 80's. He only kept a select few.

This probably a cliche by now, but Russia was a total Europe fanboy during the 1700's. However, he still thinks the outfits France put together for him consisted of waaaay too many frills.

About a year ago America attempted to go through a hipster phase. It didn't last since a part of him basically lives off all that is mainstream.

(I had way to much fun with this)

Germany and England I see as preferring to be smart where possible; suits, smart/casual, sweater-vests and the like. I suspect they do have a casual wardrobe, not sure how it'd look though. I kind of see jeans as a must for them both.

Poland=fabulous. nuff said.

Japan would probably dabble in the trends his young'uns sets; it's the otaku in him! I can see him trying visual kei and so on when he's not going to be visited by fellow nations. The rest of the time I always envision both he and China being quite traditional in their dress sense.

Not sure about the others, however my biggest headcanon is probably for N. Italy (of course). Beware ze wall o' text afoot! (pretty much copy pasta'd from something I wrote on dA):

By the by I love to imagine Feliciano in random clothes that look like he went and raided a pirates' closet or something. Sure Italy's famous for it's fashion but I see Romano being the fashionista who only wears Prada (moreso than Feli anyways). Feli I see kind of not caring too much about clothes sometimes (they'll only get covered in paint/pasta sauce/etc anyway!)

Seeing as he lived with frugal Austria as a kid, then spent so much time around practical minded Germany and sensible Japan, I can see him wearing things he's comfortable in and repairing/wearing those things to death. I also imagine he's one of those people who likes to nick others' clothes (eg. borrow Germany's/America's/anyone's! jacket or his brother's jeans for the hell of it).

Another thing (GerIta bias... sorry! ignore this if you don't like it!)is regarding the tomato ring Germany tried to give him. I can't quite remember what exactly happened at the end of Buon San Valentino, and right now I'm too lazy to look OTL, however if Germany didn't take the ring with him i always imagine that after the fiasco Italy perhaps kept the ring, or found it or something? And decided to keep it, maybe wearing it occasionally as a necklace as he's kind of naive and wouldn't think about it too much. After all I just can't see Feli rejecting something given to him by someone dear to him (save food!).

Germany always wears a tight-fitting muscle t-shirt or one of his tank tops underneath his clothes, always - but the only time you see it is when he's doing things around the house/sleeping or he's really hot and he doesn't necessarily have to keep all his clothes on. If he ever has to leave the house, he'll throw on a button-down shirt with a collar. He also doesn't like jeans - he prefers khaki or some other material in beiges or greens, or plain black slacks. He doesn't necessarily keep up with trends or anything, he just has sort of a classic, nice look. He also has two suits that he keeps startched and cleaned an ironed at all times - to an obsessive degree. He owns a couple different pairs of boots (combat, rain boots, snow boots) and a pair of nice dress shoes that he shines before and after he's worn them. He wears shorts if it's hot enough, but he doesn't particularly like them.

Prussia just wears whatever outrageous thing he can find - he doesn't worry about trends or looking professional (unless he absolutely, positively MUST, and then he cleans up well - he owns only one suit). He's the kind of guy who has only like, two pairs of jeans, all torn up and covered in paint and grass stains and who knows what else, and he wears one pair for a week before washing them - any longer and Germany would come after him, he knows, he's tried it. He has fifty billion different kinds of shirts, mostly tees with sarcastic sayings and band logos and cartoon/video game characters on them. He has a couple pairs of boots and Converses in like, almost every color, and they're all scribbled on in Sharpies and some of them are literally falling apart but he can't bear to part with them.

Italy likes to keep up with trends, and he always has a couple sets of really nice clothes of whatever's fashionable for that season - if he particularly likes certain pieces of a set, he keeps them to wear beyond the season, but anything else he donates because he'd rather the clothes not go to waste, and it's what sounds best to his little Catholic heart. He often takes Germany's tank tops and tees for himself for months on end, to wear around the house when he absolutely has to keep something on for siesta - usually when it's cold. But whenever he's making art or gardening or cleaning, he puts on a huge white t-shirt (he pratically swims in it) and these old, paint-covered overalls and just goes and does stuff. He just loves having all kinds of outfits. He tries to keep them all clean, which is a challenge - half the time his more casual stuff has some sauce or coffee stains he's tried desperately to get out.

Romano's a bit different. Whenever he goes out, on a date or just down to the store to get something, he always dresses nicely - he wants to make a good impression. When he's home, he kind of forgets that he's in nice clothes and just lounges around in them, so he ends up spending a lot of time ironing them back to niceness. If he's with Spain or his brother, he is always dressed casually because he doesn't care how he looks in front of people ~~who care about him the most~~ he doesn't need to impress. He's got a t-shirt and overalls too, but they're for farmwork, if he has to do any. He has several suits, and he keeps all his clothes very clean.

Japan usually wears more traditional Japanese clothes - kimono and yukata and whatever else I know I'm missing. Staying in, going out into town, it doesn't matter. If he's got official work or a meeting or an outing with one of the Western Nations though, he wears a suit, or at least Western-style clothes. If he's feeling up for some otaku adventures, he throws on one of his numerous anime t-shirts that he will never admit he has a collection of, and some jeans and just lets himself have fun in Akihabara and stuff. He also has a zillion cosplay outfits he makes himself, for fun.

I feel like Russia isn't capable of growing a beard. LOOK AT THAT FACE.

LOL oh boy let's see.

Well my personal headcanon for England is that he's an old man in a young body (I love him, really lol). He rode the fashion train for a long time and then once present day hit, he just kind of said "fuck it" and has worn boring slacks and sweater-vests with checkered socks ever since. He has a "Dumbledore Lives" t-shirt tucked away and only wears it when he does a Harry Potter movie marathon. Gotta show his support!

He also has old t-shirts and pants back from his punk days but sadly those leather pants don't fit him very well anymore since he's put on a little weight (that he denies). For formal occasions, he has some nice suits but they aren't designer brands. He's pretty cheap.

Oh yeah, and he wears Union Jack boxers whenever he can under his clothes.

8D The end. lol

Lithuania has little to no fashion sense and a (not so) secret obsession with plaid pants. If he's left to his own devices, he looks like a thrift store threw up on him and tossed him into a pile of fabric. The only reason he looks even remotely presentable in public is because Poland lays his clothes out for him every night.

and Poland is TOTES FAB 4EVA.

Arthur goes totally punk when no one is looking to reminisce his old days X'D

My headcanon is that America always dresses for the occasion... correctly. Has he ever been seen in a meeting not wearing his uniform (no really has he I haven't seen it)? Because I havent seen it so when hes in jeans and a stained t-shirt in fics for no reason I go :/

agreed

Does the plaid pants thing have anything to do with Eastern European Funk, perchance? XD

Agreed. If nothing else, we know America's not a slob. (In public, at least?)

Why yes. Yes it does xD

o-oh. jesus

About a year ago America attempted to go through a hipster phase. It didn't last since a part of him basically lives off all that is mainstream.

FFF thissss. he tries. ;)
though where I live, it's hipstah central.

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