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Hi, I am still new in here, so I hope I am using the right areas for various threads. I was randomly thinking about fashion in Touhou, and how the characters dress. And there are a few examples that really gave me a bit of thought recently. 1) One example in regards to some confusion I've had (and still have) is Youmu. She wear her sleeveless green jacket and skirt, and beneath that what I thought to be a simple white shirt. I was surprised to find out the thing is not a shirt, but actually an undershirt, or "maiou" as we call it in Romanian (the word comes from the French "maillot"). The thing about "maiou" (maiouri for plural form) is an underwear, usually not visible through the clothes you wear above. So in general, some of the 2hus just wear some underwear over which comes a jacket or something of sorts for their top half? 2) It seems like swimsuits are a thing in Gensokyo, at least according to Silent Sinner in Blue. I was not expecting that, but it's interesting. 3) Then there are other curiosities I've noticed, like the use of bloomers in the early Windows games (which seem to have later disappeared with some exceptions like Mayumi) or Nue, which is a whole different discussion with her short dress and thigh-highs/the zettai ryouiki trope. Combined with the first point, how does underwear and other clothing accessories that are not usually visible work like given the setting of Gensokyo and tendency towards the older style of clothing characters opt for? 4) Last one I'd like to point out before leaving it open for discussion when it comes to fashion in Gensokyo is Hecatia. I never hated or found her odd, despite going against the typical 2hu fashion with her T-shirt and skirt (totally not from Hot Topic). Or maybe it’s the fact she's a redhead which redeemed her a lot in my eyes (apparently, I do have 2 redheads in my top 10 - Raiko and Hecatia). The other redhead I like, Raiko, is also dressed rather differently from the rest of the girls, with her white tuxedo, necktie and shirt, which is quite refreshing from all the dresses and frills. Anyway, what do you think on these examples, and what other situations have you found interesting in regards to how the characters like to dress or have been designed as?