What is the first thing your main character wears in their first appearance?

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IReidandWrite

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I don't know if she's still the MAIN MAIN character, but I guess she sort of is.

She's a baby in her debut scene, and she's wearing....

Brace yourselves for cuteness...

A Cheshire Cat footie pajamas thingy with cat ears and a tail. :D
 

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Haha, I have no idea.

I assume he's semi-dressed up. Going to his brother's concert.
 

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black cargos, some kind of shirt, and boots. the boots are important.

well, not really. I just wanted him to have some awesome boots...
 

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Hmm, well, it's mentioned that he puts something in a jacket pocket, so from that we can deduce that he is wearing a jacket. He's written rather scruffily though, so I think anyone reading would get that he was dressed somewhat scruffily too.
 

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Usually I leave it mostly for the reader to imagine. However I decided I wanted Timothy to be wearing a brown corduroy jacket for most of his adventure, thought it was cool. I mentioned it at the beginning and thought that would be enough.

Then I saw the most recent Harry Potter and in the last scene Mr. Potter was dressed exactly as I always had pictured Timothy (yes, with the corduroy jacket and everything). And it looked pretty darn good.

So I went back into my MS and mentioned the jacket throughout the story, to sort of maintain the visual. You know. Just . . .cause.
 

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One of my MCs is wearing a bliaut, one is wearing a tunic/leggings combo, one is wearing a cobbled-together set of street-urchin leathers, and one is wearing a very pretty cotehardie.

High fantasy, did I mention? :)
 

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She's wearing a patched green dress with the lace ripped off and worn out leather boots. But it gets ruined 5 pages in when someone bleeds all over it, and her attire changes considerably after that.

Also high fantasy. :)
 

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I've yet to mention what my MC is wearing. His clothing hasn't been important, so I leave it up to the reader's imagination.
 

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Overpriced (for all the clothes) khaki shorts, a green polo, leather flip-flops, shaggy hair, tattoos, and a big sign across his forehead that says "COLLEGE"
 

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WIP 1 - Tight jeans, some sort of shirt. Not much detail is given because she begins the story drunk and quickly loses her clothes ;)

WIP 2 - A hideous purple skirt and a white blouse. It was the only thing she could find in a hurry.

WIP 3 - Clothes not mentioned yet (I'm in outline/hook phase), but I know this character likes her leather boots. She's probably wearing them when the story starts.
 

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WIP A: Jeans, tank top, tall boots.

WIP B: Boots, pants, long coat, shirt, vest, hat. All gray. Oh, and a big pair of goggles.
 

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No clue. Baggy jeans or cargos or BDUs, I guess, and probably a t-shirt. She carries a concealed pistol and a sheathed suppressor, so clothes have to be baggy enough to hide them.
 

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I never really say, but at one point (when he's rushing around because of an urgent phone call) he trips over his running shoes and pulls a t-shirt out of a laundry basket.

he must have been shirtless and shoeless.


:Shrug:
 

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My hero's a Scotland Yard detective, Victorian era, coming off-duty, so he's in a dark linen suit and a bowler hat. One has appearances to uphold, after all.
 

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A woven kuana wrap made from fibers harvested from The Plains of Gold. Hey, you asked.
 
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