Research Request — Wardrobe, Material Culture, and Role Resolution
Story question
How should the compiler resolve clothing from era, place, age, role, class, activity, weather, and personal habits without turning reference cultures into costume stereotypes?
Scope
Research dress history, textile behavior, climate, occupational clothing, class signals, subculture, grooming, and brand-free translation. Begin with Sylvan's middle-class Los Angeles/United States 1985–present reference and Samuel's Great War role range.
Required output
- Wardrobe resolver field hierarchy and conflict rules
- Material, fit, wear, layering, footwear, accessory, and grooming vocabulary
- Decade drift and costume-stereotype failure taxonomy
- Character-specific range tests across ordinary, professional, formal, and emergency scenes
- Boundary between Earth reference and invented Seeds material culture
Development gate
Add wardrobe packets only as working visual definitions; visible culture remains unresolved where the author has not selected a translation.