Daycare manager/clothing choices
In the final product, there is a plan to include variable clothing, but each child will also have clothing preferences that they will wear most of the time. At present, for the sake of the initial build, the default clothing set is for girls (as Mg is the only thing being written for the initial alpha release) and consists of a light play T-shirt, a mid-thigh length skirt, cartoon character underwear (even for the older girls) and regular socks and sneakers for footwear, or slippers if there is a slippers rule at the daycare.
The default will be what is used for the time being. Everything below this point is to be taken as an exploratory posing of ideas for the future build and will be subject to future additions and tweaking.
Girls
One-piece
Unlike other cloths which are independently variable, a one-piece outfit replaces both the top (shirt) and the bottom (skirt or pants) and some items, such as swim suits, even replace the underwear.
- Slip: An under-garment that typically goes under a dress. Can be combined with other forms of underwear.
- Dress: Considered a sort of formal-wear, not play cloths. Kid's dresses will almost always come down to the ankles and have a considerable amount of slack for easy movement of the feet. If worn by children, it usually speaks to a more conservative family background. The main difference between a formal dress and a sun-dress is that a normal dress usually has a zipper in the back, a button-down option in the front or back, or strings to tie in the back, usually requiring that the girl needs help putting on or removing her own dress. (Also, a slip or an under-shirt is typically worn together with a dress to the extent that the comfort of the inside of the dress is usually not considered.)
- Sun-dress: an informal dress that is worn for casual purposes, can have long, medium, short, and very short skirt lengths. The differentiating factor between a formal dress and a sun-dress is that a sun-dress can be slipped on over the head.
- Night dress: Sleeping wear in the form of a sun-dress. An adult-size T-shirt can replace a night dress in a pinch.
- Footy pajamas: Sleeping wear typically worn by children, has openings for the head and hands, but has closed feet. Typically has a zipper that runs from crotch to neck in the front, but some variations have the zipper extending down one leg.
- Leotard: Dance or performance wear for a girl that covers the same areas a one-piece swimsuit would.
- Tutu: A one-piece garment that is usually worn for dance performances, but some younger kids might like to wear for dress-up or otherwise for play. Usually consists of a frilly skirt attached to a leotard, the skirt usually has enough lift that the crotch can easily be seen if viewed from any angle other than above. Some play-clothes tutus may be in a sundress design without a leotard, thus the underwear will be exposed.
- Swimsuit: A standard one-piece swimsuit covers everything from the crotch to the shoulders.
- Baither swimsuit: A variation on a swimsuit for more conservative modest individuals, covers up the arms and legs as well, some variations cover down to the elbows and knees while others go all the way to the wrists and ankles.
Shirts
Shirts are unique among items of clothing in that all of them can be layered on top of each other. It is most typical to wear a T-shirt, but the other items may be worn by themselves or layered on top of the T-shirt (or below it in case of the under-shirt.) Layering is typically done in colder weather, but especially modest households may dress in an undershirt and a long-sleeve regardless of weather.
- Undershirt: Typically worn with formal wear you want to protect from your body sweat, but also often worn by people with a conservative and modest background, can go under any top including dresses and sun-dresses, and can even go under a slip.
- Haulter-top: Usually not
- T-shirt: covers the same area as an undershirt, except made from bulkier fabric that usually covers a slightly wider area of skin than an under-shirt would. (usually extending over the under-shirt by around an inch at every spot except the neck if the T-shirt is worn together with the undershirt.)
- Long-sleeve: A variation on the T-shirt with sleeves that extend to the wrists.
- Sweater: A long-sleeve shirt made of thicker and heavier fabric than a long-sleeve T-shirt. Is typically layered with a short-sleeve T-shirt at minimum, but these typical practices are often ignored by children.
- Button-down: Covers the same area as a long-sleeve T-shirt, and usually worn together with an undershirt (which is the only shirt it is normally worn together with.) It can open in the front and is fastened by buttons.
Overwear
Garments that are always worn over other garments, with odd exceptions. Exceptions would almost always be considered improper and perverted.
- Jacket: A lighter garment usually made of fleece that covers the same area a long-sleeve sweat-shrit would, usually uses buttons or a zipper in the front.
- Coat: Extends further down below the hips than a jacket, usually to the point of going down to just barely above the groin area. Most coats are bulky for cold-weather purposes, but there are exceptions where there are light fleece coats that are fairly similar to jackets in design.
- Overalls: Covers all the area that pants would, plus has a front portion that extends over the chest usually ending just above or below the nipple line, and is kept up by suspenders that extend from the chest to the waist portion in back. Typically made of denim, but there are corduroy variations as well. There are also rubber overalls that extend higher in the back, but these are typically worn by sewage workers and are not considered kid's wear. Overalls go over a shirt, but they usually replace pants.
Bottoms
Anything that covers hips to ankles.
- Panties: Girls' under-garment.
- Guarder belt: A belt worn on the upper leg either around the upper thigh or just below the knee with portions that come down along the outer thighs, is meant to hold up stockings by attaching to the portions that go down along the outer thighs. Typically not a part of modern-day kid's wear, but is still worn by some highly conservative families. (this item is exclusively worn together with stockings)
- Tights: Nylon material that covers up from feet to waist for the purpose of keeping the legs of girls wearing skirts warm. Is considered a form of underwear in that it goes under and can be worn with just about every other type of lower-wear garment, but is an exception in that it's not considered improper to see a girl's tights.
- Skirt: A separate garment that serves the same function as the bell of a dress. Comes in ankle-length, calf-length, knee-length, thigh-length, mini (upper thigh) and micro (reveals panties with slightest movement) variations.
Shorts: Lower-wear that fully covers the crotch and has holes for the legs to go through. Can be made of any material. Can range in length from knee-length to having the legs cut off almost exactly even with crotch level. (Knee-length are considered boy's play shorts, and crotch level is considered indecent. The most typical length for girl's shorts is around the same length as what would be covered by a mini-skirt, or a boy's running shorts.) Pants: Comes in all manner of material and design variations. Most notable are Jeans, Slacks, Form-fitting (made from... nylon?,) and draw-string sweat pants. Leggings: Covers the legs anywhere from the thighs to the ankles, but does not cover the crotch of the feet. Can come in variations for the thighs specifically, the calves specifically, or the entire leg. Typically worn together with other non-pants leg-wear, and can even be combined with stockings.
Socks
Worn below certain items of footwear, covers the feet and part of the legs.
- Stockings: Typically worn together with skirts for modesty or warmth purposes, can be worn together with shorts but is considered a fashion taboo. Comes in self-supporting and garder-supported variations, and in calf-high and thigh-high lengths. Typically worn together with the skirt that will extend just a little past where the stockings end, but modest people will always go for thigh-length and people who want to be just slightly "risque" will go for a length that has a small gap between the bottom of the skirt and the top of the stockings. (nowdays, although it is still considered "risque," it is not that big a deal compared to some other matters of revealing clothing and may even be considered cute.)
- Socks: Covers the feet and part of the leg, most are self-suporting nowdays but there are some that require sock suspenders which are similar to garter belts except they go on the calves. (this is considered old-fashioned, and is also considered a man's style. No woman would wear sock suspenders or socks that require them.) Socks can range in length from knee-high, extending to just below the knees, to ankle-less which do not cover the ankles at all and only cover the feet. Most typical socks cover to just below mid-calf. (socks can be worn together with stockings, although this is rather atypical. It would be similar to wearing two pairs of socks, although slightly more acceptable)
Footwear
Apparal with the primary purpose of protecting the souls of the feet from the ground, there are several variations to accomplish this simple purpose. Some footwear require socks or stockings to be worn with them, others have it considered a fashion taboo to have socks or stockings worn with them, and still some women's shoes actually cannot be worn with socks or stockings at all.
WIP