Quick show of hands?

[hat_plays_sims]

Okay, so I can use things like SimPE and Pescado's clothing tool and Inge's assorted hacks (wicked useful for churches, that formal wear sign) that I can get toddlers into things like formalwear, gym clothes, and swimwear... but except for hacks like that, I'm pretty sure toddlers only end up in anything besides casual, pajamas, and outerwear in the course of a normal game.

Does anyone (especially anyone who plays a Medieval game) regularly put their toddlers in formal, gym, and/or swim?

I'm brewing eighty-two little toddler gowns and I currently have vague plans for little toddler shifts and shirts and nappies, and I'm just wondering whether anyone has ever found a use for toddler gym clothes. ... Or toddler formal wear.

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[morgaine2005.wordpress.com]

Hmm, I have to say that I haven't found much of a use for toddler formal wear, even if I did end up default-replacing all of the Celebrations stuff (the toddler outfits were everyday). However, if I had the option I probably would find a use for it! It would come in darn handy for weddings or other events where a toddler may be expected to show up and be dressed nicely (say, a coronation, whether the toddler is the one being crowned or not).

... But I'm not quite sure how one would use toddler gym clothing. Shifts, shirts, nappies -- those would work great as undies or PJs (or even everyday wear for nappies -- it would make sense, I think, for peasant toddlers in the height of summer to just run around with butt coverage and nothing else. Less laundry!) or both. But athletic wear? I have to admit that I'm shaking my head.

And now for something completely different: I must say I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who forces Sims into formal wear for church, even if I use a different hack to do so. They call it "Sunday best" for a reason!

[hat_plays_sims]

I was thinking toddler formal wear for things like... meeting grandma for the first time, or for those who use hacks to take their toddlers to community lots, the church formal wear thing would apply to them, too. (And though I haven't done it yet, I keep thinking about toddler swimwear because one of the things swimwear is good for is keeping cool in the summer. Lord knows my plantbabies like to stay outside. Sure, they can't swim, but they can hammer on their little creativity toys in the sunshine.)

You are not the only one who insists their Sims dress for church! And, back in the day? You would probably either get a) married in your Sunday clothes or b) new clothes for your wedding and subsequently wear them to church and on formal occasions, so that works out fine with the Sims' wardrobe system, too. I don't know exactly when the 'wedding clothes as single-use items' thing got started, but I know it was post-Victorian, and only something the industrial revolution could've made possible.