1897 Cycling Outfit + Hat (DU & 1000+ followers gift!)

04.10.2020 edit: improved the outfit to get rid of spikes in lower lods + updated both pieces with a new CAS placement. The hat is no longer hat slider compatible - I reached a conclusion that it makes no sense considering it uses hat chops. 

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First things first: my Tumblr statistics claim already over 1000 people decided to follow my page - and it's just INSANE. Thank you guys so much!!! I've never expected so many simmers to appreciate what I'm doing in here. Sure, I hoped for some small group of history nerds to find my blog, download a thing or two once in a while, but definitely not for this. Once again, my biggest thanks to you all! If I felt like a superstar with 300 followers then I lack words to describe how I feel now.

Here comes a small gift for you. Since I read that Discover University would introduce bicycles to TS4, I knew I have to make a proper cycling outfit for our late XIX century ladies. It was exactly the time when women were beginning to be more active, in a very sporty way, and one of those socially acceptable sports/activities for them was - you guessed it - cycling.

I tried to recreate a French design from 1897. It's still quite moderate, as it includes a skirt, not bloomers... The ankles though! Scandalous!

It comes in 24 swatches, mostly in very autumny colours. Obviously I didn't photograph all of them; here are some of my personal favourites:

(Oh, and there's a hat as well, duh. With 4 swatches, matching the 4 different colours/shades of the jacket. Yes, all 4 are visible above, you just have to look closely ^^).

• BG compatible
• HQ mod compatible
• hat slider compatible (I mean... only the hat ^^)
• tagged as everyday and athletic
• custom everything, no shine
• as usually, it's a mix of frankenmeshing, new mesh and mesh editing
• no problems spotted, but please let me know if you notice anything wrong
• PDN files provided in case anyone wants to make recolours. You don't need to download them for the outfit to work!

I just hope our ladies will even be able to wear this hat instead of that default helmet...

Download below and enjoy :)

Just to warn you: the next piece will be folk-related, as I desperately need to properly dress all my villagers and finally proceed a bit with my game. I NEED to go back to playing. The call of the sims gods is strong.