More Awesome Than You!

I went to plan a new Everyday outfit for one of my sims and found four outfits that I don't recognise and certainly didn't buy. See attached image for an example of one of them. The other 3 are the same outfit but different colours.

The lot has two female sims, both Pleasure aspiration, both achieved LTW and both at the top of their career. One a Professional Party Guest and the other a Celebrity Chef. Initially I thought it might be the Celebrity Chef career outfit, but if that was the case wouldn't their be only one choice?

I'm puzzled. Anyone know what they are?



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LOL, me too!  :D

I found that yesterday in Elizabeth Durpree, Celebrity Chef's dresser and said, where the hell did that come from and what is it?

*boggle*

I have the extra colors, too!

I think this is new since NL, but perhaps that a coincidence of timing on my end.  I can't remember if she became a Celebrity Chef before or after I installed NL, and she's my first female Celebrity Chef.

What on earth is that supposed to be???

She's my first Celebrity Chef too. To me it looks like an Aladin pantomime costume. Oh no it doesn't! Oh yes...  ;D

i'm pretty sure they are Celebrity Chef outfits...

there's the one pictured, a purple one and some other colour.

When I first saw them I thought they were Martial Arts uniforms  ;D

Just shows I've never played any of my cooks long enough to get there!  I find it one of the most BORING careers!   But I certainly didn't recognise the outfit, and it doesn't seem very chef-like to me!

Do they actually wear it?  I can't remember my Celebrity Chef wearing it, but....

*confused*

I'm afraid she is on maternity leave right now, with 6 vacation days stockpiled and only 3 days of work per week, so I won't be able to answer the question for myself for some time.

And what, pray tell, was somebody smoking when they designed THAT?  ("Designed" being a loose term.)

That is the outfit for the celebrity chef -- and windy_moon, I don't know what they were smoking, but it must have been good!

Yeah, that's an outfit in the culinary career track. Ugliest thing ever. Why can't my sims wear white with a chef hat?

those are the celebrity chef's outfits for work and yes they do wear them to work!

All I can say is, what they were smoking may have been good, but it didn't do much for their creativity!

it never does :-\

Well, I suppose unless you're creative (in the artistic sense) to start with, then smoking anything or nothing would make no difference - you're either born with it or without it, and you can't change that.  (unlike a sim, of course).  so if the Maxoid creating an outfit has no artistic judgment or ability, and poor dress sense, what can you expect but things like those stupid frilly blouses which look so ridiulous with long skirts and Doc Martens!

all of which might look great if they were paired up with appropriate clothing items instead of together

Exactly, now those blouses actually look good with the black, slightly flared trousers and little boots, on a fit sim with a neat midriff!  They just look silly with clodhoppers and a long, droopy (drippy?) sort of skirt!

Thanks everyone for revealing the mystery for me. My sim was only just promoted to Celebrity Chef so I hadn't actually seen her go to work in them. It was the fact that there were four that confused me. Not to mention the rediculous colours!

Now if you could get them to wear them when using the punch bag career reward they'd look good with all those Karate kicks. But a chef? Whatever the Maxoids are smoking, I wish they'd stop.

wait til you see themens celebrity chef Uniform it brings to mind Prince Charles in a miltary uniform that a bad cleaner got ahold of. I wish the Maxiods would quit smoking whatever it is that they smoke before designing outfits as well

I believe the celebrity chef outfits look as they do, because Maxis was parody-ing the outfits that the Iron Chefs wear.  That is a "combat" cooking show very popular in Japan, and shown here on the Food Network.  It's actually a fascinating show that I quite enjoy.  And there are four Iron Chefs (each specializing in a different cuisine: Japanese, Chinese, French and Italian), which I think explains why there are four versions of the Maxis outfit.

I rather like the celebrity chef outfits myself.  ^_^

the only work clothes I like is the genera;sl uniform in the military career and the hall of famer the rest Look awful to me .so the first thing  I have my sims do when they come home is change clothes

Man, I never thought of that!! I LOVE Iron Chef and come to think of it the celebrity chef clothes are very similar to the Iron Chef's uniforms!

At least that seems like a good enough explanation for the 'smoking' maxoids!  ;D

That's what I thought when I first saw them -- Iron Chef!  And some of the chance cards in the culinary career remind me of Emeril Lagasse.  Kick up a notch!!!

That's what I thought as soon as I saw the pic. Iron Chef! But how unfortunate that Maxis humour must be parlayed into horrible fashion. I like fashion, and I like humour. Can't the two just coexist peacefully?  :'(

Yeah, it's not the Maxoids who were smoking something, it's the creators of Iron Chef.  Here's a pic:

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y73/Nocommente/tempironchefsmaller.jpg)

The top level of the culinary career is something like "The Iron Cook" so it's a joke about Iron Chef.  I'm sure they wanted to model the outfit after the host, who wears really bizarre outfits, with beaded gloves and metalic capes.  But as we saw with the vampires, Maxoids haven't been able to develop a good cape.

I have Motoki's clothing enabler (posted in the Peasantry), and it shows that outfit in 3 colours-there is a blue one and a really nice red and white one. I think you drew the short end of the straw with that colour  ;D

I really hate the outfit that the drama career spawns when your sim reaches the top - I mean, a track suit is just crummy!

Mind you , the absolute pits was that sims1 outfit that female sims who reached the top of the hacker career used to wear!

I can't remember that-what was it like?

Iron Chef.  Okay, I get it now.

That would have been funny if they had made the outfit well enough the joke didn't have to be explained.   :P

Career outfits are terrible in TS2.  I remember enjoying them in TS1, for the most part, wondering what outfit a new promotion was going to come up with. 

I just cringe in TS2 and try to remember not to take pictures until they change clothes. I don't know which is worse -- the horrible track suit or the horrible burgundy pantsuit the business women wear.  *gack*  Yeah, that's what a female company president dresses in, clothes from the career section at WalMart.

*blink* I got it immediately and I don't watch TV...

I got it also, and I've never seen the show at all. I thought it was pretty obvious just based on the job's description, that it was some sort of silly competition. I didn't even know what the name of the thing it was parodying was, but I'd seen enough jabs at it elsewhere to recognize more of the same.

I don't watch TV either, and I certainly didn't get it!  (Perhaps because  a) I rarely watched cooking programmes when I did watch TV, and b) we don't get that many Japanese programmes here anyway!)  And I would never have guessed!  To me, a Celebrity Chef would either wear as has been suggested the white chef suit and hat (which they made so well for Sims1), or they'd wear a smart casual outfit for appearing on chat shows etc.

Same here ZephyrZodiac. I don't even have a TV so there's no way I was going to get a parody of some obscure Japanese show.

And who would care anyway what kind of wierd get-up they wear?  I mean, one would just say, oh, well, they do things differently in Japan, maybe that's like a normal chef's outfit there.  I mean, he could hardly wear a kimono, it wouldn't be very convenient and could so easily catch fire when making crepes suzettes!

I saw Melissa Fancey in that outfit once, and I thought she must be like a Chinese-food-delivery person or something.  *8)  Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be Gina Raptor's work outfit (http://www.davidchess.com/pictures/sims2_a/Gina_uniform_cartouche.jpg).  (My previous Celebrity Chef, Kaylynn Langerak, got the nice red one (http://www.davidchess.com/pictures/sims2_a/Kaylynn_in_uniform.jpg).)  Once I internalized the funny Iron Chef reference, though, I stopped minding.  (And since it was Gina's LTW, she didn't mind anything anymore.  "Hey, whatever!  I'm a Celebrity Chef!!")

DC

While I dislike most of the outfits for careers on s2 i do enjoy the top career of the natural scientist, gives me giggles, especially when they are wearing that outfit when you save and close that lot and then are wandering around in it later...hehe.

Figleaves are Fun, yay!

I must admit that Uniform is creative for sure ;D

But maybe a bit of a no-no here in the UK!  Just a bit chilly around the nether regions!

it wouldnt be a no no in the U.S.  but it definitely would be a bit chilly where I live since we have snow in the forecast for tommorow and Thursday

Definitely not figleaf weather!

It's interesting how we aren't allowed to see sims sitting fully clothed on the toilet or a baby on the potty, yet we can see sims parading around with nothing but a fig leaf strategically placed.  To me, that is more erotic than seeing a baby have his or her diaper changed!

I'd definitely agree with that, Rainbow.  They're such a mixed-up bunch aren't they (the Maxoids, I mean, not the figleaves!)

I tend to agree with you there Rainbow

I like the female criminal mastermind suit, I have an elder sim who wears it all the time. It looks great on a sim with white hair, and it's way better than all those granny clothes. ;D

What I find most annoying about the Celebrity Chef uniform is that you get all of the variations in your wardrobe, but do not have the ability to select which one you want your Sim to wear.  At least I apparently don't have that ability.

I like it too, actually.  I always let them wear it when they get home from work.  It's a hoot seeing them fetch the mail, etc. in it.

As for the celebrity chef outfit....I like it.  I think it looks like something a TV-chef would wear (I guess the Iron Chef).  :-\

It's not really a question of being "allowed" to see that. The reason you don't see that is because, well, sims can't actually drop their pants to use the toilet. The blur is an attempt to hide this and push the action off-screen.

I think the color you get to actually wear to work is decided by your sim's coloration, based on some combination of his skin, eye, and hair colors. All the variaitons may be planned at the dresser, though.

I just want to know how come the Celebrity Chef gets all those choices, and the poor Icon only gets a grubby old tracksuit that the Rookie wouldn't be seen dead in!

Here's a bit of a question... is there some sort of hack or mod out there, that will let you have replacments for career clothes? I'm picky about my hacks, and mods, only JM, TJ, and Inge's stuff in my game. ^^

Just a thought. (:

Would be nice!  But I think I read somewhere that it wasn't possible, but there again, things change.

I wish there were a hack like that as well. the Broadway star for example wears business attire  :-\ when formal wear seems more appropriate to me

I think the whole acting career has peculiar clothes choices, myself.  After all, most actors don't wear uniforms (except when playing a part on stage!) and I'm sure that icons wouldn't meet their fans wearing a tatty tracksuit!

they probably wouldnt, given the fact that a ratty old tracksuit wouldnt garner much attention from their first love The Camera! and worse yet they would be the lauging stock of all the gossip rags and fashion critics.

Exactly!  It's computer programmer maxoids who probably go to work in that kind of gear - but film stars, even semi-retired ones, still go for the glamorous and sexy image which people have come to expect of them!  And the male stars still want to look capable of "pulling the birds", even when they reach their 90's!

I think The Maxoids need to be a little more observant of how Movie Icons and other famous people really dress when meeting the public.Even the British Royal Family dresses better than that when they are on their Balmoral estate for relaxation and not intending to mix with the Public! I cant Imagine seeing a Hollywood Icon at a press conference looking like they just rolled out of bed! :o

Me neither!  (Mind you, the British Royals are not known for their dress sense either!  and they never know when some press photographer is going to jump out of the heather saying "Smile Please!"

I don't necessarily think that Maxis intended to make any of the outfits realistic, I think they are all a parody of some sorts.  The track suits for an icon is kind of funny, because that is not what you would expect.  I think the parody is that we place icons on a pedastal and could never imagine them in anything besides make up and the whole 9s but in reality they are very much human and probably wear a tatty old track suit because it is well (comfortable).  Think Kirstie Alley, Alec Baldwin or the National Enquirer (or whatever tabloid magazine you have in your country)  They are not exactly parading around in their sunday best every day.  My personal favorite are the career outfits for the paranormal track. 

But the point is these are the outfits they are supposed to wear to go to work!  Yes, we all know that film stars go to the supermarket in tatty jeans and an old sweater and no make-up (and often totally unrecognised) but they don't do official things like chat shows dressed like that!

The only work clothes that I really like are the Military ones  ;D I hate that light blue business suit the women wear, it makes them look huge!

Doesn't it just!  And so many careers have a point where they wear it!  For starters, I honestly don't think any self-respecting detective would wear a suit like that to work!  How can you look like a tough cop in powder blue?

Can you get default replacements for work clothes? I would consider replacing that if I could. I don't mind the other clothes, but that suit really sucks.

I haven't seen any, but then, I haven't really been looking.  If anyone knows of any, there's quite a few i wouldn't mind replacing!

yes please let me know as well 3 of my celebrity chefs just went to work looking for all the world like a court Jester!

I hate that dowdy men's business suit too!  All very well for the lower orders, but I for one used to love how the chief of Staff in Sims1 went to work in a morning coat and pinstriped trousers!  I mean, with a bit of a paunch, he looked REALLY IMPORTANT!

I do to unfortunately for us the Maxoids Powers of observation are distinctly lacking any sense of reality :-\

Well, I suppose when you live in a world of make-believe.......

yeah............but does it have to be so ugly???

This shouldn't be a surprise... look at the regular stuff they make! ><

Well, the Maxoids seem to have a penchant for ugly!  Take Goopy, for an example!  (No, don't do that, what an obnoxious thought!)

or how about Benjamin Long!

Or Melissa Fancey!

the list of ugly Townies and NPC's is endless

I used him as a Legacy spouse once... -Shudders- He makes the UGLIEST children. ><;

In the first install I ever had, Brandi brought him home from work and was really keen on him - thank god I never let her have her way!  I mean, Skip was no oil-painting, but Benjamin!  And he can be really nasty too!

at least Skip produced good looking kids with decent temperments!

But Dustin needs a lot of help to realise that and grow up well in the end!  But I'm playing him in this install (just cloned him along with all the rest) and he's really a very good father, even though I still can't get him and Brandi above one LB for each other - I tried changing his aspiration to Popularity, but it makes no difference.  Seems to me that there's somehting to be said for both partners having the same aspiration, but makes for a rather boring family!  (Dustin and dirk are an item at Uni, and frequently roll identical wants, although Dustin will also roll very Popularity/Family type wants, while Dirk will roll more Knowledge type wants.  Dustin rolls the want to chat with Beau on the phone every day!  (Sometimes twice).  And Beau only lives two doors away!

who Skip? cause Dustin is Brandi's son I hope there arent lightning bolts there have you tried changing astrological sign on skip?ive done that before and seen the bolts go from one to 2 or three after toying with that and the interests

I always considered that the reason they wear a sweatsuit is because they will change into an outfit required by a costume designer.

Dustin is very attached to Beau - he was his "father", when Beau was a toddler. In my game too he is attached to Beau.

I noticed, that all 3 kids of Brandy - no matter which aspiration you give them (except of Romantic) - show many "romantic-aspiration" wishes.
Natural, because Skip had Romantic aspiration, whose genes they inherited.

All the three of them are very unfaithful to their wives, and several times I had to move them out, and keep them in the family bin for a long period. Only after that, they came to their senses...:).

Apologies for misleading you, Bangelnuts, I meant Skip and Brandi (it's Skip I meant to put that I'd cloned.) 

And I'd agree with you gali, except in this install, all the Brokes are in fact clones, and dustin and dirk were cloned from YAs as they were already at Uni when my game started to go haywire and I decided to start again.  So Dustin had never even met Beau until he invited him over, and Beau was brought up by his actual father in this particular game.  So I think it has more in this game to do with Dustin having a need to know his family better, and I think that would be unrelated to aspiration and have more to do with personality.  And hardly a day goes by when kid brother Keanu doesn't phone him too!

LI thought Skip was rather good-looking in my opinion.  I don't play him as Romance; I always change his aspiration because I don't think Romance suits him.  I like making him Family like Brandi.  This gives them another bolt of attraction, as does matching their turn-ons/offs.  I wanted Skip to be a devoted father and family man just like Brandi was devoted to her kids.  The first time I played Brandi, I didn't have Skip, but I made a CAS Family sim for her, and they had lots of kids together.  They weren't boring at all.  I brought Brandi out of poverty to be a very successful politician and mother, although it took her a little longer than it would have if she didn't have the kids.  She loves her kids very much.  I had a lot of fun playing them.  I am playing Pleasantview again, now with Skip resurrected.

Dustin and Beau aren't actually Skip and Brandi's kids from a technical point of view.  They don't have their DNA.  Skip has green eyes, and Brandi has gray eyes.  Dustin and Beau have blue eyes.  Also, they should have black hair because Brandi's black hair is dominant over Skip's blonde hair.  Dustin and Beau are both homozygous for blonde hair and blue eyes.  They should have one black and one blonde hair gene, and one green and one blue eyes gene.  Which they don't.  And If you look at their features, particularly Dustin, he doesn't even resemble Skip that much.  These first-generation sims were created in CAS by Maxis, and then they changed the family ties to what they wanted them to be.  They messed up though because for some reason, Dustin and Angela are flagged as family, as are Lilith and Dirk.  This doesn't seem to affect them being romantic and getting married though.

I figured it had to be Skip you were Talking about thats why I responded the way I did.

I found that out too, Rainbow, but I always uncheck that in SimPE. However, this time I didn''t need to, since they're clones.  I think you're right about Dustin and Beau being made individually in CAS, though why they did it that way is beyond me, but I think they used the same face for each of them as they used for Skip.  They probably made them as adults then regressed them to a teen and a toddler, just so they knew how they'd look as adults.  And of course, they gave Dustin a personality that's very close to Brandi's, while Beau has a lot of traits in common with Skip (they both love to clean, for example.)

Even before Skip used the Renuyu-Senso-Orb to change his aspiration to popularity, he was a very good father.  Nearly all his wants centred around the kids, even after rolling him the extra two slots with the Debugger.  And normally I help the Brokes a lot to get out of the poverty  trap, but this time I didn't have to, they both worked hard and Brandi also got a BIG BONUS!