so just in case it ends up on anyone’s tl, i have decided to post my naoya x oc content on a separate account. my sharing status is still mirror sharing and you are free to exercise your boundaries as you please
disclosing for transparency’s sake: i have a yumeship with naoya (jjk) that i indulge in in private and don’t plan on posting on any public account. my sharing status, for now, is mirror sharing. afaik none of my current mutuals have a yumeship with him, but if you do and +
there’s deliberate mythmaking involved wrt: the brand’s history and prestige, just like how clifford bluffs and lets people think he’s descended from european royalty when he isn’t
another brand i can easily see him becoming attached to is faure le page — they have monograms *and* they're also tied much more closely to european aristocracy, i.e., exactly the sort of historical pedigree he seeks (and larps about having)
when it comes to luxury fashion houses, i’ve always associated clifford with louis vuitton (european heritage brand + loud luxury + “louis”) but i’m now realizing he’d absolutely thrive playing the hermès game (and have a great time doing it)
you know what maybe flp parallels him as a character more closely than i think. people like to bring up the fact that flp is older than goyard — yes, as a company, but not as a leather goods manufacturer, in which case goyard *is* older. in this way it almost feels like +
when it comes to luxury fashion houses, i’ve always associated clifford with louis vuitton (european heritage brand + loud luxury + “louis”) but i’m now realizing he’d absolutely thrive playing the hermès game (and have a great time doing it)
with that being said, i do think he would be partial to exotic leather. like if you were to offer him, say, a bag in crocodile or alligator leather, he’d snatch it up for himself lol. i can see him carrying a ludicrously capacious hac 40 for tunnel fits
he goes to random locations, finds a random SA he can play mind games with, and sees how quickly he can secure a quota bag compared to previous attempts (which he always gives to koyuki because equestrian chic really isn’t his style)