Did Xena or Gabs own any other clothing?
Posted by OldAndMostlyInTheWay@reddit | xena | View on Reddit | 16 comments
I get that as essentially a live-action comic book, that it’s natural to leave the main characters in their standard costume, like we always see Charlie Brown in that same shirt.
I also know that what Gabrielle wore changed over time. But even there it wasn’t like we saw her with 2 outfits at once.
Did we ever seen them casually during the day in something other than their “uniform?”
Pwaise_Hestia@reddit
They change clothes when they’re undercover lol. Man, nothing beats old ares had a farm imo. Antony and cleopatra is pretty decent too.
Oof and who’s gurkhan.
Xena’s dress in chariots of war.
Lmao Gabrielle’s burlap sack in if the shoe fits.
Oooo Xena’s Banya outfit in AITST.
Furthermore, Gabrielle’s sweat hut outfit at the top of bitter suite.
Damn; evil Xena’s fits.
Fucking conqueror. Oof I need a minute.
SakuraTacos@reddit
Speaking of her Mortal Beloved swimwear: I always thought those blue bits were little bows and on closer inspection they appear to just be random lil scraps of blue material lol Xena just wanted to jazz up her underoos I suppose!
Also I love how that outfit implies Xena keeps a spare pair of more casual boots
Agent8699@reddit
Gabrielle is the one responsible for adding flair to Xena’s undies! She wanted to bring out the blue in Xena’s eyes.
The little baby booties are unexplainable! I don’t know what they were about, except protecting Lawless’ feet during filming and discouraging Quentin Tarantino from watching! 🦶
SakuraTacos@reddit
That was so thoughtful of Gabrielle! And that explanation for the modesty boots makes total sense! They were like “Xena feet pics? With this budget? In this economy? Maybe next season.”
I bet Tarantino’s favorite episode is A Day in the Life
Agent8699@reddit
Yes, Gabrielle was very interested in Xena’s underwear when they first met and spent a lot of time repairing and improving it and asking Xena to model it for her.
ADITL is definitely his favourite! Unless there’s an episode where Callisto isn’t wearing her boots … I think there might be, but I can’t recall? The start of Callisto Returns?
aliasbgb@reddit
This seems like a question asked by a person or bot who is poorly farming engagement; if you'd watched more than one season of the show, you'd already know the answer to the question.
OldAndMostlyInTheWay@reddit (OP)
I watched it 30 years ago, only seeing occasional clips since. I don’t have eidetic memory.
Agent8699@reddit
Not really. In the early seasons, Xena would magically have a little … negligee type thing to wear when the episode required it - The Reckoning and Mortal Beloved.
Gabrielle also wears a nightie under her long blue skirt outfit in The Reckoning.
Gabrielle did have a pink negligee that was way too big for her in FFG. Maybe it actually belonged to Xena?
In If the Shoe Fits, Gabrielle had no spare clothes and had to wear a sack when Xena stole her BGSB. Yet, in Comedy of Eros, Gabrielle is suddenly wearing her Amazon Queen outfit from The Quest as though she’s dragging it around with her?
Most episodes indicate that whenever they need something other than their daily … uniform, they need to go shopping or obtain clothes another way.
So, no real casual, off duty clothes for either of them. Xena would remove her armoured elements and just run around in the little leather minidress. Or they’d just get naked!
7Clarinetto9@reddit
Maybe their saddlebags were like the TARDIS.
Agent8699@reddit
Argo is the TARDIS!
Evilbuffy14@reddit
As much as we like to think of Argo's saddlebags as Mary Poppins' style bottomless pits, they weren't. So, safe to say they only travel with what they're wearing and a sleeping shift. Gabrielle makes a couple comments about this throughout the series, one of which is at the beginning of Endgame where she says that her outfit takes forever to dry. Whilst they do sporadically wear other clothes, they leave them behind so save on travel weight.
Although, personally, I think that white leather go-go number from Lyre, Lyre got a second look. 😉
ZvsGrgs@reddit
They travel very light, all they own can fit in the small side bags Argo carries. I believe they might have some small stuff, we saw once Joxer wearing something like a small nightgown? I believe they wear stuff like that when they wash their regular clothes, maybe 3-4 times per month? 🤷♂️
TypesAndPatterns@reddit
They had bedclothes with them, for episodes that required them. In Fins, Femmes & Gems, Gab pulls out of her bag her nightgown to cover up Joxer in his naked Attis the Apeman persona.
SakuraTacos@reddit
Super early on, I think it was The Reckoning, Gabrielle was hanging out in a slip while she waited for Xena by a stream. And sometimes Xena took off her armor, armbands and gauntlets. That’s about as casual we saw them until Old Ares Had a Farm.
They did have costume changes but it usually wasn’t to be more casual; just new clothes for trips to other countries/climates, their Amazon outfits, or elaborate disguises
EasyEntrepreneur666@reddit
Xena's outfit changed a lot since her turning into good. She also had various foreign outfits like the silly Valkyrie armor.
Mission_Fart9750@reddit
And her winter coat she wore in Animal Attraction. Gabs had a winter outfit too (also thinking of Punch Lines).