Fashion Expert Reacts To Destiny 2 Outfits

[@aliengamur7156]

Me: This goes well with this Her: Here is a whole essay on the story this outfit conveys when you look deeper into the inner mind of their psyche

[@marvinjustus]

She‘s probably right though, a lot lf choice you make are subconcious

[@wonderful-paperz]

@@marvinjustus She's looking at it assuming it's designed as one whole outfit I think, not modular pieces people pick and choose from. A big part of character design for movies and games or whatever is what the character wears, and what their outfits say about them as characters.

[@anthony_mora1654]

and she was spot on, she knows nothing about the game but could read so many apects of destiny with just the cloathing

[@narrowstone5363]

@@anthony_mora1654 its honestly increadible cause when i make outfits i go for a specific aesthetic, give a sense of what the build is or playstyle with it. Ive made most of these styles, and with just a little bit of mental gymnastics i realized she wasnt far off on any of them. The brutish titan, aggressive playstyle with a heavy class, spot on with all the warlock stuff, and spot on with all the hunter shit too. Really interesting tbh

[@efxnews4776]

@@marvinjustus nope, womans like dresses, mens like armors... That's stoicism for you boys, theres no deep psych insights, on this type of 'clothing", they were meant to represent military prowess and ranking + functionality. Theres no psychologial insight on this armors, maybe deeper meanings for some of the pieces individually, but as a whole the whole "cloth" has no deeper thought behind, at least not in game lore, but i bet to you that this armors were made to represent exactly what i said above, and above all functionality. By the way i worked on a factory that makes military gear, our "fashion expert" is a former sargent from the army in my country...

[@LordGrombo]

I like how she literally explained what a hunter was while stompees slowly faded in.

[@pyros.]

Her: Rates fashion by the armours story. Me: "FINALLY a piece that doesn't have purple with my black shader! It's not exactly what I wanted, but it has the right colors and It's symmetrical, so we're going with it."

[@RiveryJerald]

descendant vex shader all the way for me

[@CQBlitz0]

@@RiveryJerald I love Precursor Vex Chrome! Its white and gold make me stand out but also not too garish

[@winged_destro]

@@CQBlitz0 I use precursor vex chrome cause it’s the only shader I have that doesn’t look ass with my armor 🤣 precursor vex chrome W

[@pyros.]

@@RiveryJerald Yeah I use that one a lot. Bergusian Night too, really like that one.

[@mellowspider]

*cries in black edgy hunter*

[@SDFRiver]

I just want to tell Dr. Emmerson Reid we really appreciate the serious thought and analysis she put into this content. I'm sure many would just blow this off as some sort of gag, but treating it with nuance and humor really made the entire video well worth watching. Thank you very much for your time, Dr.

[@jahmez]

I’ll screenshot and send this, thank you for your comment!

[@eamonmulholland3159]

100% this. Great video concept, thanks for doing it!

[@DrewDyrewood]

"Cape is the hero archetype" shows Cayde-6 before dying in a final stand...

[@Sentinel3100]

goosebumps all over my body

[@Yuzral]

*Insert Edna Mode rant here*

[@DKCesia]

Right in the feels

[@darthXreven]

even when Cayde died he was still the hero....

[@mr.dr0bot731]

His actions were always heroic tho

[@wonderful-paperz]

For being a smaller creator, this video was so professionally made, the edits were perfect! Overall an excellent idea, and I loved to hear her thoughts on all the outfits you picked.

[@jahmez]

That means a lot Paperz, thank you🙂

[@shadowboy0126]

I’d absolutely love to see what looks SHE could put together. Maybe hand her the controller next time and show her how to operate the cosmetic screen.

[@forrestrichard8133]

Yes!

[@WhatKindOfNameNow]

That'd be super interesting. Maybe have her put together one outfit for each class that has to incorporate an exotic piece. I'd love to see what someone who views fashion academically would latch onto as far as which exotic armor she chooses and how she builds the rest of the look around it.

[@bastetlxix9251]

Fantastic idea!

[@quill7889]

For sure that'd be awesome

[@Flamme-Sanabi]

I hope she gets every shader and armor piece for herself to use though.

[@faeryns]

Oh my god this one knocked it out the park

[@jahmez]

Thank you so much Fae!

[@MuffinBandit]

This video was brillent! Very well put together. She said a lot of intersting things and I love how she understood the concepts of our armor telling the story of our guardians.

[@officialfable196]

Yo!! MuffinMcBandit what’s up

[@Slazaryn]

was hoping I'd see you here lmao

[@jahmez]

Thanks Muffin, it means a lot!

[@cestgum7672]

its really not that deep

[@fluke7506]

@@cestgum7672 you wouldnt understand as you dont do that for your job. it applies to most things

[@glasswhatdidtheygoogle3486]

Damn, the only warlock got dunked on by the fashion expert.. us ink sippers mourn this loss.

[@josh___something]

To be fair, what she said is pretty emblematic for all warlocks "Philosophically interesting, but needs to clean their work up to make it coherent"

[@semajnosnhoj6351]

whoever submitted that warlock should be ashamed, How'd did we end up represented by a bald dad!?

[@Nailfut]

Well, I mean, that's warlock fashion in a nutshell, unfortunately for us. Moreover, you can do so much with a Vex drip when we only have 3 armor sets/ornaments (GoS, VoG and Undying)+a couple of Vex-themed exotic ornaments.

[@magetsalive5162]

I know Titans are crayon eaters, but I didn't know Warlocks were ink sippers. What are Hunters? Oxygen Huffers? I mean, we've covered two of the major food groups - edibles and drinkables, so clearly Hunters must have something to do with the last one (accumulated spleen toxicity).

[@outbreakperfected5704]

@@magetsalive5162 no we hunters are cocaine fueled maniacs tossing knives that explode with the power of a thousand suns, dodging around one punching things like sonic, and suddenly disappearing only to reappear right behind you. (So we are the snorters)

[@gommyboi380]

god damn the dlc of those "expert reviews d2 guns series" also i would like to see her react to more militarized or more robot like designs but other wise great video!

[@radamanthys0223]

NO, we definitely need her to talk about starfire protocol, that jammie makes no sense

[@jahmez]

Will do!

[@BaldianOfIbelin]

This is the most creative concept video I've ever seen in Destiny.

[@roger1502]

When I'm dressing my characters I'll be channeling her from now on. "What does it says about me? About the character?" And she was so spot on about Ikora's regal prowess.

[@jahmez]

I’ll tell her you said that, very kind : )

[@reedwojo7858]

You could make a series of this and I don't think I'd ever get bored of it. Having a professional view on our ridiculous space armors is super interesting. Although I think the views on armor sets and characters are more accurate and insightful as bungie was not limited in their wardrobe like players are, as you can't know what parts of the armors players want you to focus on, as one aspect of an armor can fit in with a look, while other details are just there.

[@PepicWalrus]

GameSpot has a lot of these "Experts React"

[@sierrafoxtrot2998]

Absolutely superb, it's always so refreshing to see a subject expert bring a nuanced and educated take to videos like these, especially since there was ZERO dismissiveness in regards to it being a video game. For someone with what I'm assuming is only a surface level understanding of what Guardians are, she did a stand up job. Bravo!

[@disco_doris]

And this is why experts are actually interesting - their training allows them to observe things that would probably pass by any average person in a way that they can clearly communicate. Love this, would also love to have a sequel looking at some alternative sets on female guardian character models

[@mellowspider]

Yes, I was amazed by her take on the Transdimensional Empyrean set, with the observation on certain parts of the armor being caught in other realities. Very cool perspective

[@NuGzNOVAYDEN]

There are female guardians in this. Lol

[@tsunamiwave170]

I believe jahmez's hunter was female

[@noahhkun5097]

She didn’t really say anything I can’t see an average person saying

[@mellowspider]

@@noahhkun5097 Agreed, but they were probably thinking that most people wouldn't come up with a response as detailed and thought out as hers, which is definitely true to some degree

[@ForeverLaxx]

This is usually why I try to "tell a story" when crafting a transmog, often spending hours finding the right pieces and shaders. I sometimes wonder if that story comes through or if it only makes sense to me.

[@jahmez]

Same

[@AtenSol12]

as long as you know the story and can convey it if given the chance is all that matters.

[@adamquinn4252]

Same, the other day I spent quite a while designing a new hunter design based off a story I sorta made

[@WhatKindOfNameNow]

While I was sure I wasn't alone in thinking this way, it is always nice to see other people express it.

[@anitoli3007]

I just go for some funny thing

[@MachiriReviews]

How she thinks players pick their fashion: "I want to express my deepest thoughts and emotions through this particular armor because I think it conveys my innermost turmoil, while driving home my passion for this game and how I want to represent myself in it." How players actually pick their fashion: "This shiny. This purple. And I like the funny hat."

[@randomuserame]

Well yes. Most people don't have an intimtate understanding their innermost subconscious self, and, to them, it just comes out as "ooh, shiny" or "ooh, purple". Colors and shapes have psychological and symbolic interpretations and meanings that, in many (but not all) cases, translates across language barriers, much like music can/does. It's more that certain things attract certain kinds of people, and literally thousands of years of data on what types of people pick what kinds of colors/symbols allows us to "reverse engineer" and work out the likely type of person based on their favorite color/symbols. So basically it's along the same lines of the thing where people have favorite colors, but they don't consider the psychological, historical, political, or social underpinnings of what each color means before picking a favorite, they just pick one that they like, and then the meaning behind it is usually pretty decent at revealing some inner psychological workings of that person based on their favorite color at the time.

[@chrisb.2028]

Was skeptical about the "fashion expert" part the title at first, but she quickly won me over with her professionalism, she understood the implications the designs originally meant and read them as a whole when combined with pieces of different sets, no just looking at them to see if it looks good or not by our current tendencies, but what they are in the context of the game and the intentions and likes of the creators, moreover without knowing much about the game and it's conventions regarding gear. I loved this one, hope to see a sequel to this down the line.

[@bxnjo]

This was genuinely one of the most interesting destiny related videos I've watched in a long time

[@laranjovsky]

This video tells me one of two things: Either this woman is a secret Destiny player who knows way too much about everything in the game, or the character designers from Bungie are masters in their craft, with extensive knowledge in actual fashion.

[@jahmez]

The latter most definitely

[@jazay591]

Great video. Great guest who really seemed to understand what she was looking at. Not just from a fashion perspective but she was able to approximately discern the how the outfits were decided upon from the context of Destinys world, despite not seeming like the kind of person you'd expect to understand the kind of culture that comes along with video games and their world's. I would have been indifferent to hearing someone was a decorated academic professional in the fashion sphere, but now I don't think so. Also very entertaining.

[@Whiteknight-xg2pq]

Her talking about Ikoras color choices in her robes was elegent. But for me it showes her prowess in Voidwalking, which in short for us other Voidwalker mains just means we like to blow stuff up, but make it look pretty.... neat.

[@devotedcheetah1326]

The comparison between an expert’s opinion on this stuff vs me and my friends going “this looks cool and is symmetrical and this color doesn’t completely ruin it” is hilarious - keep up the good work!

[@ironstorm1690]

And then there is me as a Titan main, picking the bulkiest outfit I can based purely on "More armor more better!"

[@01247Brandon]

I absolutely love her literal take on a lot of the spacey things on our armors. Her take on the inter dimensional one was very interesting and I have to agree with how she said she thought the holograms were stuck in another dimension so they didn’t take a physical presence. Really neat

[@dewulfe9913]

really cool idea - wasn't sure how it would go, but her interpretations were insightful in a way that I hadn't imagined...have a like!

[@Halo916_]

I love how she constantly talks about inspiration and philosophical theory’s on why we look the way we do, really it’s just slapping together whatever looks good

[@zenora84]

I personally tie my looks to my guardian's story (my warlock has 2 looks now, one old and one for her current goals) so I kinda do that? But not to the extent she would think lol.

[@deadgirlcentral]

@@zenora84 im with u there mate, i run astrocyte with some old solstice glow armor so my warlock's got a "stepping thru the void" look given my personal head-canon on my guardian is he's made of pure void light as an extension of the traveller's will, dipping in and out of the void to travel

[@stxcxv]

was surprised to see you only had 3k subs, this video was incredibly well put together. such a charismatic teacher too, made me miss being in school a bit lmao thank you for the good vibes 🥰

[@jahmez]

That means so much Stx, thank you! Your comment means more than you know.

[@vallinorean-akl]

I don't know how KZbin brought me to this video but thank the traveler it did. Absolutely loved it.

[@lightbearer1550]

Can we like, pay her to rate our armor setups and give us some advice? Cause I'd pay

[@just_a_dude6917]

Idk man, my feelings wouldn’t handle a professional dissing the armor I spent 30 minutes building

[@mr.cranker8086]

Your observations are so interesting and factual. It gives a whole new way to enjoy guardian fashion

[@Beastly477]

Wow, I can't believe the absolute quality of this video. Extraordinary editing, world class commentation that was easy to follow and fun to listen to, and overall execution from such a small channel. Beyond impressed. You have earned my sub

[@jahmez]

Thank you Beast, I truly appreciate the praise : )

[@generalowen4344]

Hunter: cool Warlock: philosophical Titan: *c o o k i e*

[@darthrevan5103]

Wow, I never thought of these things so deeply! It's good to get opinions from someone who isn't very familiar with the game's fashion system (exotics, ornaments, how shaders work, what specific armor pieces we have...) to get a more unbiased opinion. When I see Precious scars my mind goes -> kinda ugly exotic -> not very useful -> bad fashion but this person saw the whole image of the build, opening my eyes to the historical references and philosophical aspects in the armor, as well as the functionality. I never thought of air conditioning.

[@leafygreens2993]

This was interesting to see how stories were picked out of the armor combinations, and with the vex warlock set, made me realize how the themes of the armor from the concept artists is communicated to somebody else with no familiarity with the game. Also, was interesting to see how Ikora's armor was immediately separated out as different from the guardian combinations. The perspective given about the royal mint set as a jade warrior also made me re-evaluate how I felt about the combination.

[@SaNaX100]

"The true endgame...fashion" yup fk GMs honestly I just want to look cool

[@jardeekempton8352]

Gotta look cool so I can t-bag confidently during trials

[@clifisboring]

You killed it on this one, sometime you should try to do this with more viewer content

[@jahmez]

Good idea, I'll write that down

[@sublimation72]

@@jahmez Where can we join up if we were to participate in such an event? Do you have a community Discord or anything?

[@equinoxruinouseffigy7856]

@@jahmez and maybe throw the witness in there too?

[@anthonymanzo7867]

this video genuinely has some of the worst armor sets I have ever seen in this game. not THE worst, but boy are they awful.

[@anthonymanzo7867]

video concept was great tho

[@Miffi04]

Well fashion is subjective, i think most of them look pretty good

[@lucentvoid1200]

In my mind what i was thinking was. How the hell could you rate destiny fashion since its so chaotic. Damn was i proven wrong.

[@danielbreedlove]

I really enjoyed her perspective. The way you bridged her dialogue with context from the game was fantastic as well. Despite the breadth of choice for guardians, it highlights how well the armor pieces are designed by Bungie artists.

[@zulu2603]

Sometimes these videos seem a bit boring or awkward because the experts don't know much about the game but this one was great, she managed to understand things and convey her thoughts on something she was unfamiliar with and it fit really well. The way she pulled up East Asian fashion and jade into the Royal Mint outfit blew my mind, man. Amazing video, thank you!

[@itsjustthando]

Nah, but I need one more. We only got 2 warlock outfits and one of them was just the vanguard.

[@LanaMarieASMR]

I'm highly obsessed with this game and it's apart of my life story as a human now. To have someone like her look at us from the outside is a fun treat to have considering how deep I am into the game. Well done jahmez.

[@XIXVOLTAG3]

cayde is the best looking vanguard member in my opinion

[@forrestrichard8133]

This was great. I love how she was able to pick apart even what the different classes specialized in based on the armor. Very cool.

[@efdeecue]

Shows just how good bungie designers are that you can immediately tell who each class is just from their dress.

[@SvenPeppers]

This was so cool! Love her outside thoughts and expertise on the fashion. It really helps me take a step back and appreciate some of the amazing looks we can make in this game

[@harryclark3388]

I love videos like this, when you have real world experts judge aspects of destiny, from the royal arms guy judging destiny weapons, to now this. That's why I love this gam and its community, its such a unique and cool game and allows for this diversity. Id love to see more

[@SHOST01]

Whoever put together this vid must main Titan

[@BlackArrow1515]

This one was a really fun watch, more videos like this please!

[@o_o-037]

I Haven't played Destiny in years, but I wonder how she would react to Trials of Osiris Armour.

[@ryanbrennan8183]

Damn I really thought this video was made by a multi million subscriber channel. Amazing job!

[@jahmez]

Thank you Ryan, hopefully soon it will be 😂

[@andrewwebb3248]

More of this. Having someone dissect the fashion and give the deeper input is amazing. Would love to see their reactions to the common community standards of not using the multiple peices same set or a variety of shaders and how that compares into real fashion choices.

[@LegoAngel-yk6pe]

I wish Ash Williams (Evil dead/Army of darkness) or Josh McGrath (Max Steel) or Action Man (1993), Lina Inverse (Slayers anime) & A2 (Nier) had versions Dalternas in Destiny wearing Titan Armor

[@LegoAngel-yk6pe]

I wish Ash Williams (Evil dead/Army of darkness) or Josh McGrath (Max Steel) or Action Man (1993), Lina Inverse (Slayers anime) & A2 (Nier) had versions Dalternas in Destiny wearing Titan Armor

[@keojy]

Whoo boy maybe it's just how she conveys verbally but jeez. "If this was a student paper, I'd say go back and think through some of the logic" ...you mean all the logic and "transdimensional" reasoning you came up with out of nowhere yourself!? Poor student. That was rough to get through, I think I have a stress headache. And cmon, uhh why couldn't she just rate Ikora?

[@YouTubeCensors]

Pfft fashion experts know nothing. I mean they wear towels or buckets during fashion week and call it high fashion because of all the drugs you'd need to be high AF to wear that. Which is no surprise models have a long history of Partying with said enhancements

[@aquarianpresence1700]

This lady was so biased not trying to be too harsh but she's basically judging future space fashion with a lame modern outlook really shows how the only high rating was the most basic looking outfit

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

Her not referencing the Kitsungi for Royal Light hurts. Like, Precious Scars make for such a great theme and it was glossed over for air-conditioned gauntlets.

[@HonestlyApollo]

Bro her eyelids workin overtime omm Shorty blinks faster than a l8ightbulb (Look up are lightbulbs continuous if you didn't get it.)

[@mistadangerzone8362]

It’s always interesting to see someone view destiny content without knowing anything about the universe

[@radamanthys0223]

plot twist, she has clocked in 7000 hours in D2 😁

[@danielsterling4918]

* secretly does paid Trials carries on the side *

[@dream8870]

@@radamanthys0223 imagine

[@oroborus4113]

this is great id like to see her opinion on some of the even more alien types of clothing in the form of just looking at like caitle and savathune or Gaul or just a bunch of the other characters that aren't human

[@KomradeKrisis1701]

Holy goddamn YES, more please!! As Destiny player with a background in fashion design, I loooove dressing up my Guardian in new and unique outfits while thinking about the stories they tell and the messages they send to people who see me :D 💞💖

[@hayoonaise4445]

Idk why but the faded pic of the stompees really got me bro hoooly

[@iambador611]

u should make her review fixed sets not random pieces together so she can have an opinion on the destiny2 armor design team thoughts

[@lykan2]

Look i don't want to insult anyone but these Outfits are all very....meh xD

[@AlexEatsCats]

It’s hard to take this seriously with the insufferable rambling.

[@itzshadowz7467]

This is like when an English teacher over analyses Romeo and Juliette.

[@ryukyu8089]

Thank you Dr. Reid! It was really interesting to hear your interpretation of the guardian fashion choices. Would love to see Dr. Reid and Datto on a guardian fashion show judges panel!

[@TheShizzle622]

Hey man, I would love to submit some Warlocks for this if you have any intention of making another one of these. Super cool idea and really enjoyable to watch. It's fascinating getting to see how a professional and scholarly eye interprets the wacky looks of space magic weirdos. 😄

[@jahmez]

discord.gg/YKganKgK

[@TheShizzle622]

@@jahmez Thanks man! Just joined and dropped two of my favorite fits I've been rocking lately. 💧💧💧

[@crazydave152]

I bet she is wondering why all of the hunter armors aren't symmetrical

[@chrisnewman4842]

great video indeed, how do we get a date with the professor she is beautiful!

[@squirrel1620]

Bro how did she understand the backstory to every outfit so perfectly? Idk whether to compliment her, Bungie, or both! Incredible!

[@adamjames5832]

Alright we get it, everyone hates warlock fashion.

[@jorgemigueltavares6041]

Now I kinda want her to rate my "Tundra Hunter"...

[@Kellestial]

So we’ll made for so little views… this one gonna blow up

[@Laeshen]

this was great (warlock main sad moment)

[@ajmijangos925]

OMG I love this video I am A fashion student but have also been playing destiny since it’s come out and love it so much this video is amazing it totally felt like KZbin was bringing something from my mind into real life

[@jahmez]

Glad you liked it so much AJ :)

[@chibigamer8867]

The slow fade in of Stompees at 3:25 got my giggling. Beautiful.

[@jaceofspades.]

The first one told me she was not qualified to rate fits on d2 lol

[@Linkaddict1]

How is she a fashion expert yet I see NO drip on her 🤨

[@01247Brandon]

NO WAY YOU HIT HER WITH THE PATRICK STAR OUTFIT LOL

[@dusknightgem6679]

I wanna see what her Guardians would look like

[@NewtBeGaming]

I love this because shes trying to put a story to the armor from a standpoint of someone who has no knowledge of destiny. Amazing video💯🤝

[@SirAbram1]

This was incredibly insightful and I think the developers of destiny would love to see this! Thank you for putting it together!

[@stargold3986]

You know the drill we need these out by december

[@Buggyismellow]

This was amazing! I love looks at these sort of things. I now have more appreciation for the things I never even considered for all of these before!

[@mountainking1166]

This was pretty interesting! Definitely should do another with more npcs. It would be interesting to hear her take on Osiris, Zavala, or Eris.

[@darthbane6215]

It was really fun to see someone so quickly understand the story of these characters through strictly visual story telling, it's always satisfying to see someone who's good at their job

[@NiteXD]

This was very interesting and fun to watch and listen to. Her takes were so well put and they way she tried to give character to each guardian really helped sell the background lore of them.

[@zenidiot9286]

'daring indifference and sheer glamor"

[@WraithzulaUnited]

This is such a fun video concept, I appreciate that Dr. Emmerson Reid really took this seriously and had some great reads. I love that she called out the Season of the Lost set as being indicative of 1930's fashion when the Awoken style is very much inspired by that age.

[@logandavis1163]

reminiscence is a favorite word for her.

[@pokebreeder2517]

would have loved to have taken part in this.

[@jahmez]

I was gonna make a joke about the taken but couldn’t figure one out

[@Lv6_Esper]

Me wanting taken effects on armors now

[@jahmez]

IKR

[@theantianimeassociation7574]

@@Lv6_Esper there was taken armor in d 1

[@joemurray]

First video I have seen, I am so happy this came up on my timeline. A joy to watch. Loved her insight and how this video was edited

[@ToasterBath]

Came for the interesting insight, stayed for the phenomenal editing

[@ToasterBath]

My that was quick!

[@jahmez]

A quick response for a great comment! I hope you’re enjoying the new season 🙂

[@ToasterBath]

@@jahmez Haven't been on destiny since my squad I used to play with quit, but maybe I'll log back on this weekend.

[@jahmez]

@@ToasterBath You should, the game is in a really good state. Though it is more casual/fun then it is serious

[@madlad3192]

guys. she recognised rubber boots.

[@CASH10K]

I play almost all games with customization with only fashion in mind. I literally played through most of the Witcher 3 with that starting armor just cause it looked so dope

[@dream8870]

same thing for me, if the fashion is bad, chances are i might not stay in the game for long, a single play through and i’m gone

[@mrsmi1ey]

This better blow up in the Destiny community. Such a great idea and well-edited video!

[@jahmez]

I appreciate the kind words Smiley!

[@variksinsectlikechattering743]

Okokok now show her a crayon titan

[@fg2465]

This video idea was excellent. One comment for the algorithm.

[@jahmez]

Much appreciated FG