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aheathen-conceivably · 2 months

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Next in 1930s fashion is Zelda Darlington, who now goes by her wedded name Duplanchier. Although her looks here much more subdued than they were in the 1920s, they fit not only her current life but also her personality. We even see a retroactive return to many of muted tones she wore in her younger years. While these colors are more subdued than the bright ones she wore in New Orleans, they are also far from the somber palette of Josephine’s looks. Rather, they are calming and earthy, much in the same way Zelda views her life now.

Many of her looks are also suitable for work, although there are still hints of a more fanciful style of dress that she enjoyed in the last decade. This includes her wedding look, and even the silk party dress that she has now; however the latter is very much in line with the silhouette of this decade, representing Zelda embrace not only of their new life, but also the hyper-feminine, almost romantic looks that are now in fashion and well aligned with her personal style.

However, much of the growing rigidity of style in the 1930s as compared to the 1920s is absent in her looks, in part due to her lifestyle but also her personal fashion. We can see this perhaps most clearly in her hair, which is cut to a modern length but never really worn in the heavily styled coiffures and curls of the period. And of course her outfits are rounded out by her personal choice of pearls, now always seen in her wedding ring, and her sister Rosella’s floral pressed jewelry.

All CC linked under the cut.

Everyday 1: hair / headband / earrings / dress / apron / ring (TSR Warning) / shoes (Base Game)

Everyday 2: hair / necklace / dress / ring

Going Out: hat / hair / dress / shoes (TSR Warning)

Party: earrings / necklace / dress

Underwear: romper

Sleepwear: nightgown (TSR Warning)

Wedding: earrings / headband / lipstick / dress / shoes

Hot Weather: dress

Cold Weather 1: hair / hat, coat & gloves

Cold Weather 2: outfit

My immense thanks to the CC creators who made each of these looks possible @twentiethcenturysims @happylifesims @saurusness @candysims4 @serenity-cc @rimings @chere-indolente @batsfromwesteros @missrubybird @sentate @aharris00britney @moon-simmers @glitterberrysims @magnolianfarewell @nataliaauditore-blog @yakfarm @aladdin-the-simmer @greenllamas @birksche @needleworkreve

And of course, an extra special thank you to @vintagesimstress for making Zelda's wedding dress especially for her. Without it this lookbook wouldn't be nearly as special ♥️

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aheathen-conceivably · 1 year

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Ringing in the golden age of the roaring twenties is our heiress Miss Zelda Darlington. There is some continuity with her older lookbooks, mostly in her silhouette and color choices. As hemlines reach their shortest in the mid 20s, Zelda’s dresses still remain relatively conservative given her career as a nightclub singer and her free-spirited lifestyle. She still prefers blues and warm tones of yellow and orange, but the hues of these colors have grown brighter and bolder, as she herself becomes more confident.

Of course the biggest difference to her earlier lookbooks is her hair. Symbolic of her deeper anxieties toward life, Zelda’s long hair has been cut into a classic 20s bob. She usually styles it in simple waves, but it is often also seen unkempt when she spends her days at home with Antoine.

There is also much more ornamentation and flashiness than any of her earlier lookbooks. We see this particularly in her headbands, which she wears to highlight her short hair. However, her jewelry of choice still remains a string of pearls, harkening back to her innocence. With some outfits, she even continues to wear her sister Rosella’s ring, signifying that no matter how much she has changed, Zelda still remains deeply tied to her past.

All CC linked under the cut.

Going Out: hat & hair / necklace / dress / ring / stockings / shoes (TSR warning)

Everyday: hair / necklace / dress / shoes

Formal No. 1: circlet (TSR Warning) / earrings / dress / gloves / shoes

Formal No. 2: circlet / earrings / necklace / dress / gloves / shoes

Athletics: hat / shirt / pants / shoes (Get Together)

Underwear: hair / wrap / underwear

Party No. 1: circlet / earrings / necklace / gloves / ring (TSR Warning) / dress / shoes

Party No. 2: necklace (TSR Warning) / coat & dress / stockings (TSR Warning)

Sleep: robe

Swimwear: hat / bathing suit

Hot Weather: hair / necklace / dress / shoes

Cold Weather: hat / coat / gloves (Base Game)

A huge thank you to all the CC creators who made these looks possible!

@casssgoths @mysteriousoo @simmister @prideprejudicesims @qicc @hypergnomesimblr @huiernxoxo @happylifesims @waxesnostalgic @its-adrienpastel @rustys-cc @batsfromwesteros @missrubybird @blueraptorsden @sentate @yakfarm@dancemachinetrait @glitterberrysims @coloresurbanos @sunivaa @ice-creamforbreakfast @magnolianfarewell @simmerofthedawn

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aheathen-conceivably · 2 years

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Bringing us out of the Edwardian era and into mid-late 1910s fashion is Zelda Darlington during her teenage years in Henford, just before and throughout World War I.

While Zelda’s outfits are different than they were when she was a child, they are thematically and tonally similar. This is in part because Zelda’s life has not grown much since these years. Despite the changing nature of the world around her, she remains purposefully insulated on Darlington farm.

This is partially due to her growing anxiety about the outside world, but also to her deep dedication to her parents, and in particular, her father. While her mother and Isaiah handle much of the animal and house care, Zelda and Oliver are responsible for the gardening, and so her outfits do feel very practical and pastoral. They also have a sort of cozy, stay-at-home vibe, with her large knitted sweaters and blousy tops.

However, we still see that same sort of story-book whimsy that she had when she was a child, represented by her embroidery, hairstyles, and girlish accessories. This shows that in the back of her mind, she does tend to live in a faraway place, created for her by her books, imagination, and the stories that Rosella told her.

She also sometimes wears small, simple necklaces and a pressed flower ring, items that I imagine were left to her by Rosella. These are literal remnants of her beloved older sister, but also show how above any of the other Darlingtons, Rosella’s wild, hopeful spirit remains alive in Zelda.

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Everyday No. 1: hair / bandana overlay / dress / tights / shoes (Base Game)

Everyday No. 2: hair / necklace / top / skirt / tights (Base Game)

Everyday No. 3: hair / dress / tights

Going Out: hat / hair (TSR Warning) / necklace / dress / ring / tights / shoes

Party/Formal: hat / hair / necklace (Base Game) / dress / tights / shoes

Sleepwear: nightgown

Morning Clothes: hair / sweater (Cottage Living) / skirt / shoes

Hot Weather: hair / top / skirt

Cold Weather No. 1: top / skirt (TSR Warning)

Cold Weather No. 2: hat / scarf / sweater (Cottage Living) / skirt / gloves / tights (Laundry Day)

Many thanks to all of the CC creators featured here!

@yun-seol @plumbjam @dream-girl @sunivaa @dissiasims @saurusness @simstrouble @linzlu @missrubybird @candysims4 @birksche @zurkdesign @maushasims @luutzi @nightingalesongx @dancemachinetrait @makesims @standardheld @simmerofthedawn @its-adrienpastel @vintage-simmer @simcelebrity00 @lace-and-honey

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aheathen-conceivably · 2 years

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As we approach the cusp of a new decade, we enter another era of Darlington lookbooks. Up first is Zelda as a child, circa 1909 when she’s 8 years old.

Zelda is a shy and quiet child who prefers the company of her family to anyone else. She is most comfortable at home on the farm, and her wardrobe reflects that. Out of the Darlington girls, Zelda’s outfits are the most suited for farm work. This is especially apt because she constantly strives to help her parents, as she sees the willfulness of her sisters better than anyone else.

The only exception in her practical wardrobe is her party / formal outfit, which is very on trend for the late Edwardian period. I imagine that her sister Rosella made this dress for her, so that Zelda would have at least one “proper” outfit in her wardrobe.

Zelda is also a dreamer, constantly seeking out new worlds in books and studying music with her father. For this reason there is also an element of whimsy and fantasy in her looks. I can imagine her picturing herself as a young protagonist in a fairy tale, and dressing how she thinks the heroine would, braiding her hair and singing to the birds.

All CC links included under the cut!

Going Out: hair / hat & dress / socks / shoes (Base Game)

Everyday No. 1: hair / dress / boots

Everyday No. 2: hair / bandana overlay / dress / apron

Sleepwear: hair / dress

Party/ Formal: hat / hair / dress / stockings (Base Game) / shoes

Hot Weather: hat / hair / dress

Cold Weather: hat / dress

Much gratitude to the CC creators who made these looks possible! @historicalfictionsims @powluna @chere-indolente @rustys-cc @qicc @linzlu @simverses @an0nymousghost @zurkdesign @lace-and-honey

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aheathen-conceivably · 5 months

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Florence Darlington

- Born Florence Ackers, Windenburg, England, 1873 - Wife of Gen 1 heir, Oliver Darlington - Mother of interim heirs Rosella and Virginia Darlington as well as Gen 2 heir, Zelda Darlington-Duplanchier

Read her story, shop her lookbooks, or explore extra facts and tidbits about her.

#by character #ts4 decades challenge #sims 4 historical #ts4 historical #sims 4 decades challenge #sims 4 legacy #ts4 legacy #sims 4 story #ts4 story

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aheathen-conceivably · 5 months

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Antoine Duplanchier

- Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1896 - Husband of Gen 2 heir, Zelda Darlington, and father of Gen 3 heir, Violette Darlington-Duplanchier - Brother to Josephine Duplanchier

Read his story, shop his lookbook, or explore extra facts and tidbits about him.

#by character #sims 4 historical #ts4 decades challenge #ts4 historical #sims 4 decades challenge #sims 4 legacy #ts4 legacy #sims 4 story #ts4 story

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aheathen-conceivably · 5 months

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Rosella Darlington

- Born 1892, Windenburg, England - Eldest child of Gen 1 heir, Oliver Darlington and sister to Gen 2 heir, Zelda Darlington-Duplanchier - Interim heir to the 1910s alongside her sister Virginia Darlington

Read her story, shop her lookbooks, or explore extra facts and tidbits about her.

#by character #sims 4 historical #ts4 decades challenge #ts4 historical #sims 4 decades challenge #sims 4 legacy #ts4 legacy #sims 4 story #ts4 story

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aheathen-conceivably · 7 months

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Zelda Darlington: An AU Lookbook 🌻

Look 1: hair / earrings / top & shoes (Horse Ranch) / skirt Look 2: hair / top, skirt, & boots (Horse Ranch) Look 3: top / pants (Simsfinds Warning) Look 4: top / bottom Look 5: hair / top / pants Look 6: hair / earrings (My Wedding Stories) / dress / boots Look 7: hat (Horse Ranch) / top Look 8: dress / shoes

As always, my many thanks to the CC creators! @serenity-cc @simstrouble @sforzcc @dallasgirl79 @huiernxoxo @candysims4 @joliebean @clumsyalienn @dyoreos @eunosims

#ts4 #ts4 lookbook #ts4 cas #ts4 maxis match #ts4 cc finds #sims 4 lookbook #sims 4 cc finds #in an alternate darlington universe: yeehaw edition #sims 4 horse ranch #ts4 horse ranch

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aheathen-conceivably · 5 months

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Zelda Darlington-Duplanchier

- Born Zelda Adelia Darlington, Henford-on-Bagely, England, 1901 - Third child of Florence Darlington and Gen 1 heir Oliver Darlington - Gen 2 heir to the 1920s and the 1930s - Mother of Gen 3 heir, Violette Darlington

Read her story, shop her lookbooks, or explore extra facts and tidbits about her.

#by character #ts4 historical #sims 4 historical #ts4 decades challenge #sims 4 decades challenge #sims 4 legacy #ts4 legacy #sims 4 story #ts4 story

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aheathen-conceivably · 5 months

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Oliver Darlington

- Born Oliver James Darlington, 1872, Windenburg, England - Gen 1 heir to the 1890s and 1900s - Father to interim heirs Virginia and Rosella Darlington as well as Gen 2 heir, Zelda Darlington-Duplanchier

Read his story, shop his lookbooks, or explore extra facts and tidbits about him.

#by character #sims 4 historical #ts4 decades challenge #ts4 historical #sims 4 decades challenge #sims 4 legacy #ts4 legacy #sims 4 story #ts4 story

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aheathen-conceivably · 5 months

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Isaiah Darlington

- Born 1904, Henford-on-Bagley, England - Youngest Child of Gen 1 heir Oliver Darlington - Brother to Interim heirs Virginia and Rosella Darlington as well as Gen 2 heir Zelda Darlington - Father to the English branch of Darlington cousins

Read his story, shop his lookbook, or explore facts and tidbits about him.

#by character #sims 4 historical #ts4 decades challenge #ts4 historical #sims 4 decades challenge #sims 4 legacy #ts4 legacy #sims 4 story #ts4 story

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aheathen-conceivably · 5 months

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Virginia Darlington

- Born 1896, Windenburg, England - Second child of Gen 1 heir Oliver Darlington and sister to Gen 2 heir Zelda Darlington -Interim heir to the 1910s alongside her sister Rosella Darlington

Read her story, shop her lookbooks, or explore extra facts and tidbits about her.

#by character #sims 4 historical #ts4 decades challenge #ts4 historical #sims 4 decades challenge #sims 4 legacy #ts4 legacy #sims 4 story #ts4 story

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aheathen-conceivably · 1 year

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Hey Alexis. I have to say your Darlington legacy is amazing and Zelda is the cutest and I love her story, and omg don't get me started on Antoine. I want to start the decades challenge myself, I’ve tried and failed before, but reading your story is making me want to do it. BUT, how? I’m not asking for a long detailed explanation, but more like your top 5 ways or something, you used to start it? Mods, cas-blogs, etc? And only if you got the time and of course want to share it with us/me?<3

Hello, there! Thank you so much for the kind words! And I’m incredibly glad to help. The Decades Challenge is a bit of a beast compared to other sims gameplay. It takes a little more research, effort, and organization to make it really enjoyable. So if I can push a few people deeper into historical sims life I’m happy to do so 😉

A key point before we get in resources below the cut (because prepare for paragraphs babes), how do you want to play the decades challenge? Do you want to stick to the original challenge? Do a version with more realistic aging? Just play casually for the gameplay? Have a meticulous storyline planned out (ahem 👀)?

In case it isn’t super clear, I’m not playing the decades challenge anymore. I have used it as a jumping off point for storytelling. Truly, I play the game very little. Usually I try to recreate the story posts in gameplay for myself but I do not try to achieve any of the challenge goals or gameplay rules (although I do have my own rules).

For this reason, I am not the best resource on gameplay mods. There are some mods that I’m dimly aware of that make the challenge more fun, like those by @janesimsten and this mod which I used a lot in the 1900s.

That being said, there is a lot of freedom in the the historical simblr community to craft the experience that you want. You can always try one idea and change it as you go. When I started the Darlingtons it was meant to be about 50/50 gameplay/storytelling with randomized death rolls and challenge goals. Then, I realized what I enjoyed and leaned further into that. I think this is the key to sticking with the challenge, because otherwise it’ll just feel like checking off boxes and you’ll give up sometime around 1900.

So without further ado, let’s get on down below the cut:

First and foremost, and I cannot stress this enough, start a mod organization system from day one. Playing historically requires a good deal of CC and if you don’t organize at the beginning, it gets very very difficult to sort stuff out later. This can easily make historical simming overwhelming and frankly, unenjoyable. I personally would start with a clean mods folder. Keep this separate from your regular (modern) mods as well. I have three mods folders, one for regular (modern) gameplay, one for building vanilla, and one for the Darlingtons.

For the Darlingtons, I have everything organized by mods, CAS, and then BB. Within these folders I organize by decade. That way when I enter a new decade it is easier to pull things in or out. I also have a folder on my desktop for subsequent decades CC, so if I ever find anything that isn’t easy to save on my Pinterest (more on that later), I download it then and there, and put it into the appropriate folder. Then when I hit a new decade I already have a bit of a CC collection going.

Now for finding CC, I am really not the best resource on BB stuff. I just don’t download a lot of it, and what I do is usually super specific or things that I see others using regularly. There are a couple of pieces of mainstay BB CC that I use consistently, and I’ll be glad to point you in the direction of those if you see something you’re interested in. However I don’t really have a central resource on BB they way that I do for CAS. So without further ado (because CAS is really why we’re here for historical simming, isn’t it?)….

Lookbooks, lookbooks, lookbooks. Seriously. Pixelnrd’s lookbooks we’re one of my first references, and I find them so helpful that they’re the reason I started to make my own. Just looking at a couple lookbooks can be much quicker and easier than scrolling through pages and pages of CC. But if you’re willing to go a little deeper down the rabbit hole, @twentiethcenturysims has truly made the resource to end all recourses. Their CC is categorized by decade for easy scrolling, and they also have a lookbook tag if you prefer to get your CC that way.

Now, and this is a personal one, I have used Pinterest SO much for this legacy I cannot even stress it enough. I have two boards: one for poses and one for CC. The poses one is a whole different beast, so if you ever want an answer for poses and storytelling please send one. But I’ll refrain from diving down that rabbit hole right now too.

My Pinterest CC board is organized like my mods folder, by decades. I also have a board for BB, general mod finds, hair, and (this one helps me a lot) CC that I have already downloaded so when I do lookbooks or get a WCIF, the link is already there for me.

These boards serve two purposes. Whenever I find a piece of CC that I like, I do not have to download it immediately. I save it to the appropriate decades board and it’s there, waiting for me, whenever I reach that era. This makes the hunt way easier, and also makes me SUPER excited to get to the next decade because I already have CC that I can see the characters in.

Secondly, Pinterest is an amazing resource in and of itself. Once it “learns” what you’re looking for, Pinterest will pull CC from all over the internet, including stuff that I’ve never seen in people’s lookbooks or the resources listed above. Then it’s an easy click to save this link for myself for later.

So scrolling through Pinterest then turns into a sort of inspiration board as well. This is a broader point regarding the tendency of people to quit the decades challenge: find what inspires you to do it and what makes you excited for the next decades.

For me, part of this is the storyline and seeing my characters reach the next plot that I’ve written for them. But much simpler, it’s the clothes! I’ve always been into fashion history and historical CC is actually how I found this community in the first place. So often if I’m tired out with writing or editing I’ll just go look through Pinterest for new stuff or scroll through my historical inspiration blog (which is linked in my pinned post if you’d like to check it out).

But above all, honestly, just don’t take it too seriously. Sometimes I see rather stringent calls for fashion accuracy or anachronisms but like…it’s your game. Start whenever you’d like, play however you’d like, for as long as you’d like. Hopefully this just gives you a bit of a framework for making that happen ❤️

#ask #answered #probably about 4x the answer that was necessary 😅#but y’all know me #why use two words when 10 will also work?#WCIF #resources

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aheathen-conceivably · 10 months

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first thing I did when I saw the child violette post was rush back to Zelda’s 1909 lookbook to see how they resemble. I love seeing how genetics work in the game

Baby, SAME! First thing I do when a Darlington is born is age them up and play a round of what I call “genetics roulette” (please see the Darlingtons one here and the Duplanchier one here, because they are all stunning). Make no mistake I will absolutely be doing another one with Zelda, Antoine, and Violette whenever she comes of age and we see her in all her pixel glory.

For now what I’ll tell you is that she has Zelda’s eye shape and mouth, Delphine’s eye color, and Antoine’s nose and jaw structure. To say she is stunning is an understatement. But what else could one expect from her parents? 😉

#also you made ME rush back to look at Zelda’s 1909 lookbook and now I have ~emotions~#the zelda journey has been real yall #and wanna hear something wild?#we are only 1/2 of the way through her heir years 😭#so much zelda growth left to go #and baby Violette growth oh my god 😫😫😫#no more emotional tags from me #thank you Nonny thank you I do love a good tag ramble #over emotional Heathen warning #gif warning #is this a Nonny reacts?#you get a #Nonny reacts #😘

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aheathen-conceivably · 2 years

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List 5 facts about a favorite sim of yours, and send this to 10 simblrs whose sims you adore ♥♥♥

Ohhh hello! 🥰

I’m going to pick my girl Rosella Darlington, who’s bratty, glamorous energy I just can’t get enough of.

Her highest relationship ever was with her grandmother Adelia. Of course I had Adelia do most of the child rearing so it makes sense, but she never really threw a tantrum for her the way she did with Florence and Oliver (who she cried for every time lol).

Sims in the Darlington cottage have a pretty steady routine and all go to bed around the same time. Yet infallibly when everyone else autonomously wakes up, Rosella is still sleeping, full energy, but won’t get out of bed on her own. I just picture a 1930s film star waking up in their feather robe, stretching in their giant canopied bed. 😂

She is actually a violin wizard. As part of her aspirations, she had to learn an instrument. She autonomously got the “dislikes piano” pop up so I bought her a violin. She’s level 9 now and often plays while either Oliver or Zelda play the piano.

I downloaded this sewing mod for her, and have been giving her new outfits whenever she reaches a new skill point (the skill actually builds very slowly). They’ll be included in her lookbook coming soon!

All the other facts I have in mind would spoil things, so all I’ll say is, her life is about to get real spicy real soon 👀

#can you see my temptation to spoil things?#it’s in my nature I’m sorry!!#ask #answered #ask game #rosella darlington extra

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