#firefly wardrobe

When I'm not losing my mind over Firefly, I do a lot of fiber arts, and so I decided to knit Wash's cable sweater!

He wears it twice: in Out of Gas and The Message.

My yarn is a little bit more brown (Wash's actual sweater looks closer to an oatmeal color) but in the right light...maybe they're similar!

ok @homosexual--mothman twist my arm why don't you!

Mal wears his gray jeans in The Train Job and then again in Trash; it's like his go-to "undercover" outfit. Saffron then makes him strip in the shuttle and he re-boards Serenity naked and presumably goes directly to his cabin and puts on his usual tan trousers etc. So everything he was wearing is in the shuttle for at least a little while.

Two episodes later, in Heart of Gold, Simon is wearing the baggiest gray jeans. You can't really get a good look at him because the camera angle puts him directly behind Inara, but you can see him in the BTS shots. Poor guy is drowning in his clothes.

Whether you want to go full MalSimon shipping "they're sharing clothes" OR Simon is adjusting to life on a smuggling/scavenging ship and simply decided these pants he found in the shuttle are his now is up to you. But I just like to imagine it's the same pair of pants.

And yes Simon is wearing gray jeans in the Trash "Jayne in a neckbrace" scene which could throw a wrench in this continuity but these look like they're more slim fit/actually his size. So this scenario is still canon compliant lol

Simon's Packing List

Don't joke about a thing too much or you'll have to write a post for it!!

Sometimes I think about the fact that when Simon comes on board Serenity, he is carrying a small leather briefcase, his red medbag, and a suitcase that looks to be "carry on" sized.  This is all he has (aside from the cryobox).  What's in there? 

Long heavy coat (Out of Gas)

Six vests: Maroon and gold (Shindig, Safe), Light blue (Ariel, War Stories), Gold (Train Job), Maroon (Safe, Our Mrs. Reynolds), Bronze (Bushwhacked, Ariel), Brown pattern (Out of Gas)

Shirts: Light blue (Ariel), Black (War Stories), Probably at least 2 white shirts, Collarless navy button up (The Message), Collarless pale button up (Safe, War Stories), A mysterious purple shirt he never wears (Safe)

As seen in the Pilot and Jaynestown, he wears undershirts--four?  Five?

How many pairs of black slacks?  Probably at least one.

Presumably underwear and socks and sleepwear

I'm personally going to say that he brought his purple "War Stories" sweater with him because it does match his sort of preppy style and it doesn't feel like the other sweaters (Trash, The Message) that read like Wash hand me downs

At least three books (Safe)

A journal (Safe)

Probably personal grooming supplies (he's cleanshaven after all, and appears to have a pretty consistent and neat swoop to his hair)

I'll throw in some River clothes!!  This is, after all, partially inspired by @tamsiblings post about River's wardrobe.  I think the yellow shirt from Train Job makes sense, and I'll include the bike shorts.  She was a dancer and these make sense as something she'd wear and feel comfortable in even after two years of rapid growing.

Simon's outfits in the Firefly comics by BOOM!

So I've done this with Simon's vests already but Wash also has some fun style: