Fashion

Synths shopping for fashionable items

Synths are fashion conscious in their own, synthetic way. Much like organics tend to wear clothes, style their hair, tattoo their skin and wear piercings, Synths have their own ways of expressing themselves through the modules they wear. Due to Synths being able to mount a great number of modules, they can get very creative in how they choose to style their looks. All across the Outer Rim Synths are able to browse shops of various sizes, both on location and online, offering different styles, interests and some of them even catering to special body shapes, like Synths with Taur or Naga frames.

While Synths can have very unique looks, there are some common elements that are present in most designs, no matter how outragous and unique they are.

Visors

Visors are probably the most important part of a Synth's anatomy. They are what communicates emotion to others through facial expressions, acting as the Synth's face. Therefor special attention is given to the shape and style of the visor, making it the easiest way of differentiating Synths from each other.

Synth Visors can consist of multiple "windows", which are 3D screens that display the Synth's eyes, as well as a number of other animations. The number, shape and arrangement of these windows gives each Synth visor its own, unique look. Some Synths prefer to have one, large screen instead of multiple smaller ones, others prefer to have two or more screens on either side of the visor, with no screen in the middle. Different producers of visors also offer different styles, with some of them being unique to certain brands.

Visors often come with a set of horns, or antennae. They are optional and come in many different shapes, but are quite popular in their default 2-horned form. They often have status lights on them, both as a functional design element and because it is considered fashionable.

Skin plating

While the majority of a Synth's body is typically soft to the touch, due to their muscle and battery tissues being soft, there are parts of a Synth's body where it is often fashionable to have hard plates installed. This is particularly often the case around the back of a Synth's neck. Synth neck plating does not have to be hard or rigid for any particular reason, but it has become a trend among Synths to install hard plates, sometimes even with spines or spikes sticking out in the back.

Example of Synth neck plating