>>58275426>Sapphire's typical non-leaves outfit was prior to getting the clothes from RubyShe wore a simple pale colored dress that slowly turned to rags over time. I think it was her choice not to get newer clothes, since before she got brain damaged, Birch would give her elaborate and likely expensive dresses. She just became more pragmatic as she learned survival skills.
Short skirts are easier to move around in anyway, it's why Sapphire's leaf outfits featured grass skirts and not grass pants. Spats are a more modesty oriented compromise but at least they're not that long, and are less likely to get caught on branches the way dresses/skirts might. Of course I think she just wants to be naked, at least when alone in the jungle since it'd be less hassle and is "more natural".
Tangent but while not all, many fanart attempts to put Sapphire in regular pants tend to be western propaganda, insisting that restricting Sapphire's usual range of movement and having her dress more like a man is the superior girlboss choice for her. It's not, and if people just hate her showing skin, true Sapphire fans would know she already has a literal ghillie suit
>>58268265 >>58272553 >>58274755 which both covers her up entirely and doubles as a disguise resembling a leafy Pokemon, staying true to her nature/animal gimmick. Troon propaganda follows Sapphire like flies, and a classic red flag is when they try to make Sapphire dress in stereotypically male fashion, as if trying to imply she's something besides a (retarded) biological girl.
