>>57514201genuine question, did you skip Scarlet and Violet?
that specific outfit IRL is usually worn with a bare midriff (not always, but most of the time and that's how Levi's and others advertise those pants), and the ZA design is clearly trying to replicate it
midriffs have been in the games and all pokemon material before, so the artists clearly like midriffs
it's a simple 1+1, it's not a stretch to say that was probably the original intention, and maybe they wouldn't let them have it on the MC so they gave it just to Taunie
I'm not saying I know 100% but it's about as surefire as saying that Dragonite and Gyarados got switched up, it's obvious when you look at the situation
if all that doesn't matter to you and you're just taking issue with the notion that there CAN be outsider meddling in the designs at all, I really don't know what to tell you
