xD Sorry for putting up that and then actually going to bed.... it's like a missed the storm >_>;;;;;
Anyways!
I definitely agree that magic shouldn't fix everything, and I REALLY like the idea of elaborate ridiculous ball gowns and stuff for parties that disappear with the coming of the morning. I think that's a really amazing idea!
At the same time, however, if the nobility have that kind of magic at their fingertips (and chances are, the best of those kinds of magic users would be in their employ or noble themselves), the nobles I think should be ridiculous all the time. They have the money and power to buy spells that will make them frilly and whimsical and appear to be wearing moonbeams all the time xD
That said, here's where I can see conflict coming in. The nobility versus the middle/lower classes. I mean, if you were a merchant who worked his butt off and then you have to sit by and watch all of the ridiculous clothing and styles that the nobles appear wearing....wouldn't you be a little bit peeved? I know I would! It would be enough to cause dissent because, here you are working your ass off, and some big-shot noble comes up to buy your dyes or fabrics and scoffs at it saying something like, "Hmmm...is there any way you can make it brighter? This really just doesn't capture the essence of a sunrise. I'm looking for something blue..but glowing and with specks of gold! And rays of brilliant light shooting through!"
So, in a sense, the peasants and middle class, while they have magic, they use it practically instead of for these ridiculous creations that nobility sits around all day and dreams up.
And kind of...the richest of the people have the most outrageous attire (not necessarily in structure, but even in color and pattern. It doesn't have to be garish, but definitely something that stands out. Like a fabric that looks like you're wearing a waterfall, but is still elegant.) and it goes down the chain. Middle class aspiring to be more noble would add some pizazz to their tunics, low class would probably think the whole thing absolutely ridiculous and just use regular fabrics and dyes.
Here's also where I thought about the price fact: TIME. Especially for working people, time is so incredibly important. If a huge ballgown of epic proportions takes...let's say...a week to construct magically only for it to dissolve after 12 hours? You can bet your pants that only nobility would do it all the time! Not to mention, unless you have that kind of magic, you have to pay someone to do it...and a weeks worth of difficult magic? expensive!!!!
That's my idea for nobles/peasants clothing stuffs.
now for the military again:
Although I said whimsical for all of it, I still think that there should be a simple elegance for the full-time soldiers in the palace but with something to show off the prestige and...really...the cockiness of the nation. If they don't think they're going to be in battle, they're not going to care how cumbersome the attire might be in a battle. Of course, since Fenway use to be the LKC before becoming king, he would not OK something simply ridiculous because he'd know. But he would also have to listen to his advisers and all of that, so the uniforms will still have that Serendipity flavor. It could be anything from...the tunics are magicked to blend perfectly into the night sky and when the moon shines on it stars appear. lol, good form of camouflage but still shows off the prowess of the nation xD
And also, when I said all matching, I meant more of a...the tunics would be ridiculous, and then everyone would also be issued a standard silver/gray shirt, black pants and knee high boots. Nothing fancy, nothing expensive really, but just uniform.
I'm finished rambling for now xD