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Micamo came up with this idea earlier but apparently didn't make a thread for it. Anyway...

Post in this thread painfully long descriptions of how your concultures dress. What kind of clothes do they wear when they work? Formally? What are their clothes made of? How do men's clothing, for example, differ from women's clothing? What are common colors?

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Here's a quick sketch of potential Amjati and Inyauk attire:


Amjati: I do want them to have have bright colors and bottoms that are fitted rather than loose. As a contrast I want the tops to be more free flowing. The crosshatching on the top is meant to be some sort of lace. I'm not too sure where I want to go with Amjati men though, possibly loose pants to the ankles and some sort of vest and the same bright colors.

Inyauk: I wanted them to have more neutral colors and maybe a brightly colored belt. Larger belts with patterns would be stylish for both men and women. Pants should be loose and to the knee or ankle depending on the season/activity. The shirt should be slightly loose as well and kept in place by the belt.



I'm not overly pleased with either. But I think it's a decent start.

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Looks like ancient Vietnamese clothing, for some reason. Then again it's sort of hard to tell the material used for the clothes in the pics.

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I can't find any pictures of ancient Vietnamese clothing that resembles the above.
But any resemblance would be accidental since I only looked it up now.

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The upper-half is what does the trick, although I suppose it's probably because of the angle I'm seeing it at.


More on topic, since I rip off am influenced by real-world cultures (that's the whole point of my conworld, anyways), I don't get too creative with clothing. Not to mention I'm pretty bad at visualizing it, anyways. The most creative I can get are military uniforms, since, erm, I sometimes have to essentially combine two things together (i.e., World War I + Byzantine/Roman Infantry). That said I don't really pay too much attention to my condresses or what not anyways, since I don't focus too much on it. But I suppose I should pay a bit more attention. Work a bit on my drawing so I can get out of the stick-figure stage.

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I imagine the Alife to wear loose-fitting, thick fabrics. Men typically would wear a thick felt shirt that reaches to the elbow, and long gloves that meet the shirt. Women would wear something more ornamental and colorful. They might also have longer sleeves on their shirts, and wear shorter gloves. Both genders would use a wide variety of hairstyles to reflect social contexts, although the range would be limited due to the widespread tendency to wear short hair. I expect lots of bows. Bith genders would also wear Jodhpur-style pants.

The Arroe would probably be partial to more long and ornamental clothing. Short sleeved shirts would be favored by men. Pants would be a little longer, and might cover the foot. Women would usually wear very long sleeves, and wear long dresses that puff out in the back. In all probability, these dresses would include on the inside male-style footy pants. Both genders would keep their hair short, with lots of decoration.

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My conspecies wear very little on a day-to-day basis. Weaving patterns are highly popular, and ornamental banding for wrists or ankles is usually made from woven bark or saplings etc. Fabrics aren't popular, nor is anything else likely to be cumbersome or easily lost when in water.
Animal derived products are also few. One of the only such things I've come up with (for wearing anyway) are fitted shirts made from crocodile hide with loose 'tassets' over the groin and rear. These are dangerous to aquire (especially in tribes that apply ritualistic traditions to the process) and are really used only for battle.

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I am creating a conworld, which I refer to as the Carrion Series, that will contain three languages, Iriex, Dvoen and Maxna.

Ooo, I've had some ideas about clothes (in my conculture).

So, here's what traditional Kantaranyan attire is like:

Everyday wear for most people is a plain cotton sarong and a conical hat made from reeds. During festivals, people wear a special sarong made from brightly coloured cloth embroidered with various patterns, as well as a loose cotton jacket with similar colouring and embroidery. People taking part in festivals also wear special headdresses decorated with feathers.

Wealthier individuals wear coloured and embroidered cloth as day-to-day wear (generally to show off that they can afford to), and similarly will normally wear embroidered jackets. The wealthy may well have cloths made from silk rather than cotton. Another common practice among wealthier people is to go without a hat and carry a parasol or umbrella instead. If they're particularly wealthy they might well pay someone else to hold the umbrella/parasol for them.

Footwear, if worn, is usually in the form of woven leather sandals. While wealthier people wear footwear all the time, most people go barefoot unless they feel their feet need protection.

There's not really any significant difference between male and female attire in Kantaranya.

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In order, "Street/Everyday," "Formal/High Class," "Ritual," and the cult known as the "Skullborn Women" or Apishutsa Nanala. You can disregard the arrows on the first model.

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@An-tan: What is the significance of the beads on the two middle ladies' legs? And how are they attached?

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Ah, right, they're pearls. Living in a world where the majority of the surface is water, pearls are a common decoration in ritual and simply used as jewelry. I forgot to add it to the pictures as I scanned them in and then colored them, but they are held up using leather strips much like bracelets that hug the arms and legs tightly. They aren't considered practical, so in general, only land-dwellers wear them.

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Kind of interesting.
Also interesting that dressing for church actually means more-revealing clothing than dressing for a formal banquet/ball.

So, where do you tell us about Apishutsa Nanala? And, do they think they look pretty dressed like that?

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Not really, considering not all cultures have the same religious ideas about sexuality as western ones do. Aside from that, formal wear is normally all about showing societal status: Complex, expensive garments which show off an individual's wealth, but because of this complexity are unlikely to be revealing. There's only so much you can do with a bikini.


Anyway Pirka, I never posted this topic because I never finished it! Still have a lot of details to fill in. I'll get around to it eventually.

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The only conculture of mine that has been deeply thought-out is that of the kamawenõ, the native speakers of Evelēranēl. They are an extra-terrestrial race, with an avian physiology instead of a mammalian one. After countless generations of genetic experimentation (they're more than a little obsessed with 'perfecting' their own DNA, since natural evolution takes too long), they are rather humanoid in appearance. As far as concostumes go, it varies quite a bit depending on preference, profession, and practicality (ooh, alliteration).

For day-to-day life, they wear various outfits made of a synthetic, feather-like material, a custom loaned from ancient times when, having lost most of the feathers on their bodies save for their wings, they began to cover themselves with garments made from lost or discarded feathers, both their own and those of other avian species on their planet. Since then, their technology has improved somewhat. They usually wear skintight, jumpsuit-like outfits of this material, in order to best streamline them for flight. Consider it feathery, flight-resistant nylon. (Bad pun alert: I could call it flylon.)

Their higher government officials wear uniforms made of a thick but loose-fitting material intended to actually impede flight - due to some cultural phenomenon in which those with political power must give up physical power.

They also have ceremonial clothing (which in many cases is made of actual feathers) for use at various events that I could ramble on about for hours. But I will spare you.

As far as ornamentation goes, they never wear large amounts of jewelry or decorations, again - primarily because of streamlining, but smaller trinkets such as bracelets and rings are often seen, and in some cases may act as a literal status symbol, with those of certain professions or social classes bearing particular ornaments. A respected geneticist, for example, may wear a ring in the shape of a double helix. And so on and so forth.

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Wait a minute -- You're a belly-dancer?

Pics or it didn't happen.

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The Kàmo wear clothes sparsely, because they live in a hot environment, and many of them work entirely outside, for long hours every day. The majority of workers will wear skirts and things made from grasses and other plants, which protect the "important" external organs. They avoid leather or similar materials, because there is a strong religious stigma among their culture against killing land animals for any purpose. However, they will make charms out of bones from fish, which are widely believed to protect against nasty things like ipiha, which are a whole nother story. However, it is quite common for people to go completely naked in casual environments, such as in the house, and this goes especially for the children, who don't usually have to work anyway.
Social status as a doctor, tribe leader, etc. is not usually marked by more elegant clothing. The normal custom is to put patterns of dyes/paints on the skin that may include certain characters in the conscript that I have actually not even made yet.

A potential Inyauk outfit.

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Hinai nimuśim naimi nai sasamiur urukani. Śi'ama nai huhumiur na ni'amuśim nai sasamiur.
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Oooh, sexy back :3

*oontz oontz oontz*

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What culture do the Inyauk live in? It was probably in one of your Inyauk language pdf's, but I overlooked it.

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No one can resist the sexy back.


What exactly do you mean by 'what culture?'
I guess a general overview would be they're mostly agrarian low-tech people. While they value equality they're government is closer to an oligarchy. They are distrustful of outsiders and have a tendency towards violence when dealing with them.

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Ikasmu ati'uki nai uraiur.
Hinai nimuśim naimi nai sasamiur urukani. Śi'ama nai huhumiur na ni'amuśim nai sasamiur.
Pumaki nimuśim śima'a na ami nimuśim ara'a. Hini nihrasum i'aku tumra urukani na nihrasum sanik hraspir.