Clothing

From FiranMUX

What each character wears can depend on their gender as well as their social class, vocation and season. Moreover, the different clans also have their own ideas of fashion and the like. See Clan Fashions. For an idea of what each social class would wear, see Class Fashions.

Women

Firan women typically wear a stola which is a full length gown from neck to ankle, high-waisted and fastened at the shoulders with clasps. Stolas come in every color of the rainbow, though young maidens from good families are expected to wear white, and widows generally wear dark blue. The stolas of poor women are usually brown or grey.

A shawl, called a palla, is sometimes worn wrapped around the shoulders and arm, and can be draped over the head for prayer or to protect against the elements. Fur cloaks are also worn by Firan women in the winter months to keep warm. It is highly unusual to see a woman wearing leggings or pants, though soft leather and suede dresses are not uncommon -- especially amongst the Ticanee women.

Men

Firan Men wear knee-length, short-sleeved tunics. Wealthier Firan men also wear togas over their tunics -- a wide shawl that is draped over the shoulder and carefully wrapped around the body. Togas come in every color of the rainbow, and the decorations upon one's toga can often alert onlookers to your social status or profession. Men also wear fur cloaks at night and during winter for warmth. Nobles and political officials are also known to wear capes which fasten at the collar bone and are made from materials that will billow majestically behind them. Leggings made of light flexible material have become popular amongst Firan men, and fur skirts ornamented with metal flaps are also worn for convenience.

Children

Firan children wear tunics with wide sleeves. Children of patricians (nobles / upper classes) wear white tunics with decorative hems until the age of thirteen.

Soldiers

Firan soldiers, regardless of gender, wear the attire of a legionary -- a short tunic covered by metal chest plates and a leather skirt with metal flaps. The Firan helmet does not have a plume or broom on top of it but is instead capped with nasty looking metal spikes. Firan soldiers also have green capes made of light material that clasp at the neck during the summer months, and fur cloaks for the winter. A soldier's rank can be discerned by the ornamentation on his or her breastplate and sometimes from the decorations or insignias on his or her cape.

Priests and Priestesses

Priests and priestesses are the only ones who usually wear robes. It looks like a long, hooded robe with sleeves, girded at the waist with some sort of rope.

Sometimes each temple will have special robes for their temple only.

Other Considerations

Silk clothing is usually reserved for the upper class (nobles and above). Lower-class people who wear it reap the social consequences of their actions. An exception is made for women in the pleasure professions, who wear silk if they are of a higher-class house and can thusly afford it. It is also very rare and consequently very expensive.

Platinum jewelry is also reserved for the upper class (nobles and above).

Silk is very light and almost always worn solely in warm weather. During the winter time, wool clothing becomes far more fashionable. The 'shoulder' seasons of fall and spring are often a combination of both, with fashionable women wearing silk gowns and pallas with a warm wool byrrus or fur cloak. Traditionally, the fall festival at the end of autumn marks the end of the summer silk season, and the spring festival in the beginning of spring marks the transition to lighter fabrics.