Clothing of the jungle and it's place in the cCulture


Clothing in the jungle is optional. There are no stigmata in the wilderness against dressing or not; it's what will be most likely to allow you to survive.
Still, survival aside, clothing remains a way for a poor person to be diferentiated from a rich one, so it's as much about station as it is about survival in the city where people need information about your finantial situation.

Thus, this document is going to talk about how clothing is worn in the city as it is the place where this will matter.
In the city, going naked can mean you own nothing or it can mean you don't care, so it doesn't carry quite the stigmata you might think. This distinction applies most to those who try to dress above their station.

The female chest
This part of woman's anatomy has specific customs associatied with the type of clothing appropriate. The rule in general is "married women cover their breasts and most single women don't". This is only a rule of thumb. There are husbands either weak or absent who don't repremand their women for appearing uncovered. The are also single women undesiring of male attention (old maids and lesbians) who cover up.But truly, it is only the exceptions that are interesting.

Some common garb and the station of those who commonly wear it:

Slave Shift
This garment is commonly worn by the poorest of the poor. It is made of a corse weave of hemp, open enough to provide for sweat to dry and yet provide comfort agains the night air. It is dyed with the colors and pattern of the house that owns them. These tend to be tartans, plaids and stripes in different angles. Unaffiliated designs (those not specific to a single house) are horizontal bands and indicate the slave is not of a family rich enough to have cloth woven for them. Solid colors are strictly reserved for non-slaves. For these shifts, color means nothing other than the preference of the poor person wearing them.

A harness