Traditional Clothing in YN

[Athrania]

What is traditional clothing in YN? How common is traditional clothing in YN? Are there any legal protections or requirements?

Athrania:

Typical Arabian clothing for men, long ankle length tunics (thobe), undershirt, sherwal, Keffiyeh, skull-cap, and Aqal (headdress). For women: under-drawers and camise, Jalabiyah (long dress), Abaya (loose robe worn over clothing), a Tarha (headscarf); many women cover their faces (Niqab, Litham, Barqaa). Legally, government workers including staff in public schools, as well as students and citizens accessing government services, must wear traditional clothing. Traditional clothing is ubiquitous, most citizens of all ages wear it, up to 90% in most areas. Students change from their flowing robes to gym clothing at school for PE. Foreigners tend to wear their own clothing (ex: sharwal kameez for Pakistanis, and Jalaba for Moroccans).

[Arrolleia]

Traditional clothing in Arrolleia is mostly culture-based, citizens being able to opt out.
Most Arrogoths take on the Alternative subculture, with styles ranging from scene, emo, goth,vampire/romatic goth, grunge, or simply casual-grunge. None are too extreme, but none are too simple either.
there are little laws and regulations on clothing, and both men and women are accepted to wear the same things, but normally women have more choices, as it is in the world of fashion.

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[Floofybit]

Traditional clothing in Floofybit is shorts and a T-shirt. With the warm climate, and considering the fact that we are all anthromorphic animals, we don't wear too much clothes. Still wear clothes though, because no clothes is wierd

[Blanquefontaine]

It varies from region to region. For example, in Romana-Luaria (a mountainous region geographically similar to the Alps), men wear hats, a long sleeved buttoned shirt, an embroidered vest and matching jacket made from fineal hide, calf-length trousers, knee-high socks and knee-high boots made of fineal leather. Women also wear hats or a veil, a buttoned shirt, a knee-length embroidered dress similar to a dirndl with an ankle-length underskirt, knee-high socks and knee-high boots, also made from fineal leather. A jacket is optional. In the winter, women may choose to wear a cardigan underneath their jackets that is attached at the midpoint of the collarbones, but jackets for both genders are lined with a layer of insulating wool.

This is only really done during harvest celebrations, most people just opt for weather-appropriate modern clothing

[Jabberwocky]

Common in Jabberwocky are board shorts, tank top, and sandals, always ready to catch a wave!

[Tangatarehua]

The Kakahu is the traditional clothing of Tangatarehua, although there are various subtypes. Kakahu literally means "clothing" but often is used in English to refer to various types of traditional cloak including the Kahu Huruhuru (a feather cloak), Kahu Kuri (a cloak made from the skin of a dog) and the Korowai, a long cloak decorated by weaved flax.

[Caradan]

Traditionally, everyone wears what we IRL would call women's clothes. It's not a big deal

[Bededonia]

Bededonia was for many years a colony of the Saaslandian empire, which had a pretty normal style of clothing, so today we don't really have a traditional style of clothing, but the kingdoms that used to exists in the territory were today is Bededonia had.
the traditional style of clothing in those kingdoms was pretty straight forward, a simple tunic and sandals were enough for the average Namubian or Bedenian citizen, but for the upper classes more extravagant clothes with unusual colors and patterns were more suitable, and sometimes a traditional type of hat known as "klameha" could be seen on the heads of ancient Bededonian nobles, especially during the summer.

[DiaperLand]

It is traditional for people in the Federal Republic of DiaperLand to wear a wide variety of diapers as their main form of attire. These diapers are often worn without pants, and can vary in style and design. Menial workers in DiaperLand often wear diapers with the logos of their companies printed prominently on the front, while public servants such as police officers often display their badges on their diapers.

Today it is common for most Diapermen, including celebrities and top ranking government officials, to wear diapers regularly. Uniforms for retail workers, schools and athletic teams include their own logo-emblazoned diapers. Restrooms across the nation feature large changing stations to afford citizens the ability to change themselves, although some businesses staff professionals to pamper their customers.

More can be learned in our factbook: Tradition of Diapers

[Sagrea]

Traditional clothing has roots back from the beginning of Sagrea, back when it was a kingdom in 758. However, this has seen changes over time, and so "traditional" clothing is generally considered to be what was worn shortly before the collapse of the monarchy. Everyday wear would generally consist of a long-sleeved linen shirt (or silk if you were rich) with embroidery on the cuffs, trousers, leather boots and a heavy leather and fur coat with traditional embroidery. Women would wear dresses which went to about knee-length (or to the floor if you were rich) over a shirt, and their boots were more stylized, but the rest was kept mainly the same between genders.

Most traditional dress isn't worn anymore in favor of more contemporary styles of dress and the state's mandated uniforms for many jobs. However, the fur coats have stayed in fashion due to the cold climate of Sagrea, and are still worn regularly today.

[Medzhumoramia]

People in Medzhumoramia tend to dress in the modern western style (albeit in a formal and conservative variant thereof) these days. Traditional costumes are typically reserved for events such as cultural festivals.
Traditional clothing examples for the 5 nations of Medzhumoramia are pictured below

[Madrinet]

Madrinet remains a profoundly rural nation, and as such the ancient customs and rituals practised for centuries persist. This extends to dress; even in major cities, Madrinetans are recognised for their traditional dress, although the rustic character has been altered by new fabrics, patterns, and accessories - the thigh-high leather boots, ubiquitous in the countryside where most people still get around on horseback, are usually replaced by low shoes when the roads are paved. Ornately-patterned waistcoats, traditionally hand-embroidered but today often printed onto fabric, are the centrepiece of male costume, while female dress is characterised by a long skirt and a similarly ornate bodice. Hungarian-style knotwork is also common, echoing Madrinet's historic relationship with the Magyars that stretches back to the 13th century.

[Great Nortend]

Nortish dress is conservative. For ordinary wear, there are various codified forms of dress for various occasions. These generally involve, for men, a form of a shirt, collar, tie, waistcoat, jacket, trousers, boots or shoes, hat and gloves. Women wear dresses or skirts and blouses and jackets &c. with hats and gloves. Colours and patterns are generally conservative, and geometric, and limited to one to three colours, although women's dress is more elaborate.

The codified forms of dress are usually given, from most formal to least, court dress, full dress and undress, in their “morning” and “evening” forms. Undress requires a simple suit in the “lounge suit” pattern, either matching or black coat with striped trousers. In the evening, a dinner suit is worn. Full dress elevates undress to a tailcoat, of the same cut for both morning and evening, albeit with silken lapels for the latter. Court dress is most formal and comes in “cloth” and “velvet” forms, for day and evening respectively.

Traditional country forms of dress vary, although generally are similar in style, albeit more rustic and colourful. Regional variations abound in the fabrics, cuts, weaves, colours and patterns worn, and the style of hats and accessories such as scarves, ties, collars, buttons, trimming, jewellery &c. particularly.

[Rhanukhan]

As you might expect, there is quite the variation in sartorial styles across a country the size of the Unified Provinces of Rhanukhan, with each province displaying its own particular quirks. The influence of the dominant Rhanukhani culture is always in evidence, however. A nation of conspicuous wealth, richly patterned and colourful silks can be found in abundance with finely woven octopus wool from the western highlands appearing during the cooler season. Employing elaborate jewellery as a display of affluence is commonplace and even those at the poorer end of society would be loath to be seen without at least a bangle or prominent earring.

[Ellese]

Traditional clothing in Ellese generally consists of:
For men:

-A Sonhar (a coat very similar to the Chokha, but distinguished by its elaborate embroidery on the upper torso, and sometimes on the sleeve-bottoms and ends as well-also, it has different sleeves.)
-An undercoat
-Long pants, made out of wool, linen or silk
-Boots
-A sash of some sort.
-A linen cap, the Ernwel, which often has a feather in it
For certain special events, other accessories are worn with the core outfit as well.

The colour depends on the occasion it is being worn for. For example, when it is being worn for a wedding, it is in blue, red and white.

For women:

-A shirt made out of linen, usually with buttons (from 5-12)
-A long skirt, sometimes pleated, made out of linen or wool
-A Sarshtan, which is a coat, ranging in length, made out of leather, wool, fur and/or silk. It usually features embroidery around the upper torso area and often the sleeves as well (which are split.)
-Shoes, which aren't boots normally
-A wool or leather hat, which could be called a cap, the Terc, which women will generally have their hair piled up into.
-Some kind of sash.

As with the traditional clothing for males, the colour depends on for what occasion is it being worn for.

The sash is an important part of all formal traditional dress in Ellese. When it is a plain silk sash, the colour it is is the chief marker of what event it is being worn upon. These is another kind, which is usually only worn on certain rare events, and is intricately embroidered with a meaningful pattern unique to its possessor. Usually, a pattern or section of pattern will be added to this sash yearly from birth (by the mother until the Ellesean starts school, when they will do it either by themselves or with the help of the mother). It is very special and precious to Elleseans, a type of chronicle of their life and symbol of their identity.

[-Pashtunistan]

Following world unification The Terran Empire aggressively promoted it's own fashion called "Terran Uniform". Men wear a top hat, suit and trousers with either a tie or a bow tie. Meanwhile women wear Thigh-highs, mini skirts and a sweater. It is quite popular. For men, the male Terran Uniform is compulsory on official occasions such as weddings or being granted a beaurocratic position