Eep... worldbuilding. What do the Wild Tribes wear?

[aldersprig]

Okay. So, for the Anthropologist sub-series of the Planners'verse...

The narrator. I picture her original clothing a combination of a British explorer - thus and Evie from the 1st Mummy movie - thus, or dollies.

Her look is something like this girl and this girl (here).

Okay. That's the easy part. Librarians wear robes, see icon. They have textile production, at least small-scale.

This is 300+ years after the "Conflict," which, as I can picture it, is a massive economic meltdown leading to total social collapse. Enclaves of "civilization" exist, along with tribes who have gone back to a nomadic lifestyle, who distrust the Tower(s), the villages, etc.

So. What do the Wild Tribes wear?

Also, why hasn't more technology reasserted itself? *why* is so much of the country still wild?

But more importantly right now, what do the Wild Tribes wear?

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[meridian_rose]

The Wild Tribes are nomads? So bits of clothing they've scavenged up/traded for from more civilised areas, along with skins of fur and leather from any animals they hunt; maybe they weave wool too, and use things like feathers as decorations. Strong plant fibres woven into material too. Very personal and individual in direct contrast to the uniform of the Librarians; jewellery/tattoos and the like mark leaders rather than better clothes.

Just a quick ramble on what came to mind :D

[aldersprig]

Hrrm, small-looms, the little hand-weaving ones for small strips of fabric in plant-dyed colours.

Anything left seeming apoc-y?

I sort of want a picture of the Anthropologist with a combo of her original wear and the Tribes' wear.

[(Anonymous)]

Practically speaking, backpack-sized looms are more likely - fabric about a foot across, maybe a little wider. Smaller looms would be more likely in tribes higher up on the food chain, who have time to bother with decoration as opposed to keeping warm somehow.

[aldersprig]

Okay, you have a very good point there. Shaggy goats? (<3 goats) or just really really shaggy horses?

Now I'm picturing them breeding bears for wool.