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Atha’an Miere - The Fashions of Randland

Men - Sea-Folk men are barefoot and wear dark breeches of an oiled cloth held up by bright narrow sashes with ends trailing to the knee. Men also will wear heavy gold and silver chains for necklaces. High ranking men wear silk breeches and sashes.

Women - In sight of land, women wear the same dark breeches and colorful sashes as the men, accompanied by “blouses as brilliantly colored as their sashes” so as not to shock those living in sight of the harbor. Away from land, however, the women’s dress is identical to the men’s and they doff their blouses. Windfinders and Sailmistress also wear a necklace with a small metal box filled with a strong potpourri.

Piercings - Men and women alike wear earrings to show their rank on the ship. The more earrings one wears, the higher the rank, twelve being the highest. In addition, women can have nose rings, and a fine chain with medallions connecting the nose ring to earrings. These chains can also connect the earrings to one another. The number of medallions, like earrings, show rank and also show qualities of the wearer. 

Tattoos - The Atha’an Miere tattoo their hands with symbols to denote individual qualities and clans.

(If I have missed or mistaken anything, please feel free to send me a message explaining and telling me where to find it in the series!)