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Slave Attire.
kajira and kajiru dress, differs greatly, this depends on the location of their Vana'she or Avan'she HomeStone.
"The dressing of slaves, incidentally, is an interesting and intricate pastime. The slave is almost never totally nude. Her body is marked almost always with some token of her condition, which is bond. This is usually a collar, but it may also be an anklet, sometimes belled, or a bracelet. Her brand, of course, fixed in her very flesh, deep and lovely, is always worn. There is no mistaking it. The iron has seen to that." "Sometimes, too, it is controversial as to what constitutes a garment and what a bond. For example, is a slave harness a garment or a bond; objectively, I suppose, it is both. So, too, I would suppose, are the tunic chains of Tyros. A girl may be "set off," of course, and beautifully, even if, technically, she is not clothed. She may be garbed, for example, in netting, as the "Hunter's Catch"; or she may be bedecked in jewels and leather, and shimmering chains, dancing under a whip in a tavern in Port Kar; or she may have flowers intertwined in her chains, as when she is awarded to a victor in public games in Ar. Interestingly, what counts as slave garments and what does not, is apparently a culturally influenced phenomenon."
Guardsman of Gor
Camisk
"The common camisk is a single piece of cloth, about eighteen inches
wide, thrown over the girl's head and worn like a poncho. It usually falls
a bit above the knees in the front and back and is belted with cord or chain."
Nomads of Gor
"The camisk is a rectangle of cloth, with a hole cut for the head, rather
like a poncho. The edges are commonly folded and stitched to prevent raveling.
The camisk, I am told, normally falls to the knees, but Targo made us cut
ours considerably shorter. The camisk, I am told, was at one time commonly
belted with a chain. However, the camisks that I have personally seen, and
those we were given, were belted with a long, thin strap of leather binding
fiber. This passes once around the body, and then again, and then is tied,
snugly, over the right hip. When Targo inspected me, he made me tighten the
belt, to accentuate my figure. The belt of binding fiber not only makes it
easier to adjust the camisk to a given girl, but, of course, the binding fiber
serves to remind her that she is in bondage. In a moment it may be removed,
and she may be secured with it, leashed, or bound hand and foot. The camisk,
in its way, is an incredibly attractive garment. It displays the girl, but
provocatively. Moreover, it proclaims her slave, and begs to be torn away
by the hand of the master. Men thrill to see a girl in a camisk. Secondly,
I think Targo gave us camisks to make us even more his slaves. We desperately
wanted to have something to cover ourselves, be it only a camsik. That he
might take it away if irritated, or dissatisfied with us, made us that the
more eager to please him."
Slave Girl of Gor
"The Turian camisk is a bit like an inverted 'T,' the bar of which has
beveled edges. It goes about the neck, down, low, and is drawn up, and snugly,
usually quite snugly, between the legs, the beveled bad ends on the 'T' then
being folded closely forward about the girl's flanks and being tied, tightly,
at her belly."
Guardsman of Gor
Chalwar
"From one side a slave girl, barefoot, bangled, in sashed, diaphanous,
trousered chalwar, gathered at the ankle, its tight, red-silk vest, with bare
midriff, fled to him, with the tall, graceful, silvered pot containing the
black wine. She was veiled. She knelt, replenishing the drink. Beneath her
veil, I saw the metal of her collar."
Tribesman of Gor
"She wore a high, red-silk vest, swelling, fastened with a single hook;
diaphanous red-silk chalwar, low on her hips, gathered at the ankles; two
golden bangles on her left ankle; collar."
Tribesman of Gor
Chatka, Curla, Kalmak, and Koora
"Among the Wagon Peoples, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear
four articles, two red two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied about the
waist; the Chatka, or long, narrow strip of black leather, fits over the cord
in front, passes under, and then again, from the inside, passes over the cord
in back; the Chatka is drawn tight; the Kalmak is then donned; it is a short,
open, sleeveless vest of black leather; lastly the Koora, a strip of red cloth,
matching the Curla, is wound about the head, to hold the hair back, for slave
women, among the Wagon Peoples, are not permitted to braid, or otherwise dress
their hair; it must be, save for the Koora, worn loose. For a male slave or
Kajirus, of the Wagon Peoples, and there are few, save for the work chains,
to be clad Kajir means to wear the Kes, a short, sleeveless work tunic of
black leather."
Nomads of Gor
"The red cord, or Curla, was knotted about my waist, tightly, the knot,
a slip knot, might be loosened with a single tug over my left hip. Over the
Curla in the front, slipping under the body and between the legs, and passing
over the Curla in the back, was the Chatka, or narrow strip of black leather,
some six inches in width, some five feet or so in length; it was drawn tight;
when a girl wears the Curla and Chatka, the brand, whether on left or right
thigh, is fully visible, for the inspection of masters. I also wore a brief,
open, sleeveless vest of black leather, the Kalmak. I wore a broad Koora,
which, kerchieflike, covered most of my head."
Slave Girl of Gor
Shirtdress of the Barrens
"About her throat, narrow, sturdy and closely fitting, was a steel collar.
I stepped back, that I might see her better. She wore a short, fringed, beaded
shirtdress. This came up high on her thighs. It was split to her waist, revealing
the sweetness and loveliness of her breasts. It was belted upon her with a
doubly looped, tightly knotted rawhide string. Such a string is more than
sufficient, in its length, and in the strength and toughness, to tie a woman
a number of ways. She was barefoot. About her left ankle there was, about
two inches high, a beaded cuff, or anklet. Her garb was doubtless intended
to suggest the distinctive, humiliating and scandalously brief garment in
which red savages are sometimes pleased to place their white slaves."
Savages of Gor
Haik
"The haik, black, covers the woman from head to toe. At the eyes, there
is a tiny bit of black lace, through which she may see. On her feet were soft,
black, non-heeled slippers, with curled toes; they were decorated with a line
of silver thread."
Tribesman of Gor
"Following him, in a black haik, was a woman. Suddenly I was startled.
As she passed me, her stride small and measured, I heard the clink of light
chain, the sound of ankle bells. She was slave. She turned her head, briefly,
to look at me; I saw her eyes, dark, through the tiny opening in the haik,
through the tiny, black-lace screen, about an inch in height and four inches
in width. Then, with a rustle of chain, and the tiny music of her bells, she
turned swiftly, following her master. Beneath the haik, I supposed her collared,
naked."
Tribesmen of Gor
Kes
"For a male slave, or Kajirus, of the Wagon Peoples, and there are few,
save for the work chains, to be clad Kajir means to wear the Kes, a short,
sleeveless work tunic of black leather."
Nomads of Gor
Kirtle
"Only a kirtle of thin, white wool, split to the belly, stood between
their beauty and the leather of their masters."
Marauders of Gor
"She was blond; she was barefoot; she wore an ankle-length white kirtle,
of white wool, sleeveless, split to her belly."
Marauders of Gor
Silks
"Slave Silk, and certainly that sort which is commonly worn in paga taverns
and upon occasion in brothels, when the girls are permitted clothing there,
is generally diaphanous. It leaves little doubt as to the beauty of the slave.
Some girls claim they would rather be naked, claiming that such silk makes
them 'more naked then naked,' but most girls, and I think, even those, too,
who speak in such a way, are grateful for even the wisp of gossamer shielding
it provides against the imperious appraisals of masters, even though it must
be pulled away or discarded instantly at a man's whim."
Dancer of Gor
"There are a large number of ways in which slave silk is worn. It can
be worn, for example, on the shoulder or off the shoulder, with high necklines
or plunging necklines, in open or closed garments, tightly or flowing, and
in various lengths. Sometimes it is put on the girl only in halters and G-strings,
or mere G-strings. Sometimes it is done, too, in strips wound about her body.
The tying of slave girdles, with such silk, and otherwise, to emphasize the
girl's figure and make clear her bondage, is an art in itself. Often, too,
and as usually in paga taverns, it is worn in brief tunics. Most of these
are partable or wraparound tunics. Such may be removed gracefully. Some tunics,
however, like some regular slave tunics, have a disrobing loop, usually at
the left shoulder, where it may easily be reached by both a right-handed master
and a right handed slave. A tug on the disrobing loop drops the tunic to the
girl's ankles, also gracefully."
Dancer of Gor
"I slipped on the bit of silk. I looked in the mirror and shuddered.
I had been naked before men, many times, but it did not seem to me that I
had been so naked as this. It was Gorean pleasure silk. Not naked, I seemed
more than naked."
Captive of Gor
Ta-Teera
"Eta pulled at the bit of rag she wore. "'Ta-Teera," she said.
I looked down at the scrap of rag, outrageously brief, so scandalous, so shameful,
fit only for a slave girl, which I wore. I smiled. I had been placed in a
Ta-Teera. "Ta-Teera," I said. I wore the Ta-Teera."
Slave Girl of Gor
"One of the most exciting slave garments, if the slave is permitted clothing,
is the Ta-Teera, or, as it is sometimes called, the slave rag. This is analogous
to the tunic, but it is little more, and intentionally so, than a rag or rags.
In it the girl is in no doubt as to whether or not she is a slave. Some cities
do not wish girls in Ta-Teeras to be seen publicly on the streets. Some masters
put their girls in such garments only when they are camping, or in the wilds.
Others, of course, may prescribe the Ta-Teera for their girls when they are
within their own compartments."
Outlaw of Gor
"It was with joy, later in the morning, that I felt, thrown against my
body by my master, a bit of brown cloth. It was a few threads, fit for a bond
girl(...)Joyfully I drew on the garment, slipping it over my head, and fastened
it, more tightly about me by the two tiny hooks on the left. The slit made
the garment a rather snug one, easier to slip into; the two hooks, when fastened,
naturally increased the snugness of the garment, drawing it quite closely
about the breasts and hips, deliciously then, from the point of view of a
man, the girl's figure is betrayed and accentuated; also the two hooks do
not close the slit on the left completely, but permit men to gaze upon the
sweet slave flesh pent, held captive within."
Slave Girl of Gor
Thrall Tunic
"Men in the fields wore short tunics of white wool; some carried hoes;
their hair was close cropped; about their throats had been hammered bands
of black iron, with a welded ring attached."
Marauders of Gor
Tunic
"The most common Gorean garment for a slave is a brief slave tunic. This
tunic is invariably sleeveless, and usually, has a deep, plunging neckline.
It may be of a great variety of materials, from rich satins and silks to thin,
form-revealing, clinging rep-cloth."
Outlaw of Gor
Work tunic
"I wore a brief, one-piece, brown work tunic. It was all I wore, with
the exception of the collar. We wore such tunics when engaged as work slaves.
The tunics of work slaves are usually brown or gray."
Slave Girl of Gor
"About her forehead, tying back her dark hair, was a strip of rep cloth,
brown, of the same material as the work tunic. I knew this meant she had authority
among the girls."
Captive of Gor
Torvaldsland garments
"Before he had left, he had them sew northern garments for themselves,
under his instruction. From the furs and hides among the spoils at the wall
they had cut and sewn for themselves stockings of lart skin, and shirts of
hide, and a light and heavy parka, each hooded and rimmed with lart fur. Too,
they had made the high fur boots of the northern woman and the brief panties
of fur, to which the boots, extending to the crotch, reach. On the hide shirts
and parkas he had made them sew a looped design of stitching at the left shoulder,
which represented binding fiber. This designated the garments as those of
beasts. A similar design appeared on each of the other garments. About their
throats now, too, they wore again four looped strings, each differently knotted,
by means of which a red hunter might, upon inspection, determine that their
owner was Imnak."
Beasts of Gor
"I saw four small milk bosk grazing on short grass. In the distance,
above the acres, I could see mountains, snowcapped. A flock of verr, herded
by a maid with a stick, turned bleating on the sloping hillside. She shaded
her eyes. Se was blond; she was barefoot; she wore an ankle-length white kirtle
of white wool, sleeveless, split to her belly; about her neck I could see
a dark ring."
Marauders of Gor
"If you are washed and readied" said a young thrall, collared in
a kirtle of white wool, "it is permissible to present yourself before
the high seat of the house, before my master, Svein Blue Tooth, Jarl of Torvaldsland."
Marauders of Gor