The clothing of the Wagon People is unlike the garments worn on other parts of the planet Gor. Below you will find the dress of the people of the wagons.
Free Mens Attire
The Men of the Wagons generally wear breeches, boots, and jerkins of leather and a fur-trimmed quilted jacket atop the jerkin, belted in place by the five buckled belt common to the Wagon People. A leather scarf is also generally worn to protect the face from wind and dust while riding.
Free Womens Attire
Freewomen of the Wagons, are not veiled. They wear long dresses made from the tanned skin of the bosk, and their hair is braided.
Slaves Attire
The slave girl of the Wagons, is forbidden to bind her hair in any way except one: she is allowed to tie it back with a strip of red cloth which is known as the Koora.( strip of red fabric worn as a headband)
She wears three articles of slave clothing as well. Around her waist is tied a binding of red cord, known as the Curla. A long, narrow strip of leather, called the Chatka, is held in place by the Curla. It passes underneath the cord, between her thighs, and up over the cord in back, with the long ends hanging free. She also wears a short, open vest of black leather, the Kalmak.
A girl who is not trusted by her master may be stripped of all garments, so that she cannot hide a weapon on her person. She may also be belled at wrists and ankles so that her movements can be easily kept track of.
The male slaves of the Wagons, known as kajiri, wear a single garment, a sleeveless jerkin of black leather called the Kes.
More Info
All women of the Wagons, whether slave or free, wear a thin gold ring in the nose, just as do the bosk. The ring is delicate, and adds notably to her beauty.
In winter, all Wagon People, whether slave or free, wear clothing designed to protect them from the bitter cold of the Plains:
heavy coats, bosk-hide trousers, furred boots, and caps with ear-flaps that tie under the chin. Kajirae, of course, wear their hair unbound, as usual, and this is often the only visible sign of their slave status during the winter months. Some slavegirls also wear their Turian collars (a collar which fits more loosely and resembles a hinged ring looped about the throat. A man can get his fingers inside a Turian collar and use it to drag the girl to him.) outside of their coats, beneath the furred collar.
Quotes on Clothing
"Tuchuk women, unveiled, in their long leather dresses, long hair bound in braids, tended cooking pots hung on tem-wood tripods over dung fires. These women were unscarred, but like the bosk themselves, each wore a nose ring. That of the animals is heavy and of gold, that of the women also of gold but tiny and fine, not unlike the wedding rings of my old world."
Nomads of Gor, pg 27
"Free women, incidentally, among the Wagon Peoples are not permitted to wear silk: it is claimed by those of the Wagons, delightfully I think, that any women who loves the feel of silk on her body is, in the secrecy of her heart and blood, a slave girl, whether or not some Master has yet forced her to don the collar."
Nomads of Gor, pg 58
"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 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 pg. 30
"The Wintering was not unpleasant, although, even so far north, the days and nights were often quite chilly; the Wagon Peoples and their slaves as well, wore boskhide and furs during this time; both male and female, slave or free, wore furred boots and trousers, coats and the flopping, ear-flapped caps that tied under the chin; in this time there was often no way to mark the distinction between the free woman and the slave girl, save that the hair of the latter must needs be unbound; in some cases of course, the Turian collar was visible, if worn on the outside of the coat, usually under the furred collar; the men too, free and slave were dressed similarly, save that the kajiri, or he-slaves wore shackles, usually with a run of about a foot of chain."
Nomads of Gor, pg. 59
"I could see he carried a small, round, leather shield, glossy, black, lacquered; he wore a conical, fur-rimmed iron helmet, a net of colored chains depending from the helmet protecting his face, leaving only holes for the eyes. He wore a quilted jacket and under this a leather jerkin; the jacket was trimmed with fur and had a fur collar; his boots were made of hide and also trimmed with fur; he had a wide, five-buckled belt. I could not see his face because of the net of chain that hung before it. I also noted, about his throat, now lowered, there was a soft leather wind scarf that might, when the helmet veil was lifted, be drawn over the mouth and nose, against the wind and dust of his ride."
Nomads of Gor, pg 10
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