kajira clothing

Bells~~ accessory to enhance a slave's steps for dances and feasts; alarm to a Master of the girl's whereabouts; string of tiny bells wrap around the throat, wrists, or ankles; hanging from the collar or slave bracelets; never worn by slaves of Nomads~~

QUOTE: "She threw a linkage of rings and bells to the tiles beside me. 'Bell yourself,' she said. 'They lock,' I said. 'Bell yourself,' she said. I extended my left ankle and, carefully, aligned the four rings. The rings were linked vertically at five places by tiny metal fastenings; each ring, open, hinged, terminated on one end with a bolt and the other with a tiny lock; I slipped the small bolts into the tiny locks; there were four tiny snaps; the rings, linked together, fitted snugly; each ring bore five slave bells." Slave Girl of Gor page 259.

Bina~~ slave jewelry; plain metals, colored string, wooden or cheap glass beads~~

QUOTE: "I then gave my attention to the dancer, a sweetly hipped black girl in yellow beads." Explorers of Gor page 133.

Camisk~~camisk is slit fully on both sides with a slit for the head, worn poncho style, the cloth is held in place with a cord tied tightly about the waist. The hem stops barely beneath the groin and bottom, so that the slave flesh is fully available at all times. Turian camisk is a style of camisk worn by slaves in the city-state of Turia. It consists of a piece of cloth shaped like an inverted 'T' with a beveled crossbar. It fastens behind the neck falls before the wearer's body. The crossbar then passes between her legs and is then brought forward snugly at the hips. It is held in place by a single cord that binds it at the back of the neck, behind the back, and in front at the waist.~~

QUOTE: "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..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 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...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." Captive of Gor page 64.

Chalwar~~ ~~basically baggy pants of diaphanous silk, worn by slave girls of the Tahari, similar to the harem trousers of Earth~~

QUOTE: "From one said 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." Tribesmen of Gor page 88.

Chatka~~ strip of black leather, often 6 inches by 5 feet long, worn like a breech cloth over the curla (the red waist cord) by the slave girls of the Wagon People~~

QUOTE: "Among the Wagon People, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear four articles, two red, two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied around the waist; the Chatka, a long, narrow strip of black leather, fits over this cord in the front, passes 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 People, 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 People, 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 page 30.

Curla~~red chord wrapped around the waist as a belt; secures the chatka; worn by slave girls of the Wagon People~~

QUOTE: "Among the Wagon People, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear four articles, two red, two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied around the waist; the Chatka, a long, narrow strip of black leather, fits over this cord in the front, passes 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 People, 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 People, 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 page 30.

Dancing Chain

QUOTE: "The girl in the long, light chain, smiled at me. She, at any rate was pleased by my response. A wrist ring was fastened on her right wrist. The long, slender, gleaming chain was fastened to this and, slopping down and up, ascending gracefully to a wide chain ring on her collar, through which it freely passed, thence descending, looping down, and ascending, looping up, gracefully, to the left wrist ring. If she were to stand quietly, the palms of her hands on her thighs, the lower portions of the chain, those two dangling loops, would have been about at the level of her knees, just a little higher." Kajira of Gor page 143.

Footwear~~Shoes or sandals are almost never given to a slave. They are kept barefoot. Occasionally, cords are wrapped decoratively about the ankles and calves~~

QUOTE: "Slave girls, on the other hand, commonly walk the streets barefoot, sometimes with something on an ankle, usually the left, a few loops of cord, an anklet, bangles, a tiny chain, such things." Magicians of Gor page 385.

"Slaves are commonly kept barefoot. High slaves, on the other hand, often have sandals, sometimes lovely ones. To be sure, much depends on the terrain, and such. One would not wish a common slave to cut her feet or roughen them." Vagabonds of Gor page 81.

Hair
QUOTE: "She then removed her hands from her hair. Behind her, her hair came, falling, to the sweetness of her shoulder blades. This was a bit short for the hair of a Gorean slave girl. Their hair, as is required by most masters, is usually somewhat long. There is more that can be done with long hair, both with respect to adding variety to the girl's appearance and in the furs, than with short hair. Sometimes a girl is even tied in her own hair. Most importantly, perhaps, long hair is beautiful on a girl, or surely, at least, on many girl. Too, many masters enjoy unbinding it, before ordering a girl to the furs. Unbinding a girl's hair, on Gor, incidentally, is culturally understood as being the act of one who owns her. A free woman, captured, whose hair her captor unbinds, usually for the first time by the stroke of a knife, a precaution against poison pins and other devices, knows full well by this act that she will soon be made his slave. Many Gorean masters, incidentally, shape and trim the hair of their girls. This is less expensive than having it done in a pen. Too, it is pleasant to cut the hair of a girl one owns. She generally kneels, a wrap of rep-cloth about her shoulders, while this is done. Beneath the wrap of rep-cloth, of course, she is naked and in the position of a pleasure slave. When one is through with the cutting it is convenient to have her." Explorers of Gor page 198.

Jewelry

QUOTE: "The girl was naked, save that she wore many strings of jewel and armlets. Too, she wore bracelets and anklets of gold, which had been locked upon her, and were belled. Her collar, too, was of gold, and belled. A single pearl, fastened in a setting like a droplet on a tiny golden chain, was suspended at the center of her forehead." Rogue of Gor pages 10-1.

"I turned her head, from side to side. How exciting were the earrings, penetrating the soft flesh of her ear lobes. I looked at the tiny wires vanishing in the minute punctures and then emerging, looping the ears, as though in a slave bond, making them the mounting places from which, thus fastened upon her, but my will, dangled two golden rings, barbaric ornaments enhancing the beauty of the slave. I smiled to myself. On Earth I had thought little of earrings. Yet now, in the Gorean setting, how exquisite and exciting they suddenly seemed. Perhaps, then, for the first time, I truly began to sense how the Gorean views such things. Surely these things are symbolic as well as beautiful. The girl's lovely ears have been literally pieced; the penetrability of her sweet flesh is thus brazenly advertised up on her very body, a proclamation of her ready vulnerability, in incitement to male rapine. And when she wears the earrings, he can see the metal disappearing in the softness of her ear, literally fixed within it. Her flesh is doubly penetrated, her softness about the intruding metal, before his eyes. The wire loop, too, or rod, when it emerges from the ear and, by one device or another, fastens the ring upon her, may suggest her bondage. Too, if the ring itself is closed, perhaps it suggests her susceptibility to the locked shackle, say, a wrist ring or slave bracelet; would there not, in the two rings, be one, so to speak, for each wrist? It is little wonder that beginning, it was only the lowest and most exciting of pleasure slaves who had their ears pieced; now however, it is not uncommon on Gor for almost any pleasure slave to have her ears pierced; the custom of piercing the ears of a slave has no become relatively widespread; it has been done in Turia, of course, for generations. Too, of course, the ring is an obvious ornament. The girl placed in it has thus been ornamented. Ornamentation is not inappropriate in a slave. Lastly, the ring is beautiful. This it makes the slave more beautiful." Explorers of Gor page 202.

"'But where is the ring?' he asked. Tuchuk women, both slave and free, have fixed in their noses a tiny ring of gold, small and fine, not unlike the wedding rings of Earth. The ponderous bosk on which the Wagon Peoples live, among which are numbered the Kassars and the Tuchuks, also wear such rings, but there, of course, the ring is much larger and heavier. 'My last master, she said, 'Clark of the House of Clark in Thentis, removed it.' 'He is a fool,' said Cernus. 'Such a ring is marvelous. It bespeaks the barbarian, the promise of pleasures so wild and fierce a man of the cities could scarcely conceive of them.'" Assassin of Gor page 45.

"I regarded the coins threaded, overlapping, on her belt and halter. They took the firelight beautifully. They glinted, but were of small worth. One dresses such a woman in cheap coins; she is slave." Tribesmen of Gor page 8.

"She wore a delicate vest and belt of chains and jewels, with shimmering metal droplets attached. And she wore ankle rings, and linked slave bracelets, again with shimmering droplets pendant upon them; and a locked collar, matching." Raiders of Gor page 100.

Kalmak~~short, open, sleeveless, black leather vest; worn by the slave girls of the Wagon People~~

QUOTE: "Among the Wagon People, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear four articles, two red, two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied around the waist; the Chatka, a long, narrow strip of black leather, fits over this cord in the front, passes 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 People, 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 People, 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 page 30.

Kes~~short, sleeveless tunic of black leather worn by the kajirus~~

QUOTE: "Among the Wagon People, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear four articles, two red, two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied around the waist; the Chatka, a long, narrow strip of black leather, fits over this cord in the front, passes 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 People, 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 People, 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 page 30.

QUOTE: Nomads of Gor page 30.

Koora~~strip of red cloth; matches the curla; tied around the head to hold the hair back~~

QUOTE: "Among the Wagon People, to be clad Kajir means, for a girl, to wear four articles, two red, two black; a red cord, the Curla, is tied around the waist; the Chatka, a long, narrow strip of black leather, fits over this cord in the front, passes 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 People, 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 People, 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 page 30.

Leather

QUOTE: "Leather is generally not permitted to slaves. Softer and more feminine fabrics, silk, repcloth, and such, often brief and clinging, not only stunningly attractive and aesthetically pleasing, but also indicative of, and reflective of, their subjection to masculine domination, and generally required of them." Mercenaries of Gor page 404.

Makeup

QUOTE: "I waited my turn before the mirror and applied the cosmetics of the Gorean slave girl. I knew well how to do this, for I had been trained." Captive of Gor page 322.

"`There are one hundred and eleven basic shades of slave lipstick,' said Sucha. `Much depends upon the mood of the master.'" Slave Girl of Gor page 261.

"Her toenails were not painted, of course. Such is almost unheard of among Gorean free women and is rare even among slaves. The usual Gorean position on the matter that toenails and fingernails are not, say, red by nature and thus should not be made to appear as if they were. They also tend to frown on the dying of hair. On the other hand, the ornamentation, and adornment, of slaves by means such as jewelry, cosmetics, for example, lipstick and eye shadow, perfume, and such, is common, particularly in the evening... The reservations about hair coloring are particularly acute in commercial situation. One would not wish to buy a girl thinking she was auburn, a rare and muchly prized hair color on Gor, for example, and then discover later that she was, say, a blond." Vagabonds of Gor page 186.

Naked

QUOTE: "In warmer seasons, or warmer areas, one may take one's time in making the decision as to whether or not a female is permitted clothing. Some masters keep their slaves naked for a year or more. The girl is then grateful when, and if, she is permitted clothing, be it only a bit of cloth or some rag or other." Mercenaries of Gor page 13.

Perfume~~heavier and more sensual than those worn by Free Women~~

QUOTE: "A rich master will often have individual perfumes specially blended and matched to the slave nature of his various girls. All are slaves, completely, but each girl, collared, imbonded, is deliciously different. Some slave perfumes are right for some slaves, and others not." Tribesmen of Gor page 230.

Pleasure Silks~~This sheer form of silk is worn only by slave girls, with a disrobing loop or slave knot at the left shoulder.~~

QUOTE: "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 more than naked." Captive of Gor page 322.

"The simple bowknot is often spoken of as the slave knot. It is the sort of knot prescribed by masters for the fastening of slave garments, because of its ease in undoing. It is fastened at the left side of the girl's waist, where it is handy for a right-handed male, facing her." Renegades of Gor page 161.

"...opaque silk for morning; diaphanous customarily worn for the evening, when on the floor dancing, when serving food an drinks." Dancer of Gor page 259.

Repcloth

QUOTE: "..and rep-cloth is commonly used for female slave garments, it is quite thin and clings well to the curves of the female body." Fighting Slave of Gor page 262.

Slave Veil~~small triangle of diaphanous yellow silk is worn across the bridge of the nose, covering the lower half of the face. It parodies the heavy veils worn by free women, as it conceals nothing and often arouses the lust of Masters. It is often worn with the chalwar.~~

QUOTE: "The mouth of a woman, by men of the Tahari, and by Goreans in general, is found extremely provocative, sexually. The slave veil is a mockery, in its way. It reveals, as much as it conceals, yet it adds a touch of subtlety, mystery; slave veils are made to be torn away, the lips of the master then crushing those of the slave." Tribesmen of Gor page 70.

Ta-Teera~~a one-piece, sleeveless, short slave garment; also called the slave rag; sexier tunic; made of brownish cloth; fitted to reveal more of the girl's attributes~~
QUOTE: "One of the most exciting slave garments, if a 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, that a rag or rags. In it a girl is in no doubt as the 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 wild. Others, of course, may prescribe the Ta-Teera for their girls when they are within their own compartments." Guardsmen of Gor page 107

Tunic~~most worn garment on Gor; during the day slaves almost everywhere wear a simple gray or white tunic~~

QUOTE: "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." Guardsmen of Gor pages 105-109.

Wool

QUOTE: "The wool of the hurt is usually used for male slave garments, it absorbs perspiration well..."Fighting Slave of Gor page 262.

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