Clothing varies from area to area on Gor and
of course depends on the Owner’s wishes. This is a list of some of the basic
slave apparel in different cities of Gor.
Silks and Slave Outfits
Camisk
A poncho like garment, belted at the waist,
it normally hangs high on the thighs.
“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 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....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, 64.
Chalwar
A diaphonous
trouser garment, gathered in at the ankles, but billowy otherwise. It is
normally worn with a matching vest, tight, four hooked, that keeps the midriff
bare. It is a Tahari outfit.
‘She wore a high tight vest of red silk, with
four hooks; her midriff was bare; she wore the sashed
chalwar, a sashed,
diaphanous trousered garment, full but gathered in,
closely, at the ankles; she was barefoot; her wrists and ankles were bangled; she was veiled; she was collared.’
Tribesmen of Gor, 105.
Chatka
See
Clad Kajir
Clad Kajir
This is the term used to denote a slave who
is clad in the way of the Wagon Peoples, this clothing
varies for the kajirae and kajiri.
For the female she wears a red cord called the Curla
tied around her waist which holds in place the Chatka,
a narrow strip of black leather that passes through her legs. The Kalmak which is a black leather vest
and the Koora, a strip of red cloth which holds her
hair back. A kajiri must only wear the Kes, which is a sleeveless black work tunic.
“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, 30.
The colors in the illustration have been changed to make it easier to see.
Black would not give the correct idea.
Curla
See
Clad Kajir
Kalmak
See
Clad Kajir
Kes
See
Clad Kajir
Kirtle
A sleeveless dress of white wool which hangs
down to the ankles, the neckline is split down to the belly for better display.
This is worn in the North such as Torvaldsland.
“She was blond; she was barefoot; she wore an
ankle-length white kirtle, of white wool, sleeveless, split to her belly.”
Marauders of Gor, 81.
Koora
see Clad Kajir
Pleasure
Silks
Diaphonous silks of varied colors which are used to entice men
by their brevity. They do not conceal but enhance the slave's body and are most
often worn by Tavern slaves.
“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, 322.
Slave
Livery
The most common of slave outfits, it is
basically a very short dress, split down the middle, held together with a cord.
It rides high upon the thighs and comes in a variety of patterns and materials.
‘She wore the briefly skirted, sleeveless
slave livery common in the northern cities of Gor; the livery was yellow and
split to the cord that served as her belt; about her throat she wore a matching
collar, yellow enameled over steel.’
Assassins of Gor, 7.
Slave
Rag
Another name for Ta-Teera. A
scandalously short garment of brown cloth, normally torn or ripped, held
together by two small hooks which pull the garment tight about the body,
accentuating every curve of the slave.
“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 close 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 held pent, held captive, within.”
Slave
Girl of Gor, 76.
Ta-Teera
The Gorean Slave Rag, it is scandalously
short and of brown cloth, fastened tightly about the body to accentuate every
curve of the slave which wears it. It is an utterly sensual garment. See Slave
Rag for more info.
“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.”
Slave
Girl of Gor, 81
Thrall
Tunic
A short work tunic of white
wool that male slaves of Torvaldsland, called
thralls, are dressed in.
“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, 82
Turian
Camisk
A form of camisk unlike the standard camisk. It is shaped like an inverted 'T', fastens at the
back of the neck, passes through the girl's legs and then is tied about her
waist. It is much more snug than the standard camisk and often covered the brand area.
The single garment of these women was the Turian Camisk. I do not know
particularly why it is called a camisk, save that it
is a simple garment for a female slave.The common camisk is a single piece of cloth, about eighteen inches
wide, thrown over the girls head and worn like a poncho. It usually falls a a bit above the knees in front
and back and is belted with a cord our chain. The Turian
camisk, on the other hand, if it were to be laid out
on the floor, would appear somewhat like an inverted "T" in which the
bar of the "T": would be beveled on each side. It is fastened with a
single cord. The cord binds the girl at three points, behind the neck, behind
the back, and in front at the waist. The garment itself, as might be supposed,
fastens behind the girls neck passes before her, passes between her legs, and
is then lifted and, folding the two side of the T`s
bar about her hips, ties in front. The Turian camisk, unlike the common camisk,
will cover the girls brand; on the other hand, unlike the common camisk, it leaves the back uncovered and can be tied, and
is, snugly, the better to disclose the girls beauty.
Nomads of Gor, 90.
Chains and Other Accessories
Dancing
Chains
This chain arrangement is used with certain
dancing styles. The slave is fastened within bracelets to which very light
gleaming chain is attached, the chain is looped up
through a loop in her collar. There is much that can be done with this
arrangement. The chain passes freely within the loop.
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,
looping down and up, ascending gracefully to a wide chain ring on her collar,
through which it freely passed, thence decending,
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, 143
Four
Chains
This type of chaining is more complicated
than most. The slave wears ankle and wrist rings to which two chains are
attached. The ankles and wrists joined together by eighteen inches of chain
each and then the left ankle joined to the left wrist, the right ankle to the
right wrist. It is possible to move and serve within this chain arrangement.
“His girls served nude and chained. Each
ankle and wrist ring had two staples. Each girl's wrists were joined by about
eighteen inches of chain and similarly for her ankles. Further each girl's left
wrist was chained to her ankle and her right wrist to her right ankle. This
arrangement, lovely on a girl, produces the "four chains," from which
the establishment took its name. The four-chain chaining arrangement, of
course, and variations upon it, is well known upon Gor. Four other paga taverns in Port Kar alone used it.”
Explorers of Gor, 42
Iron
Belt
The iron belt is the Gorean version of a
chastity belt. It consists of a piece of metal encircling the waist and a
secondary piece which swings up between the legs and is padlocked in back.
‘I felt then the encircling clasp of metal
closed about my waist, and then, swinging up between my legs, another piece of
metal. These things were fastened into place, the right side, and the lower
portion, hasp like, over the staple on the left side of the apparatus. The
whole then, was secured behind my back with a padlock.
Once again, I wore an iron belt.’
Mercenaries of Gor, 99.
Sirik
A chain system with a collar from which flows
a chain down to the slave's feet, off of this chain are chains with
terminations for the ankles and wrists of the slave.
“Then, when I was absolutely naked, a golden
collar, to which a chain was attached, with wrist rings and ankle rings, was
brought. It was a chaining system of that sort called a sirik.
My chin was thrust up and I felt the golden collar locked about my throat.
Almost as the same time my wrists, held closely together before me, were locked
helplessly in the wrist rings. In another instant, my ankles, held, were
helplessly in the ankle rings. A chain then ran from my collar to the chain on
my wrist rings and from thence, the same chain, to the chain on my ankle rings.
My ankle rings chain was about twelve inches in length, and my wrist chain was
about six inches in length. The central chain, where it dangled down from the
wrist rings, lay on the floor before the throne, before it looped up to where
it was closed about the central link of the ankle ring chain. “
Kajira of Gor, 185-186
Slave
Bracelets
Light, restraining bracelets which lock when
snapped closed. Perfectly capable of holding a female slave captive, some are
made stronger for use with male slaves though most use manacles for males.
“Unresisting, the girl extended her wrists,
and the soldier snapped slave bracelets on them--light, restraining bracelets
of gold and blue stones that might have served as jewlery
if it had not been for their function.”
Tarnsman of Gor, 102
Work
Sirik
Much like the standard sirik with the exception that the wrists are granted about
a yard of chain instead of the normal twelve inches, to permit ease in working.
The chain she wore was a work sirik. It resembles the common sirik
but the wrists, to permit work, are granted about a yard of chain. Like the
common sirik, it is a lovely chain, Women are
beautiful in it.
Kajira of Gor, page 145
Beauty Accessories
Bina
Cheap jewelry and beads used most often to
adorn slaves.
“The most exact translation of 'bina' would probably be "slave beads."
Kajira of Gor, 82
Makeup
There are many varieties and shades of slave
makeup but most are of dark colors, barbaric, meant to enhance every feature.
“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, 322
Slave
Bells
Small bells which are used in bracelets,
anklets, threaded through hair, or attached in other ways to slaves. Their
sound is a barbaric sensual melody.
“The sound was tiny, rich, sensuous.
They were slave bells. They would draw men to my body. I moved slightly. I felt
them stir on my body and on the loops that held them. So slight a movement made
them sound!”
Kajira of Gor, 84
Slave
Perfume
Rich, heavy, normally musky perfumes, created
so as to enflame the senses of a
A rich master will often have individual purfumes 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 purfumes are right for some slaves, and others not.
Tribesmen
of Gor, 230
Slave
Veil
A small veil, a mockery of
a Freewoman's veil. Diaphonous, it covers the nose and mouth of the slave and
is primarily used in the Tahari and for certain
dances.
“Angrily Alyena,
the former Miss Priscilla Blake-Allen of Earth, took the tiny, triangular
yellow veil, utterly diaphonous and held it before
her face, covering the lower portion of her face. The veil was drawn back and
she held it at her ears. The light silk was held across the bridge of her nose,
where, beautifully, its porous, yellow sheen broke to the left and right. Her
mouth, angry, was visible behind the veil. It, too, covered her chin. (and later) The slave veil is a mockery, in its way. It
reveals as much as conceals, yet it adds a touch of subtlety, mystery; slave
veils were made to be torn away, the lips of the master then crushing those of
the slave.”
Tribesmen
of Gor, 69-70
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