Dynastic Fashions - Revision history

Storyteller: /* Seasonal Fashions */

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‎Seasonal Fashions

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‎Thousand Scales Mandarin Squares

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Storyteller at 16:28, 15 August 2016

2016-08-15T16:28:33Z

Storyteller: /* The Cost of Fashion */

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‎The Cost of Fashion

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2014-11-06T01:09:15Z

‎Thousand Scales Mandarin Squares

Ledaal Shinjo at 13:41, 25 July 2014

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Storyteller: /* Professional Fashions */

2014-06-05T15:27:57Z

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 - '''Resplendant''': Pine trees and sprouts, [[White Crane]]s, eels.<br/>
 - '''Descending''': Crimson layered on Purple. Plum blossoms, snowflakes, [[Bluebird]]s.<br/>
-- NOTE: Five layers of robes can be both cumbersome and expensive. Many Dynasts instead use 'collar strips', lengths of cloth that can be worn inside a robe to give the impression of further robes beneath.<br/>
+- NOTE: Five layers of robes can be both cumbersome and expensive. Some [[Scarlet Dynasty|Dynasts]] (and most [[Patrician Clans|Patricians]] who emulate Dynastic dress) instead use 'collar strips' or 'detachable bosoms', collars with bibs of layered cloth that can be worn under a robe to give the impression of further robes beneath. The wealthy fashionistas of the Dynasty, of course, consider such a 'shortcut' to be worthy of disdain.<br/>
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 '''Water''': Black, dark blue, blue-green colours. Silver, obsidian, ebony, and black jade jewels. Two layered robes. Water-element associations. Stories of political maneuver and epic journeys.<br/>

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 '''Junior Clerk''': [[Paradise Flycatcher]].<br/>
 '''Scribe''': Sun with Clouds.<br/>
-'''Minor Functionary''': Magpie. (the squares at this rank show several variations, depending on branch of the Scales: magpies flying in rainy skies mark the [[Determined Brigades Firm against Blazing Conflagration]], magpies bearing sprouting seeds mark the [[Eternally Vigilant Wardens of Detritus]], etc.<br/>
+'''Minor Functionary''': [[Magpie]]. (the squares at this rank show several variations, depending on branch of the Scales: magpies flying in rainy skies mark the [[Determined Brigades Firm against Blazing Conflagration]], magpies bearing sprouting seeds mark the [[Eternally Vigilant Wardens of Detritus]], etc.<br/>
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 '''Dragon-blooded''': Exalted members of the Thousand Scales, regardless of rank, feature dragons in the background of their mandarin square, almost always in the colour appropriate to their aspect.<br/>
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 '''Imperial Husband''': [[Kirin]] (giraffe)<br/>
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 '''Junior Clerk''': [[Paradise Flycatcher]].<br/>
 '''Scribe''': Sun with Clouds.<br/>
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 '''Satrap''': [[Lion]]<br/>

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 '''Senior Prefectural Secretary''': [[Leopard]]<br/>
 '''Prefectural Under-Secretary''': [[Seal]]<br/>
-'''First Prefectural Clerk''': [[Rhino]]<br/>
+'''First Prefectural Clerk''': [[Rhino]] or [[Ceros]]<br/>
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 '''Imperial-sanctioned Performer''': [[Lantern Oriole]].<br/>

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 '''Senior Prefectural Secretary''': [[Leopard]]<br/>
 '''Prefectural Under-Secretary''': [[Seal]]<br/>
-'''First Prefectural Clerk''': [[Rhinoceros]]<br/>
+'''First Prefectural Clerk''': [[Rhino]]<br/>
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 '''Imperial-sanctioned Performer''': [[Lantern Oriole]].<br/>

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−	- '''Imperial Court Dress''': Dress fit for the Imperial Court is complex, with many layers of the finest [[Silk]], embroidered or painted by Creation's pre-eminent artisans, jewelry formed of the rarest gemstones and precious metals, often the Magical Materials themselves worked not as artifice but as mundane necklace or bangle whose sacrificed potential spoke to its extravagance. Dress fit for the Imperial Court are costly, running multiple Talents of [[Jade]] to purchase... to buy a new Court robe for every season would completely bankrupt a character of Resources 5 in a single year. Thus, while fashions change regularly, even the most wealthy cannot keep up with them at Court by simply changing to a new robe to fit the new trend or themes. Most Dynasts will possess at least one set of clothing of Imperial Court calibre, traditionally gifted by House on their adulthood, while those married are often gifted another by the family of their spouse (often the first set will speak to the aspirations of parents for their children, the second to expectations of the spouse's family towards the one now wed to their child). Dynasts of Resources 0 will lack this as they have done something to see stipend and support stripped, those of Resources 1 may maintain a single set, of Resources 2 might have a single additional set. Those of Resources 4 will likely have managed to accumulate four or five additional garments, and those of Resources 5 will have accumulated around ten. It can be useful to detail the exact Court outfits a Dynastic character has at their disposal as part of their background information.	+	- '''Imperial Court Dress''': Dress fit for the Imperial Court is complex, with many layers of the finest [[Silk]], embroidered or painted by Creation's pre-eminent artisans, jewelry formed of the rarest gemstones and precious metals, often the Magical Materials themselves worked not as artifice but as mundane necklace or bangle whose sacrificed potential spoke to its extravagance. Dress fit for the Imperial Court are costly, running multiple Talents of [[Jade]] to purchase... to buy a new Court robe for every season would completely bankrupt a character of Resources 5 in a single year. Thus, while fashions change regularly, even the most wealthy cannot keep up with them at Court by simply changing to a new robe to fit the new trend or themes. Most Dynasts will possess at least one set of clothing of Imperial Court calibre, traditionally gifted by House on their adulthood, while those married are often gifted another by the family of their spouse (often the first set will speak to the aspirations of parents for their children, the second to expectations of the spouse's family towards the one now wed to their child). Dynasts of Resources 0 will lack this as they have done something to see stipend and support stripped, those of Resources 1 may maintain a single set, of Resources 2 might have a single additional set. Those of Resources 4 will likely have managed to accumulate four or five additional garments, and those of Resources 5 will have accumulated around ten. It can be useful to detail the exact Court outfits a Dynastic character has at their disposal as part of their background information.

	Commissioning new outfits requires a lengthy process of fittings and measuring, specifying patterns and images, followed by the crafting of the garments and jewelry and an investment of 2 talents of jade, such a luxury not being purchasable with scrip, the whole process taking at least three seasons and sometimes several years for the finest examples. The highest fashions, such as those from lady [[Onherra]]'s [[Ragged Lace]] in the [[Imperial City]], can reach 5 talents in price, though working with such artists of fashion has another price: those wishing full control over their garments are better served commissioning less costly pieces, for such designers will certainly craft the garment they believe best suits their clients, without regard for that client's preference.		Commissioning new outfits requires a lengthy process of fittings and measuring, specifying patterns and images, followed by the crafting of the garments and jewelry and an investment of 2 talents of jade, such a luxury not being purchasable with scrip, the whole process taking at least three seasons and sometimes several years for the finest examples. The highest fashions, such as those from lady [[Onherra]]'s [[Ragged Lace]] in the [[Imperial City]], can reach 5 talents in price, though working with such artists of fashion has another price: those wishing full control over their garments are better served commissioning less costly pieces, for such designers will certainly craft the garment they believe best suits their clients, without regard for that client's preference.

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 == The Cost of Fashion ==
-Those with experience in modern reality might consider it normal for the wealthy to wear clothes once and then discard them, this is not the case in Exalted. Embroidered silk robes fit for the Imperial court are costly, perhaps two talents of jade to purchase… to buy a new robe for every season would completely bankrupt a character of Resources 5 in a single year. Thus, while fashions change regularly, even the most wealthy cannot keep up with them by simply changing to a new robe to fit the new trend or themes. Most Dynasts will possess at least one set of clothing of this calibre, gifted by House on their adulthood. Those married are often gifted another by the family of their spouse. Dynasts of Resources 0 might not even have this as they have done something to see stipend and support stripped, those of Resources 1 have only these robes, of Resources 2 might have a single additional set. Those of Resources 4 will likely have managed to accumulate four or five additional garments, and those of Resources 5 will have accumulated around ten. It can be useful to detail the exact outfits a Dynastic character has at their disposal as part of their background information. <br/>
+Dynastic fashions are many things, but cheap is not one of them, particularly when it comes to the clothing mandated by the [[Scarlet Empress]] for those who sought to have a presence in her Court... one could equip whole Imperial Legions for the cost of some Court attire and jewelry, and while many an Outcaste military officer has frowned at this expenditure such clothing, the lords and ladies of the Scarlet Dynasty understood the access & favour it made possible produced a greater return than would ten Dragons of soldiers marching to battle.
-Purchasing new outfits requires fittings and measuring, specifying patterns and images, and an investment of 2 talents of jade, such a luxury not being purchasable with scrip (Resources 4, roughly) and takes approximately three seasons to complete. The highest fashions, such as those from lady Onherra's ''Ragged Lace'' in the Imperial City, can reach up to 5 talents (a Resources 5 purchase) in price.
-Members of the Legions are provisioned with a dress uniform in addition to this, and members of the magistrates, Immaculate Order, and Thousand Scales are also provided the required dress… though in the case of a Scales bureaucrat, the mandarin square itself is not provided and must be purchased, often at significant expense.
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 == Thousand Scales Mandarin Squares ==
-Bureaucratic uniforms are perhaps the most complex of professional fashions, composed of brown cloth edged in scarlet, made of cotton for clerks and lower ranks and silk for higher offices. These are usually worn when more elaborate dress (for galas or Imperial audiences) is unsuitable. Whatever is worn, the rank of a bureaucrat is displayed through a square of ornately embroidered cloth, bearing various symbols depending on the exact position.<br/>
+Bureaucratic uniforms in the [[Thousand Scales]] are perhaps the most complex of professional fashions, composed of brown cloth edged in scarlet, made of cotton for clerks and lower ranks and silk for higher offices. These are usually worn when more elaborate dress (for galas or Imperial audiences) is unsuitable. Whatever is worn, the rank of a bureaucrat is displayed through a square of ornately embroidered cloth, bearing various symbols depending on the exact position.<br/>
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 '''Dragon-blooded''': Exalted members of the Thousand Scales, regardless of rank, feature dragons in the background of their mandarin square, almost always in the colour appropriate to their aspect.<br/>

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 '''- EARTH''': Octagonal shapes, the number 8. Stewed, roasted foods, savoury flavours. Potatos. Distilled beverages. Rock, sand, architecture, toughness, underground, ritual, tradition, internal, reliability, stillness, claustrophobia, humanity, civilization, tools, training, dedication, eternity, landmarks, white and brown, faith, mountains, goats, small furred animals, burrows, serpents, the Sun at its zenith, Maiden of Battles, right angles, caves, cities, farms, domestication, gems, white jade, lead. Black or white stone, low ceilings, heavy stone construction, few windows, packed dirt floors, brick or adobe walls, manses partly sunk into hillsides, stone statues, compact layouts, Virtues, Willpower.<br/>
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-'''- WOOD''': Hexagonal shapes, the number 6. Fried & fresh foods, bitter flavours. Rice. Wine. Plants, animals, seasons, growth, poison, birth, death, cycles, love, forests, green, brown, simple governance, joy, pleasure, spirit, gods, thorns, fl owers, lust, reproduction, drugs, parties, predator-prey, twilight, Maiden of Endings, spirals, rivers, emerald, amber, green jade. Wooden construction, trees and gardens, potted plants, multi-storied layout, organic forms, wide angles, artwork of everyday life, small comfortable chambers, archery motifs, performance spaces, the Virtue of Compassion.<br/>
+'''- WOOD''': Hexagonal shapes, the number 6. Fried & fresh foods, bitter flavours. Rice. Wine. Plants, animals, seasons, growth, poison, birth, death, cycles, love, forests, green, brown, simple governance, joy, pleasure, spirit, gods, thorns, flowers, lust, reproduction, drugs, parties, predator-prey, twilight, Maiden of Endings, spirals, rivers, emerald, amber, green jade. Wooden construction, trees and gardens, potted plants, multi-storied layout, organic forms, wide angles, artwork of everyday life, small comfortable chambers, archery motifs, performance spaces, the Virtue of Compassion.<br/>
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 '''- FIRE''': Triangular shapes, the number 3. Grilled & deep-fried foods, spicy flavours. Bread. Beer. Passion, heat, light, agility, animation, pain, danger, renewal, change, specialization, consumption, orange, quickness, immediate force, awe, conflict, desert, volcano, phoenix, reptiles, lions, sacrifice, purification, instinct, great cats, desert snakes, dawn, Maiden of Journeys, acute angles, violence, ruby, red jade, steel. Red, orange or yellow stone or terracotta, angular linear or recurving forms, pointed arches and domes, forged metal, glass, many fireplaces, candles or torches, multiple floors, sweeping stairways, decorative weapons, the Virtue of Valor.<br/>

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 == Professional Fashions ==
-While not mandated by law as it is in cultures such as Varang, within the Realm there are certain professions who tend to wear specific colours so as to mark out their particular skills. <br/>
+While not mandated by law as it is in cultures such as [[Varang]], within the Realm there are certain professions who tend to wear specific colours so as to mark out their particular skills. <br/>
-'''Messengers''': saffron tunics.<br/>
+'''Messengers''': saffron tunics (couriers licensed officially by the [[Imperial Post]] wear a pentagram-[[Stamp of the Scales|stamped]] saffron uniform.<br/>
 '''Prostitutes & courtesans''': sapphire blue veils or scarves.<br/>
 '''Gravediggers & morticians''': violet aprons<br/>
 '''Savants & sages''': deep green robes.<br/>
 '''Magistrates & archons''': black robes with a golden Imperial pentagram on the chest. The pentagrams of archons are iron gray instead of gold.<br/>