now chess pieces make way more sense
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I have a feeling these were designs, and about as popular in actual use as this item from a 2023 Paris fashion show
ow.
Is that David Blaine? Maybe this is a magic trick?
Yeah, first of all, this wasn't what the average person wore. This was something that a rich person wore to show off their wealth. Second of all, it was probably not their "everyday wear", but something they wore for a special occasion like "Fashion Week".
This is some Frank Herbert s*** right here.
This might well be from Reval, a Hansa city that traded primarily in furs and timber. Seems like the kind of outfit you'd come up with if your was to show off how much fur you had access to.
Reval is Tallinn (in Estonia), so perhaps the thick fur enclosure is hot enough to work as a sort of "personal travel sauna"?
holy shit, i made a group of nobles in my dnd game look like this as a joke, maybe i subconsciously saw this once....
I feel like the 1st two would channel water onto your neck. Just saying.
No2 is cosplaying as a high performance jet engine with that inlet cone
bet he holds his hands out and makes engine noises.
It heckin' wimdy
Squid season is in
Every society goes through these silly phases, most grow out of it. Unlike the house of lords...
They liked their lords uncircumcised.
I unironically think this is dope. BRING IT BACK!
Aliens visit earth after 400 years and come dressed as the natives - only to find they are regarded as wearing alien clothes now.
Pago-a-san-fa pago-a-san-fa