Marwani Dress
"Who do you think I am? A lowlife begging for a meat dress??!! Only the finest honeysilk shall touch my body! If you're making me shave my entire body then you'll get me this!!! I'm carrying your heirs!"Gestation is one of the most difficult times in the life of a navasti. Their bodies undergo a number of changes throughout the pregnancy and the most dangerous is the stretching.
During the five-month gestation their skin would stretch around their growing bellies faster than what their bodies could properly produce, this new skin is so soft and tender that it gets wounded easily and also makes it prone to infections.
Some navastis rub creams made of animal fat in their bodies to keep them hydrated and protected. This need was one of the main reasons behind the invention of the pregnancy garments known as "marwani dress".
Design
The most basic marwani dress consists of baggy trousers gathered in tightly at the ankle, which go all the way up to just below the chest where they are held together by a drawstring.The design has the purpose of allowing the skin to breathe while also protecting the body from dirt, dust or the sun.
Differences in Design
Throughtout the continent, different cultures have given the marwani dress their special touch and significance.Expensive Model
The richest people from the north of the contintent, right below the Eye Basin, call the marwani dress the "nyanu dress" after Nyanu Macil, a clothes maker who redesigned the dress as a present for sis children wedding.
The nyanu dress is probably one of the most expensive variations as it is made using Honey Silk.
Unlike the regular marwani garments, the nyanu consists of a long, rectangular cloth worn around the lower chest, and wrapped around the waist and then pulled back between the legs and tucked in at the front. As the belly grows, most marwanis would tie a sash over the dress to keep it in place.
The nyanu dress is probably one of the most expensive variations as it is made using Honey Silk.
Unlike the regular marwani garments, the nyanu consists of a long, rectangular cloth worn around the lower chest, and wrapped around the waist and then pulled back between the legs and tucked in at the front. As the belly grows, most marwanis would tie a sash over the dress to keep it in place.
Nowadays, the sash has become a regular part of the outfit and marwanis would use it as symbol, and leave a tail hanging at the front which, to the trained eye, could calculate how far along into the pregnancy a marwani is.
Nyanu Dress by Evan Carbajal
Chinbees by Evan Carbajal
The honeysilk destined for nyanu dresses is soaked in liquid chinbee honey for a moon. This makes the fabric absorb the properties of the honey, and becomes impervious to the elements that could harm the body of the marwani as his skin sheds. As this fabric can't be dyed, the northern navastis have taken to embroider designs into it. Nyanu cloths are passed down through generations with new lines of embroidery added with each pregnancy.
Cheaper Versions
Avoia dress by Evan Carbajal
Navastis from the plains, or the countryside who can't afford to stop working during gestation resort to the avoia, a set of slightly loose pants made of rawhide and held by leather strips to the shoulders. The inside is rubbed with animal fat and herbs, this protects the skin when it inevitably gets wounded as they do their daily chores. The legs are usually kept short and tightened with strips of linen.
When not in use the pants need to be rubbed with melted fat to keep them "fresh" and malleable. With proper care, a pair of avoia pants can last up to two months before becoming too dry.
When not in use the pants need to be rubbed with melted fat to keep them "fresh" and malleable. With proper care, a pair of avoia pants can last up to two months before becoming too dry.
Avoia dress by Evan Carbajal
At first, poorer navastis, usually from the cities, wrapped thin strips of linen (previously soaked in refined animal fat) around their abdomen and legs, and wore grain bags sewn for the purpose. In time the grain bag dress evolved into a dress similar to the akoia but made of linen, which was named laravoia .
Laravoia dresses by Evan Carbajal
The sash is made of wool, and the families, just like the rich do with their dresses, embroidery different designs (usually they feature chinbees, as they are seen as symbols of healing, fertility and good luck).
Oh this is cool concept. They have very specific needs given their physiology and found a way to help them. Drenching them in the honey wax is a pretty nifty idea. This seems like a very usefull garment given the wounds the sustain. There are some minor mistakes in grammer 'adults experiment it ' where it should be 'experience' for example. An extra read through could help finding them :) In all good read!
Such a cute bees you added now I want them xp Some new nice images too ^^
Thank you so much for your words and your advice <3