Tiq’en fashion currently has a mix of modern clothing styles and older traditional styles. Tiq’en also tend to wear jewelry that has roots in traditional Tiq’en fashion.
Taken clothing tends to be very simple and utilitarian with the most notable article of clothing being the Epran Shawl which tends to be worn as an outermost layer.
Tiq’en clothing is often decorated with beadwork, often using colorful and iridescent beads that are eye-catching even from a distance. This is especially done on jewelry, belts, and the hems of formal clothing.
Clothing
Base layer
The base layer involves a shirt and loose bottoms, either trousers or a skirt. Dresses and robes are also quite common, more so than a combination of a top and bottom, for traditional clothing.
Base tops often have short sleeves, similar to a tee shirt or a tank top in terms of width, which could then be covered up with an outer layer. They are often buttonups or wraps and usually have a v-neckline.
Outfits are often belted at the waist with a thick belt or have the illusion of one.
Outer layer
The most common form of outerwear is a long loose shawl -often referred to as an Epran Shawl- that can be wrapped in numerous ways as a cape, sash, or jacket to keep the wearer warm -or in warm weather versions with thinner fabric, to keep the sun off. They are often tied closed with belts.
There are also formal versions of these Epran Shawls that are thinner and more decorative, these often are heavily beaded.
Shoes
Due to Tiq’en having quite large and durable legs and feet they do not always wear shoes, often only wearing them for formal occasions. The shoes they wear are often sandals and are more decorative than practical.
Headgear
Head Jewelry
Headbands and headchains that sit below their horns or weave around them are common. It is also common for head jewelry to attach to the horns in some way. Horn caps are also common.
Hairstyles
Hairstyles are often long and slicked back or short, keeping them out of the way of the horns as it is seen as messy to have one's hair obstructing their horns. Braids and other protective styles are common as are buns, again to keep them out of the way of the horns and for haircare purposes.
Some fancier styles involve styling loops of hair or braids between the horns, accentuating them.
Jewelry
Collar necklaces are common, often being very tight on the neck like a choker. Long chunky necklaces are also worn, especially by older women. Jewelry is often made through beading or includes elements of it.
Earrings are common, and ear stretching is a common practice with ear plugs and ear weights being a common form of jewelry.
Men may also wear small horn caps on the horn spikes along their jaws but this is more common among older more traditional people than the younger more modern generations.
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