#Len pona

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fast zealot
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I want to collaborate with y'all to design a kind of simple clothing that is inspired by the philosophy of toki pona and other cultural influences. Some of my design pillars are as follows

  1. Made out of 1 or more sheets of cloth with no cutting, sewing, or stitching. The design is allowed to be knotted, pleated, folded, and draped.

  2. Ideally, can be worn in a variety of environments. Can use lighter fabrics or a different drape in the summer, and heaver fabric and more layers in wintertime.

  3. Can cover enough skin to not have to worry about exposure or being refused service in restaurants.

My initial design is as follows.

Initial concept is taking inspiration from Dhoti for the bottom half, and a Chalmys for the top half.

Any other ideas? What kind of outfit would you make with those constraints? Maybe we can make something inspired by Lipamanka's profile?

O len pona!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamys

Dhoti

The dhoti is an ankle-length breechcloth, wrapped around the waist and the legs, in resemblance to the shape of trousers. The dhoti is a garment of ethnic wear for men in the Indian subcontinent. The dhoti is fashioned out of a rectangular piece of unstitched cloth, of usually around 4 yards (3.7 m) in length.

The dhoti is the male counterpart ...

Chlamys

The chlamys (Ancient Greek: χλαμύς, romanized: khlamús; genitive: χλαμύδος, khlamúdos) was a type of ancient Greek cloak. It was worn by men for military and hunting purposes during the Classical, Hellenistic and later periods. By the time of the Byzantine Empire it was part of the state costume of the emperor and high officials....

primal tangle
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oh wow

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not a clothing kinda person tho

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ya

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so is it like... one cloth covering both?

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hemibodies?

fast zealot
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My original thought was 1 for top, another for bottom. Go nuts though

primal tangle
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ohh

fast zealot
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I thought a dress would be way too easy, so I wanted to simulate a tshirt and pants as close as possible

primal tangle
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im not a clothes person so i can literally only think of one (kind of

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mmmmm

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how do i say this

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) unskilled idea

fast zealot
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len

primal tangle
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so

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like

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big cloth

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and tie

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like

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just a towel robe

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but like

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thats not very good

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so ja

fast zealot
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A good effort though!

primal tangle
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mhm

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well

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ig

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uhh