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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 683190" data-attributes="member: 7533">"Standard" fashion in Tapani, much like the rest of the Galaxy, is well...  pretty standard."High" fashion of the elite, is another matter entirely.  Tapani sector, being on the coreward side of the Colonies REgion, is forever a half-season behind the Core, and a season and a half ahead of the Rim, fashion-wise.Currently, women of the aristocracy wear low necklines, tight bodices and billowing skirts on their gowns...  trimmed with plenty of lace and jewelry.  Hair styles tend to intricate and, on occasion, large.  Though hats, bonnets or shawls are worn as often as not.  "Tastefully revealing and ornate" would be a good rule of thumb.Men tend toward silk shirts paired with long vests, frock coats, shorts breeches and tall boots (all done up with same brocaded flair as the women)...  and dueling swords.  A man in Tapani sector cannot be respected without a good vibro-saber or vibro-rapier hanging from his side.  Half-capes, sashes and pelises are not uncommon.Each noble house has its own taste in military uniforms.  Though, in general, they all tend to start out as sober double-breasted affairs.  House Guards sport elegantly functional battle armor.  Meanwhile officers are dolled up in sashes, epaulettes, piping, and knotted lace...  Not to mention the ubquitous sword of a gentleman.</blockquote>