/fa/ - Fashion

Honestly probably pretty gay.

Viking men were known to be unusually fastidious (for the time) about hygiene and took careful care of their hair, and braided beads into their beards.

>>10500897
grooming does not mean gay.

>>10500897
>Viking men were known to be unusually fastidious (for the time) about hygiene and took careful care of their hair, and braided beads into their beards.

...and?

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>>10500769
I've always found that approximately 80% of a style's value comes from the thought process behind the aesthetic appearance.

The first question is, what is a viking to you?

From what you've mentioned, it seems like utilitarianism is important to you. I'm going to assume your mentioning of "simple" and "plain" means that you have an inclination towards minimalism, but your apparent desire for "ruggedness" and function would mean that extreme minimalism (i.e. form over function) would be against your values.

I'm also going to assume that you want some natural, earthly connotations within your style. You will want to look into colour palettes derived from nature, but not too bohemian: flowers do not seem to suit you, and even camouflage patterns might be too natural to work. Instead of raw natural colours, mix natural colours with primitive and artificial colours: iron, coal, rust, stone bricks, and braised beef.

Consider these options:

>Boots: Bellville 390 or Chippewa 20085
>Pants: Paige Craft Cargo or Fjallraven Karl
>Shirt: Tea dyed long sleeve Henley or charcoal long sleeve crew neck
>Jacket: Fjallraven Ovik or Aether Field Jacket

The above are only suggestions, and I myself lack confidence in their helpfulness.

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>>10501943
Christ that parka is sick

>>10501932
btw wtc sth similar to that Harrer windbraker/hoodie?

your better of just dressing like a skinhead in earthtones tbh

how much would you like the A E S T H E T I C to be based on what vikings actually were like, in terms of accessories and stuff?

I assume you don't want to look like a LARPer.

historically, the materials commonly used for clothes were linen, wool, leather, and silk. wool was the go-to textile fiber. I would probably go with silk & linen for warmer seasons, and wool for fimbulvintern. leather would work all the time.

as for colors, richer vikings showed off their wealth by using brightly color clothes (because dye was expensive). poor people were unable to do that to the same extent. vikings mostly used different plant-based dyes. a lot of brown, grey, red, yellow, green, blue.

core concepts for the clothes & accessories were utility and comfort. all of the stuff were pretty basic since that was the level of technology we had at the time.

clothes were held together using different kind of pins and brooches made of wood/bone/metal, together with thick strings and leather straps.

as for accessories, consider various bracelets made from carved leather - and silver. silver was very popular with the vikings. it was a matter of very simplistic jewelry designs though, during the early periods. then it all became very decorated and adorned. just google "viking brooch" to see what it was like. rings and necklaces (silver hammer of Thor + leather strap, for example) are also worth mentioning.

this is the kind of stuff I remember from school here in Sweden. I guess it's just a matter for you deciding upon if you want to go with a historically accurate (but modern) interpretation, or an interpretation that's more true to what people now imagine that the vikings were like. doesn't seem like quite the same thing to me.

>>10501943
ID on parka?

Based on the fact that the pattern is Norwegian (Marius sweater). The material is wool and leather.

And the super manly man of course.

>>10502279
Kek, believe it or nor but I think this fit could represent a modern viking.

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We're trying to create a made in Italy label that produces timeless clothing inspired by those ancient styles such as vikings or medieval folks used to wear, help us!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/timeless-tradition-an-italian-clothing-project/x/11663532#/

>>10501932
Perfect, exactly what I'm looking for.
>>10501943
What ruck sack is that? Looks WWII German.

>>10502146
core concepts for the clothes & accessories were utility and comfort. all of the stuff were pretty basic since that was the level of technology we had at the time.
I think I got the top, and outerwear figured out. But the trousers, I'm still a little hesitant on. This "look" will also be what I used for going hiking, and camping. But I'm trying to stay "traditional". Hell, even my tent is literally a tarp.

>>10502931
meant to greentext that top part.

there's actually not much primary source documentation of what vikings looked like

most of our image of vikings is invented by folks who lived hundreds of years after the viking empire fell

so honestly who knows they might have dressed like the mickey mouse club for all we know

>>10503134
no.
we have enough evidence to know what they dressed like somewhat accurately.

What vikings dressed like has been documented in books and paintings in several other countries that they traveled, raided, and traded in. Multiple archaeological digs have uncovered old clothes, armors, textiles, dyes, and other items.

https://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/mensgarb.html

http://thorewing.net/articles/colouredclothing/

http://urd.priv.no/viking/smokkr.html

http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.de/2014/11/recreating-clothes-from-norways-iron-age.html

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>>10503307
Didn't they even found a body perfectly conserved in the mud somewhere in sweden also ?

>>10503583
Bog bodies, they're found all over Europe.

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Op here, glad there's other people interested in this.

>>10501932
7 Years in Tibet, fantastic film

>>10500769
Somali pirates.