Some Hra'vakh clothing would be considered rather exotic by human tastes, though there are many more modern styles that resemble humans' clothing, especially for shirts.
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Traditional Hra'vakh clothing is still worn with some frequency, usually as casual or formal wear.
Women have a greater variety than men for traditional clothing simply because they have more to cover.
A kfuth (IPA: /kfut̪/) is a special garment worn under a woman's vima'kharath ("short vima"). Like topat, kfuthi are designed to cover the private areas. Traditional kfuthi are made of a wide strip of black cloth tied with a special knot. Many modern kfuthi, though, are made of the same elastic fabric that makes hra'vakh women's swimwear. They are generally more comfortable and breathable than traditional kfuthi, and since they are sewed into the necessary shape instead of requiring practice tying knots, they are especially popular among teenaged girls.
Modern kfuthi are sometimes worn with topat of the same elastic fabric to create a two-piece swimsuit, a style that is growing increasingly popular as an imitation of the bikini. Many consider it too revealing as beachwear, however, and opt for the more traditional combination of the topa with a vimia'kharath and kfuth.
A topa (IPA: /tɔpɑ/) consists of a strip of fabric twelve to eighteen inches wide and six or more feet long, usually ornate or brightly colored. It is folded in half lengthwise and then tied around the trunk of the body to cover a woman's or teenaged girl's breasts. Most topat are worn simply, wrapped around the torso and tied using a special knot that ties in the front. But some prefer to use longer topat and more creative wrappings. One of the most popular of these requires a twelve-foot topa that goes over each shoulder, forming an X shape in the center of the sternum. The topa is tied tight, and the excess is hung in a loop off each side. It is very difficult to make this style symmetrical, and many women who choose to wear this style practice tying the knots for hours before they finally manage to perfect it.
Topat'iehre are topat worn in informal settings. They are usually plain black or white. Two styles prevail: the plain across-the-chest fashion, or the more popular criss-cross fashion. The lack of necessity for ornate or creative wrappings makes this criss-cross fashion much easier to tie. Due to their informal nature, topat'iehre are less common near palaces, and rarely seen near Vi'akh.
A variant of the unisex vimia, the vimia'kharath is worn by only women, and thus is more common among women than the unisex vimia. It is made of a shorter length of fabric, and is often trapezoidal in shape to make fastening easier. It bares the legs for aesthetic purposes, but the open-front nature of the vimia'kharath facilitates longer strides and makes living in hotter climates much more comfortable.
It was introduced in the late Surat Akh'tekai as an excuse to save labor and fabric, and rapidly became the trend for women's below-waist garb, even before the invention of the kfuth. It was the norm for three generations before the beginning of the Surat'akhesi and the invention of the kfuth to cover the pubic area, which the vimia'kharath failed to do.
The chmik is nothing more than a vimia cut to the just below the knee instead of the to the ankle. It has the same overlap when tied, and is worn in less formal settings. This shorter variant of the vimia became popular in the late Surat Akh'tekai when women began to modify their vimiat.
A vimia is a garment similar to a sarong, and can be worn with or without a kfuth. Vimiat are worn by both men and women, though women always wear a topa or a shirt to cover their breasts. A vimia consists of a rectangular piece of fabric measured to the outseam of the wearer in width; the length depends upon gender. For men, vimiat are always long enough to go around the waist with eight to ten inches of excess. For women, the length of the vimia depends upon whether or not a kfuth is to be worn. If a kfuth is not worn, the measurement formulas are the same as a man's vimia. But if a kfuth is to be worn, the vimia is shorter so that the legs are visible. Most women prefer the latter style, though proper ifehro calls for vimia'kharath to be worn in only informal settings.