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Women of Bree define feminine dress in a number of ways. Women will always wear a shift or chemise as their base layer. Older and married women typically wear the older Edain style and wear sleeveless overdresses over skirts and blouses and build layered colorful outfits. Younger and more brazen women will follow more Halfling-based fashion and wear blouses and skirts with bodices in the dirndl style. Women wear shoes (of either fabric or leather or mixed-make) and though they wear long skirts their legs are underneath never bear even in the heat of summer as they're fond of wearing a very thin hose from knit hose from ankle to thigh, similar to tights. Generally made from wool or linen, the truly wealthy will import silk. Those who cannot afford something of finer make will knit thicker woolen socks and suffer the heat rather than be seen as improper.
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