History Main / PeltsOfTheBarbarian

The exact clothing worn will vary. Often these people are fully dressed, but just as often they mainly wear {{loin cloth}}s and {{fur bikini}}s. And they tend to dress this way whether they are in their homeland or not (so this trope doesn't preclude ExposedToTheElements).

Two common RealLife groups depicted this way in media are [[HornyVikings Vikings]] and [[{{UsefulNotes/Mongolia}} Mongols]], although that often falls into HollywoodCostuming. You can often tell {{fantasy counterpart culture}}s of them if the people dress this way.

Compare PrettyInMink (wearing fur is for looking glamorous instead of looking tough and more often have the choice of more simple clothing unlike a lot of examples on this page), AnIceSuit, BeardOfBarbarism (ways of styling a beard to show one is tough).

* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian'' obviously; the title character spends a lot of time wrapped in pelts and/or armor. The director of the [[Film/ConanTheDestroyer sequel]] wasn't happy about this and insisted on Arnie having more Walking Shirtless Scene}}s so the [[FanService audience could enjoy the sight]].

See also BarbarianHero (characters who tend to dress like this), FrazettaMan (primitive people who wear very little hide clothing), PostApunkalypticArmor (various materials crudely made into clothes), NubileSavage, and The Strongman (who might wear it in his act).

See also BarbarianHero (characters who tend to dress like this), FrazettaMan (primitive people who wear very little hide clothing), PostApunkalypticArmor (various materials crudely made into clothes), NubileSavage.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' cartoon, Jim comes across the Sword of Righteousness, which tries to encourage Jim to dress like a real hero, which includes Viking style furry clothes as well as a wig. [[spoiler:Then it turns out the sword doesn't know what it's doing, and always failed to help a hero win a fight.]]

Compare PrettyInMink (wearing fur is for looking glamorous instead of looking cool), AnIceSuit, BeardOfBarbarism (ways of styling a beard to show one is tough).

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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' lets Link wear a Barbarian armor set with animal skins, a horned monster skull for a helmet, and a [[BareYourMidriff bare midriff]].

See also BarbarianHero (characters who tend to dress like this), FrazettaMan (primitive people who wear very little hide clothing), PostApunkalypticArmor (various materials crudely made into clothes).

-->-- ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' reviewing the ''Series/MiamiVice'' episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4EdQLCQOh4 "Viking Bikers From Hell"]], where Creator/RebBrown played the villain.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': Ayla's people live in prehistoric times, so animal skins are their main source of clothing. Ayla herself wears a gray fur bikini, with a long tail attached.

* Simon Belmont, from ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' has been always wearing his anachronistic barbarian outfit, both in the original timeline and in the [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOFFate reboot]]. In the later at least it's roughly in the XI century, so it's least ''less'' egregious. For the record, the original Simon Belmont appears in the XVII century.

-->-- ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' reviewing the ''Series/MiamiVice'' episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4EdQLCQOh4 "Viking Bikers From Hell"]][[note]]Where Creator/RebBrown guest starred[[/note]]

** Many of the Vikings in this franchise cover themselves large pelts, from Stoic's huge fur ape to Gobber's fuzzy vest.

-->-- ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' reviewing the ''Series/MiamiVice'' episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4EdQLCQOh4 "Viking Bikers From Hell"]]

Barbarians, particularly those from the GrimUpNorth, typically wear garments made of rough furs, leathers, hides, and simple clothes. Thus such clothing can indicate the wearers are part of a primitive, but ProudWarriorRace (even if not everyone in that race is particularly tough).

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Other times these clothes are just treated as part of the barbarian charm. Who has time to make fancy clothes when they often have to fight packs of wolves, and/or frost giants? There's no point in making the [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia chief's robes]] out of velvet, [[SymbolMotifClothing embroidered symbols]], and ermine edging. Just cut bearskins into cloak shapes and toss them over their shoulders.

** Many of the Vikings in this franchise cover themselves large pelts, from Stoic's huge fur cape to Gobber's fuzzy vest.

* In the film of ''Literature/TheThirteenthWarrior'', the Vikings wear long furry capes as they travel to help King Hrothgar defend his lands.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones''. The Northerners and wildlings in the GrimUpNorth have an excuse, given that it's cold and [[ArcWords winter is coming]]. Certainly everyone south of where they regard them as barbarians (this includes the Northerners thinking this of the wildlings). In the commentary Lena Headey talks of how attractive the actors are with fur wrapped around them. Incidentally, the coats are stitched together from IKEA throwrugs.

* Some of the Snowmads in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' wear pelts. The most notable example is their leader, [[BigBad Lord Fredrik]], who wears a [[BadassCape fur cape]].

* ''VideoGame/EvilIslands'': Everyone in Gipath (both allies and enemies) wear fur and leather clothes and armor, as opposed to the more civilized inhabitants of Ingos and Suslanger, who wear either more refined silk clothes or metal armor.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLongDark'' you initially start out with a set of conventional clothing, but as you kill animals you can craft your own fur clothing, which includes deer skin pants and boots, wolf skin coat and bear skin bedroll. These are warmer but heavier than conventional clothing. There is even a Steam achievement called Wrapped in Furs for using all of them at once.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones''. The Northerners and wildlings in the GrimUpNorth have an excuse, given that it's cold and [[ArcWords winter is coming]]. Certainly everyone south of where they regard them as barbarians (this includes the Northerners thinking this of the wildlings). In the commentary Lena Headey talks of how attractive the actors are with fur wrapped around them.

->''"Oh please god let this episode be about [[Creator/RebBrown Reb]] killing people with a battle axe while riding on a motorcycle, dressed in furs and wearing a huge horned helmet!"''

* The default male [[PlayerCharacter Dragonborn]] depicted on the cover of ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' wears heavy fur armor (and a [[HornyVikings horned helm]])--just to drive a point home that the eponymous setting is a GrimUpNorth. In game the Dragonborn can wear Fur Armor ripped from the cold corpses of bandits or Forsworn Armor from the group of the same name, the latter of which has a lot of skulls (some of which are human). Since fur armor is just a bunch of animal pelts stitched together it is really only good in the early game before the Dragonborn can start forging iron armor. The latter is found alter in the game and is outclassed by the armor you already should have, not like the forsworn need it as their magical resitance and high levels make them pretty durable, especially the [[EliteMook Briarhearts]]. The Stormcloak Officer armor, such as the one worn by Galmar Stone-Fist, has a bear pelt to act as a cape and hat.