History Main / PeltsOfTheBarbarian

A SubTrope of HollywoodDressCode.

** Semi-subverted in that ''everyone'', including the good guys, wears pelts or leather, it's just some of them have found ways to dye it so it doesn't look like leather (to the audience, anyway). Apparently weaving became a lost art to the villagers over 3700 years, or it's just easier to kill and skin an animal if you need clothes. The only time we see anyone wearing anything different is Senku and Taiju making themselves [[GardenGarment loincloths out of leaves]] when they first de-petrified. Eventually they figure out how to make hemp cloth, which leads to more modern clothing.

* Main/BigBad and Main/EvilLuddite Tsukasa from ''Manga/DrStone'' and his followers are regularly seen wearing these, and while not all - or even most - of them are portrayed as villainous, the ones that are very much act like they're straight out of a Main/BarbarianTribe (albeit one significantly more intelligent than most examples).
** Semi-subverted in that ''everyone'', including the good guys, wears pelts or leather, it's just some of them have found ways to dye it so it doesn't look like leather (to the audience, anyway). Apparently weaving became a lost art to the villagers over 3700 years, or it's just easier to kill and skin an animal if you need clothes. The only time we see anyone wearing anything different is Senku and Taiju making themselves [[GardenGarment loincloths out of leaves]] when they first de-petrified.

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[[caption-width-right:330:Astrid follows the dress code of the viking warriors.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Astrid follows the dress code of the viking warriors.]]

* {{Music/Gloryhammer}}: The BarbarianHero Hootsman is always described as "wearing armor made from wolf". [[spoiler:In "Ancient Fires of Cosmic Destiny" it has been upgraded to ''holy'' armor made from wolf, reflecting his [[DeityOfHumanOrigin ascension to divinity]].]]

* 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. Oh and it was a BrawnHilda kind of wig.]]

* ''Main/BigBad'' and ''Main/EvilLuddite'' Tsukasa from ''Manga/DrStone'' and his followers are regularly seen wearing these, and while not all - or even most - of them are portrayed as villainous, the ones that are very much act like they're straight out of a ''Main/BarbarianTribe'' (albeit one significantly more intelligent than most examples)

* {{Music/Gloryhammer}}: The BarbaricHero Hootsman is always described as "wearing armor made from wolf". [[spoiler:In "Ancient Fires of Cosmic Destiny" it has been upgraded to ''holy'' armor made from wolf, reflecting his [[DeityOfHumanOrigin ascension to divinity]].]]

* {{Music/Gloryhammer}}: The BarbaricHero Hootsman is always described as "wearing armor made from wolf". [[spoiler:In "Ancient Fires of Cosmic Destiny" it has been upgraded to ''holy'' armor made from wolf, reflecting his [[AGodAmI ascension to divinity]].]]

** ''Every'' Viking warrior has his calves wrapped in fur. This might be the UrExample on film.

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

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Giganta wears a dress made out of leopard skin and bracelets of bone and tooth.

* The Norscans of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' (evil satanic Vikings) wear animal furs along with ornate armor (the proportions vary depending on how badass/rich they are).
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': The [[Literature/SpaceWolf Space Wolves]] (heroic space Vikings) often wear wolf skins over their armor, usually one they've killed during their rites of passage. The Literature/WhiteScars (heroic space Mongols) do it to a lesser degree.
* In ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'', the Clans with mammalian totems (Coyote, Fire Mandrill, Ghost Bear, Nova Cat, Sea Fox, Smoke Jaguar, and Wolf) likes to wear furs as their ceremonial garb for important functions, though they wear more practical outfits most of the time (especially in the sweltering cockpits of their battlemechs.

* ''Music/{{Gloryhammer}}: The BarbaricHero Hootsman is always described as "wearing armor made from wolf". [[spoiler:In "Ancient Fires of Cosmic Destiny" it has been upgraded to ''holy'' armor made from wolf, reflecting his [[AGodAmI ascension to divinity]].]]

** Throughout the series, hide and fur are the most common materials for crafting low-end Light Armor. If the armor is given a racial origin, it is commonly [[HornyVikings Nordic]] or, in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', [[NobleSavage Ashlander]] in origin. (Though more civilized [[OurElvesAreBetter Dunmer (Dark Elves)]] will use it as well.)

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

* In Ralph Bakshi's animated ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'', Boromir wears a thick pelt in addition to a [[HornyVikings horned helmet]], which seems to place him in the "barbarian Northerner" bracket. (In contrast, in [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the book]], Boromir wore a [[PrettyInMink fur-lined coat]], and his homeland of Gondor is shown as highly civilized and most closely based on Graeco-Roman culture.)

* ''Film/RedSonja'': The sleeves of Sonja's red coat are circled with fur.

* ''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]].

* In ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' the Jabari tribe are even more isolationist than the rest of Wakanda, and live in the mountain, which are so high they are covered in snow. Hence the people there wear some animal pelts (but not too much, to keep their badass appearance).

* ''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.

* The standard outfit of the barbarian heroes of the Literature/{{Discworld}} comprises a leather loincloth, a few scraps of metal, and an optional fur or leather cloak. Spoofed with Nijel the Barbarian in ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'', who is learning barbarian heroing from a book, and wears his loincloth over the top of woolen longjohns.

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