Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26342548-20150522021755/@comment-64.126.136.111-20160222075628

Wool is not a plant. Metals are not plants. Stones are not plants. Glass is not a plant. Ivory and bone are not plants. And there's nothing inherently primitive about crafting in leather, fur and sinew--in fact, they're such high-quality materials that most modern costume designers only WISH they could afford to use them more often. Bosmeri attire could easily look something like this:

http://princearmory.com/wp-content/gallery/services_gallery3/15149327279_ce2fee15d8_o.jpg

or this:

http://thezoereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gucci-suede-dress-spring-2015-600x900.jpg

or this

http://img.hungertv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ALBERTA-FERRETTI-0128-532x800.jpg

or this

http://orig01.deviantart.net/9272/f/2012/217/7/5/pendant_9___bone_carving_by_manuroartis-d59w1sd.jpg

And that's ASSUMING they didn't just weave and felt animal fibers instead of plant fibers, substitute animal pigments for vegetable dyes, but otherwise make their clothing exactly like any other race would have.