Rough textures and stiff fabrics abound. Look for 'pinhead suede' at your fabric outlet. Be careful when considering running vinyl or real suede through your sewing machine. If the fabric is too heavy, you will ruin your machine's timing, necessitating a trip to the repair shop. Johanna knows this because she's done it twice.
Colors are earth tones - dark browns and greens, with occasional gold trim.
Several colors and textures might be present within one garment, which saves the Narn wardrobe from homogeneity. Narn garments show every sign of being time consuming, so some extreme-simplification is being done for the event. Again, we are trying to evoke the setting, not reproduce it. Brocades or patterns silk-look is your best choice, here. Don't neglect looking in the women's section, as the style has been popular with both genders.