Bazaarine / Station VIII Fashion

Is there anyone in this city who does not belong to some arcane fraternity? Even a modest work-shirt will have some sigil worked into the collar; even the commonest work-glove will be embroidered with the sign of the Horned Whelk.

Workers escaped from Station VIII have number identification patches on their uniforms, and the castoffs are popular: the fashion is to wear them upside down or across one's posterior. One young man adopted an even more eye-catching mode, until it was suggested that a six-digit number was flattering himself.