[Oi, what's wrong with her bindings? They are perfectly modest. You can probably even see as much, in the journal's window.

...which means everyone she's talking to probably can too. Oh well.]

Sokka is good at building things - he always used to like to watch. It came in handy, after all the men left.

Whale skin and bone. The skin can be stretched out and dried to be nearly as tough as wood. It can stand up to nearly anything, but it's still not as good for rougher waters, so we import wood for that.