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The study of the history of clothing and textiles traces the development, use, and availability of clothing and textiles over human history. Clothing and textiles reflect the materials and technologies available in different civilizations at different times. The variety and distribution of clothing and textiles within a society reveal social ...
Fashion plate, 1835. Journal des demoiselles. Dress history is the study of history, which uses clothing and textiles to understand the past. Through analyzing modes of dress, different garment types, textiles, and accessories of a certain time in history, a dress historian may research and identify the social, cultural, economic, technological, and political contexts that influence such ...
Overview of fashion from The New Student's Reference Work, 1914. Summary of women's fashion silhouet changes, 1794–1887. The following is a chronological list of articles covering the history of Western fashion—the story of the changing fashions in clothing in countries under influence of the Western world—from the 5th century to the present.
Canadian fashion refers to the styles, trends, design, and production of clothing, footwear, accessories, and other expressions of fashion in Canada and the polities it is descended from. Since time immemorial, the Indigenous cultures of Canada designed clothing and accessories for practical application in contention with the natural elements ...
c. 50,000 BC – A discovered twisted fibre (a 3-ply cord fragment) indicates the likely use of clothing, bags, nets and similar technology by Neanderthals in southeastern France. [1] [2] c. 27000 BC – Impressions of textiles and basketry and nets left on small pieces of hard clay in Europe. [3] c. 25000 BC – Venus figurines depicted with ...
Clothing in history, showing (from top) Egyptians, Ancient Greeks, Romans; Byzantines, Franks; and thirteenth through fifteenth century Europeans A kanga, worn throughout the African Great Lakes region. Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body.
A 2010 study published in Molecular Biology and Evolution indicates that the habitual wearing of clothing began at some point in time between 83,000 years ago and 170,000 years ago based upon a genetic analysis indicating when clothing lice diverged from their head louse ancestors. This information suggests that the use of clothing likely ...
The history of clothing (Western fashion) generally covers clothing worn in Western Europe, the Americas, and countries under European or American influence from c. 1750 to World War II. Clothing popularly worn in Medieval Europe is categorised under Category:Medieval European costume. Modern clothing is categorised under Category:History of ...