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  2. Timeline of clothing and textiles technology - Wikipedia

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    This timeline of clothing and textiles technology covers events relating to fiber and flexible woven material worn on the body. This includes the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, and manufacturing systems ( technology ).

  3. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    Textile machinery at the Cambrian Factory, Llanwrtyd, Wales in the 1940s Estonian national clothes are a fine example of change in clothing after the Industrial Revolution. They changed a lot during 18th and 19th of century with the addition of new types of colors (like aniline dyes), placement of colors (like lengthwise stripes) and with the ...

  4. Clothing technology - Wikipedia

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    Clothing technology describes advances in production methods, material developments, and the incorporation of smart technologies into textiles and clothes. The clothing industry has expanded throughout time, reflecting advances not just in apparel manufacturing and distribution, but also in textile functionality and environmental effect.

  5. Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library - Wikipedia

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    The library also collects reference materials about clothing types and fashion related topics not currently nor generally acquired for the Costume Institute, with library topics including separates, wearable art objects, boutique objects, study objects, fur, wedding dresses, children's clothing, and works on paper. [3]

  6. Dress history - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods - Wikipedia

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    Textile manufacturing is one of the oldest human activities. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fibre from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning.

  8. Category:History of clothing - Wikipedia

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    The history of clothing encompasses the clothes worn in various places at various times and the methods by which those clothes were made or acquired. Subcategories organized by date: Category:African clothing covers Clothing worn in north Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, from paleolithic to the pre-modern era; Category:History of Oceanian ...

  9. History of fashion design - Wikipedia

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    History of fashion design refers specifically to the development of the purpose and intention behind garments, shoes, accessories, and their design and construction. The modern industry, based around firms or fashion houses run by individual designers, started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who, beginning in 1858, was the ...