History of Clothing.pptx
- 1. History of Clothing Prepared by: Jandrick L. Malapote BTLEd 3
- 2. Content History of Clothing Eras of clothing- clothing from beginning up to present
- 4. Introduction Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of materials and natural products found in the environment, put together.
- 5. Cont… The wearing of clothing is mostly restricted to human beings and is a feature of all human societies. The amount and type of clothing worn depends on gender, body type, social factors, and geographic considerations.
- 6. History of Clothing According to Anthropologists, there is no information about when humans started using clothes. However, some records say that humans started wearing clothes about one million years ago.
- 7. History of Clothing Neanderthals, subspecies of archaic humans and the distinct genus Homo, are an extinct species who lived in the countries of Eurasia from circa 400,000 until 40,000 years ago and were the first humans to wear clothes.
- 8. History of Clothing As time passed, clothing changed. According to history, clothes changed along with culture, fashion and wealth. Extraction of fabrics and weaving textiles were first started in the Middle East during the late Stone Age.
- 9. History of Clothing 1. Wearing fabric clothes began from 100,000 to 500,000 years ago. 2. Knitting was first introduced as a fabric creation technique, dating 6500 BC, which is even popular in today’s fabrics.
- 10. History of Clothing 3. Flax fibres are 36,000 years old. China was the first country to start silk production, which was between 5000 and 3000 BC, where silk was extracted from the cocoon of the domesticated silkworm and weaved.
- 11. History of Clothing 3. Cotton was cultivated in Pakistan about 3,000 BC. 4. Wool was being woven about 4,000 BC in Egypt. 5. Nylon, an artificial fibre was invented in the year 1935, and was used as a replacement for silk.
- 12. Eras of clothing- clothing from beginning up to present
- 13. Egyptian Clothes Not surprisingly given the hot climate Egyptians wore only light clothing. Men wore a loincloth and a kind of kilt. Women wore dresses with shoulder straps. Clothes were made of linen or cotton. Later in Egyptian history clothes became more elaborate and colourful.
- 14. Greek Clothes Despite the warm climate Greek women wore clothes that covered most of their bodies. Greek women wore rectangles of woollen cloth folded and pinned together with holes for the arms and head. It was tied at the waist. This garment was called a peplos.
- 15. Cont… Men also wore cloaks called himations and if they were travelling they wore broad rimmed hats.
- 16. Roman Clothes Roman men wore tunics. Roman citizens wore a semi- circular piece of cloth called a toga. It was folded over one shoulder. Men wore white togas made of wool or linen. Senators wore a toga with a purple stripe as a mark of their rank. Women wore long dresses called a stola, dyed different colours.
- 17. Indian Clothes Clothing in India varies widely and is closely related to local culture , religion and climate . For men , traditional clothes are the Dhoti , Lungi or Kurta .
- 18. Cont… Traditional Indian clothing for women are the saris or the salwar kameez and also Ghaghra Cholis (Lehengas). Women wear a sari, a long sheet of colourful cloth with patterns. This is draped over a simple or fancy blouse. This is worn by young ladies and woman.
- 19. Clothes in the Middle Ages The 12th and 13th centuries clothes were still quite basic. In the Middle Ages men wore tunics. Some men wore shorts and all wore ‘hose’ (tights or stockings). Women wore a nightie- like linen garment. Women held their dresses with a belt tied around their waists.
- 20. 16th Century Clothes For rich Tudors fashion was important. Their clothes were very elaborate. For the poor clothes had to be hardwearing and practical. All classes wore wool. They also wore tight fitting jackets called doublets.
- 21. 17th Century Clothes At the beginning of the 17th century men wore starched collars called ruffs. Women wore frames made of wood or whalebone under their dresses. In the 17th century men wore knee length, trouser like garments called breeches.
- 22. Cont.. They also wore stockings and boots. On the upper body men wore linen shirts. Women wore a linen nightie like garment called a shift. Over it they wore long dresses. The dress was in two parts the bodice and the skirt.
- 23. 18th Century Clothes In the 18th century men wore knee-length trouser like garments called breeches and stockings. They also wore waistcoats and frock coats. They wore linen shirts.
- 24. Cont… Both men and women wore wigs and for men three-cornered hats were popular. Men wore buckled shoes. Women wore stays (a bodice with strips of whalebone) and hooped petticoats under their dresses. However in the 18th century women did not wear knickers.
- 25. 19th Century Clothes In the 19th century, apart from cotton shirts, men’s clothes consisted of three parts. In the 18th century they wore knee length breeches but in the 19th century men wore trousers. They also wore waistcoats and coats.
- 26. Cont… In the early 19th century women wore light dresses. In the 1830s they had puffed sleeves. In the late 1860s Victorian women began to wear a kind of half crinoline. The front of the skirt was flat but it bulged outwards at the back. This was called a bustle and it disappeared in the 1890s.
- 27. 20th Century Clothes At the beginning of the 20th century fashionable men wore trousers, waistcoat and coat. They wore top hats or homburgs. In 1900 women wore long dresses. It was not acceptable for women to show their legs. From 1910 women wore hobble skirts. They were so narrow women could only ‘hobble’ along while wearing them.
- 28. Cont… However during World War I women’s clothes became more practical. A revolution in women’s clothes occurred in 1925. At that time women began wearing knee length skirts. During World War II it was necessary to save material so skirts were shorter. Clothes were rationed until 1949! Meanwhile the bikini was invented in 1946.
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- 30. 21st Century Clothes Clothing in the 21st century is quite amusing because designers are not only focusing on the next big thing but are also focusing on bringing the past into the future. Teenagers are still wearing miniskirts with leggings (skin tight multicolor tights) as a major style; worn underneath the skirt along with a dashing blouse.
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