Clothing

Clothing consists of garments and accessories worn on the body for protection, modesty, identification, or adornment. Its forms and meanings vary across climates, societies, and periods.

Personal protective equipment: Specialized clothing and equipment that reduce exposure to workplace or environmental hazards. Protective garments extend clothing’s role from everyday comfort to specific hazards.
Textile: A flexible material made by weaving, knitting, felting, or otherwise interlacing fibers. Textiles are the materials from which many garments are constructed.
Prehistoric clothing: Clothing worn by human populations before written historical records. Archaeological evidence offers clues about clothing’s earliest known forms.
Dress code: A set of rules or expectations governing what people wear in a particular setting. Dress codes formalize social expectations about appropriate clothing.
Fast fashion: A business model that rapidly produces low-cost clothing in response to changing trends. Rapid production and short-lived trends intensify clothing consumption and waste.
Uniform: A distinctive set of garments worn by members of an organization or group. Uniforms use coordinated dress to make roles and group membership visible.
Natural fiber: A fiber obtained from plants, animals, or minerals and used to make materials. Natural fibers such as cotton and wool supply traditional clothing materials.
Hide and skin clothing: Garments made from animal hides or skins, among the earliest known clothing materials. Animal skins provided durable protection before widespread textile production.
Cultural appropriation: The adoption of elements from another culture, especially amid unequal power relations. Wearing culturally significant garments can raise questions of ownership and respect.
Garment industry: The global sector that manufactures clothing from fabric and other materials. Clothing production links design and consumers to a vast manufacturing workforce.

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