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5000 BCE
MESOLYTIC PERIOD (10,000 to 5,000 BC)
During the glaciers, the man had to take refuge in the caverns, so he began to use new elements to make warm clothing that he was forced to wear, covering his entire body.
With slivers of polished bone he created the needle to sew his garments and created the brooches made of bone.
As a complement, hats, boots and leather shoes were used. -
3000 BCE
PALEOLITHIC PERIOD (100,000 to 10,000 BC)
The first clothes made of natural elements appear like skins, hair of animals, leaves, bones and shells.
The man covered his body with skins like loincloths, which were fastened with strips of rawhide; It was adorned with necklaces made with the nails and the teeth of the animals that it hunted for its sustenance, as well as snails, -
2000 BCE
The Clothes in the Middle East
The peasants, the workers and the people of modest condition, used to go with a loincloth, and if they dressed, they wore only the shenti, worn by men of all social status for three millennia, which consisted of a kind of skirt that was rolled at the waist and was wrapped with a leather belt. During the New Kingdom, towards 1425 a. C., began to wear a light tunic, or sleeveless shirt, as well as a kind of pleated doublet among the well-off. -
400 BCE
Classical Age
In Greece the linen, the wool and the cotton, and later the silk -proveniente of East-, with garments of rectangular pieces bordered by the four sides, without seam or hem, accompanied by fibulas and belts. The oldest dress was the exomis, a rectangular cloth attached to the left shoulder, knotted under the right arm and cinched by a belt. The peasants wore tanned skins or thick wool dresses, with a leather cap called kyné. -
1200
The Clothes in the Middle Ages
The Germanic peoples who ended the Roman Empire introduced the practice of sewing clothes, and wore woolen garments, usually a short long-sleeved tunic, long breeches or trousers -that Roman soldiers adopted after the conquest of Gaul- and a coat on the shoulders. In the Middle Ages the most used material was wool, being very appreciated the cloths of Friesland; the fine linen - called cainsil - was used for shirts and hose. -
Modern Age
In the Renaissance emerged the concept of fashion as we understand it today, introducing new genres and acquiring sewing in a high degree of professionalization. In the sixteenth century, the short shorts were the way of bloomers, and then we used the doublet, along with the layers of different types and adornments such as the gorget, the gathered fabric of lace that covered the neck. -
Nineteenth Century
In the nineteenth century the clothing was practically that of "modern" man: the tailcoat was shortened and widened, taking the shape of the current jacket; the trousers were broad at the top and narrowed to the ankle, the stripe appearing in front and behind; the coat was replaced by straight cut coats. In the woman the waist was lowered to the waist, with wide sleeves and shoulder pads, and broad skirts of broad flight and trimmings -
Twentieth Century
In the twentieth century, men's fashion continued to be of English descent, while that of women was marked by French sewing. In general, the clothing has been simplified, the practical and utilitarian nature of the garments, as well as its sporting and urban aspect, becoming more relevant. In women's fashion, the skirts were shortened, the miniskirt appeared, and they started wearing pants like men, emerging fashion -
The 70's
