How to Make a Suit

By MikeAnthony
  • 20,000 BCE

    Spinning: Origin

    began around 20,000 BC. began with rolling animal hair fibers into stronger building material
  • 10,000 BCE

    Hemp: Origin

    hemp was cultivated from canabis and was domesticated in china around 10,000 BC. Hemp is very firm and is low in THC making it a plant that primarily constitutes clothing material and paper.
  • 10,000 BCE

    Spinning: the hand spindle

    the hand spindle was invented around 10,000 BC and was invented to help decrease yarn production time.
  • 7000 BCE

    Weaving: Origin

    allowed string and spinning thread to be woven into 3 dimensional cloth.
  • 5000 BCE

    Cotton: Origin

    cotton was found and domesticated around 5000 BC
  • 1400 BCE

    Weaving: popularity

    gained popularity around 1400 BC
  • 1000

    Spinning: the spinning wheel

    the spinning wheel was invented to improve the hand spindle's use, allowing spinning to decrease it's production time even further.

  • Spinning: Machinery

    The industrial revolution necessitated an industrial grade spinning machine, which was invented around 1740.

  • Weaving: industrial revolution

    the industrial revolution caused women to take over for men as primary weavers.

  • Cotton: Cotton Gin

    removed seeds from cotton fibers, allowing manufacturers to viably use cotton in their products

  • Cotton: Correlation

    from the 1800's until slavery became abolished in 1865, the cotton market rabidly grew which co-varied with the growth of slavery.

  • Hemp: marijuana tax act of 1937

    restricted use of hemp because of its association with marijuana

  • Hemp: controlled substances act of 1970

    hemp production was completely outlawed

  • Hemp: legalized growth and sale

    hemp became legalized to grow and sale for manufacturing in Colorado in 2012