Mens Clothing

The History of Clothing

Human's have been wearing clothes for a long time, however it's not known exactly when we began wearing clothing, although recent research has shown that we have been wearing mens and womens clothing for around 190,000 years, which is quite a long time!

Possible sewing needles have been dated to around 40,000 years ago. The earliest definite examples of needles originate from the Solutrean culture, which existed in France from 19,000 BC to 15,000 BC. The earliest dyed flax fibers have been found in a cave the Republic of Georgia and date back to 36,000 BC.

The earliest evidence of weaving comes from impressions of textiles and basketry and nets on little pieces of hard clay, dating from 27,000 years ago and found in Dolni Vestonice in the Czech Republic.

Skip forward a few thousand years, and during the industrial revolution, production was mechanised with machines powered by waterwheels and steam-engines.

Sewing machines emerged in the nineteenth century. Alongside these developments were changes in the types and style of clothing worn by humans. During the 1960s, had a major influence on subsequent developments in the industry.

Synthetic fibers such as nylon were invented during the twentieth century.