Clothing history and fashion diversity across the world

Since we as a human being transformed from the Stone Age towards proper civilized life style our living style changed and we developed many new habits and human invented many things as required according to timeline.

Clothing as our basic need

Clothing is one of oldest invention as it is very basic necessity of every human being to cover the parts of body properly to maintain their respect and dignity more over clothes also protected people from the weather and wind. So in early ages people cover their body with large tree leaves and animal hard skin like wool, as time passed, the clothing trends changed. According to history, clothing underwent a lot of changes with culture, fashion, and wealth. Fabrics and waving textiles were first produced in the late Stone Age in the Middle East. There is no exact time period found but we can say that wearing fabric clothes was started 100,000 to 500,000 years ago. Knitting method was first introduced as a fabric making process, dating 6500 BC, which is even popular in today’s fabric making process.

Fashion as a symbol of power

From the beginning, the clothes were human protection against weather, wind and terrain. But it did not take long before they began to decorate the animal skins and care about who was allowed to wear what and why. Clothing has always been a strong marker of power, belonging and identity.

During the time of the Roman Empire, the draped garments symbolized civilization. The Romans looked down on the barbarians who sewed their clothes. Today, the Japanese kimono is an example of a garment that is not sewn but only draped. During the 15th century, Europe's princely court began to develop different fashion trends. There, flags and clothes were created in bright colors both as a manifestation of power and to give the various courts distinct characteristics and status.

From extravagance to the mass industry

During the 17th and 18th centuries, fashion in Europe became more and more lavish among upper-class men and women. That changed in connection with the French Revolution. In the 19th century, fashion became more gendered. At the same time as women's ideals became soft and colorful, men's fashion became rougher and even more unpretentious. This development continued in step with industrialism and is still visible today. During the 1920s, Coco Chanel changed the fashion for women by making more casual and sporty women's clothing. During the mass production of the 20th century, fashion has been democratized to the extent that it affects and includes most of us. Virtually everyone has access to everything, which also makes fashion more uniform and anonymous.

Textile manufacturing is one of the world's largest industries. It was mechanized in the 18th century and laid the foundation for industrialism. Mass production has made clothes cheaper. Swedes' consumption increased by 60% between 1997 and 2007. In many developing countries, rising demand for low-cost textiles is causing environmental threats.

Soon there are smart clothes sewn in fabric that can think. A sweater can keep track of how you feel, a mitten becomes a mobile phone and the jacket sleeve can show a map with GPS.

Forget skinny supermodels and fashion slaves. Soldiers, patients, exercise junkies and geeks - the fashion of the future is yours! Around the world, research is currently underway to develop the smart clothes of the future. With thinking fabrics, multifunctional fibers, our garments will be able to have completely new uses. Underwear that measures heart rate and blood pressure with built-in sensors can help both exercisers and patients with heart problems. For the military, clothes are created that can change camouflage color, check for damage and inform the wearer of the garment about any dangers in the area. You can also imagine clothes that can heat, cool down and warn of toxic chemicals in the air.

Today there are proximity-thirsty T-shirts. With the help of hearts or something similar to a radar screen on the chest, the shirt should react when a similar T-shirt is nearby. The feature allows the wearer of the shirt to either avoid or find someone with the same nerdy taste for clothes. The company Lunar Design designs a jacket that can change color and pattern. It has a gps module that allows you to get a map and directions directly on the jacket sleeve. Questions such as how to wash clothes and how people can afford them remain. But that kind of problem does not usually stop the world designers from getting their creations out on the catwalk.

Geographical variations in fashion

It is understood that every trend changes geographically, when you move from one country to another you observe a huge difference in dressing, food, language, events and even in facial shapes.

Western fashion Culture

Every country has its own dressing style like in USA and other western countries where women like to wear skirts, jeans and short shirts.

 Eastern fashion culture

When we enter in eastern side especially women have very different dressing taste and Men like to wear western style cloth and also their cultural shalwar, kurta and trousers. If we talk about Pakistan here men and women strictly follow dressing according to defined rules by their religion Islam. Women wear full sleeves and cover their legs completely and some also like to wear hijab when go outside. Pakistani fashion is very popular across world because large amounts of Pakistani’s are living in many other and still follow their own culture and fashion. If we talk about UK where many Pakistani families are settled but love their culture and fashion and prefer to buy Pakistani clothes if available at store or order Pakistani Dresses online Uk and get home delivered. As many Pakistani clothing brands offering their services online so Pakistani’s living abroad avail these services.

Fashion as an environmental threat

Today, cotton crops occupy about 2.4 percent of the earth's surface. In Uzbekistan, Turkey, Australia and the USA, for example, cotton is grown with irrigation, which can often lead to environmental damage. It takes between 10,000 and 17,000 liters of water to grow one kilo of cotton. Each t-shirt in cotton that is in your closet has required just over 2,700 liters of water to be manufactured.

Nor are synthetic materials environmentally friendly. Acrylic and polyester are made from crude oil and during production large amounts of carbon dioxide and heavy metals are emitted. Many factories do not have sewage treatment and the chemicals end up directly in nature. According to a report from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and Swedwatch from 2008, many Swedish clothing companies have poor control over how their clothes are produced and which chemicals are used in manufacturing.