Clothing

By raaya.kejriwal2
  • 20,000 BCE

    20,000 BC

    20,000 BC
    -The europeans wore warm clothes made out of animals skins and their clothing consisted of trousers,coats,boots,etc To keep them warm because it was very cold there.
  • 1200 BCE

    1200 BC

    -The Egypt men wore loin cloth and the women wore dresses with straps.Both the men and women in egypt wore jewellery there was no rule that only women can wear jewellery.
  • 400 BCE

    400 BC-

    The women in Greece wore long dresses that covered most of their bodies and the men wore tunics and cloaks.
  • 100

    100 AD-

    The men in rome also wore tunics and the others including men and women wore togas.The women normally wore long dresses.
    Roman men and women wear shorts called subligaculum.
  • 1000

    1000 AD

    The saxon men wore loose shirts with tunics and women wore a long piece of cloth that they tied in different ways with a tunic over it
  • 1300

    1300

    The men again wear tunics with long linen shorts called braies and they also wear tights or leg cover pants while the women wear a sort of nightie and over that they wear a tunic and over that they wear a short gown

  • 1590-

    1590-
    Men wear pants [also called breeches] with a jacket that covers the full upper body women wear a garment called a shift and over that they wear a gown like dress.both of the genders loved wearing hats.

  • 1680

    Men wear breeches with stockings and boots they also wear a waistcoat while the women still wear dresses with shifts.

  • 1797-

    1797-
    The hat was introduced in Britain

  • 1820-

    1820-
    Thomas Hancock invented elastic

  • 1822-

    1822-
    Albert Thurston invented suspenders

  • 1849-

    1849-
    Walter hunt invents the safety pin

  • 1870-

    1870-
    Men wore trousers, shirts and coats and women kept wearing dresses

  • 1893-

    1893-
    The zipper is invented by Whitcomb L. Judson

  • 1903-

    1903-
    The coat hanger is invented by Albert Parkhouse

  • 1910-

    1910-
    women wore hobble skirts they are like pencil skirts they are very tight and the stockings are made from rayon for the first time.

  • 1917-

    1917-
    Gideon Sundback Invented a better version of the zipper

  • 1920-

    The men’s breeches become shorter. Men's clothes become less formal. Men wear pullovers instead of waistcoats.

  • 1925-

    women wore knee length skirts and stopped wearing long dresses

  • 1926-

    1926-
    The first steam iron was invented

  • 1935-

    1935-
    Wallace Carothers invented nylon

  • 1941-

    1941-
    In Britain polyester was invented

  • 1959-

    1959-
    Leggings for women were invented

  • 1965-

    1965-
    Mary Quant invented the mini skirt

  • 1990-

    1990-
    Shorts,jeans,t-shirts,skirts,dresses almost everything we wear now was there at that time except that now things are made with better material and we have different designs.