History of Clothing (Final)

By vidya
  • Nov 27, 1300

    Men wear tunics. Some wore clothes wowen from plants specilially flax., and shorts They also wear hose (tights fitting trousers). Women wear a nightie like garment Over it they wear a long tunic and over that a gown.

  • Men wear a jacket.. Both sexes wear hats.

  • Men wear boots. They wear a waistcoat and a frock coat Women still wear long dresses

  • Women start wearing knickers/ threefourths for the first time

    Women start wearing knickers/ threefourths for the first time

  • The safety pin is invented

  • Dry cleaning is invented

  • Men now wear trousers, waistcoats and coats.

  • The zip is invented

  • Women wear hobble skirts, (long and tight skirts)

  • Knickers(trousers ending above knee) made from rayon for the first time

  • Knickers become much shorter. Mens clothes become less formal. Men wear pullovers instead of waistcoats.

  • Women wear knee length skirts

  • Nylon is invented

  • Polyester is invented.

  • In Britain clothes rationing begins.

  • Clothes rationing ends

  • Mary Quant invents the mini skirt