Clothing

     Clothing is a basic human needs other than food and shelter / residence (home). Humans need clothes to protect and cover themselves. But along with the development of human life, clothing is also used as a symbol of status, position, or the position of someone who is wearing them. Developments and other types of clothing depending on the mores, customs, and cultures have characteristics of each. Clothes also enhance safety during hazardous activities such as hiking and cooking, by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment. Clothing also provide hygienic barrier, keeping toxins away from the body and limiting the transmission of germs.




Function Clothing

     One of the primary purposes of clothing is to keep the wearer comfortable. In hot climates clothing provides protection from sunburn or a variety of other effects, while in cold climates thermal insulation properties are generally more important.
Clothing protects the body parts that are not visible. Clothes act as protection from damaging elements, including rain, snow and wind or other weather conditions, as well as from the sun. Clothes also reduce the level of risk during activity, such as work or sport. Clothing is sometimes worn as protection from specific environmental hazards, such as insects, noxious chemicals, weapons, and contact with abrasive substances. Conversely, clothing may protect the environment from the clothing wearer, such as wearing a mask.

Cultural aspects

Gender Differences

     In most cultures, the differences between the sexes clothing is considered appropriate for men and women. The difference in styles, colors and fabrics.

In Western societies, skirts, dresses and high-heeled shoes are usually seen as women's clothing, while neckties are usually seen as men's clothing. Pants never seen as special clothing men, but is now worn by both sexes. Menswear is sometimes more practical than women's clothing (ie, they can function well in a wide variety of situations), but women's clothing sometimes wider than the model in terms of men's clothing. Men typically allowed to bare-chested in public places, such as swimming in a pool. Usually women are allowed to wear men's clothing. In contrast, men who wear women's clothing is often considered odd.

In some cultures, laws regulate what men and women are required to wear. Religion Islam requires women to wear the forms simpler than clothing, usually hijab. What qualifies as a modest varies in different societies, however, women are usually required to cover more of their bodies than men. Articles of clothing worn by Muslim women for purposes of modesty range from the headscarf to the burqa.Men may sometimes choose to wear men's skirts such as togas or kilts, especially on ceremonial occasions. dressed like that (in the past) is often used as a normal everyday clothes with men. Compared to men's clothing, women's clothing tends to attract, are intended to demonstrate to men. In modern industrialized nations, women are more likely to wear makeup, jewelry, and colorful clothing, while in very traditional cultures women are protected from the gaze of men with simple clothes.

Social Status

     In some societies, clothing may be used to indicate rank or status. In ancient Rome, for example, only senators were permitted to wear garments dyed with Tyrian purple. In China, before the establishment of the republic, only the emperor could wear yellow clothes. In a society without laws, which includes most modern societies, social status is not marked by the purchase of rare or luxury items that are limited by cost to those with wealth or status.

Religion

     Religious clothing might be considered a special outfit. Sometimes religious clothing worn only during the performance of religious ceremonies. However, it can also be worn everyday as a marker of the status of specific religions.

Fabric

At first, people utilizing the trees bark and animal skins as clothing materials, then use the yarn spun from cotton, wool and silk fabrics are then used as clothing material. Now known to many kinds of fabrics, including:

cotton

Mori cotton, woven material with a simple woven systems, commonly used in the manufacture of batik cloth and so on,

Karded cotton, woven fiber material looks less smooth and less flat,

Tetoron cotton, blend of 35% cotton and 65% polyester,

Viscose cotton, cotton blend 55% and 45% viscose,

fur

leather

linen

nylon

Polyester (Tetoron)

rayon

silk

spandex

wool

The combination of nylon, polyester and spandex produce a good material for the sportsman or someone who has a high activity, because it is made to evaporate sweat to keep it dry, so as to optimize body temperature during activity. Then users can move more efficiently and better. Materials such as these are often found in well-known brands such as the Nike Dri-fit, the material used by Nike has 62% cotton, 34% polyester and 4% spandex.

The types of clothing

clothes

shirt

stocking

cloak

pants

skirt

Sorjan

underwear

Religious dress

hijab

Sirwal (Muslim Pants are loose and wide)

 Sports and activities

Compression garments

swimsuits

swimming trunks

Ethnic and cultural heritage

custom clothing

sheath