HISTORY OF CLOTHING
• In ancient times, people used the bark and big leaves of trees or animal skins and furs to cover themselves.
• After people began to settle in agricultural communities, they learnt to weave twigs and grass into mats and baskets.
• According to archaeologists, the earliest clothing likely consisted of fur, leather, leaves, or grass that were draped, wrapped, or tied around the body.
• Archeologists have identified sewing needles of bone and ivory from about 30,000 BC.
• It is believed that wool was the first animal fibre to be weaved into cloth.
• People started raising sheep for wool about 6000 years ago.
• Domestication of silkworms to produce silk occurred around 3000 BC in China.
• Fibre plants such as cotton and hemp came into use after the development of agriculture.
• These fibres were spun into thread and made into clothes.
• In India, cotton came into widespread use around 3000 BC.