Clothing

Clothing (also called clothes) is fiber and textile material worn on the body. The wearing of clothing is mostly restricted to human beings and is a feature of nearly all human societies. The amount and type of clothing worn depends on physical, social and geographic considerations. Some clothing types can be gender specific.

Physically, clothing serves many purposes: it can serve as protection from the elements, and can enhance safety during hazardous activities such as hiking and cooking. It protects the wearer from rough surfaces, rash-causing plants, insect bites, splinters, thorns and prickles by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment. Clothes can insulate against cold or hot conditions. Further, they can provide a hygienic barrier, keeping infectious and toxic materials away from the body. Clothing also provides protection from harmful UV radiation.

Origin of clothing

There is no easy way to determine when clothing was first developed, but some information has been inferred by studying lice. The body louse specifically lives in clothing, and diverge from head lice about 107,000 years ago, suggesting that clothing existed at that time. Another theory is that modern humans are the only survivors of several species of primates who may have worn clothes and that clothing may have been used as long ago as 650 thousand years ago. Other louse-based estimates put the introduction of clothing at around 42,000–72,000 BP.

Clothes (1920 film)

Clothes is a 1920 silent film produced and distributed by the Metro Pictures company. It is based on a 1906 Broadway play, Clothes, by Channing Pollock and Avery Hopwood. The play starred Grace George with a young supporting player named Douglas Fairbanks. A 1914 silent film was produced and is now lost. This 1920 version from Metro, starred Olive Tell. By all accounts this version is lost as well.

Cast

  • Olive Tell - Olivia Sherwood
  • Crauford Kent - Richard Burbank
  • Cyril Chadwick - Arnold West
  • Zeffie Tilbury - Mrs. Cathcart
  • Ray Allen - Mrs. Watling (*as Rae Allen)
  • Frank Currier - Horace Watling
  • Mary Beaton - Miss Mazie
  • References

    External links

  • Clothes at the Internet Movie Database
  • Clothes synopsis at AllMovie
  • lantern slide to ; Clothes

  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Clothes

    by: Barlow Girl

    Clothes aren't what they used to be
    They don't seem to fit you and me anymore
    Modesty is out the door
    Flaunting what we've got and more is in
    Yeah it's in
    They're saying
    Don't ask why just wear what we say
    You'll look like a model if you'll only obey
    To get the attention, just do what we say
    Pay so much for clothes so small
    Was that shirt made for me or my doll?
    Is this all I get?
    I looked so hot but caught a cold
    I was doing just what I was told
    To fit in
    We're saying let's ask why
    Don't wear what they say
    Don't want to be a modle
    They can't eat anyway
    That kind of attention will fade with the day
    Clothes that fit are fine
    Won't show whats mine
    Don't change my mind




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