History of Clothing Material

1. The need for clothes: As humans evolved, their bodies changed. One important change was the reduction in body hair. Since they no longer had much body hair to protect themselves from the cold, heat, and rain, they needed something else. This is how the need for clothes arose.
2. Early clothing: In the very early times, people didn’t wear clothes. Later, they started using bark and leaves from trees to cover their bodies. As humans learnt to hunt, they began using the skins of animals they hunted to keep warm and protect themselves.
3. The development of cloth: As time passed, people discovered how to make yarn from materials like cotton and wool. Once they learnt how to spin yarn into cloth, they began using cotton cloth in many different ways, such as for making clothes, blankets, and more.
4. Textile industry in Mumbai: Mumbai became an important centre for the textile industry (the industry that makes fabric and clothes). The humid weather in Mumbai made it easier to spin long threads used to make cloth. Textile mills (factories that produce fabric) in Mumbai became famous worldwide. Many people from all over India came to work in these textile mills. Over time, Mumbai also became a major centre for financial activity (business and trade) in India.

Our clothing changed with time