Why We Wear Clothes Essay

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Have you ever wondered who discovered the little things in the world . Little things like who created money , or last names , or even who discovered milk . Just think about it , the first person to go up to a cow , squeeze the utters and think to actually try it . Imagine it totally backfiring and the person dying because it was toxic . Often when I 'm out and shopping looking at clothing stores I come across asking myself the same question . Why do we wear clothes ? According to an archeologist named Aaron Deter-Wolf . "Skins and fiber rarely preserve in the archaeological record, so it 's difficult to get a bead on exactly when our ancestors started wearing clothes " , meaning there is no exact date and time humans began wearing clothes . He also states that the first human being migrated out of Africa to the east . Being that is got colder they needed things to cover their body with . We wear clothes for five reasons. Adornment, Identification, Status, Modesty and Protection . Adornment is …show more content…
Old , or young . Age doesn 't really factor anything . Going back to where you are from and what your beliefs are . When there are festivals or when you have friends with different backgrounds you try to adjust to there practices , one being clothing . Why do you wear clothes ? Not for obvious reason but think of the 5 reason why we do . Now think about your background and your culture . Your body type , your gender . Personally I wear clothes for a bit of status and modesty . Being that I am a female certain body parts need to be covered and not be exposed to the world . Now for status I like to show off a bit and show that I am wearing designer clothing . Clothing is worldwide , and brings people . From ordinary people to celebrties . We wear clothes to define ourselves , to bring our self-esteem up , to identify us . Show pride for your culture and our ancestors . We wear clothes to express ourselves

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