A certain place or even every country has that special way clothing to represent them and their culture.Like here in Philippines our national costumes is "Barong at Saya" which other nationalities don't care about.Many people believe clothing is not only a necessity; their clothing represents their cultures and beliefs. Many factors affect the clothing worn by different civilizations. Some factors include region, beliefs, climate, and gender. Time also serves as a constant in which the fashion of clothing evolves.As every person belongs to a definite culture and has the right to reveal it, personal identity may sometimes be replaced by cultural identity.
It brings a certain person an highlight because of the difference that he/she have.
Clothing in terms of culture is to reveal either the historical roots of a person or the roots the group he belongs to. The oriental-followers are easily defined from the crowd by the specific collars and style of dressing they hold on to.
It is defined in which particular culture or what historical background you belong to.
But now a day most of the people dress modernly but still has that touch of something to represent their belief.
Like a particular religion "Muslim" they have that way of clothing that they need to wear in a everyday basis, but some Musilms that i know have been influenced by the modern way of clothing but some still use that scarf or (whatever you call that) to cover things that should be hidden because of their beliefs ,cultural group and understanding that some people may not understand but if they knew because of that piece of cloth that represent their religion can make the people understand and wont get to the point of judgement.
With those simple things you can distinguish a certain person in the way their dressing.
As Vikas Shah stated in her article , The role of Fashion in Human Care "Dress is a basic fact of social life and this, according to anthropologists, is true of all known human cultures: all people ‘dress’ the body in some way, be it through clothing, tattooing, cosmetics or other forms of body painting. To put it another way, no culture leaves the body unadorned but adds to, embellishes, enhances or decorates the body… Dress is the way in which individuals learn to live in their bodies and feel at home in them.”
A Particular culture has necessary dress code or way of representing a particular area like tribes they use body paintings or tattoo to identify a certain tribe .
Primitive peoples also used tattoos to create what are called clan markings. These marking came in handy during battle to identify foe from friend. These tattoos also guaranteed that you would be able to greet your friends again in heaven, after you had passed away.But other just want to symbolize their self as a though person and sometimes as a symbol for love for a particular person.
Fashion has taken the big part in the traditional costumes of every culture and sometimes this leads to propagandizing a definite cultural group.
Though fashion changes at a constant speed, some pieces of clothing are more than just warmth and protection—some pieces of clothing remain almost synonymous with the cultures which crafted them.
We should be open-minded with the people around us because we dont know the story of their lives .
“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up.”
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