TEXTILE AND ITS'S CULTURAL ASPECTS
Textile is one of
the basic necessities for each and
every being on this planet.
• It plays a very crucial role in the
economic
status of the nation.
•The textile export brings great returns to
the nation and act
as a major national income.
•It provides employment to a wide sector of
subjects of the
nation and brings out an economical
balance and prevents unemployment in
the nation.
•When the textile industry
of a particular nation stands out and
export quality is met to
the fashion
standards of this date it puts
thenation on the map.
WHAT IS CLOTHING?
•Clothing is a term that
refers to a covering for the
human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing
is
exclusively a human characteristic and is
a feature of
nearly all human societies.
•The amount and type
of clothing worn depends on
physical, social and geographic considerations.
•Physically, clothing
serves many purposes; it can serve
as protection from the elements, it can enhance
safety
during hazardous activities such as hiking and cooking.
•It protects humans
from rough surfaces by providing a
barrier between the skin and the
environment.
•Clothes can protect
humans from insect bites or
splinters.
Clothes can regulate temperature in the cold or
heat.
•Further, it can
provide a hygienic barrier, keeping
toxins
away from the body and limiting the transmission of
germs.
•Clothing also
provides protection from harmful UV
radiation.
CULTURAL ASPECTS
Gender differentiation
• In most cultures, gender differentiation of clothing is considered appropriate for men and
women. The differences are in styles, colors and fabrics.
• In Western societies, skirts, dresses and high-heeled shoes are usually seen as women's clothing, while neckties are usually seen as men's clothing.
• Males are typically allowed to bare their chests in a greater variety of public places.
• Men may sometimes choose to wear men's skirts such as togas or kilts,especially on ceremonial occasions.
Social status
•In some societies,
clothing may be used
to indicate rank or status.
•In ancient Rome, for example, only
senators were permitted to wear garments dyed with Tyrian purple.
• In traditional Hawaiian society only
high-ranking chiefs could wear feather cloaks and palaoa or carved whale teeth.
•Under the Travancore Kingdom of Kerala, (India), lower caste women had to pay a
tax for the right to cover their upper body.
•In China, before the
establishment of the republic, only the emperor
could wear yellow.
Religion
•Religious clothing
might be considered a special case of occupational clothing. Sometimes it is
worn only during the performance of religious ceremonies. However, it may also
be worn everyday as a marker for special religious status.
•The cleanliness of
religious dresses in Eastern Religions like Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Islam
and Jainism is of paramount importance, since it indicates purity.
In Islamic
traditions, women are required to wear long, loose, non-transparent outer dress
when stepping out of the home.
Fashion
•There
exists a diverse range of styles in fashion, varying by geography, exposure to
modern media, economic conditions, and ranging from exclusive to traditional
garb, to thrift store grunge.
•The
world of clothing is always changing, as new cultural influences meet
technological innovations.
•
Researchers in scientific labs have been developing prototypes for fabrics that
can serve functional purposes well beyond their traditional roles, for example,
clothes that can automatically adjust their temperature, repel bullets, project
images, and generate electricity.
VARIOUS
USAGE OF TEXTILE
*CLOTHING –
SUMMER COLLECTION
WINTER COLLECTION
*WALL
CLADDING 
*DRAPERIES
*LIGHTING
*CARPETS
Refrence:
Kittler, R., Kayser, M. and Stoneking, M. (2003). Molecular Evolution of Pediculus humanus and the Origin of Clothing. Current Biology, 13(16), pp.1414-1417.
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