Clothing

Clothes are an extremely important aspect of human life. At their most fundamental level the purpose of clothing is to protect of our bodies from the elements and extreme weather conditions, to keep us warm. However clothing serves many other purposes also, for example a garment may have certain spiritual of religious meaning, such as the vestments worn by a priest, clothing may also let us know who or what certain people are or what they are doing, for example we instantly recognize the uniform of a police man.

Clothing can also serve many practical purposes other than to protect us from the elements, for example the camouflaged fatigues of a soldier help to conceal him from an enemy during combat whilst the reflective jacket worn by a man working on road works makes him obvious to approaching motorists. Clothes may also be worn for purposes of fashion, many people will choose to wear a certain style because it is considered fashionable or that they simply just like the way it looks on them. Clothing is an important part of life for people, as most people will wear clothes every day, so a great deal of time is also spent in the maintenance of clothing, washing soiled garments and repaired damaged ones.