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Culturaland sociological theories have frequently tried to give oversimplifiedexplanations of the motives of human clothing. Dress is not motivated only bymodesty, adornment, and protection, or even-a still more one sided theoryoffered by Freud- by sex alone. All dress appears to be motivated primarily bythe environment. Although the purposes of clothing are determined byenvironmental conditions, its form is determined by man's own characteristics,and especially by his mental traits. Forms of clothing are influenced by (1) physicalenvironment and (2)
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Tanveer Malik is a Reader at the Department of TextileTechnology, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science
This article wasoriginally published in the Textile Review magazine, April, 2012, publishedby Saket Projects Limited, Ahmedabad.