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What common patterns have you noticed in traditional clothing of different ethnicities? (hexbear.net)
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Okay I feel so stupid, I only just realized feminine people wear scarves over their heads because it's hot where their place of origin is. I knew that about religious people, but I didnt know why women in India and parts of Africa do. Someone please help me spot other common patterns in terms of clothing. Even culture in general, like some desert cultures discouraging eating shellfish because it spoils too easily in the heat.

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[โ€“] HexaSnoot@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Femme people specifically wear scarves specifically because it's hot? Why?

Because too much hot sunshine can suck and scarves can protect your scalp, face, neck, and shoulders.

I wonder if you might be interested in this book Women's work, the first 20,000 years: women, cloth, and society in early times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber... she talks about how textiles, garments etc are key human technologies and I found it a useful way to think about things.

This all sounds very exciting. Once I find a PDF I might check it out.

[โ€“] Muinteoir_Saoirse@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

If you like to read about clothing from a social perspective, I have a few recommendations (all available on libgen/anna's archive)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Dress of Women: A Critical Introduction to the Symbolism and Sociology of Clothing

Marjorie Graber's Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety

Stephanie Cronin's Anti-Veiling Campaigns in the Muslim World: Gender, Modernism, and the Politics of Dress