PHIL1203 09W1 14FA Critical Thinking: Week 2

PHIL1203 09W1 14FA Critical Thinking: Week 2: Please refer to our course syllabus concerning topic (s) for this week's blog.

Around the world diverse cultures have different styles of
clothes. Man began to wear clothes originally to keep warm or cool, depending
where in the world they lived. In the northern climes like Russia or northern
Canada, there is a need for warmer clothes. Coats and pants made from animal
skins, like seals, that are tanned or treated. Wool from furrier animals, like
yaks, make softer clothes worn next to the skin, or woven for scarfs and hats.
In the desert places, flowing loose garments are essential to allow the breezes
to keep one cool. Head coverings are scarf like. In all cultures, you can tell
the status of the wearer, by how much embellishment there is on the clothing.
More colors and fancier embroidery would mean you might be looking at the head family
of the tribe. The type of sewing and embroidery can be identified as being done
in certain areas. I learned when we were in Norway that each small area or
perhaps village had its own pattern and when people came together for dancing
or celebrating an occasion, each knew where the other was from.