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READING 6 A1-BASIC Clothes in the past 2
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Lecture1.1
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Quiz1.1
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READING 6 A1-BASIC Clothes in the past
Clothes in the past
Nowadays, we usually use many natural material to make our clothes like cotton, wool, silk and leather. We also use manmade textiles like nylon or polyester but what did people use in the past? what kind of clothes did they like? what did they wear?
In the past, people also used natural materials to make their clothes but they used animal fur and skin. They also used leaves and plants.
In the Middle Ages, most people liked wearing warm woollen clothes which came from sheep. Women only used dresses or skirts and men trousers. Depending on the social class they belonged to, clothes could be very different.
Shoes were very simple and made of leather which came from sheep.But if we talk about colours, only rich people could use colourful clothes because the dyed fabrics were very expensive. Silk was also a material only available for people who had a lot of money.