Summary: What do our clothes say about us? Illustration from “The Penny Magazine,” 1843, Source: Wikimedia For millenia, clothes have inspired new technology. Cotton has been spun, woven, and dyed since prehistoric times. Marco Polo pioneered the Silk Road and the Age of Exploration. Spinning mills in England and New England were at the center of the Industrial Revolution. Demand for “Basic Black” fashions stimulated the chemical industry in the 20th century. Everyone’s excited by the latest smart […]
