Clothing performs a range of social and cultural functions, such as individual, occupational and sexual differentiation, and social status such as police and military personnel, or it may identify team, group or political affiliations. Not all body coverings are regarded as clothing.
Clothing protects people against many things that might injure the uncovered human body. Clothes act as protection from the elements, including rain, snow and wind and other weather conditions, as well as from the sun.
Humans have shown extreme inventiveness in devising clothing solutions to environmental hazards. Some examples include: space suits, air conditioned clothing, armor, diving suits, swimsuits, bee-keeper gear, motorcycle leathers, high-visibility clothing.
In Western societies, skirts, dresses and high-heeled shoes are usually seen as women's clothing, while neckties are usually seen as men's clothing. Muslim societies; however, women are usually required to cover more of their bodies than men are.
By the early years of the 21st century, western clothing styles had, to some extent, become international styles.
This process began hundreds of years earlier, during the periods of European colonialism. The process of cultural dissemination has perpetuated over the centuries as Western media corporations have penetrated markets throughout the world, spreading Western culture and styles.
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