Clothing has gone through a long process from the fig leaf to the fashion stage. Throughout the history of Europe, the development of clothing is closely related to the vicissitude of society. Dress culture can be regarded as an intuitive manifestation of its social culture.

Western clothing as an important part of world clothing, its development and change is directly influenced by the spread of Western civilization.

From the perspective of the development of Western clothing, there have been two twists and turns. One is the evolution of the narrow garment form from the ancient South style to the northern style, and the second from the agricultural civilization to the industrial civilization.