Fashions & Costumes

What did people wear in earlier times? What were latest fashions in a particular decade? What are the traditional costumes of people around the world? What is the history of clothing?

Start with the Fashion and Dress pages for all kinds of fashion facts from hats to underwear to shoes, including fashion firsts, fashions of the last century, high fashion, and a fashion timeline.
See also this brief encyclopedia history of fashion and this longer discussion of the history of costume around the world.
You can also find a chart of Academic Costume: Colors Associated With Fields.