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According to archaeologists and anthropologists, the earliest clothing probably consisted of fur, leather, leaves Womens Clothing or grass, draped, wrapped or tied about the body for protection from the elements
- Enlightenment of such clothing remains inferential, since clothing materials deteriorate quickly compared to stone, bone, shell and load artifacts
- Archeologists have identified right prevenient sewing needles of bone and ivory from about 30,000 BC, found near Kostenki, Russia in 1988.
Modern European fashion treats material much more prodigally, typically cutting in such a bag as to leave multifarious odd-shaped sailcloth remnants. Industrial sewing operations sell these as waste; homely sewers may turn them into quilts.