Tøj

Tøjvaskeri

Lingeri

Tøj har i dag flere formål:

Fysiske fordele:
- minske varmetab (f.eks. overtøj, overfrakke)
- beskyttelse (f.eks. regntøj, brandsikkert tøj, hat mod sollys, motorcykellædertøj)
Signalering - incl. til specielle lejligheder:
- pynt (f.eks. slips, butterfly)
- Blufærdighed (f.eks. badedragt, bikini, badebukser)
- vise "jeg er unik, er let at genkende" (f.eks. distinkte hatte)
- ikke vise at "jeg er unik" (uniformer)
- vise tilhørsforhold (uniformer)
- vise status
- Camouflering (mange militær uniformer)

Det menes at mennesker begyndte at anvende tøj for ca. 75.000-42.000 år siden. ^[1]

Anvendelsen af tøj falder ikke sammen med menneskets tab af pels. Mennesket tabte pelsen for mindst 1,2 millioner år siden. ^[2]

Indholdsfortegnelse

↑ August 19, 2003, The New York Times (Science Times): Why Humans and Their Fur Parted Ways Citat: "...From study of the DNA differences, they find that the human body louse indeed evolved from the louse, as expected, but that this event took place surprisingly recently, sometime between 42,000 and 72,000 years ago. Humans must have been wearing clothes at least since this time..."
↑ August 19, 2003, The New York Times (Science Times): Why Humans and Their Fur Parted Ways Citat: "...1.2 million years ago, when the human population consisted of a mere 14,000 breeding individuals. In other words, humans have been hairless at least since this time, and maybe for much longer..."