Clothes We Wear Chapter Notes | Environmental Studies Class 1 ICSE PDF Download

Introduction

We wear clothes every day! Clothes keep us safe from hot sun, cold weather, rain, and insects. We wear different clothes in different seasons because the weather changes. Clothes are one of our important needs, just like food and water. In this chapter, we will learn why we wear clothes, what types of clothes we wear, where they come from, and how they are made.

Types of Clothes

Cotton Clothes for Summer

• We wear cotton clothes in summer because they keep our body cool.
• Cotton clothes let air pass through easily.
• They take in sweat quickly so we feel comfortable.
• Examples of cotton clothes are shirt, frock, skirt, and pant.

Woollen Clothes for Winter

• We wear woollen clothes in winter to keep our body warm.
• Wool comes from the hair on sheep.
• Examples of woollen clothes are sweater, cap, and muffler.

Leather Clothes for Winter

• We also wear leather clothes in winter to stay warm.
• Leather comes from the skin of dead animals.
• Examples of leather things are jacket, belt, and shoes.

Waterproof Clothes for Rain

• We wear waterproof clothes when it rains to stop us from getting wet.
• These clothes are called raincoats.
• We cannot make raincoats from cotton or wool because they get wet.

Silk Clothes

• We wear silk clothes that come from silkworms.
• A silkworm makes a cocoon with long sticky threads.
• We use those threads to make silk clothes.

Types of Fibres

Fibre can be natural or synthetic (man-made):

• Natural fibres come from plants and animals, like cotton, jute, silk, and wool.
• Synthetic fibres are made by people, like nylon, rayon, and polyester.

From Cotton Fibre to Clothes

• We get cotton fibre from the cotton plant.
• We make thread from cotton fibre by spinning.
• The thread is called yarn.
• A weaver uses a loom to weave yarn into cloth.
• A dyer puts different colours on the cloth.
• A tailor stitches the cloth to make clothes like shirts, blouses, skirts, trousers, and jackets.

Grandma says...

We should wear clean clothes, and they must be washed and ironed properly.

More Uses of Cloth

• We use cloth to make many things, not just clothes.
• Some things made from cloth are carpet, curtains, sofa covers, bed spread, blanket, quilt, table cover, and napkins.

Special Clothes

Uniforms

• Some people wear special clothes called uniforms for their jobs.
• Students wear uniforms to school.
• Car mechanics wear uniforms to fix cars.
• Air hostesses wear uniforms to help people on planes.
• Pilots wear uniforms to fly planes.
• Sailors wear uniforms to work on ships.

Wedding Costumes

• People wear special clothes for weddings.
• Hindu bride and groom wear colourful traditional clothes.
• Christian bride wears a white dress, and the groom wears a suit.
• Muslim bride and groom wear traditional dresses.
• Sikh bride and groom wear traditional clothes like the groom's turban and the bride's dress.

Costumes of Dancers

• Dancers wear special clothes for their dances.
• Bharatanatyam dancers wear a special costume with a skirt and jewellery.
• Odissi dancers wear a traditional dress with a long skirt.
• Kathakali dancers wear a costume with a big headpiece and face paint.
• Manipuri dancers wear a special skirt and veil.
• Kathak dancers wear a long skirt and jewellery.

Fun Fact

• Indian jute is famous all over the world.
• Shoes can be made of rubber, leather, or canvas.