How did fashion originate?

Answer 1

Fashion didn't originate at once. It evolved over the years. If we look back at time to the earliest days, human beings dressed themselves in leaves and tree barks. After a certain period, man realised that clothes can be made out of cotton and various other fabrics. At that time, newer fabrics were fashionable. Later, the fabrics were designed to look better and more flaunting. That point defined haute couture. Ideas flooded the fashion industry as pantsuits for women, plaits for men and varied textures became extremely popular. Now, fashion is all about being different and futuristic, but at the same time, comfortable, wearable and affordable.

Answer 2

Directly from a poster on another site : "It is impossible to answer this question with any certainty, as the first written records of people's clothing indicate that fashions -- in the forms jewelry, better fabrics, elaborate hair styles, body painting and particular cuts of clothing -- were already widespread in human societies. Indeed, the practise of ornamentation goes back at least as far as the present homonin species, and possibly farther: shells have been found in the graves of earlier hominids in formations that indicate that they were worn as necklaces and bracelets during life. Whether this was mere fashion or portable wealth or both, it is clear that homo sapiens has always been a dedicated follower of fashion. "