Clothes Of The Future

One can go back in time, clothes-wise, and find that women were the first to wear pants. (Yes, that means men were still wearing skirts). But, my curiosity more often goes to the future rather than back in time. I suppose that contributed to my disinterest in high-school history class – or was I just a normally flawed teenager? Anyway, I wonder what the future will hold clothes-wise. I hope there will still be clothes, and I assume that industry does also. Fashions cycle, and so are not much of an indicator. That is, unless they’re indicating that the cycles will continue forever. In America, clothes go out of style very fast. In other cultures, they’re still wearing the same style they did 4000 years ago. So, it’s conceivable that those cultures be wearing the same style 4000 years from now. But what will clothes be like in America 4000 years from now? The military (and skiers) have clothes which will keep their body temperature stable for long periods of time – until the clothes get dirty. Most of this fabric is known by the brand name Gortex. In a similar vein, some companies sew computer chips which are preset to a certain temperature into clothing. This keeps the clothing at a preset temperature. This fabric is popular for both outdoor wear, and for nursing blankets. I know this sounds futuristic, but it’s present-day stuff. This is something I think I would have thought of if somebody hadn’t thought of it before me. Perhaps I can win the Nobel Prize for Ideas with some of my thoughts for advances that I imagine will be made to clothing in the next 4000 years. That is provided nobody else hasn’t already thought of these: Firstly, I hope that all clothing will be made from environmentally safe materials and through environmentally safe methods. That will give those with MCS a much greater selection of places to purchase their clothing. Secondly, some sci-fi books would have us believe that clothes will be so efficient that they’ll recycle body fluids. I’m not for this, but it will probably be the case – at least in hospitals. Ok, not my idea, but perhaps I’ll get credit for mentioning it. Next, they’ll probably have built in propulsion packs – just like jet-man or James Bond, except you won’t have to wear an extra jet-pack, the clothes will contain a hidden one. This will be handy for getting around, so long as you don’t lose your shirt in the process. Fourth, the astronauts union will go on strike until somebody combines these last two advances, so that astronauts won’t have to wear bulky space suits in space. (Inside space ships (the shuttle) and in the space station, astronauts already wear shorts and short-sleeved shirts and have no need for space suits, until they venture outside.) This will also come in handy for those with MCS. Fifth, a modified version of the astronauts suit will be available for those living on the ocean floor, and for those on Venus – the water planet. Speaking of other planets, I suppose some of our styles will come from other planets. I can hear it now: “And now, walking down the aisle, our model is wearing a dress which was flown in all the way from the fashion planet Aurora Borealis, in the constellation Betelgeuse.”