The origins of fashion begin with the earliest survival mechanism of defense. Early man wrapped himself in hides and furs, not for looks, but to stay alive. But even then, individuality started creeping into fashion choices. Colors, bones, or feathers painted or embroidered on the

Fashion is more than clothing, and it's more than just a bunch of fabrics sewn together into an article of clothing. It is an expression, an identity, a language, and a mirror reflecting society at every point in history.

As soon as humans started dressing up in animal hides, fashion took its birth—not in the glitzy, shimmering form that we know today in the world of couture, but in the basic urge of communicating protection, belongingness, and differentiation.

Fashion is circular. This is one of the most oft-repeated facts in the business, and it bears itself out every year. What was ancient becomes instantly hip with new interpretation. Bell bottoms of the 70s returned to fashion in the 2000s and yet again in the later part of the 2010s.