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Clothing refers to items worn to cover the body; terms such as apparel and attire are synonymous. Clothing however must be distinguished from terms such as dress, costume, adornment and fashion which embrace a wider range of items and activities such as body painting and cosmetics.

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    Ian Gilligan

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Gilligan, I. (2016). Clothing. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3009-1

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