Barbie Piaf

Barbie Piaf

Why do we wear clothing?  Protection.  Modesty.  Disguise.  Allure.  And everything we wear falls within those parameters in varying degrees.

Firefighters' clothing?  Emphasis:  protection.

Burqa?  The focus is on modesty.  (I know, that is a very extreme example.)

Girdle? Someone wants to disguise a perceived figure flaw (another extreme example).

And for allure?  Aah, that's a multimillion dollar industry.