Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on a human body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of materials and natural products found in the environment, put together.1. usually women's wear : clothing for women. 2. : a fabric (as worsted) suitable for women's clothing.