Clothes today are very different from the clothes of the 1800s. One difference is the way they look. For example, in the 1800s. all woman wore dresses all had long skirts. But today women do not always wear dresses with long skirts. Sometimes they wear short skirts. Sometimes they wear pants. Another differences between 1800s. and today is the cloth. In the 1800s, clothes were made only from natural kinds of cloth. They were made from cotton, wool, silk, or linen. But today, there are many new kinds of manmade cloth. A lot of clothes are now made from nylon, rayon, or polyester.