The costumes for the China Olympic Games were designed by the design team of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, and selected and produced by the Chinese Olympic Committee and Adidas, the partner of Beijing Olympic Games, from more than 2,000 entries at home and abroad for one and a half years.

Clothing refers to clothes, shoes, bags, toys, ornaments and so on. Clothing appeared in the early stage of the development of human society, and ancient people made rough "clothes" with all kinds of materials they could find around them to protect themselves. The earliest clothes of mankind were made of animal skins, and the earliest "fabric" that wrapped the body was made of hemp fiber and grass.

In national standards, clothing is defined as clothes, products that protect and decorate the human body when worn on the body, also known as clothes.