According to the basic form and modeling structure of clothing, it can be divided into three types: body type, style type and mixed type.

1. Body-shaping clothes are clothes that conform to the shape and structure of the human body and originated in cold regions. The general wearing form of this kind of clothing is divided into upper and lower parts. The jacket adapts to the shape of human chest, neck and arms; The bottoms conform to the shape of the waist, buttocks and legs, mainly pants and skirts. Cutting and sewing are more rigorous, paying attention to the outline modeling and main effect of clothing. Suits, for example, are mostly body shapes.

2. Wind-style clothing is a kind of clothing style that covers the human body in the form of loose stretching, which originated in tropical areas. This kind of clothing is free and casual, and the cutting and sewing process is mainly based on simple plane effect.

3. Mixed structure clothing is a comprehensive mixed form of cold zone body type and tropical style type, which has the characteristics of both. The cutting adopts a simple plane structure, but takes the human body as the center, and its basic shape is rectangular, such as China cheongsam and Japanese kimono.

Two, according to the clothing combination, use, fabric, production process classification.

(1) classified by wearing combination

There are roughly the following categories:

1. A whole garment connected from top to bottom, such as a dress, has a strong sense of overall styling because the upper part is connected with the lower part.

There are two-piece, three-piece and four-piece suits, in which the top and bottom of the suit are separated.

3. The coat is worn on the outermost layer of clothes, including coats, windbreakers, raincoats, cloaks, etc.

4. The vest is a sleeveless garment worn to the upper body, usually as short as the waist and buttocks, which is a slightly close-fitting shape.

There are many changes in dresses used to cover the lower body, such as one-step skirts, A-line skirts, truncated skirts and culottes.

6. Pants are divided into legs from the waist down to the hips, which is convenient for wearing and moving. There are trousers, shorts and trousers.

(2) Classification by purpose

Divided into underwear and coat. Underwear clings to the human body, playing the role of protecting the body, keeping warm and shaping; Coats are used in different places, and there are many varieties and categories. It can also be divided into: social clothing, daily clothing, professional clothing, sports clothing, indoor clothing, stage clothing and so on.

(three) according to the clothing fabric and technology classification.

Chinese clothing, western clothing, embroidered clothing, woolen clothing, silk clothing, cotton garments, fur clothing, knitted clothing, down clothing, etc.