The general classification method is as follows:
① Classification by wearing combination: overall dress, suit, coat, vest, skirt, trousers, etc.
② Classification by purpose: 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.
(3) According to the fabric and technology of clothing, it can be divided into Hanfu, Western-style clothes, embroidered clothes, woolen clothes, silk clothes, cotton-padded jacket, fur clothes, knitted clothes and down jackets.
④ According to the wearing objects, there are men's wear, women's wear and children's wear.
⑤ According to special functions, there are heat-resistant and fire-resistant clothing, high-temperature work clothes, watertight diving suits, flying suits worn at high altitude, spacesuits, mountaineering suits worn at high mountains, etc.