In the earlier times of Germany the clothes German people wore told of their status in society. Colors, types of fabrics and clothing styles all depended on economic and social status.

Up until the beginning of the 16th century German farmers and other lower class laborers wore grey and brown colored clothes. The German working class wore these types of clothing and these types only with the exception of some Sundays and holidays. On the occasion of holidays and Sunday worship, blue colored clothes were allowable for German laborers and their families to wear.

At the start of the 16th century there were two types of clothes for both the German upper and lower classes. These types of clothes were those used for everyday work and much more festively styled clothes for Sunday services. German clothes were produced two ways, either one at a time by an individual tailor or in a more mass produced environment. With the onset of the 19th century the more assembly line type of creating German clothes grew more and more popular. Natural materials began to become more scarce as did the attention to fine details made by individual tailors in favor of the less expensive mass production of garments.

Modern German clothes have taken a drastic turn from their earlier counterparts. No longer can social status be told just by looking at the colors and styles of the clothing German people wear. High style German fashion designers not only produce haute couture for celebrities and the rich, they also make less expensive versions that make their creations fit for just about any budget. You will find everything from classic more traditional style German clothes to very off the wall garments from the top names in German fashion today. Both names that have been in designing for years and young upstarts alike are helping to keep German clothes at the forefront of today's world of fashion.