---
node: fashion_na_paleo_indian
type: fashion
slug: paleo_indian_period_fashion
title: "Fashion in the Paleo-Indian period"
lead: "In the Paleo-Indian period, the first people to reach Ice Age North America wore tailored animal hide and fur — fitted skin clothing sewn with bone needles and suited to the cold."
published: 2026-07-28
updated: 2026-07-28
change: "Created as a fashion sub-page under the history section (north_america region)"
requester: internal
reason: "Per the owner's decision, fashion lives under each history era"
---

## Overview

The dress of this Ice Age era does not survive directly but is inferred from bone needles and the traditions of later peoples.

## Key garments and style

People sewed tanned hides with bone needles and sinew thread into fitted upper garments, leg coverings and moccasin-like footwear. Fur gave warmth, and the dress was the practical clothing of cold-climate hunters.

## Transition

As the Ice Age ended and the climate warmed, dress diversified according to regional environments.